SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIIL, Issue 199, 20 September 1878, Page 4

SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

Earl Beaconsfield visited Osborne on ibe 20th of July, and was invested with tho Order of the Garter. Lord Salisbury was also invested with the Garter, at QsborDe, on the 30th ultimo. On the game day General Sir Linton Simmons was invested with (he Grand Cross of the B*tb, and Sir Arnold Kembell, aud Lord Tenterten, were presented with the insignia ofKC.B. Sir Richard Wallace has presented to Earl BeaconeOeld fhe star worn by the late Marquis of Hertford as Kuioht of the Garter. The diamond and rubies are valued at £12,000. The reserves are all dismissed to their homes, and a general order commends them for their conduct. The only disorderly conduct manifested was amongst, a number of Irishmen at Portsmouth nnd Cardiff on their re-embarka-tion for Ireland, nnd this wag caused by excessive drinkinjr. Ail the extra hands taken on during; the lost few months ere being dismissed from the dockyards and arsenils. During the debate on the Duke of Connausht's marriage allowance, hi»h encomiums were passed on His Royal Highoee3 from all siWe?, and testimony wa9 borne to his great popularity in Ireland by several of the Home Rulers. An insect a quarter of an inch long is doing great damage in the turnip fields io Ireland. Captiin Coppio. has contracted to raise H.M.S. Vanguard by the 31st of October. The Pan-Anglican Synod terminated on the 27ih July. One hundred and four prelatea attended the special service at St Paul's Cathedral. Several thousand persona visit the Grosvenor Gallery every Sunday afternoon and evening. A Japanese corvette, the first warship from that country to England, was visited by a distinguished p*rty, including many members of Parliament and Midhat Pasha, on the 26 h July. For the first time in the annuals of Westminster Ahbey> a coloured divine, the native Bishop of Havti, preached in that edifice on the 4'h July. An extraordinary scene occurred at Bandon on {he burial of a woman who it wrs fil'eged had become a Roman Catholic before her deatb. Two Anglican clergymen were present at the request of" the husband, who is a Protestant. There were also two priests accompanied by n large crowd. The latter seized the coffio, and carried it off amidet great excitement. The corpse was inferred with Roman Catholic ceremonies. The Claimant has been visited by Mr Onelow, M.P., who states that he has gained two stone in weight since his removal from Dartmoor. There have been several railway accidents. On the 13th one at Edgehill, near Liverpool, resulted in the death of a lady, and injury to a dozen other persons. In the following week, 100 were hurt more or less Bevereiy, though none were killed, by a heavy ballast train dashing into an excursion train at Beaklers, on the Great Eastern Line. James Prior (the late managing director), Colonel Mahon (formerly M.P. for Clare), and Captain Steeman, directors of the Lombard Deposit Bank, are committed for trial, charged with forgery and uttering a minute book connected with the affairs of the bank, with intent to defraud it. A robbery of bank-drafts, notes and coin, valued at £17,000, was effected on the night of the 26th ult., at the house of a money-lender, near Bradford. Fifty-four convicts jfrom the Mount St. Bernard Roman Catholio Reformatory made their escape, and were followed by the warders and police. A regular pitched battle ensued, and after a number were injured on both sides 43 were re-captured. A yacht was stolen by three men from Brighton. A steamer was sent in chase. It wns overtaken three miles away. They were off to America. The strike of the miners in different parts of France is terminating. They created considerable uneasiness for some days, and the troops were called out. At the official banquet at Paris, the health of tha Prince of Wales was proposed by M. Ferray, a member of the Left-centre of the Senate, and was drunk with tremendous enthusiasm. It was stated that the Prince had interested himself as much in the French Exhibition as if it bad been held in England. An official contradiction has been given to the report that the King of Spain intended to abdicate. The Phylloxera vastalrix is spreading, both in the northern and Southern provinces of Spain. The cotton crop in Egypt is expected to be deficient, both in quantity and quality. At the first anniversary meeting of the Southwark Liberal Association, Mr Gladstone strongly denounced the conduct of [the Ministry. Outside the building several thousand met, and passed resolutions in favour of the Government, and the mention of Mr Gladstone's name was met with groans and hisses. General Todleben has made every apology for the firing on the Swiftsure's boat near Gallipoli. The offenders were not of any rank. The return of the Russian Guards to St. Petersburgh is expected this 8800 th. ' ' ' -

The proposal of the Russian Government to introduce in Bulgaria a tax similar to the Russian class tax, is causing great dissatisfaction. Sulieman Pasha's trial has commenced at Constantinople. It will last Borne time. Baker Pasha ia to re-organise the Turkish gendarmes and to be charged with ti special service in Eastern Roumelia.