SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 59, 2 March 1876, Page 4

SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

London, January 7. Thd Gooderiough Memorial Committee have decided tbat the memorial shall be of a charitable or educational character^- connected with tbe Navy. Its precise nature must depend on the amount of subscription; but from £l5;000 to £2000 wiil probably be required. If the funds admit, the committee will be glad to place a portrait or bust of the late commodore iQ the painted hall, Greenwich. ) Yesterday a lunoheon, at which about 70 Australians were present, was given on board the new steamer Australia, previous to her departure on tbe Pacific mail service. Sir Daniel Cooper presided, and Mr Edward Wilson was vice-chairman. The Qaeen has written to Captain Bouchier, of the Goliath training ship, expressing her admiration of the behaviour of all on board when the fire broke out. Mr Gladstone completed his 66th year on December 28; Mr Disraeli was 70 on the 31st. An anonymous benefactor has offered £10,000 tothe Birmingham School of Arts, on certain conditions tending to the enlargement of its usefulness, which have been accepted. Mr Josiab Mason has given £30,000 for the endowment of a "scientific college in that town. It is announced that a Canadian Government has resolved to abolish its agent-generalship on the ground of expense. An emigration office is to be substituted, over which Mr Jenkins has declined to preside. The American Postmaster- General has addressed a note to the British authorities demanding 33 cents per lb, for transporting mails across the American continent for the present month. Considerable sensation has been produced by Mr Henry Irving's action against YFun, for libel. The article complained of was a violent tirade against a " fashionable tragedian," declaring him to be largely responsible for the disgusting blood-thirstiness and callous iramoralty of the present day. " Macbeth " was pronounced a failure, and all favorable critics were hireling reporters. Mr Judd, the printer, was first arraigned, but editor and author having come forward, they were made defendants. The lampooner, Mr Simpson, tendering a full apology, the prosecution was withdrawn. Further details respecting Lieut. Cameron's expedition show that in traversing the breadth of Africa be met with a favorable reception from the natives. He has accumulated much valuable geographical material, besides general scientific information. Following a river flowing out of Lake Yang any ka in a south-west direction, he came to a new lake, which be called Livingstone. From this body of water another large river runs westward, which Lieut. Cameron believes to be the Congo, but was unable to trace it through its entire course, owiog to the hostility of a tribe of natives. To avoid the risk of losing his party, he sacrificed the chance of veryfying this important discovery. "The Deutsche Zaitung says thai on the Exchange at Trieste it is asserted that England is persuading the Khedive to purcbase Tunis and Tripoli, paying the Porte one hundred million francs for. them. Tbie National Rifle Association of Great Britain has accepted a challenge from, the United States Association to a smooth-bore rifle match in America during the Centenary Celebration next autumn. Sir Henry Halford, captain of the British team, is engaged arranging tbe preliminaries. A melancholy accident has occurred on tbe Nile. While Mr Bussell Gurney, and ihree daughters of the Rev. J.. H. Gurney were, ou the river, a squall capsized the baat, and all the ladies were drowned. Divers are seeking. to recover tbe bodies. A most destructive hurricane has swept over the Philipioe Islands, by which 250, persons have been killed, and 3,800 houses wrecked. , A disaster happened on 29th Decern; ber in St. George's Channel, by which 22 persons perished. The steamer I) inte leaving tbe Mersey for Bombay, came into collision during the night with a Norwegian barque, and speedily sank. By the wreck of the steamer Glengyle, while on the voyage between Shanghai and Swator, 20 lives were lost, including the captain. '"The Bremen Haven catastrophe has led to some astounding disclosures respecting others horrible inventions for wholesale asassination. Besides machines like tbat of Thomassen's, the manufacture of explosives got up to resemble lumps of coal is said to have been reported to our own and other Governments. The Fenians at one time proposed tbe use of such diabolical agents for vengeance. The official enquiry into the wreck of the Deutchsland has terminated, and the finding of the Court sent to the Board of Trade. During the investigation the charges of alleged mutilation and pillage were fully disproved. The manager of the German Lloyd's stated tbat during seventeen years tbeir ships had carried 540,000 passengers, and except in the present instance there had been no loss of life. Several of the missing boys belonging to the burned training ship Goliath, bave returned to their friends rather than go .back to the workhouse. The wonderful discipline and courage of the boys during the raging of the flames

have excited universal admiration. Dean Stanley preached about it in the Abbey, ' and the Spectator regards the result of their training; as of immense value. The Admiralty have offered the Conqueror to replace the Goliath, but to suitably equip her £10.000 will have to be found by subscription. The Lord Mayor has been appealed to, and has consented to open a fund for tbe purpose. A. similar calamity happeued on a subsequent Monday to another training ship, tbe Warspite, moored off Woolwich. In the dead of the night flames were discovered issuing from the cockpit. One hundred and sixty lads were ou board at the time, who were summoned to the pumps, and displayed admirable discipline. All efforts to extinguish the fire proving unsuccessful, the lads were all safely landed, and taken tempororily to Woolwich workbouse. Incendiarism is suspected. **»