THE ENGLISH SUEZ MAIL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4412, 11 May 1875, Page 2

THE ENGLISH SUEZ MAIL.

ARRIVAL OF THE TARARUA. NEW ZEALAND SUBMARINE CABLE ARRANGED FOR. GREAT DINNER TO SIR GEORGE BOWEN. STRIKE IN SOUTH WALES CONTINUES. PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF NEW GUINEA. [Per Peess Aoenot.] The Bluff, Monday. The s.s. Tararua, with the English Suez mail of the 19th March, arrived here at 1 o'clock, p.m., punctually to contract time. She left Melbourne on the 3rd inst., and met with Strong head winds . throughout the passage. She brings 23 saloon and 30 steerage passengers, and 250 tons of cargo for all ports. Passengers for Wellington : Mr. O'Shea, Mr. A. Parkinson, Miss Williams, and 3 steerage. Amongst the passengers are the Fakir of Oolu Company, for Dunedin. The following are REUTER'S CABLEGRAMS. London, April 28. The Two Thousand Guineas were won by Mr. Viner's Campello, with Mi'. Levefre's Picnic second, and Lord Fitzwilliam's Breechloader third. The installation of the Prince of Wales as Grand Master of the Freemasons, in Albertstreet Hall, was a magnificent ceremony. Seven thousand Masons were present. The'miners of South Wales refuse to resume work on the masters' conditions.

April 29. The Torres Strait mail was delivered on the 24th.

Arrived : Ship Helen Denny. April 30.

An influential deputation yesterday interviewed Lord Carnarvon, urging the annexation of New Guinea. Lord Carnarvon acknowledged the importance of the subject, but thought the Government should proceed cautiously. He desired a manifestation of more interest in the matter from Australia.

The banquet given to Governor Bowen was a great success. The Duke of Edinburgh presided, and three hundred guests were present. Lord Carnarvon was absent through domestic affliction. The principal speakers were Sir George Bowen, Lord Kimberley, Lord Lisgard, the Duke of Manchester, Sir J. Fergusson, Mr. Childers, Mr. Charles Lowther, Mr. W. Rose, Sir H. Kawlinson, Mr. Francis, and Mr. Michie.

May 1. Mr. Vogel has arranged for the laying down of a New Zealand submarine cable. Sir Arthur Gordon- has received extended powers for the protection of the coast tribes of "New Guinea (?). The Bishop of Ballarat has been consecrated in Westminster Abbey by the Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the Bishops of Ely, Melbourne, Goulburn, and others.

Wheat is dull. ■ The total arrivals of wool to date are 280,000 bales. The next sales commence on the 4th of May and close on the 23rd of June. The stocks of tallow amount to 15,000 casks. Arrived : Elizabeth Graham.

LATEST CABLE TELEGRAMS. London, May 1,

A colliery explosion has taken place at Bunker's Hill, Staffordshire. Thirty-five persons were killed.

Berlin, May 1,

The Emperor of Germany has approved the introduction of a Bill for the suppression of religious orders.

ENGLISH SUMMARY. The Queen held a Court at Buckinham Palace, when several nobles, Governors of colonies, and ex-Governors were presented. Prince Leopold slowly improves in health. The Queen expressed great affliction at the death of Sir Alfred Helps, who was a true and devoted friend.

Charles Lennox Peel succeeds to the clerkship of the Privy Council. The Prince Imperial is likely to attach himself to the sth Koyal Irish Lancers, to undergo a course of practical military instruction. Mr. Huddlestone has accepted the vacant Judgeship of Common Pleas. ; Mr. Stavely has been appointed Judge Advocate to the "fleet.

J. T. "White, an experienced West as well as East India merchant, visits the Australian colonies.

The epidemic of cholera in Colombo has carried off hundreds of natives.

A Buddhist priest has been convicted at Kandy of murder, and sentenced to death. Dr. Bickersteth succeeds to the Deanery of Litchfield.

Bishop Jenner, the rejected of Dunedin, is ,to come to Colombo, exchanging his parish at Home with Bishop Jermayn. He promises, however, to be moderate, but this .arrangement is likely to hasten disesfitblishment. Pope Hennessy has been appointed Governor of the Windward Islands.

Sir John Karslake remains quite blind, in spite of the recent operation. Baron Amphlett ib suffering from a severe illness.

The Queen has granted a pension of £2oo_a year to Mr. Wood, who is in failing health, in recognition of his valuable labors and discoveries at Ephesus. A reward of £SOO is offered for the recovery of the will of the late Lord St. Leonards, suspected to have been buried with him in the pocket of the dressing-gown worn at the time of his death.

Mr. and Mrs. George Cruickshank have celebrated their silver wedding. Mr. Gladstone has replied to his critics in another pamphlet entitled " Vaticanism." The Union University of America has offered the Honorary Chancellorship to Mr. Gladstone. The offer was declined; from inability to cross the Atlantic to deliver the expected address. Parliamentary legislation has a decided retrogade tendency, many enactments of past sessions being stealthily undermined, and a Liberal policy reversed. The Regimental Exchanges Bill, for example, is regarded as a cover, and a step towards the restoration of army purchase. There is great indignation among the Liberals, mingled with contempt, for the weakness of the Government. Mockery and impatience mark all their measures. The late eclipse of the sun was generally well observed throughout India. A war with Burmah is imminent.

Colonel Bromes's party, who had to travel through China from Burmah, had scarcely started when they were driven back by the Chinese Governor of Minnen. Colonel Bromes was treacherously murdered.' Colonel Brown repulsed five hundred Chinese with his small part/ of Shiks. The expedition has been given up. The latest news show that Burmah prompted the Chinese to this breach of faith and murder. If so, war will be declared. Another dispute with Burmah about boundaries is imminent.

Sir F. D. Forsyth has gone on a special mission to the King. Sir R. Meade succeeds Sir L. G. Pealey in Baroda.

The Prince of Wales will have a right royal reception in India, An attempt has been made to poison the Maharajah of Cochen. Additional troops have been sent to Burmah. The Viceroy had a grand reception at Delhi fr.<m the Chiefs of the Punjaub. There was a procession of fifteen elephants, including the Viceroy's, covered with a gold crown, &c. The Viceroy made a speech to the Maharajahs and Rajahs referring to Burmah, Baroda, and the Prince of Wales's visit.

Stroude has returned Marling, a Liberal, against Lord Bury, a Conservative. At Norwich, Tillet, a Liberal, defeated the Conservative candidate.

Dr. Keneally was made the subject of a Parliamentary debate, on the 4th instant, on a question of privilege. He complained of the Hon. Evelyn Ashley's speech charging him with subordination of perjury, in putting Line into the witness box. The House was crowded. Keneally was extinguished by laughter, when he wound up with the declaration that he shook off all calumnies, as the "Lion shakes dewdrops from his mane." John -Bright has greatly exasperated the Home Rulers by the terms in which he characterised the agitation, in' a letter to the Rev. Mr. O'Malley. Their objects, he says, are eminently childish and absurd. The breakup of Home Rule Associations is anticipated. Moody and Sankey have commenced special services in London. Twenty thousand people assemble every evening in the Agricultural Hall, which is crowded. Midday meetings are held in Exeter Hall.

The Channel steamer Bessemer has made a successful trip in a gale from Hull to Gravesend.

The Admiralty Aicbic committee have fixed on Smith Sound as the route of the new expedition.

Mr Michie, the Agent-General of Victoria, has read a paper at the Colonial Institute on New Guinea.

Lord Carnarvon refuses compensation for the liberation of slaves on the Gold Coast, on the ground that but for British interference the slaveholders would either now be dead or themselves in slavery. The proprietors of the penny papers have combined to run a rival train along the Great Northern railway. The football match on Kensington Oval, England v. Scotland, resulted in a draw. Several destructive' fires have occurred, involving thousands of pounds of damage. At the Vulcan lucifer match factory, Gothenburg, forty-nine persons perished. Two railway accidents, unattended with loss of life, have occurred. Shocking accounts of famine in Asia have been received. In one district ninety thousand Persians perished. Three Liverpool ships are missing, not having been heard of for mouths.

Bishop Colenso's advocacy of Langa l abella has rendered him unpopular in Natal. His return was received with signs of disapproval. Miss Wood, who gave all her money to the Shakers, has been pronounced insane. The Times publishes a verbatim report of Colonel Phayre's cross-examination, and considers the result would have rendered it impossible for any tribunal to find the Guicawar guilty. Dr Joseph Pagar will accompany the Prince of Wales to India.

The International Exhibition, in which prominence is to be given to matters connected with marine and river industries will be heldin Paris from July to November next. The Bonapartist pensions are warmly di3cnssed in the Assembly. There is a dead pause in public affairs in Spain. The young King is reported as being disheartened, and entertains serious thoughts of abdicating his throne. His strong-minded sister, the Countess Gugenti, has gone to him, but his Ministry is divided. The reported attempted assassination of the King is unfounded, but, with his attendant, the King was nearly suffocated while sleeping in a fiueless room.

Sir Arthur Gordon proceeds from Singapore direct to Sydney and Fiji. Obituary.—Norton Lake, police magistrate; Archdeacon Freeman ; Capt. Lye, an early Australian navigator ; Dr. Peel, ex-Dean of Worcester ; J. Bearnio Philip, the sculptor; Gerald Leigh, well-known in Bporting circles ; Devare, the chess player; Sir Goldworthy Garney ; and Dr. Gray, the naturalist.

AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Melbourne, May 3. The sequestration of the estate of M. B. Carroll has created a vacancy for Ararat. There are several candidates in the field. The Government have promised to introduce a Harbor Trust Bill at an early date. A conference of Chambers of Commerce on free-trade is likely to be held shortly in Melbourne. Mr. D. S. Campbell and Mr. J. Sutherland, two very old colonists, have died during the week.

A cricket team, composed of Sydney and Melbourne players, is likely to visit New Zealand after Christmas, to play in the various provinces. Anthony Trollope, who is a passenger by the niail Bteamer, proceeds to Queensland. Business is dull, but there is no material alteration in the markets.

Sydney, May 3. The Bank of New South Wales has declared a dividend of 17 J per cent. The Assembly is likely to be. prorogued after passing the Estimates; to meet again earlier than usual.

A collission has taken place between the steamer Maitland and the tug Little Nell, near Newcastle. The Maitland was disabled. Two evening papers have been started here. Newcastle. Sailed on April 29, Syren, for Lyttolton ; and Drover, for the Thames,