SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 210, 14 October 1878, Page 2

SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

[Per Arawata ] Losppx, August 30. The Cape Parliament is prorogued. The | Sprigg Ministry carried their taxation measures and passed the Indemnity Bill for mili- | tary operations, and obtained authority for a loan of £750,000 for war expenses, and £170,000 for the completion of the railways. A subsidy of £15,000 per annum for a telegraph between that colony and England was ' also passfd. Although the Kaffir war is virtually terminated, frontier figb.tfpg is still reported, caused principally by the depredations of marauding parties. The rebels hesitate £o avail themselves of the amnesty offered, which is attributed to the exclusion of their chief from, its benefit. '.Gongabella has been sentenced to death for high treason, 'and Munganta to life imprisonment for sedition. During the sitting of the Congress at Stockholm, Sir George Arney, formerly Chief Justice of New Zealand, deiivered a, very admirable address on the system for many years adopted in that colony, namely, i the remission of a portion of even short sentences, and the principle of pecuuiary restoration by offenders. These views were ead^rsed by Mr William Sulloch.! Pr. /ohp Guthrie, Independent Minister of Glasgow, is obliged to leave Scotland on account of his health, $.nd will shortly sail for New Zealand, where sorije q£ hjg sous are settled. Sir Arthur Phayre, Governor of Mauritius, is about to pay a visit to Sir Bartle Frere at the Cape to consult, on matters affecting the yejfare of the South African colonies. M^nfstejrs have decided against an early dissolution, tyanjr g£ the northern constituencies strongly obiec.fc to ft in the present state of trade. The work' of' preparation, however, is proceeding actively;' members and new candidates are 'working'their cqustitutencies; committees are organising their forces; and the voting registers are being overhauled. The Liberals dread a surprise after all. Speaicfq£ at the Southporfc Agricultural Shot? the Home S/spptary said the Government had done all in tftep- pgyer to secure the farmers from the ravages of 'the catUs disease f,p conduce to the Welfare both of the ngriculturj&t frnd the public generally. ; The London Gorpo^t^op are about to con- . vert tSt. Paul's Churchyard into c garden. « The Bristol Chamber of Commerce has £egpjy£s tp despatch ten artisan, reporters to

the Paris Exhibition to report npon certain departments of trade there. There has been an explosion at the Chaldwick gunpowder mills whcu several persons were injured but none killed. The iron clipper ship Erstmunster, 2010 tons, while being loaded in the London docks, capsized aud went down. The English steamer City of Waterford run into and sank the French steamer Moselie off the Spanish coast. Two stokers perished. There has been a series of very heavy thunderstorms throughout the country during the past fortnight. Much damage was done, aud several lires were lost by lightning. J °