NEWS BY THE MAIL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4413, 12 May 1875, Page 3

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

[FROM OUU OWN OOKUNSrONt'KXW] Dunkiun. Tuesday

Tho following «ro jvweus'’™ l ’Y tll ° New Zealand Shipping Company’* Hannibal, from Loudon, Aliuvh 3—l'm' \\ oUingtou : C;\biu The Kov, I l ', Wallace, All. •Roger, Mr. W. Hansard, Miss Josephine M. Hansard, Miss Edith L. Hansard, and Ur, Russell. Intermediate —Mr. Francis Lincoln, Mrs. Francis Lincoln, Air. Francis Lincoln, Annie Lincoln, Alias Sarah Lincoln, Mr. John Lister, Mr. Jas. B. Lyle, Air. George Judds, Airs. Geo. Judds, Aliss Gertrude Judds, Mr. Joshua Tiller, Mr. Charles Tiller, and Air. Jno. Callender. She has also 207 immigrants. A number of destructive fires have occurred. The Advocate’s Library, Edinburgh, was partly burnt. Killeran House, Camberwelltown, on the eve of the completion of extensive additions, was partially destroyed. Part of the manufactory of Mr. Scleshnan, was burned, with a loss of £12,000, An old mill in the heart of Bradford, inhabited by several families, was destroyed, the damage being £7OOO.

Forty-nine persons perished, and nine were mortally injured, by an explosion at a fuse factory at St. Day, Cornwall. Martin’s extensive timber stores and sawmills at Dublin have been burnt, with a loss of £50,000.

Messrs. Oifen’s cotton mill at Oldham, containing 24,000 spindles, has been burned down. The damage is estimated at £15,000.

Another collision has occurred on the Midland Line, near Nottingham. It was attended by severe mutilations to passengers, and great destruction of rolling stock.

A train of twelve carriages ran off the lino about twenty miles from Hull; the passengers sustained serious injuries, but there were no deaths.

Terrible loss of life has been occasioned in New York by the fall of a six-storied wall of a burned store upon the low roof of St. Andrew’s Church while it was crowded with worshippers. Calamitous floods are reported from Pennsylvania. Portions of a railway and some factories are submerged, and telegraph stations destroyed. About 11,000 operators have been rendered homeless.

The English Press anticipates much benefit to India from the visit of the Prince of Wales. Sir Charles York has been appointed Constable of the Tower.

In the House of Commons last night (March 23) Sir H. M. Havelockannounced his intention, after Easter, to call the attention of the House to the state of the Indian army. The Civil Service Estimates for India amount to £21,625,000, showing an increase of a quarter of a million over those of last year. The steamer Rosario has been towed into Gibralter with her crank broken.

Germany has proposed a mixed commission to arrange the difficulty arising out of the Gustave affair, conditional upon the payment of 10,000 thalers as an instalment. Spain has agreed to the proposition. M. De Lesseps is endeavoring to obtain from the Porte a modification of the canal dues, to enable the company to effect improvements. The ironclad Alexandra was successfully launched to-day at Chatham, the Princess of Wales officiating personally. Mr. Jardine and Mr. Melville, with the report of the Baroda Commission, have arrived at Simla. The Bishop of Bombay, who is slowly dying from cancer in the throat, has left for Europe. At a meeting of literary men m London, a resolution was passed to support the motion of Mr. Edward Jenkins for a select committee to inquire into the whole subiect of domestic, colonial, and international copyright. The motion was postponed till after Easter. A deputation from the Aborignes Protection Society presented an address to Sir Arthur Gordon previous to his departure. He expressed the hope of being able to suppress kidnapping in the Pacific. The amended Pacific Islanders Protection Bill has passed its second reading in the House of Lords. On the 10th a meeting was held at the Bank of South Australia, Sir R. Torrens in the chair, to discuss the best means of securing fortnightly communication with Australia in forty days. Intercolonial local jealousies were referred to as the chief obstacle. A resolution was passed affirming the superiority of the Suez route : such opinion to he communicated to the respective colonies for their consideration. The Queen has approved the appointment of Mr. L. James Damyon as Russian Consul at Melbourne, and Edmond Monson Paul, as Russian Consul at Sydney. A detachment of the Royal Engineers, un der Major Pratt, will shortly proceed to FijiEarnest efforts are being made in Prussia to arrest the exodus of the agricultural population. One proposal is the creation of a peasant proprietorship by a division of the State domains into small allotments. The German Government has prohibited the export of horses, owing to an attempt on the part of Prance to purchase 10,000 to reorganise her cavalry. Mr. Stevens, owner of the Cyphrenes, has sued Messrs. Lawrence, Clark, and Co., agents of the Australasian and American Mail, for £6OOO, due on the charter of that steamer. The defendants contested the liability on the plea that they acted simply as agents of Messrs. Hall, Porbes, and De Duschue, trading as the company. A verdict was given for the defendants by arrangement, they paying Stevens £ISOO. Sir Charles Mordaunt’s suit for a divorce, on account* of his wife’s adultery with Viscount Cole, was disposed of _ in one day, the Judge granting a decree nisi for a dissolution of marriage. Questions asked in the House respecting the recovery of stolen jewels, seem to infer that the Earl of Dudley has compounded a felony. Mr. Russell Gumey will not_ this year attempt to legislate on doctrine in the Established Church. The Cospatrick relief fund now amounts to £3050, £SOO has been awarded to the two orphan daughters of Captain Elmslie.