ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 161, 3 July 1875, Page 2

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

SUEZ MAIL SUMMARY. London, June 24. During April 13,248 passengers left Liverpool, in 62 vessels. This shows a decrease of 2535 compared with the corresponding month of last yeai. Th-: fl st four months of 1875 show a decrease of 4995. Parliament is beginning to excite national dissstisfactlon. Hair the session is over, and the public business is disgnicelully in arrears. A few of the Cvil S.-rvice Estimates are passed, but t"e Budget discission is postponed till after the Whitsuntide holidays. Scarcely any of the Ministerial legislative promises have been fulfilled, and the press laments the degeneracy of the House of Commons, and severely rebuke-, the Pr-mier for Ims indolent ' indifference and ba 1 leadership. Throughout the past month the House has been she j theatre of scandalous scenes, personal Lquab- i ble*, questions of puvi ege, and the sudden j exclusion of str^Dgers at the cict»te of certain impulsive Iri-hmen. Parnett, home ruler, has been elected for Meath by 177 1, against 192 for Napier, a ' Conservative. Whiiwonh, the Manch'ster manufacturer, is returned for E ulkenny (?) by a large majority over Grey and Mutnm,homc rulers. Mr Tilett has been unseated for Norwich, aLer a day's trial rev^alhg eases of treating by unauthorised partisans, of which he was previously unaware. He deiided not to vlefend his seat. The Duke nf Buckingham has accepted the Governorship of Mad'aß. Karl Pembroke retires (rrm the UnderSecretaryship on account of ill-health. Cardinal Mannmg is suffering proitration from over exertion since iis return from Pome, 3et at the i.-lone of April he opened a Franc'scan Church at Ches er. In the cmree of his sermon he • epiored the spread of rationalism an 1 s eptici«m. At the luncheon subsequently, in proposing the toast of the Queen, he .-poke in high terms of the parity of the Court. Lord Francis Godoiphin Osborne baa been received imo th« Koniish Church. The reeonstructe 1 Alexandra Pa'ace was opened on May Isc wit.i great eclat. The strike of cotton > pinners nt Blackburn has been amicably tettled, and the anticipated lock-out averted. The anniversary meetings of religion and benevolent socii'ties, show an unflagaiog interest on the ra-t of ihe Ch hitian pubic. Their financial statements prove th.m to be growing actively in p pularity. All Europe is profoundly agitated by apprehension* of war. The German Empire, instead of being a guarantee for peace, is the cause of conitant disquietude and restlessness. The twofold (ear of Ultramontane int r igues, ai;d of tlie resuscitation of irance b.-nc upon vengeance engenders the suspicions of .the neighboring Stit-s, and provokes irritating demands, which cannot be complied with by thi other Governments. The press has be:n let loose to sow di cord, and excite suspicions, and to influence national hatred. The Times last week publiehe i a Paris letter, exposing the German designs, which produced a pro iound sensation throughout Europe, and roused the ire of the B rlin journalists. In anticipation of the meeting between the Emperors, the Times had a lea ling article, in which, while acquitting the bulk of the German people of a design so detestable, it solemnly warned ihe warpirty that a criminal attempt to crush France into a second-rate Power would alarm mid alienate every na'ioo, and probably array them in an intern. tional league againßt the comm n enemy. The meeting of the Emperors, and the Conference between Bismarck and Gortscbakoff were followed by a cnlmer feeling, and the trinquilising assurances of Mr Bourke in the House of Commons, and the moderate tone of the German press, have <nbanced the belief that peace is not to be disturbed at present. FRANCE. Two Paris edi'ors, of the Union and Pays, fought a duel with swords near the frontier ot Lor.-aine It arose ont of a dispute respecting the recent executions by Don Carlos. Iliots huve been excited by a certain passage in a drama called " Cromwell," and furthtr representations are forbidden. INDIA. CtYLON, June 6. Colonel Hamilton, when pursuing the Dacoits near Pegu, was shot* through the hpirt, and Davidson the district superintendent and orderly, was wounded. By a collision on the Ganges State railway twelve lives were lout, and ten severely injured. The Baroda affair is peacefully settled by the nelesiion of Maung Rhandeuh as Piince. Affiirs with fiurmah are still in an unsettle I etate, but it is believed the King is quits unprepared for war, and cannot persist in annoyiog the British Government. The Russians are busily projecting railway extension in Central A»ia, and it is said they will snon be in a portion to threaten Affghans'an through Herat, if so inclined. Trade with Tartary and China is on the decline. A host of newspaper eorrefpmdenfs. including Dr R lessh and Arcbioald Forbe?, are txpected to accompany the Prince of Wales. A gr^t influx of visitors is also anticipated. A plague is raging in Persia. INativo ladies have t^n admitted as medic?.', students in Calcutta. I It is rumored that if the Auntralim colonies unitf diy request it, they will be favored with a visit fr im the Prince of Wales and. the I flying squadron while in the East. If ihe visit is paid via Singapore and Uonp Kong, the heir sppuent wou'd carry home with him a 1 roper iJea of the lirhi&h Eastern and Au - traliau possessions.