ARRIVAL OF THE SUEZ MAIL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5476, 15 October 1878, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE SUEZ MAIL.

Londost, August SO. The Cape Parliament is prorogued. The Sprigg Ministry carried their taxation measures, and passed an Indemnity Bill for military operations, and obtained authority for loans of £750.(500 for war expenses, and £175,000 for tho completion of railways. A. subsidy of £15,000 per annum, for telegraph between this colony and England, was also passed. Although the Kaffir war is virtually terminated, frontlet fighting is still reported, caused principally by depredations of mar-uiding parlies. The rebels hesitate to avail themselves of amnesty offered, which proposed to exclude their chiefs from its benefit. , _ . .. . Gongabella has been sentenced to death for nigh treason, and Muganta to life imprisonment for sedlBaring tho sittings of Congress at Stockholm. Sir George Amcy, formerly Chief Justice of New Zealond, delivered a very admirable address on the system for many years adopted in that colony, namaly, tho remission of portion of every short sentence and tho principle of pecuniary restoration by offenders. Those views were endorsed by Mr. W, Snllock. Br. John Guthrie, Independent minister, Glasgow, is obliged to leave Scotland on account of his health, and will shortly sail for Now Zealand, where some of his sons are settled. Sir Arthur Phayre, Governor of Mauritius, is about to pay a visit to Sir Barilo Frere at tho Cape, to consult on matters affecting the welfare of South African colonies. Ministers had decided against an early dissolution, as many of tho northern constituencies strongly object to it in the present state of trade. Tho work of preparation, however, is proceeding actively. Members ami now candidates are working their constituencies,- Committees are organising their forces, and the voting registers arc being overhauled. Tho Liberals dread a surprise after all. Speaking at Southport Agricultural Show, the Home Secretary said tho Government had clone nil in its power to secure farmers from tho ravages of cattle disease and to conduce to the welfare both of agrlcul turlsts and of the public generally. The London Corporation are about to convert St, Paul’s churchyard into a garden. Tho Bristol Ch amber of Commerce has resolved to dispatch ten artlran reporters to tbo Paris Exhibition, to report upon certain departments of trade there. There lias been an explosion at tho Cholwick gunpowder mills, when several persons wore Injured, but none killed.Tho iron clioper ship Easlmlnster, 2000 tons while being loaded in the London docks, capsized and went down. The English steamer City of Waterford was ran Into and sunk by the French steamer Moselle, off the Spanish coast; two stokers perished. • There have been'a scries of very heavy thunderstorms throughout tho country during tho past fortnight; much damage has been done, and several I’ves lost by lightning. There has been a great timber fire. Obituary—The Prince Imperial of Japau; Madame Van de Wezer, «idowof the late Belgium Minister; Honor Don Pedro Galvez, Peruvian Minister in London; and 8. 8. Bickenson, ex-M. P. for Stroud. .. The want of cordiality in tho relations between President MacMahon and hia Ministers has given rise to rumors that the President will resign in the autumn. The Marshal refused to attend the service at Notre Dame on the anniversary of the death of Thiers. MacMahon has signed 80 pardons and commutations of sentence for persons compromised clurconference is deliberating on measures for the destruction of phylloxera irir, • The pest is committing great ravages among the vinos In the north of Portugal. ... , . Violent shocks of corthquake were felt at several towns In tho Rhine Valley and in Belgium. In Kar-

tn-su a house had the roof displaced, the furniture was shaken, and shop goods overthrown. The/late Queen Christina will be burled in the B'Curial with Royal honors. ViUccr n«, leader «>{ a late rising in F.stramadura, has-been tried by court martial, and sentenced to life Imprisonment.-.- • >ther iu-=ur<ont3 have been condemned to various periods from eig t to seventeen y.-ars. ' -- - ■ t The si’ver wedding of th-' King and Queen of Belgium has been celebr«ted with great festivities. Ail the'European Governments wore represented Lord Lovhigton delivered to the Queen a togriph letters from Queen Victoria, with the i.a-bos Ord«T of the Star of India. The fete extended over several days • During the past three months 663 prisons have beenprosecuted for insulting the German Emperor, of whom - 621 have been sentenced to various terms of Imprisonment. Cardinal Franchl is believed to have been poisoned in drinking a glass of sherbet. His successor has hid several suspicious attacks of illness. In the Austrian occupation of Bosnia, after a preliminary victory over the insurg nta, t 1 e Austrians entered Serajoro, where a desperate street conflict took place, in which men. women, and even hospital patients j Ined. Houses were burnt, and ass limits suffocated. The insurgents lost 3000 in killed and 7*io wounded. The disarmament of the inhabitants was ordered under penalty of death. A largo ■ mount of booty was seized, including twentr seven guns and abundance of military stores. Numerous Turkish officers and soldiers were taken prisoners on August 31st General JouvauiwicVs division, aft>-rc sever fighting, relieved the garrison shut up in Stolace. On the 23rd the insurgents attacked General Septery's division in its position on the Bosnia River. hut affc-r nine horns' fighting they were driven off ; afterward they attacked th * Austrian centre, hot were eff ctnally repulsed. They incessantly assailed and harassed the Austrians. The losses incurred by the Austrian army have excited great, exasperation in Hungary, and the Press Indulges in loud «b•■<•»*; ifc.