ARRIVAL OF THE THE ENGLISH MAIL AT BLUFF HARBOR.

Southland Times, Issue 885, 20 January 1868, Page 5

ARRIVAL OF THE THE ENGLISH MAIL AT BLUFF HARBOR.

. .', ; Jfo iW amvak afc tte Huff; paSatapday eveifing.iof/fcHe ■*.*. " EkiS^toto,'^ we are to'pjossession of Europeian iiil:^li%ehce to the 7tk I)ecein^er,M Me^itfn^ffostb .&£ i I&fr l |bst, TH^Bv is. nothing .of a Btariling natu'rfe' i# the news to hand ; the aspect of affairs, both Englisfc! and Contii | nental, being on the whole J>f r a t«*7 I pacific character. . : • : .- JH I TJie^rc&pf ( the J3t^ip^ contains ,ihe ibfiowing^ s-, ]i :■ ; .~- . ; j TE^E&B£PSIC SITMPAE^ FROM NOVEMBER S&-Tt)r Dfc©EsfßEß 7. r TJie X>uke^Qfi'Monirpse explam^d M*& terd s■ df the new postal contract With the Peninsular and ' Oriental Company. ■• He saysi the/ Briudrsi -route 'has not been adopted* because the* present railway coini,muriicatiori is inefiicieriti I The steamers 'are; to call afo Messina instead of Malta, . thus v s'aV4%. ; t#eutjr-:fotJr : : hofurs.;; ij-^The; postal is increased 3d jfer ba|f-bimte6J ;;j The House of Commons tiatf: ripprbve<s | the contract with the Peninsular 1 - .and I, Oriental Company. for the conveyance of jthe mails to India arid China. ';■■<,.'.;. -z ; ; ' TheiHouse of Commons has voted two i million's sterling for the Abyssinian ex- ; pediti«m. ; TbJe Vote was passed after a Iprotfacted^iscussion'.'. .:'■ -• v ; : ;!. ;• . liprd.StSniey'a speech ifl Jtilf las* waer heltl to ihave induced ••> the : belief < that Ho expedition was immediately intended, and it was. now found that the .preliminary steps had been taken. Lord Stanley vin- \ dicated the course. : pursued, by -the ; Government; and stated that the- expedition was not finally resolved/ upon tifl after the close of ,the last session. The' £2,ooo,ooo ' required' is ' provided' as follows : — From ■ the surplus of next budget, £200,000; an .'additiondi penny on the; income tax, i £840,000 ; and; the remainder from the ; balances of the Exchequer. , Mr Gladstone cordially approved of the i means proposed. '. - ; Sir Stafford Northcote's . jesolution, that the ordinary pay of the troops forim ing the Abyssinian; expedition should be borne by the Indian Xevenriies, wafrcarriedby:l93:to 23. The Times t and Daily f-Ifetes opposed the "Motion. •- : • , ;, Earl , Eussell's education r resolutions were avoided. by moving the ..previous 'question. ;: M ; The Fenian ; executionjs. are* generally approved; The moral effect is good ; ; . Jacob. Bright (3 oafl< Blight's brother) has; been returned for Manchester. The Archdeacon of Chester is dead. " Wool is . selling better. ' -„ . . ;•; : ; 1 Iti is considered doubtfjil whether the. proposed . conference, on :the Bomaa question iwiUrbe; held; ; ; ; v ■ .-c- J i i ■'■•■ --'^ '■ The telegrams state that.a: Mazzinian conspiracy has -been. discovered in Italy. : The French debate on : the Roman? question is ; concluded. -.Boucher, the 'French Minister, stated: that; ltaly would never \ possess: Rome. Jules i'avre ; attacked the Government .vigorously.; .. The.ltalian Parliament has been opened. Menabrea explained the Italian policy,, on the Roman ; question, and . declared it motr not solvable by violence. The Pope would find Italy his strongest support. Garibaldi., ; has. been transferred: .to Caprera on account of illness. ; : The Erench troops are leaving Rome. The American Congress has met. The Judical Committee has presented a.;, report in fkvour of the impeachment pf the President/, . -_ . ; , , -, :: : ..,,.. .'\ : ; Thd American Congress has ; passed r a bill repealing the cotton tax. , ; ■'■" Advices report the occurrences of ; another earthquake at St. Thomas. The news is considered doubtful. ... The Australian Panama . mail had not arrived on th c ■ 3rd _ December . . . L There is no London telegram of later date thauDec. 7. ; .-.. -^- -. -