ARRIVAL OF THE SUEZ MAIL.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 233, 26 February 1876, Page 10

ARRIVAL OF THE SUEZ MAIL.

Bluff, Thursday. The Albion left Melbourne at 2 p.m. on the 19th, cleared the Heads at 5 p.m. with strong S.E. winds, and passed the Solanders at 7 a.m. on the 24th. She brings 51 saloon and 43 steerage passengers, the English mail, and 250 tons of cargo for all ports. She sails for Dunedin at 5 p.m. ENGLISH NEWS PER ALBION. - London, February 17. On the second day of the wool sales prices continued with great spirit. The sales close on March 4. A large number of vessels have arrived since the sales began. The Queensland mail has been delivered. Madrid, February 16. The Cortes was opened by King Alfonso. MAIL NEWS. The Board of Severn Conservators granted permission to Frank Buckland to take salmon ova from the Severn for export. The Australian and' New Zealand Eastern Telegraph Company have been authorised by the shareholders to duplicate their lines between Rangoon and Penang, Suez and Bombay. C. S. Reid, a tenant ‘ farmer, finding the resistance to agricultural reform on the part of his colleagues insuperable, retired from the Government. Salt, member for Stafford, succeeds to the secretaryship of the Local Government Board. Stephen Cave, M.P., has proceeded to Egypt on a special mission, accompanied by a large staff in various capacities. Proctor, the astronomical writer, has seceded from the Roman Catholic Church. £40,000 has been promptly subscribed for building a church in Leeds, in response to an appeal from the Bishop of Ripon. The six frigates of the detached squadron are ordered to leave the East Indies for the Mediteranean. At the Christmas cattle market 7600 beasts were sold, against 6500 last year. At the Queen’s annual sale at Windsor, good prices were realised. The extravagant price of meat is again a subject of discussion. Many persons attribute it largely to the rigid restrictions placed by Government on the importation of foreign cattle. Unfortunately the prospect of effective succour from Australia has become less ch © ermg. A Bill for a new railway between London and Brighton is proposed. The capital is two millions, of which one hundred thousand has been subscribed. Owing to deaths and official promotions, several elections to Parliament have occurred. Cavendish Bentinck, Judge-Advocate-General, was returned for Whitehaven ; Hurst, Liberal, for Horsham ; General Gordon, Conservative, for'East Aberdeenshire. Lieutenant Cameron reached London m safety on November 19 with 57 followers. He has crossed the Continent from east to west at the head of the Livingstone East Coast expedition. j . The four directors, manager, and submanager of the City and County Bank, charged with publishing a false prospectus and balance-sheets, have been committed for trial. The Italian Geographical. Society have resolved to send an exploring expedition to Equatorial Africa at the end. of January. . Two men, the only survivors of the brig Dagmar, arrived at Liverpool with a story of sufferings similar to those of the Cospatrick recital twelve months ago. A terrible disaster has happened opposite Gravesend. The old wooden ship Goliath, with 500 boys aboard, caught fire. She was soon a mass of flames. Boats at once rendered assistance. At the last moment Captain Bouchier, his wife, and two daughters, leaped from a height of 25ft. into the water, and were

picked up by a boat. The schoolmaster and eleven boys are missing. The escape of the rest was wonderful. . ... Eight persons have been killed by a boiler explosion at Ballymaconnell, Ireland. They were sitting in the boiler house, and were blown to atoms. , . By the collision of two steamers m the river Gironde thirteen persons were killed. The town of Arecivo, in Porto Rico, has been almost destroyed by an earthquake. Only two churches and six houses survived the shocks. t Pope Hennessy has been appointed Governor of Barbadoes. The Turks sustained a severe defeat near Trabenju in an engagement with the Insurgents, in which thirty were killed and many wounded. Immense crowds assembled outside Newgate during Wainwright’s execution, although the proceedings were private. The Prince of Wales’ recejition at Delhi, Lahore, and Jeypore was very magnificent, at the latter place especially. A case of cholera occurred on board the Serapis at Calcutta. Ship’s corporal died after a few hours’ illness. AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY. Melbourne, February 20, Since the passing of the iron-hand resolution the debates in the Assembly have been conducted rather more decorously ; and now that the House is on the Budget proposal, there is some prospect of business being proceeded with. Two of the items, the land tax and the house tax, have been agreed to in committee, but they are to be re-committed. The income tax is under discussion, and is likely to cause some opposition, as it is not popular, although the minimum is fixed at £SOO a-year for incomes. A-motion has been tabled in the Assembly to place a sum on the Estimates for a portrait of Wilson Gray. The conference of agricultural delegates have decided in favor of the establishment of an agricultural college, to be endowed by Government with a grant of land and money. The Mining Board enquiry adjourned, yesterday to Tuesday week. Every witness testifies to the extraordinary conduct of Brough Smyth, the Secretary of Mines, towards his subordinate officers. The evidence shows the department to have been in a thoroughly disorganised state. A fire at Emerald Hill on Thursday night destroyed six houses, partially insured in several offices, including the New Zealand office. • A goods train on the North Eastern Railway caught fire yesterday. One truck was completely gutted, the others were slightly damaged. Four candidates have been nominated for Collingwood. G. D. Carter stands in the interests of the Ministry, and Mirams is the Opposition candidate. Strop won the Hobarton Cup ; Bella, 2 ; Lord Lytton, 3 ; Emulation, the strong The mail steamer China twice broke her eccentric on the passage from Galle. The exhibits of grain for Philadelphia leave by the outgoing mail. The Avoca, with the supplementary mail, arrived at Adelaide last night. She will reach Melbourne on Monday morning. The Alhambra, on Tuesday, will take on any letters for New Zealand. Scarlet fever is dying out. The deaths now have very greatly diminished. The Sappho arrived at Sydney yesterday from Auckland. Mdlle. De Murska gives three performances in opera this week. She is still unable to proceed to New Zealand, owing to the illness of Alfred Anderson, who is very bad. The Simonsens leave for New Zealand on the 29 th of this month. Breadstuffs are unaltered. Markets dull. Sailed, on the 18 th : Zephyr, for Hokitika ; Frances Gertrude, for Westport. Newcastle, February 20. Sailed, on the 17th : Bobycito, for Dunedin; W. C. Wentworth and Star of the Mersey, for Lyttelton.