SUEZ MAIL ITEMS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 221, 18 September 1877, Page 2

SUEZ MAIL ITEMS.

(Pee Arawata.) London, August 3. The Queen is afc Osborne in good health. Prince Albert Victor, eldest son of the Priuce of Wales, has had au attack of typhoid fever, but is recovering. The Rev. Rowley Hill, the Vicar of Shef- • field, is the new Bishop of Sodor and Man. Mr Alfred Watkins (Liberal) has been elected for Great Grimsby. The New Bedford boat, 10 feet long and 1 \ tons register, arrived in England after a passage of 49 days across the Atlantic, the occupauts bejiig the owner and wife. The boat had to lie-to several times in consequence of heavy gales. j The Holy Cross Society is still the subject j &f much, public comment, the practice of | confessioo ipculcated by the Society receiving general condemnation. The Law Oflicers of the Crown have de- ' clared that Admiral De Horsey was justified in his action against the Peruvian ironclad. The Government and people of Peru are highly incensed against Eugland, and demand satisfaction. The suicide of a Blue-coat School boy, aged 12 years, has caused much discussion, and led to the appointment of a commission to enquire into the management of the school, it being alleged that the younger boys are subjected to great tyranny at the hands of the older ones. At the M:.i. sion House dinner, Sir Garnet Wolsley, alluding to tho war in the East, said the British army was jjeyer in a more efficient condition than now. At a meeting of Home Rule membeis, Mr Butt stated tbat should the present aimless obstruction be persisted in, ho would probably withdraw from the leadership of the party. The Lancashire colliers' strike has ended after lastiug six weeks. Wm. Gale, the well-known pedestrian, completed at Cardiff the extraordinary feat of walking four thousand quarter-miles in as many periods of ten minutes. A pigeon match for £1000 took place at Hurling ham between Captain Forrester Leij.htoii and Captain Aubrey Patton, each receiving 50 birds. The match resulted in a tie, each bringing down 36 birds. Samuel Warren, the author of "Ten Thousand a- Year," is dead. Prince lleuss, Germau Ambassador at Stamboul, U spoken of as the probable ruler of Bulgaria. Enormous defalcations continue to bo discovered in the Russian commissariat department. The Emperor has ordered the most rigorous proceedings against the culprits. Great difficulties are felt iv iirorisioiuag the invading ariu^, and the cattle plague seriously affects the price of meat/ Outside the army aud the Slavophil party the feeling is aga'nst the war. The Russians have thrown a bridge over the Danube at Pyrgos. Sir Arnold-lvcmball has telegraphed thafc it is true that a portion of the garrison at Bayazid which was in the town surrendered {

and were massacred by the Kurds ; the remainder in the fort therefore held out until relieved by a Russian corps. Parliamentary papers have been published ! showing that frightful atrocities are being committed by both sides. The Russians have obtained a list of the persons implicated in the Bulgarian atrocities of last year, and shoot all of them that they catch. The Mussulman population flies before the Russians, in consequence of the Bulgarians being armed by thousands, and committing all sorts of outrages. Frederick Arthur Stanley has been appointed Financial Secretary to the Treasury, vice W. H. Smith, appointed First Lord of i the Admiralty. ! The Mansion House Famine Relief Fund , is rapidly increasing. The Quean and the . Prince of Wales subscribed £500, andßothsi child and Baring Brothers £1000 each.