NEWS BY THE SUEZ MAIL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 641, 23 May 1878, Page 2

NEWS BY THE SUEZ MAIL.

<s> [ PEll AT.BION, AT lIOKITIKA. ] The .Shun, with the Suez mail, arrivot at King George's Sound at 3 p.m. on the 14: h. bringing mail news up to the 12tl April :_ An Assistant I ndcr-Secretary of State for the conduct of Scotch business, is tc lie appointed. Mr. Aiconrt, a Conservative, was returned for Manchester against Sir Francis Lyeett, a Liberal. The Co-ies, the first of »>•<: steel cor vet-es for the navy, was • ::ched ai Glasgow on the 3rd, and is a very powerful ves*-l. Sh' Adcourt has taken charge oi j but lligcncy department- of the Loia. j L .-;;;,;-i!s. "m.." William Thomas Chalan, M.P.. ! as been chosen common sergeant for the City of L'.ndom There wore seventeei: candidates, including among the numbei ....,,-,.,.. ] ~«.]..• y me'.nUrs of Parliament. Mr. P.onvi;,, ; j. Under-Secretary in t-lic Questions have been asked in Parliament on several occasions relative to the execution of Via Ta'iua native on boarc idie ]>(■:;!'.'!'■. The invariable reply is that the Admiralty is waiting for further in-form.-oion. Canadian militia officers are oiTerine their .services in large numbers to the lirhlsh {Jovr-mni nt. About L 3.000 have already been subscribed for the relatives of those drowned in il.a Eni.ydlco. A Government inquiry i is to be held. Tiie masters of several | vessels, which wore in the channel the <-<.t:v. afternoon thai the frigate was lost, Ma..., that the .sou-ll came on suddenly, ;..,.■! r.ieo. it conh.l iii-t have been perceived from on board a vessel so close to t)'M ir v , ,-..,... f fl .„ Ts! ()f Wi ht cast f|f \-.;itnor. _-\ grant ot flimii, t , _..;yi hi- made to tiie families of the deceased, as in the case of the captain. A s"!'i<ni3 riot occurred nt the Liverpool Sailor:.' Homo on the 2nd. The origin was owing to the dulness of trade. There are many black sailors in port, and they •.•annot. g t c inplo' m-"nt, and as a number of r hi; ■•< were being shipped, the blacks (about 200 strong) attacked them. The riot o;;l v ended by the arrival of a large body of police. Many seamen were very :;cv< rely injured. (bit of Id (lections in Franco on the lit just. 14 Republicans were elected. A f- :-h ballot is necessary in the other instate. An arl ;e!o contributed by Prince Jerome Napoleon to the Revue des Deux Mondes has erf-'cd great .s----i.sa.tion. It attributes the isohroo 0 f France i.i 3870-JS7I to clerici:;:n, and asserts that had it not been pr the rapid advance of the Russians and rhe pers''-.tent refusal of the Emperor, prompted by the clerical party, to evacuate Rome, both Austria and Italy would have eoes-nted. to aid Fran-.rc, The Mivaraguan Government have accented the conditions imposed by Germany for the insult ottered to the German Consul. A German squadron is to be sent, to San Juan to enforce them. The, Emperor of Germany replied to the Pope's announcement of hii accession m a, very conrreous note, expressing willingness to entertain friendly relations with the Vatican. The Pope is stated to have entrusted Cardinal Cuilen with negotiations with the English Government respecting the establishment of a hierarchy in Scotland, Cardinal Manning having exhibited too ultramontane tendencies. Cardinal Manning has returned to England. A telegram from Rome, in the Standard of the 9th inst, says that the Pope stated that the action of England in the : present crisis will be the means of saving i Europe from Russian barbarisn. The i Vatican will favor any alliance rf LatinEiin>pe with England as a barrier against i Slavism. i A Commission of Cardinal* appointed ] ;o inve;-t;7;>.te the Peter's Petce Fund re--ior:. thai; !ar;;.s sums haw disappeared, < .coring no trace of adminsrration. It is i n tiie utmost cenfusiox- There is no 1 neaiiß of knowing lisw 4ucl. has been re- t

ceived, or hew much spent, for many year 3 past. His Holiness has provided a remedy for all this in the future. The Queen left Windsor for Osborne in good health. The following are the Government changes :—Lord Salisbury, Foreign Secretary.; Mr; G. Hardy, Secretary for India; Colonel Stanley, War Office ; Mr. Ibbotson, Secretary to Treasury ; Mr. Stanhope, Under-Secretary for IndiaJ Lord Sandon, President of the Board of Trade.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his Budget speech, shows the excess of the revenue to be L 560,000. Tbe ordinary expenditure for the year is L 81,000,000, and the revenue is L 79,000,000. The deficit is to be met by 2d. per £ extra on the t ., x and 4:1. per £on tobacco i„ ty . au " d the dog tax 13 to be r?;,;<p c ] to 7s. 6d. The revenue returns show an increase of L 1,000,000 on the March quarter of 1577.

At a sale of pictures, nine of Turner's paintings fetched 41,300 uuinens, and .12 water-color drawings 10,000 guineas. The Admiralty Court awarded L2OOO for salvage of Cleopatra's Needle. The herring fishery on the east coast of Scotland is likely to prove a failure owing to the unsettled relations between England and Russia, The results are likely to be deplorable in Wick and other to.wiis. Successful experiments have been made at Malta in rendering nugatory the cfleets of Whitehead torpedoes.

The House of Lords was crowded in every part when Lord Beaconfield moved a vote of thanks to the Queen for calling out the Reserves. Obituary. Earl Eavennworth, Admiral George Evans, Sir Gilbert ScottSir John Oathcart, Sir James Watts, thy Sultan of Morocco, and Prince Lucien Murat.