SUEZ MAIL SUMMARY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 134, 5 June 1875, Page 2

SUEZ MAIL SUMMARY.

(Per Tauarua.) Mr Lowther, Under Seo-etary for the Colonies wlr-n addressing his constituents at York, declared tint iho present Government had thoroughly resolved, Under the circumstances (?not) to countenance the dismemberment if the Empire. Considerable excitement prevails in Lincolnshire owing to the extensive emigration promoted by the Labour League. Two Canad'an and two New Zealand agents are holding meetings niahtly. Captain Rich ird Ma> ne (who command* d H.M.S. Eclipse) owing to the severe nature of hia wounds received in the New Zealand campaign, has retire) . from active service, and transfured the command of the ironclad Invincible to Captain Jago. The Colonia' offlcp, in reply to a question from Mr Whalley, de: lan d that it was premature to ttate whether the Government contemplated establishing a settlement in New Guinea. The Duke of Connaught has returned from Egypt. A. Royal Commission, of which Sir James Eerau c son and Sir Charles Ducano are members, has been appointed to enquire into ihe opera.ion of ihe Efctory and Woikslups Act. On the 13th April the Howe of Commons presented a Fcene of great esciement ap'opos of a motion by Mr C. Lewis, th it the Times and DaVy JYews had committed a breach of privilege by publishing certain evidence taken before the Foreign Loans Committee. The printers wee sumtn ned to the bar of the House. The investigations of the Comtnittt.e are prodir in* consternation. ..The Arctic expedition siils ah:ut June 1, to return in 1877. The revival services of Moody and Sankey rohtinue to attract undiminished crowds Messrs Johnston, geographical publishers of Edinburgh, have obtained a verdict for £'275 damages agaii st the Athertcsum ior libel loub remarks in ievising an atlas of theirs. The Exchequer receipts for the ypnr are nearly half a million in excess of the estimated revenue. Governor Ducane, on returning to his h r me in Essex, met with a nio»t enthuaiast'o rectption, A pr*ind banquet t> ee'ebrate theevtnt will shortly be given nt Colchester. A drama, based on the Tiihborne trial, is in preraraiiqn for the French fctase. The Censor, however, refuges to licence it uniil the tile an 1 name of ihe leading characters arealt*r?d 'J be Cot-p-itrijk boat in wbich M*cdonal3 ani companions were rescued has been presented t<> tbe Crystal Palace. A viluab'e chronometer ha? been r resented to ihe raptiin of the British Sceptre ror s*>vi*-g tha Baying the survivors of the Coepatrick. Tha irondal Alexandra ha* been succera fully launched and chastened by tbe Princess of Wales in the presence of a most d stinguiahed company. - Cardinal Manning has returned to England. A 'discussion bas been started regarding the recognition of his titles. A h.indsome testimonial Is being raised for him, tbe Duke of Norfolk heading the list with £1000. Captain thaw, of the London Fire Brigade, is in Eppy t preparing a tchenie for the j,rotection of Alexandria from fire. Mr Froude has returned from South Africa. Bridgeport haß returned Cal'u, a Greek: merchant, arid a Liberal. A large meeting has been held in Exeter Hall to purport the Merchant Shipping Act Amendment . Bill. The meetirg Ftronglv insisted upon an efficient and compulsory survey ot all unelassed ships, as well as of the loadline. Alderman Jcs?cp, of Sheffield, has given £12 000 towards the ereeticn of another hoapiial in that town. With a view of prosecuting bis theological, studies, it Ib understood that Mr Glads\one hffs engaged rooms at Oxford, where he wi 1 have access to valuable libraries Dr Kenealy has vinited various towns de. momtrating with Whalley and Olblow, in favor of the Claimant. A Norwich jury decided that Ihe responsibility of the Thorpe accident, rested primarily with the night in f pector, Cooper, who was sentenced to 8 months' imprisonment, Kobson the telegraph cleik was acquitt- d. By the explosion of a boiler at Swansea, two men were killed ani six seriously iniured. There have been eeveral brutul attemp's at wife murder Cambridge won the four handed billiard match, and alHo the chess match, winning ten ganv s out of sixteen. Women's Disabilities Revival Bill was rejected by 187 to 152. Farmers everywhere are pronouncing ve-hrme-mly against the Tenant Right Biil Measure. It is regarded as a cruel rroskery, and will alienate a latge claBS irom Liaraeli's Government. The Liberal party are grea'ly dissatisfied with the Marquis of Harirgtou's bad leaueisbii>. The Budget excites no interest. It is estimated that the new surplus is £259,000. Ohittiry— l-.dgar Quinef, historian; Count Brunow; William Basry, the author; Lord We-tbury; E. 11. Budd, the lather of cricket. Lord Hobarr. Governor of Madras, died after a short illness from gastric fever. Siiioaway won the One 'ihoutand Guineas, Peer, *2; Chapter, 3. General Cissy, French Minister for War. in a circular to generals commanding, c*lls their attention to the new constitution adopt c 1 by the Assembly, and enjoins loyal sdhealon to it. This his reassured Paris where there were apprehensions of a violent retstoiation of the empire. A very \ivld re-ae:tion is rapidly proceeding in hpain. What the King pains in personal popularity the Ministers forfeit by their retrograde policy "The priests are in the ascendant, and the Liberals are aliennted. General Guljuu has left tbe Carlists, and numerous officers have followed hi.* example. 'J he exports for the month to New Zealand are £178,8 -o. To Tasmania nil.