ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH NEWS.

Southland Times, Issue 1129, 13 September 1869, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH NEWS.

Tne following telegraphic summary of European news by the July Mail is taken from the ' Otago DailylTimes ' :— THE SUEZ MAIL. London, July lOfch. The Australian June mails via Marseilles were delivered on the 12th|July. The Queen is at Windsor. The Court is shortly going to Osborne House. The Viceroy of Egypt arrived in London on the 22ud June, and proceeded at once to Buckingham Palace, which had been prepared for his reception. His visit extended to the Ist July. During his stay there were great festivities on an extensive scale. • The Canadian Dominion Parliament was prorogued at Ottawa on the 22nd June. The House of Commons has nominated a Committee to enquire into the cause of the excessive expenditure on the Abyssinian war. The Volunteer Encampment opened at WimKlftflnn an +lia Kfch .Tnly. The Queen's Prize was won by Angus Cameron, of the 6th Inverness Volunteers. His score was 71, The same gentleman won the prize before. England won fche International Prize against Scotland and Ireland. Scotland won the Elcho Challenge Shield, Ireland came second, and England last. A grand review of Volunteers is to be held at Wimbledon on the 17th. A meeting of the shareholders of the I Bank of South Australia took place on the 29th June, and a dividend of 10 per cent, was announced. The Australian and New Zealand Banks have agreed, with one exception, to adopt a re-exchange at 10 per cent, on bills returned dishonoured, instead of 20 per cent, as hitherto. It was resolved that recommendations should be forwarded by the present mail for all colonial establishments to agree to a similar charge on dishonoured bills returned from England. The Eton and Harrow cricket match was played on the 9th and 10th of July. Eton won in one innings. The French Atlantic Cable has been successfully laid between Brest and St. Pierre. A message was sent through to the Emperor of the French announcing the completion of the enterprise thus far. A riot took place at Portadown, in County Armagh, on the Ist July. The police fired on the mob with fatal effect. The estates of the Duke of Newcastle, including Clumber Park and his house in London, have been Bold, and proceedings in bankruptcy have been taken against him. Earl Kellie has been elected a Scotch representative peer. The Government of Canada has agreed to the terms of the cession of the Hudson's Bay Company's territory to the Dominion of Canada.

The Duke of Edinburgh has been appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George. j The Irish Church Bill was read a second time on the 18th June. The Lords introduced many amendments. The date of disestablishment was altered to May, 1871. The glebes in Ulster were granted to the clergy, and all the glebe houses in Ireland were given to the church free of charge. Tbe Lords also proposed to endow the Catholic priests and Presbyterian ministers. The Bill was returned to the House of Commons last night, when Mr Gladstone announced that he was resolved to reject nearly all the amendments made by the Lords. Earl Russell's Life Peerages Bill was rejected by the House of Lords on the Bth July. I The Marquis of Hartington brought in a Bill on the sth July, empowering the GtoveramenG to purchase tbe telegraph i lines. Sir George Grey and several of the late members of the Government of New Zealand have strongly protested against the treatment that that dependency has received from the Colonial Office. Mr Bright and Mr "W, E. Forester have

resigned their memberships of the Reform Club in consequence of the black, balling of Mr Smolley (? Greeley), of the ' New York Tribune,* whom they had proposed as a member; The Lord Mayor gave his annual dinner to the Ministers on the 9th July. The principal speakers were Mr Gladstone Lord Hatherley, and Mr Bruce. Disturbances were expected in Ireland on the 12th July, but the Orange celebrations on that day passed, off quietly, except at Belfast where there was some rioting. The annual dinner of the Cobden Clizb was held at Greenwich on July 10th. The Duke of Argyle presided. The Emperor of the French sent .a message to the Corps Legislatif granting the various reforms asked for, in consequence of which M. Rouher and the rest

of the Ministry resigned. Marshal Serrano was sworn in as Eegent of Spain on July 18th. Some slight changes were made in the Ministry and Customs. The Prussian Diet closed at Berlin on the 22nd July. Obituary : Dr Todd, Rev G. Crosswell, Sir William A'Beckett, Sir William Bowles, X.C.8., Sir Arthur G. H. Bumbold, Bart., Dr Yearsley, Mr William Jordan, F.S.A., Lord Taunton, Mr , Fre. derly, Mr Latouche. ABEiVAts. — From Melbourne: Empress. From Sydney : Dunbar, Castle, Canaan, Glendower. Depastures. — For Melbourne : Hoghton Tower, Ben Nevis. For Sydney: Surrey, Delaware, Chacabuco, William Abergett, Ambassador, Landsborough.