SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 122, 23 May 1878, Page 2

SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

Hokitika, Wednesday. The Albion brings Suez mail news to April 12. An assistant Under-Secretary of State for Scotch business is to be appointed. Mr Alcourt, Conservative, has been returned [for Manchester against Sir Francis Lycett, the Liberal candidate. - The Eomus, the first of six steel corvettes for the navy, was launched at Glasgow on the 3rd of April. She is a powerful vessel. Sir Alison has taken charge of the Intelligence Department of the Horse Guards. Questions have been asked in Parliament on several occasions relative to the execution of the Tanna native on board H.M.S. Beagle. The invariable reply is that the Admiralty are waiting for further information. Canadian militia officers are offering their services in large numbers to the British Government. About £3000 has already been subscribed for the relatives of those who were drowned in the Eurydice. A Government inquiry is to

be held. Masters of several vessels which were in the Chanuel on the same afternoon that the frigate was lost state that the squall came on suddenly, and that it could not have been perceived from on board a vessel ao close to the high cliffs of the Isle of Wight easjof Ventnor. A grant of public money will be made to the families of the deceased aa in the case of the Captain. A serious riot occurred at the Liverpool Sailors' Home on the 2nd April. It originated in the dulness of trade. Many black sailors were in port aud could not get employment, and as a number of whites were being shipped the blacks, 100 strong attacked them. The riot was only ended by the arrival of a large body of police. Many seamen were severely'injured. Out of fifteen elections in Erance on the Ist April fourteen Republicans were elected, and a fresh ballot is necessary in the other instance.

An article contributed by Prince Jerome Napoleon to the Revue des JDeuc Mo-ides has created much sensation. It attributes the isolation of France in 1870-71 to clericalism and asserts that had it not been for the rapid advance of the Prussians and the persistent refusal of the Emperor, prompted by the clerical party, to evacuate Rome both Austria and Italy would have consented to aid Prance.

The Nicaraguan Government has accepted the conditions imposed by Germany for 'the insult offered to the German Consul. ' A German squadron was sent to San Juan to enforce them.

The Emperor of Germany replied ;to the Pope's announcement of his accession in a very courteous note, expressing his willingness to entertain friendly relations with the Vatican.

The Pope is stated to have entrusted Cardinal Cullen with the negotiations with tlio Euglish Government respecting the establishment of the hierarchy in Scotland Cardinal Manning having exhibited too Ultramontane tendencies. Cardinal Manning has returned to England. A Commission of Cardinals has been appointed to investigate the Peter's Pence fund. It is reported that large sums have disappeared, leaving no trace. The administration is in the utmost confusion, and there is no means of knowing how much has been received or how much spent for many years past. His Holiness has provided a remedy for all this in future.

Thefollowingarethe Government changes: — Marquis «f Salisbury, Foreign Secretary; Mr Gathcrne Hardy, Secretary for India; Colonel Stanley, War Office ; Sir H. S. Ibbetsou Secretary to Treasury ; Earl Stanhope, Under- Secretary for India ; Lo/d Sandon, President of the Board of Trade.

At a sale of pictures, nine of Turner's paintings fetched 41,500 guineas, and twelve water color drawings 16,000 guineas. Successful experiments have been made at Malta, rendering nugatory the effects of the Whiteßead torpedoes. A telegram in the Standard says "the Pope has stated that the action of England will be the means of saving Europe from Russian barbarism.

The Vatican will favor the alliance of Latin Europe with England, as a barrier against slavism.

Obituary — Admiral George Evans ; Sir Gilbert Scott; Sir John Cathcart; Sir James Watts ; the Sultan of Morocco ; Prince Lucien Murat.