ARRIVAL OF THE SUEZ MAIL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5452, 17 September 1878, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE SUEZ MAIL.

ENGLISH NEWS. (PER CLAUD HAMILTON AT THE BLUFF.) London, August 2.

Lord Beaconsfield visited the Queen at Osborne House on the 20th ultimo, and was invested with the Order of the Garter. Lord Salisbury was also similarly honored ou the 30th. On the same day General Sir Lintorn Simmons was invested with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and Sir Arnold Kemball and Lord Tenterden- were presented with the iusiguia of K.C.B. Sir Richard Wallace has presented to Lord Beaconsfield the star worn by the late Marquis o! Hereford as Knight of the Garter. The diamonds and rubies are valued at £12,000.

Mr. Montague Carr and Mr. Philip Currie, joint secretaries to the late embassy at Berlin, have been made C.B.’s. The reserves have all been dismissed to their homes, and a general order commends them for their good conduct. The only disorderly behavior manifested was at Portsmouth and Cardiff on the re-embarkatiou of a portion of the force for Ireland,' and this was caused by excessive drinking. All the extra hands taken on during the last few mouths are being dismissed from the dockyards and arsenals. Ou the 25th Mr, Cowen, amidst much laughter, presented a petition to Parliament from various parts of the country, asking for the impeachment of Lord Beaconsfield for his doings in connection with the Eastern Question. Mr. Cowen disclaimed all sympathy with the petition. On the same day Sir C. Dilke moved an amendment against the proposal to grant to the Duke of - Connaught an additional £IO,OOO per annum on his marriage, with £6OOO to his wife in case of her surviving him. Mr. Gladstone supported the motion, and the amendment was. rejected by 320 to 33. During the debate on the Duke of Connaught’s marriage allowance, high euconinms were passed upon his Royal Highness from all sides, and testitimony was borne to his popularity in Ireland by several of the Home Rulers. Judge Warren has refused the application for a new trial in the Bagot will case. The Detouville case is before the Chancery Court in reference to the question whether the murderer can benefit by his wife's will. An insect a quarter of au inch long has been doing great damage in the turnip fields in Ireland.

Captain Coppin has contracted to raise the Vanguard by the 31at October. The Germau Government are preparing for tho raising of the Grosser Kurfurst. The pau-Anglican Synod terminated on the 2/th July;.one hundred and’four prelates attended. Thdte were special services at St. Paul’s Cathedral.

Several thousand persons have visited the Grosveuor Gallery every Sunday afternoon and evening since it has been thrown open. A Japanese corvette, the first war-ship from that country which ever reached England, was visited by a distinguished party, including many members of Parliament, and also by Mid hat Pasha, ou the 26th. Mr. Beunet, of the New YorJc 1/crald, is sending the yacht Dauntless to the Polar regions, via Spitzbergen.

For the first time in the annals of Westminster Abbey, a colored divine, the native Bishop ‘of Hayti, preached in that edifice on the 4th July. An extraordinary scene occurred at Baudon on the burial of a woman who it was alleged had become a Roman Catholic shortly before her death. Two Anglican clergymen were present at the request of the husband, who is a Protestant. There were also two Catholic priests, accompanied by a large crowd. The latter seized the coffin aud carried it off, amidst great excitement, aud the corpse was interred with Roman Catholic ceremonies.

The Tichborue claimant has been visited by Mr. Onslow, who states that the former has gained two stone in weight since his removal from Dartmoor.

The Queen’s assent to the Deceased Wire’s Sister Bill, passed in Natal, has been refused. There was a railway accident un the 13th at Edgehill, near Liverpool, which resulted in the death of a lady and the injury of about a dozen other persons. On the 15th nearly one hundred persons were burt more or less severely, though none were killed, *by a heavy ballast train dashing into an excursion at Beecles, on the Great Eastern line.

Forty-eight soldiers belonging to one of the Indian regiments at Malta have been poisoned through carbolic acid being served out instead of limejuice. No deaths resulted, hut several of the men are seriously ill. A strict investigation is being made. A beerhouse keeper at Greenwich took his three young children for a walk in a wood, where he cut their throats and then killed himself.

The trial of the prisoners for Lord Leitrim’s murder is postponed. Mr. James Pryor, late managing director, Colonel Nation, formerly M.P. for Clare, and Captain Steeman, directors of the Lombard Deposit Bank, have been committed for trial charged with forging and uttering a minute book connected with the affairs of the bank, with intent to defraud.

A robbery of bank drafts, notes, and coin, valued at £17,000, was effected ou the night of the 26th ult., at the house of a money-lender near Bradford.

Fifty-four convicts from the Mount St, Bernard Roman Catholic Reformatory made their escape, and were followed by warders and police. A regular pitched battle ensued, and after numbers had been injured on both sides 43 were recaptured. A yacht was stolon by three men from Brighton. A steamer was sent in chase, and the yacht was overtaken three miles away. The men it is said were off to America,

A novel and disgraceful prize fight between two women, married and with large families, has taken place near Henley. A large crowd was present. Teeth as well as fists were freely used in the contest.

The strikes of miners in different parts of France have terminated. They created considerable uneasiness for some days, and the troops were called out. At an official banquet at Paris “ The Health of the Prince of Wales ” was proposed by M. Feray, a member of the Left Centre of the Senate, and was drunk with tremendous enthusiasm. It was stated that the Prince has interested himself as much iu the French Exhibition ns if it had been held iu England.

An official contradiction has been given to the report that the King of Spain intended abdicating. Phylloxera is spreading both in the northern and southern provinces of Spain. The cotton crop in Egypt is expected to be deficient both in quality and quantity. At tho first anniversary meeting of the Southwark Liberal Association Mr. Gladstone denounced the conduct of the Beaconstield Ministry. Outside tho building several thousand people mot and passed resolutions in favor of the Government, and tho mention of Mr. Gladstone's name was met with groans and hisses.

General Todloben has made every apology for tho firing on tho Swiftsurc's boat near Gallipoli. The offenders were not of any rank. The return of the Russian Guards to St. Petersburg is expected this month. The Russians are preparing to evacuate Jassy, aud have already abandoned other places in Roumania. The proposal of the Russian Government to introduce a class-tax similar to tho Prussian class tax is causing great dissatisfaction. Count Schouvalotf is expected soon to succeed Gortchakoff as Chancellor, and General Woronzolf is spoken of as Ambassador to England-

Suliemau Pasha's trial has commenced at Constantinople. It will last some time. Baker Pasha is to reorganise tho Turkish gendarmerie, and is to bo charged with a special service in Eastern Rouraelia.