SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 61, 12 March 1877, Page 2

SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

[Per Ringakooma.] At thcannual dinner of the Oxford Liberal j Association, Sir William liarcourt said : ] Everything pointed to a waning confidence in the Government, and that foreign affairs had been more mismanaged during the last eighteen months than at any former period. Mr Chamberlain, M.F., speaking at Leeds, contended that the Church was the greatest obstacle to a National system of education. The Dioceses of Chester, Durham, Lincoln, and Lichh'eld, arc to be divided, and the new Sees will be Liverpool, Newcastle, Southwell and Derby. Dr, Gumming, lecturing at Leamington, said the Turks were about to be swept out of Europe, and the Jews about to take possession of their owii land of Jerusalem; soon the latter would cross the Euphrates, which, j

according to the Apocalypse, would mark the end of time. ';-.. A new powerful ironclad, one of the most powerful afloat, isjust completed and will be ready fdr sea shortly. , j • Last year there were 7000 desertions from . the army., A, Royal Commission has been ■appointed' to^" enquire into the recruiting '■-, isystcm,./ \%-' \ ■ ■ >..,-". .> V:-- --\ The question of Sunday amusements is .attracting great attention; several clergymen have spoken or written in their favor. A lady in Rome, occupying a high position, has claimed a share of the inheritance left by Cardinal' Antonelli, on the grouud that she is/his illegitimate daughter. She is married, and received a handsome marriage portion from the late Cardinal.