ENGLISH MAIL SUMMARY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 105, 4 May 1874, Page 2

ENGLISH MAIL SUMMARY.

London, March 10. The Directors of the Bank of Australia have declared the half-yenrly dividend on the capital of the Bank £1,200,000, at the rate of 11 per cent, per annum. The Rev. Mr Evans, Chairman of the Australian Congregational Union, is dead. The petition for winding up the Colonial and Foreign Meat Supply Company is to be heard before the Vice-Ohancellor on Match 13. Dr Ftatherßtone has proceeded ta Plymouth to enquire into the cause of the return of the Atrato, which left London on February 10! li -with New Zealand immigrants, and returned to Plymouth on March 6th. It appears that the low pressure piston broke, and tbe cylinder cracked. She will have to be docked Tallerman'a Australian Mt at Agency shows a profit of JE1899 for the half-year, being tqual to 19 per crnt. One-fifth is payable io ' Mr fallerman bs manager. A dividend of 10 per cent is declared, and tbe Compauy will be extended by the issue of 1672 unallotted shares at par. The Earl of Pembroke is appointed UnderSecretary of War. The appointment causes great surprise, owing to his youth and inexperience.

The journey of the Duke of Edinburgh snd his bricte from St. Peters* urgh to London was one of triumph, demonstrations, and rejoicings io Germany and Belgium. At Gravcßcnl a hand of ladies dropped flowers in their path. Dispatches from A*banue show that Sir Garnet Wolselcv was 11:1 abe to get an interview with the King to negotiate a treaty of peace. He w„b compelled therefore to burn Coomassie, and make the return march as speedily as possible, as the rainy season was advancing. When returning a messenger came for the expedition to halt, that he might send in his submission. A strong party under Captain Glover was l<fc, but no intelligence his yet been received from him General Wolseloy stntes that the Ashantte policy is so wh dly treacherous that it is impossible to rely upon any negotiations, but their defeat and the burning of Coomassie it is thought will give them the desired lesson.J S nee iita imprisonment in Newgate, the (himant refuses to answer to any name but Tichborne. His hair is cropped ani He i* dressed in prison clothes, and seems to take kindly to picking oakum. A gigantic exhibition will be held in Paris in 1875, supported by private means with the patronage of Government. Mr Plimsoll has bten presented with an illuminated address by seamen. Captain Blake, of H.M.S. Druid, who took pait and was wounded in the Maori war, died in the Ashantee expedition. A'ter death the 1 wound was probed, an I the Maori bullet found near his heart. Mrs Robert fleir is playing with great success in America. English telegrams by Atlantic cable to March 26th Btate that in the H use of Commons a motion by an Irish member, that Parliament should take some measure to remove the distrust in Ireland in the present state of Government, was rejected. A remarkably high tide caused the flooding of London, Hull, and Falmouth. Ihe Thames overflowed its banks and flooded Putney. Warehouses were filled with with water, Bewe-ra burst, and a large number of children and horses were drowned. Houses were filled with water, and families had to abandon them. Lord Derby favors an universal patent law. The return of the Ashantee troops was attended by mmy affecting eceues, and 10, 00 people witnessed t the landing of the Highlanders. The pressure caused many accidents. Mr MundeKa, M.P., at a meeting said that the party that abolished slavery would yet succeed in getting all international disputes referred lo arbitration. Mr Emerson, the American author, is a favorable candidate for the Lord Rectorship of Glasgow University. General Wolßcley his been rewarded with the rank of Major-General and a pension of .£7,500 per annum for two lives.