SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 261, 14 November 1879, Page 2

SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

Friedrich Benedetti, who took a prominent part iv the 1848 revolution in Austria, and at whose instance the Jesuits were tlieu expelled from Gratz, has committed suicide at the age of 74. He suffered eight years' imprisonment after 1848, was a disciple of Ronge, and had latterly been absorbed in the study of the revolutionary history of all countries The death of Dr. Carlyle, younger brother of Mr Thorns Carlyle, is announced from Dumfries. Dr. Oarlyle was known as a translator of Dante, and he rendered laborious assistance to his brother in collecting materials for Mr Carlyle'a "History of Frederick the Great." The sanitary authorities of Tamworth after boring to a depth of only 170 ft, have struck upon a spring of water, the yield of which is reckoned at more than 1,000,000 gallons a day, being more than double the quantity required for the supply of the town and district. A meeting of representatives from numerous firms of brickmasters has passed a resolution, after a short discussion, to the effect that the wages paid for moulding bricks ought to be reduced by at least sixpence per thousand. The Earl of Carnarvon has, in consideration of the prevailing depression in agriculture, returned to the tenants of his Somersetshire and Hampshire estates 10 per cent on the amount of their respective rentals. A young married woman named Barnes, wife of an engine-tenter, has committed suicide at Blackburn by cutting her throat from ear to ear through disappointment about some money she had expected her father to leave her. The Empress Eugenic has, it is stated, accepted the offer of the Queen, and she will shortly take up her residence at Abergeldie Castle for a brief period. The Rev David Macrae, Gourock, who was recently deposed by the United Presbyterian Synod for heresy, has accepted a call from the late Rev George Gilfillan's congregation in Dundee. The steamer Coromandel, which waa driren ashore near Vizagapatam in December last, has been floated. The vessel after being condemned, was sold to B. Ramassam, a wealthy Conconada dubash, for about £1000, and he now finds himself the owner of a steamer of upwards of 2000 tons gross measurement, worth, it is calculated, about £50,000. Iv reference to the New Zealand loan, tbte European Mail has the following : — v With njfiml to the proposed new loan of £5,000,000 ii i« not so rery long since New Zealand was in the niiik<-t as a borrower, but, notwithstanding the forebodings of pessimists, if she can show that the money is likely to prove productive, there can be no doubt of her getting it— at about four and a half per cent." Speaking of the arrival in England of the troops from the Zulu campaign, the Home correspondent of the Otago Daily Times says : — " Scarcely less gratifying was the welcome to Colonel Baker at Crediton, where this most daring, dashing, and gallant of cavalry leaders was received with overwhelming demonstrations. Lord Chelmsfcrd frankly admits tbat without Colonel Baker the army in Zululand would have been almost unable to move ; aud never did cavalry fulfil their proper functions of being the eyes and ears of the main force so thoroughly and splendidly as Colonel Baker's men. Never was a It-ader so worshipped by his men. In the thickest part of every fight, and he was present in almost all, the Colonel would be seen as calm as on parade, encouraging his men, whom the voice of their leader moved to work wonders. And not only where hard knocks were going, but where judgment and decision were necessary, was Colonel Baker the most to be relied on, as was proved at the Zlobane Mountain, where, bad he rot remained calm and collected under terrific circumstances, not a soul would have survived the surprise."