NEWS BY THE ENGLISH MAIL.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2095, 9 December 1879, Page 2

NEWS BY THE ENGLISH MAIL.

(By Telkgiiaph.) (Per City of New York, at Auckland.) The Suez mail steamer Tanjorc, at Albury. brings news from England to Oct. 23. Political canvassing for the new general election is going on. Professor Fawcett, speaking on the Irish question, said it would be better for the liberal party to be excluded from office until the youngest was grey with age, than to obtain power by any compromise with the Home Buie party, which was tending to dismember the Empire. Sir M. Hicks-Beach in a speech at Birmingham defended the annexation of the Transvaal, and showed that the Liberals offered no opposition at the time these measures were taken. Lord Lyttelton, at a Liberal banquet, said that if the Liberals returned to power the Afghan policy would be reversed, Cyprus would be given up, and the national finance placed in a sound condition. The Eraumere baby-farming case is concluded. John and Catherine Bayne were charged with the murder of three children entrusted to their charge, and were convicted on the minor charge of manslaughter, and sentenced to penal servitude for life. General Mcstchcirsilf is appointed Governor-General of Eastern Siberia. He will cooperate with Admiral Askcnborg, Commissioner in charge of the Pacific Station.

Bussian papers state that if war occurs with China and Japan Bussian sympathy will be with China.

Information has been received at New York that the Commander of the United States war steamer Hackawang, from Asia and Samoa Islands, states that if Mr Gordon had annexed Samoa or established an English protectorate, he intended to protest against the annexation of Pagopago harbor and its use as a coaling station, and he would take his vessel there to protect the station if necessary. Adolphus liosenburg, publisher of “ Town Talk,” has been sentenced to eighteen month’s imprisonment for publishing libels upon Mr and Mrs Langtry, and required to enter into recognisances of £ICO to keep the peace for a farther term of 18 months at the expiration of his sentence. For libel on Londcsborough he has been further sentenced to six months, and for libel on Mrs Cornwallis West to six months. The Judge regretted he was unable to add hard labor to the sentence. He said prisoner should not have been treated as a first-class misdemeanant, but indicted for felony. The printer of the paper was ordered to enter into his his recognisance of £IOO to appear for judgment when called upon. INDIA. Nov. 7. The following rewards have been offered for the capture of the men concerned in the attack on the at Cabul; —50 rupees for Sepoys ; 75 rupees for a captain; 100 rupees for a ficld-ofiiccr.

A committee has been appointed by India, to arrange for the dispatch and collection of Indian contributions to the Melbourne Exhibition.