SUEZ MAIL SUMMARY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 115, 6 May 1876, Page 2

SUEZ MAIL SUMMARY.

It is rumored the French Government intend to annex the group of islands associated wi'h the deaths of Bishap Pattcson and Commodore Goodenough Captain Moresby has published two volumes of a work on New (-luinca, which isa welcome contribution regarding that island. West Suffolk has returned LieutenantColonel Barnes, a Conservative, to Parlia-me-1; Mr Broughton has been returned for Berkshire; Mr IJ. ckett Dennison. a Conservative, for Bedford; and at liorditm, ths Solicitor General, Sir Hardinge G fford, has been defeated by Clifton Brown, a Liheral. Tbe question of the cession of Gambia to the French has been , referred to a Select Committee. A discussion arcse in the Lords on the chain cables used in ihe Iloyal Navy ships. It wjß suggested by the failure ol the cables ÜBed during the voyage of H.M.S. Serapis. The Fugitive Slave question, the merits aud demerits of the Henri-Martini rifle, Army Heloim, and the Lo^b of the Vanguard, occupied the attention of Parliament. Morgan's Burial Bi 1 was also again brought forward, and was opposed by the Government. It was defeated by a majority of thirty-one. The Quean has held a Court at Buckingham Palnce, and attended a concert at the Royal Albert HaU. The Court has gone into mourning owing to the detih of the Grand Duchess Marii, sister of the Czar, and aunt of the Duchess of Edinburgh. The Duke has joined his chip Sultan, and the Duchess will puss a considerable portion of the year in Russia. The memorial statue of the late Prince Consort Albeit, in the Hyde Park, has been unveiled witbout ceremony. The four million -sterling for the Suez Can-nl shares purchase, was grantei without a division The heavy commission p-iid to Rothschild was severely condemned. Mr. Lowe's trumpery criticism humiliated his own party. Mr Gladstone's speech was uncivil and suggestive, but lacked breadth. Two days later, he adopted the unusual course of publishing a synopsis in the shape of 26 interrogations It has been shown that lr»ctures tothe direct United States Coble are wilfully occasioned. At two separate inqu^ts, held respecting the less of the Sfcrathciyde, nt Deal ond Poplar, verd'ets of manslaughter were returned against the captain and officers of ths Franconia. The latter*' excuse was that th?y thought they were -sinking, and required all the b ats for themsel?es. The Queen opened a wing of the London HoHpitilat the Fast End The Queen's rec ption wai most gratifying, and the cheering throughout the course of f ur miles was most hearty No dmlr>) al cry wa< heard. Die rat ons extending from the city eastwird were miuau-dly effective, and some tonrfrng inci-dent-j are told in connection with the Roynl inspection of the h spital wards Besides the gift of the Grocer^ Compiny, £70,000 was received in donations. The Quetn ißexpectel to return from the .Continent about the 20th ot April, to meet the Prince of Wales A succession of costly festivities is expected to fol'ow that event. Prince Leopold is traveling, on the Con mont incog as Baiou Balmor.nl. t'evtrai di*.ti-:gui-hed visitors are at present in London. Don Carlos arrived at Kolkstone on the 4th The s*me ste.tmer brought over thed- legates from the Municipality of Boulogne, »nd the cheers with which they were greeted were taken us demonstrative of Don Carlos. Hh ia at present in London, and intends visiting Scotland. Lord Chief Justice ("ockburn has lean presented with the freedom of the city of London. John Douglas has been appointed Colonial ",eoret!iry of the States Settlement. Cape advices report tin destruction by Ore of Little Pope. Owing to the preeeace of targe qu ntnies of gunpowder there were numerous explosions. In one house 2000 kegs exp.oded, 50 per-ons being ki-led. A fire in a shipyard at Hull did immense damage to the building, and destroyed a steumer. At the Festinog Estate quarries seven men were lately crushed to death beneath -a mass or rock. \ VVry great distress prevails owing to the lock-out ot farm laborers at ' Essex,

Weston, the Am rioan pedestrian, successfully achieved the fiat of walking 275 miles in 75 hours,, agamsc C. Rowell, who was allowed to run or walk, au i had 50 mileß start. Weston finished within 4m'ns of the stipulated t'me, while his opponmt had covered only 175 miles. Abou"; C 000 persons were present, und great excitement prevailed. Deaths: Per Dr Spence, Congregational' minister; Samuel Biddulph, cricketer, of Not'inghani; Dr Milraan Bulhope of Cilcutti; S^your Clark, formerly manager of ihe Greit Northern Railway ; and Thomas Livingstone, Bon of the late explorer. CevlO!*, April 8. Lord Lytton, the new Viceroy, arrived at Bombay Ja-t eveninr. Lord Noit ibrook visited Madras «nd Ceylon on his -a ay borne. Expectation is rife about Sir W. Gregory's successor. Sir Arthur Kennedy, of Hong King, is expected fo be his successor Sir Henry B irkley, or Sir Arthur fhayre, may go to Bombiy j an i Sir Hercules llobinion may probably be offered the Gavernorship of the Cane. A fire on a coffee estate at Ceylon, destroyed £7,1*0 » worth of property. Some of the Strathmore' s passengers pr>ceed to England, ..but- the remainder are furnished with pass.igta to Australia. - - — T>