SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 710, 26 June 1878, Page 2

SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

(EKR ARAWATA, at Tiiß WJ.rPF.) London, M'.y 1 f>. The Prince of Walee, when visn'r-ijf the Ct>|oni:il Courts at the Paris Exhibition, is Sii»>l to havs greatly the CoionHs by hnldiny out the j'.rospeot of p. ;iiit V'Ty distrait visit to th-v Antipodes. The Queen w'ai Windsor, and in excellent- iK-rJth. Tt !i;is boon finally arranged for the l>.-,!-:e of Edh»biircrh to continue in the M-tditerrs-ufan- Tho Duchess returns to Russia on a visit to hr-r parents. The Bishop Selwyn Memorial Committee have resolved to erect a monument in Lichfield Cathedral, and to j'onad a Selwyn Coiiego at Cambridge, to iuolndo provision for the education of mission si-ndenta. Liberal subscriptions are flowing in. A n impression generally prevails thai Miniwrs will appeal to the country at tin: close of the present session, which will bo abridged, whether there be peace or w.'!,r. By a terrible squall which passed »lo- ,r t-he Biseayan coaat on the 20t': .iprii, SQ boats w<-r« destroyed, and 320 jr.! m and boys perished. By a boiler explosion at a Dublin foundry, on Apri« 27tf>, about 20 lives lost, and the premises reduced U, ruin 3. The Unfortunate Eurydice is .still at. the bpttom of the sea. All attempts t:> rr.ise her have urovi-d uttmccesafnl, and there is ranch gruTsb-Jig at the want of skill displayed. The number of persons dependant on those, who perished in the ill-fated vessel is estimated at about 300, to relieve whom 130,000 will be required, and nearly that amount has already been raised. Advices from the Cape continue to be disquieting. Fighting from day to dny is reported from one quarter and another, with indecisive results. Tn each encounter fifty or sixty Kaffirs are killed, and sheep and cattle are taken, but the enemy retire into their fortresses, and so prolong the contest. It has required I4[),00f) a week to afford a moderate amount of relief to the distressed people, on account of the strike in Lancashire. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has informed the House that the cost- of the Indian expedition would be borne by the imperial Exchequer, and that the troops, while in Europe, would remain under the provisions of the Indian Mutiny Act. The Ctar lately signed a decree calling out 240,000 men of the reserves. Fourteen thousand spades have been sent to the Russian bead-quarters in Roumania, and 20,000 cartridge chests have been ordered in Holland and Constadt, and whitehead torpedoes are being steadily manufactured. One large factory was recently blown up. The military situation as regards Russia and Turkey appears to be improving. The attitude of the Russian army in the neighborhood of Constantinople is less menacing, while the Turks have been diligently employed during the past few days in multiplying and strengthening the defences around their capital, bo that any attempt on the part of the Russians to seize the city would certainly j provoke a stubborn resistance. Intelligence comes from Armenia to the i effect that the Russians are moving in considerable force into the districts ad- \

joining to Batoum, with the intention I apparently to „{.rark the place if it should not yield peaceably. The-Christian population are hostile to the Russian rule, and they flee from their homes and abandon their fields, and have sent a formal complaint to the Porte of the cruelties of the invader*. Baker Pasha's appointment to the command of the division occupying part of the defensive lines of the capital is regarded with satisfaction at Constantinople. The lines are occupied by 90,000 men, and forces are constantly arriving from Asia. The Snltau inspected his troopa last week. The Duke of Edinburgh has been transferred from the command of the Sultan to the Black Prince, the crews of the two ships being changed. The Black Prince is at Malts, and remains part of Lord John Hay's squadron. The I>ueheaß returns to Russia, the Duke accompanying her a portion of tha journey. She | will, however, sp.ead some time" in Co- j _ i A movement is afloat, for tho creation of the Bishopric of Liverpool. The fund needed for the endowment is LBO,OOO. Half ia already promised. Sir Jsrnes Fergusson hss recently been entertained at a banquet by the Greenock Conservatives who failed to return him to Parliament at- the late election con teat. Colonel Wellesley has been appointed First Secretary to the English Embassy at Vienna. In anticipation of election fos tbe new Farliarasnt in' the nniumn, candidates rv.v everywhere Wi-.T&insr tho constitueuts, and many aid rapr* - . stives have signified tl:«iir intention i« reThere, ip an agitation amongst metropolitan police for an -increase of pay. It originated with the aargeanta, and extended through every grade of the service, Qbit'Utry.—Admiral Sir F. W. Grey. Mr. G. S. Crawford, M.P. for County Down. Alderman Garter, Mr. W. Mitchell, proprietor of tho S;iippi:;,o and Mercantile Gazette, Viscount Southwell. A writ of habeas c-orpus for the production of Rev. Mr. Dodwell from JJraad M >or Criminal Lunatic? Asylum, with a view to his discharge, was refused "by the A. remarkable will case has been proceeding for the last three weeks in t ! > Irish Probate Court. Mrs. Bagot, strand daughter of the late Sir W. Yerner-, challenges the will of her- hushand 13. A. Bagot, who had large estates in the west of Ireland, and had amassed an immense fortune in Australia. She con- ! -t on the ground of unsoundness of : n/'.-d ; and. under inl? ier.ee, a son, born si.-ori-i" iftor the marriage, was repudiated by the husband. Some risjjr&caful diss",r«s have been wade regarding the Vt i- family. The cessions demanded in Am Minor rire those forming t-hu c-'.ief subject of contention between the two Governments. If. ia said that England, supported by France, objects to the estoniwon of "Bulgaria to the Kei-bo-ir-i, •--•-.file in Armenia she is determined vo r<-;.-;-a«e no change to compromise her communication