ARRIVAL OF THE SUEZ MAIL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4982, 12 March 1877, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE SUEZ MAIL.

ARRIVAL OF THE RINGAROOMA AT THE BLTJFF. Melbourne, March 6. In the libel action Lang ton, M.P., against the Age newspaper a verdict was given for £IOOO. There were two counts, one for reflecting on Langtonasamemberof Parliament,the other one for reflecting on him as to his business as an auditor and accountant. On the first count damages given were £250, and on the second £750. A new trial is likely to be applied for in the action.. In Ley Keene v. the Australasian, in which it was stated a betting Chinaman had not paid up over last spring meeting, the jury gavedamages of one shilling, and refused to certify for costs. The rainfall last week has done much good, having been pretty general Willi am Hastings haspetitionedtheGovernor, and declares that he never had improper intercourse with his daughter as stated by her, and which was alleged to be the cause of a quarrel between Hastings and his wife. The Chairman of Committees has referred the Berry case to his solicitors, finding that he could get no satisfaction or apology from Berry for calling him a corrupt Chairman of Committees. Sir William Jervois reaches the colonies from Singapore early next month. He receives at the rate of £ISOO a year and expenses. Business is dull—nothing doing. The elections are beginning to occupy great attention. Meetings are being held nightly.

MAIL NEWS. The Attorney-General, speaking at Preston, anticipated next session an attack on the Government by the extreme Radical party ; but he said the consequence would be that the Government would be assisted by many who, though nominally in opposition, entertained moderate views. At the annual dinner of the Oxford Liberal Association, Sir William Harcourt said everything pointed to a waning confidence in the Administration, and that foreign affairs had been more mismanaged during the last eighteen months than any former period. Addressing a crowded audience at Leeds Mr. Chamberlain, M.P., contended that the Church was the greatest obstacle to a national system of education. The dioceses of Chester, Durham, Lincoln, and Lichfield are to be divided. The new sees will be Liverpool, Newcastle, Southwell, and Derby. Much excitement has been occasioned on account of the Ritualistic practices of the Rev. Mr. Tooth, vicar of Hatcham. Lord Penzance inhibited him; but he. paid no attention, and services much resembling those in the Roman Catholic Church were performed on two successive Sundays with closed doors. He was adjudged guilty of contempt, and a warrant was issued. Several thousand roughs assembled in front of the church on the following day, and four hundred police were in attendance. On the sixteenth a meeting of the English Church Union passed resolutions in favor of supporting Mr. Tooth, whose father and brother it is stated are well known squatters in Queensland and N.S.W.

At Dorchester, near Wallingford, a ritualistic demonstration was made against the rector, the Rev, Blake Concannon, who was lecturing on the Reformation. The meeting nearly degenerated into a free fight, several ritualistic clergymen who were present being unable to calm their supporters. The Rev. Dr. Gumming, lecturing at Leamington, said the Turks were about to be swept out of Europe, and the Jews were preparing to take possession of their own land of Jerusalem. Soon the latter would cross the Euphrates, which, according to the Apocalypse, would be one of the last things of time. Admiral Hornby has hoisted his flag as the new Commander-In-Chief of the Mediterranean. , A new powerful ironclad for the Turkish Government has just been completed, and will be ready for sea shortly. She is one of the .most .powerful-vessels, afloat. An extraordinary hoax was perpetrated on the gunboat Goshawk. A telegram was sent directing her to proceed to Gibraltar from Queenstown. She left before it was discovered, but on putting in at Vigo, was recalled. >0 clue to the' offender baa been discovered. A Royal Commission, composed partly of civilians and partly of the military, is to be appointed to inquire into recruiting 1 . Last year, there were 7759 desertions.

A floating skating rink, with artificial ice, covering an area of 3090 ft., has been opened at Charing Cross. A purse of £SOO has teen presented to Daft, the cricketer. Lord Fitzhardiugehas initiated a testimonial to W. G. Grace. Barry Sullivan is seriously ill in consequence of the injury to his eye when playing the part of Richard. Alice May has been well received at the Opera Comique in the “ Grand Duchess.” Mr. Wm. Liggott, pork butcher, at Cowle, in Lincolnshire, sold his wife for £4O to a local publican. A strike of barristers took place at Carlisle sessions in consequence of the Treasury reduciug the fee from two guineas to one. The Treasury gave way, and the strike ended. Sir Titus Salt left £30,000 for the benefit of the sick, aged, and poor at Saltere. 100,000 persons lined the -streets of Bradford at hie funeral. The question of Sunday amusements is attracting attention. Several clergymen have spoken or written in their favor. The commission for determining the best route for cutting through the Isthmus of Darien has arrived at Panama, under the command of Lucien B. Wyse, of the French Navy. A lady in Rome occupying a high position has claimed a share of the inheritance left by Cardinal Antouelli, on the ground that she was his illegitimate daughter. She is married, and received a handsome marriage portion froas the late cardinal. Captain King Harman was returned unopposed for Sligo. Mr. Smith, M.P. for Tynemouth, referring to the elementary schools in America, said we should not arrive at a satisfactory educational position in England until we had elementary schools to which all classes of society would send their children. At a meeting presided over by Lord Carnarvon, held at the Newbury Corn Exchange, it was resolved to raise funds for the erection of a monument to Lord Falkland, Obituary; Lord Boston, Lord MiltoE, Lieut.-General Wesley; Lord Neaves, one of the Judges of the Court of Session; Sir Richard Cobden, author of “Margaret Ce.tchpole,” aged eighty; Mr. Lewis, barrkpter : Alfred Spee, inventor of the present mode of printing Bank of England notes; Robert Landells, artist, of the Illustrated London Nevis; Prince Charles of Prussia.