ARRIVAL OF THE THE ENGLISH MAIL AT WELLINGTON VIA PANAMA. JANUARY MAIL.

Southland Times, Issue 1116, 1 March 1869, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE THE ENGLISH MAIL AT WELLINGTON VIA PANAMA. JANUARY MAIL.

_ — ■> B T ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. (from our, own correspondent.) DuNEDKf, Eeb. 26. WEbLtNGCOX, Feb 21. The s.s. liakaia, with the English Mails via Panama on board arrived here at 12.20 p.m. to-day. The Queen is iii good health. She still resides at Osborne. The accoujhinent of the Princess Christian is expected in March. Tne Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, has decided against the Rev. Mr Maconichie in the question, of liitu.ilism. This has been a heavy blow to the Ritualists. prince Napoleon is in ill health. The Emperor and Empress of the French are cntcriraini.'ig the Queen of Spain. Application for winding up the New Zealand Banking Corporation has beeu ltd 4Xl(l ac the ~R.AU Chamber. Earl Spencer was sworn in on the 23rd of December, as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. The ship Gossamer, 735 tons, from London to Adelaide, was wrecked off South Devon, on the 10th December. Thirteen lives were lost. A conference on the Grreeco-Turkish question has been decided. The Marquis de Levette and the .Marquis <. f Bute have entered the Church of Koine. Wool Ims advanced one penny. The directors of the late c >ncern of Overeud i Griirney & Co., have been arrested, and held to bail on a eh;irge of fi\.iud. A lai'ov Fenian dem mstration was held in Cork on the Ist. A Mr O'Sullivan ma;ie a afro;!' speech. I Mr. Jcu'ersoa D.ivi^, Siiddell, i M.isou, and other leading members of the late Confederacy are preparing to return | to tiie United States. Ie is believed that the Government me litate a coup with a view of placing ! !ir> D-.ike do Moutpen^ier on the throne ol' JSpain. The people are in favor of a republic, but they are overpowered by tiie military. A Carlist conspiracy has been discovered at Barcelona. Saragossa, and I other places. Many persons have been j arrested on suspicion of being implicated in it. .Formi'lnble "Republican demonstrations have been made at Seville and Xeres. Despatches from Madrid report that much agitation prevails in all parts of Spain. The new Government organ which is to succeed the ' Mouiteur' is to be called ' Le Journal Official de L'Empire. The Emperor Napoleon, with the diplomatic corps, expressed his pleasure

at the concilia ting spirit which animatjwl^ the Government of the Empire. The session of the Congress on the % Eastern Question was to commence on January 9th. The Sultan requested a delay of eight days, but it was refused. News reached New York on January 16th, that the Alabama claims' treaty on the basis oi the original protocol had beeu signed by Mr Reverdy Johnston and Earl Clarendon. It was thought that the conference on the Eastern question would be brought to a close on the 15th. All the great powers, Russia excepted, have united in a demand on Greece to withdraw her formal objections to the conference as at present constituted. Auoth'er conspiracy has been detected in Spaiu, and a number of prominent Generals have been arrested. In Hayti, President Salnave had been driven from his position near lacmel, and was at Petite Kiviere with his cabinet. The rebels were gaining strength, and preparing to attack Port au Prince.