MAIL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 339, 21 December 1875, Page 2

MAIL NEWS.

[Pee Sdmatea.] i London, October 29. New Guinea has occupied a good denl of attention, and a number of letters hare ap peared against the colonization scheme from Captain Moresby anl Mr M'Farlane, who admits that the scheme requires £100,000 capital. Tne French Government are annoyed at thefequent escapes of prisoners from New Caledonia, and uas taken means of prevention ■With Foreign Powers. The Hibtrnia too* out 1000 miles of the New Zealand cable, which, it is expected, •will be completed in February. The Prince of Wales visiting Inflia has cause i great interf st, and the Lord Mayor and Corporation presented an address of s rapithy (?) at Mirlborouah House. Dean Stanley referred to the visit in Weetniinster Abbey, and the Prince is prayed for in most of tvs churches. The Princ.sa of Wales and Dukes of Edinburgh, Connawght, and C±ra« brrtge, acompaniet the Pri:ce to Dover, and the Princess crosae 1 over to Calais in the Castalia. At Turin the P<ince was briiliarjjtly received, and at A hens was met by King George. Athens was illuminate^, and a dinner given to the Prince, who embarked on board the Serapis at Brindisi, amid salutes from the B itish ironclads, TheDeccan, with the p r eBH correspon 'enU, broke down near Gibraltar, and another Tcßsel was substituted. The Princ ss of Wales has returnel to Sanririn^ham. The King and Queen of Dennurk are on a visit to England. Sir Garnet Wolsely has returned from tlie Cape. At a dinner at Dublin he ■ spoke ttrongly in favor of Natal as one of the brightest jewels in the crown. The Federation movement is extending. Mr Froude received a princely r>.Ci-p'.ioQ at Gr ha nsiown. Sir Henry Barkly's administration on the goU'.fiel a hjs caused se'ious complaints. War has broken o-.it at Cipe Palmer between the natives and the Government of Siberia, and in a btttle fifty were kil ed ar.d wounded. Another great battle is expected. It is state ! th t General Johnston, the Confederate is to frtke coirnn n<l of the Egyptian army, at a salary of 25000 dols. per ant urn. Comer vat ires have been returnel for Armat'i and West Suffolk. Emjreas Eugene and Prince Napoleon have returned to CM'lehursf. The Queen is nt\Balrroral. A new ladies' college has been opened at Cambridge, where exhibitnns and scholarships are to be competed for. \ Nottingham Ca«tle is to b 3 converted info a Fine Ar?s Museum. Ti e attempt to float the Vanguard by large mas e< of cork fsilct, anl the attempt is abandoned till next spring