ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL, WITH NEWS TO MAY 4.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 9, 21 June 1864, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL, WITH NEWS TO MAY 4.

The following telegram appeared in an Extraordinary Edition, whicli- was issued gratuitously immediately on the arrival of tiie mail :—-. [BY ELECTRIC TELE GRAF SO] (FROM OUB BLUFF CORRESPONDENT.) Southland Times Office, Sunday Evening, 4.25 p.m. Tho B.M.S.S. Alhambra arrived at the Bluff this morning, at 9 o'clock, with the English maiia for: April. The following: is a general summary of the news : — [BY REUTERS B EXPRESS.] -Lo_n>o>-, 26th April. The Australian February mails were delivered Avid Marseilles ori tlie 12th April, and t-^t Southampton; on the 16th. The -Queen held 'her first Court Levee, since the death of the Prince Consort, at Buckingham Palate, on the Oth April, when she. received, the principal members of the cdq-is'diplomaiitiue :&s&'. their ladies. The second, reception wasto-have-been held on the. 16th April, but was postponed, as Her Majesty Avas..sti&eruig from neuralgia. , ;-.y. A?.---:- SArThe majority of. the 'Boyal Family left "Windsor, teVOsborne, pri tlie 28th April. The health of Her Majesty requires much care. , , Tho Prince and Princess of Wales continue at Sandringham.:; Prince Alfred "leaves -to-day, on a tour of several -irioitths' duration: He goes first to ' Germany, then for a cruise in tlie Mediterranean. .'•..-'.,'. The Duke of Newcastle, in consequence of the state of his health, has resigned the Secretaryship , of -''State-' for the Colonies. He is succeeded by. Mr.. Cardweil. Genera! Cra^ibaldi arrived at .Southampton on Sunday, c-andr was received with great enthiisiasmyNext day he was presented with addressesfroin tne Mayor and Corporation of Southampton.";. . He, stayed ' at Brooke's house," as ithe -..guest, of Mr,. Seely, Jft,P,,;till :the -.following: Monday * when.he came ---to; London; \vhere he ' was received -^ith; heartiness ' ;arid gopd will almc^t;|un^^plesi. ; i^ -The, f cro-^a: /than athtlie entry, of the DPrincess^of- Wales, r- He was greeted by deputations '-from the working men of London, /-'arid, proceeded V to 1 Stafford Hou_ &i? tl^Jvrjßsld^ncjß* 1 l p|f .'Y'lijie . r i>fu"l4'e,.'"'o^' Suthierlana^Y* Dufing; l 'the week, the Gone-; ral met with fa} perfect rovatiori.-from all classes -of ; OEriglish^-'sdciety, 5 whenyer he appeared,.'iri >:j>ublic;^ YKSe- visited^ the Opera 7 Houses; •th^HToiises^ pf Lords^ and^ CotWdSHif^Ehi^ where Ke _*eceiv^.M^es?es,' and. was' pre- . "■■> v " : ''' ; 'y Y^Y'v' SA^IA-inAAj A- ■:■ ■

seuted with the; freedom of ;the v City of London and Fishmongers'- Corporation. He dined at the Reform Club with the members of the aristocracy, encountering : a most entlmsiastic reception. He made arrangements to' 1 visit 'many of- the provincial towns, but was advised by his. friends to abandon the torn*, in order to avoid injury to his health. He yielded to tliese 'representations, and has gone to Cornwall, on a visit tb his friend, Colonel "Pen|.rd. He was expected to leavo England for Caprera in the course of a week, in the Duke of Sutherland's yacht. Much dissatisfaction exists throughout the, country, especially amongst the working men, owing to Garibaldi's departure. Rumors are current that some pressure has been put against : him by the Government to please the Emperor jNTapoleon. These were authoritatively denied in Parliament by Lord Clarendon,- Lord Palmerston, and Mr. Gladstone. y. The Shakespeare Tricentenary Festival was celebrated at Stratford-on-Avon on the; 23rd, "and at various other places throughout the kingdom on the same day. The jubilee continued at .Stratford for a week. -■ An interesting series of trials was going on at Shoeburyness, testing the relative merits of the Armstrong and "Whitworth guns. The trials are superintended by the competitors in person. , Hitherto 'but very slight difference hay ■been found to exist. A voluuteer review, at which .eighteen thousand men were present, was held on Flaster Monday .near Guildford, and passed off with great success. The vessel-of-war, named the Alexan.drina, which was seized by the Government as being fitted out contrary to the Foreign Enlistment Act, has been returned to her owners, The protocol ending the English protectorate of the lonian Isles has been signed, and the islands handed over to Greece. The French Government had prohibited the holding of a Shakespearean banquet in Paris. Sir R. G. MacDonnell has been appointed Governor of IS"ova Scotia, Brevet Colonel Trevor Chute, late of the 17th Foot, has been promoted to the rauk of Major-General. In the House of Lords, on the 7th inst., Lord Shaftesbury censured the bombardment of Sonderbarg without notice being given to tho inhabitants, and said he hoped the Government would send a fleet to prevent a repetition of such atrocities. On the llth Lord Strathdon moved a resolution to the effect tliat if Denmark had been supported by the British Government the bloodshed would have been avoided. A conference sliould be accompanied by a convincing proof to the European powers that the Government adhered to the treaty guaranteeing Schlcswig to Denmark. 'After a long debate the resolution was withdrawn.