NEWS BY THE MAIL

Southland Times, Issue 1207, 8 February 1870, Page 2

NEWS BY THE MAIL

■ . . ♦— — — ■ . . [The greater part of the following was issued as an Extra on Saturday afternoon] : — London, December 3rd. The Australian October mails were delivered in London a day late. Prince Leopold is again ill. The Princess of "Wales was confined on November 20th of a daughter. Mother and child are both well. The Royal visit to the city was a great success. The Queen expressed her great satisfaction at the warm reception given her by the myriads of spectators. Soon after the opening ceremony, fissures were discovered in the pillars supporting the Holborn Viaduct. Great alarm was felt at first, but it subsided on the publication | of the Engineer's report. The King of Belgium has visited England. He stayed a week at Windsor, and then visited London, where an address was presented to him. He was also entertained at a banquet. The Colonial Question has been revived by a letter to the Times by Mr Edward WilsoD, on the true bearing of Earl G-ranville's treatment of New Zealand. The letter is very clearly and forcibly written. The Times replied to it in two leaders, the first of which was temperate and respectful, the second abusive. Mr Wilson contends that a change of policy so momentous and far-reaching must be submitted to the decision of both Parliament and people, and that the colonists are entitled to a potential voice in the settlement of their own future status. The first of the series of weekly conferences of colonial representatives has been held. Resolutions were passed condemning Earl Granville's disintegrating policy. Sir George Grey was one of the speakers. Some of the leading papers notice the meeting favorably. There was a large attendance. Delegates are expected to be present at the colonial conference. In the letters which have recently passed between Sir G-eorge G-rey and the Colonial Office on the subject of the recognition of the Maori King, Earl GrranviUe has been convicted of ignorance. Earl G-ranville insists on British Columbia, Rupert's Land, and the Northwest Territory joining Canada. The French residents at Red River oppose his mandate by an armed resistance. The Brindisi mail route effects a saving of 30 hours. The Royal Standard was wrecked on the Brazilian Coast on the 10th October. Eight ladies were drowned in the surf. The first lot of live cattle from South America realised £17 each. The vacant Garters have been conferred on Lords De Grey and Stratford De Redcliffe. Mr G-lyn, the banker, and Sir John Acton have been made peers. Dr Temple's election to the see of Exeter was carried by thirteen to six. Earl Zetland is about to resign the Grandmastership. of the Freemasons. . The Marquis of Salisbury has been elected Chancellor of Oxford University. The "Universities of Glasgow and Aberdeen have returned Mr Gordon, the Conservative candidate. Mr Bernal Osborne was defeated at "Waterford by Sir H. Barrow. Mr W. H. Gladstone has been reelected. O'Donovan Rossa, a Fenian felon, was returned for Tipperary. The election was declared void, and Mr Heron takes the seat instead. Mr Disraeli is reported to be willing to accept the ballot. The return match between the London and Newcastle crews, for the championship and £400, resulted in the Tyne being again victorious. ,-. . Sadler has been beaten by Brown, an American. Sadler and Kelly for the Thames, beat Renforth and Taylor for the Tyne. A colliery explosion has taken place at Swansea, resulting in the loss of six lives. Captain Jones's certificate has been suspended for nine months, for the loss of the Carnatic. Metropolitan pauperism is increasing, and famine and fever are fatally prevalent. Hinson has been condemned to death for the murder of Maria Death and her paramour. The Government have agreed to the halfpenny postage for newspapers. Lord Cairns is about to resign the leadership of the Conservative party. The turret ship Monarch has been appointed to convey Mr Peabody's remains to America. She is waiting the . arrival of an American war-ship to accompany her. The Queen bad intended to visit Mr Peabody before his death, but he was too ill. The day of his funeral will be observed as one of general mourning in all the American cities. The Archbishop of Canterbury is slightly paralysed, but hopes of his recovery are entertained. Lord Chelmsford and Mr Spurgeon have also been ill, the latter of small-pox. The Dutch Government have granted a concession to an Amsterdam firm to lay a telegraph cable from Ceylon to Java. The Board of Directors of the European Assurance Company has been reorganised. Two letters from Dr Livingstone have been read before the Royal Geographical Society. December 4th. The disturbances at Red Riyer are subsiding. The single letter postage between Great Britain and America has been reduced to six cents by the new convention. In the. Corps Legißlatif, M. Rochefort demanded that the guardianship of the Assembly should be entrusted to the National Guard. He said that he ridiculed the idea of protection spreading in France. The Spanish Cortes are instituting an enquiry relative to the disposal of the Crown jewels.

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The Ministerial crisis in , Italy continues. • r % Sir S. Baier and his wife have left Cairo ■ for Suez, intending to cross the desert to Khartoum, and proceed thence to:- the "White Nile. Sir Samuel has receivedjhe Order of Mejidie from the Khedive. ' ; , The postal rates between France and"; England have been reduced. Lord Claude Hamilton has been elected : for King's Lynn. The anniversary of the battle of the • Boyne passed off peaceably in Ireland. MrMayne has been appointed Professor of Jurisprudence in the University of Oxford. The Berlin correspondent of the Times asserts that a proposition for a general disarmament is being simultaneously discussed by the Governments of Eussia, Austria, Prussia, Italy, and Great Britain. At the wool sales good combing was firm at late rates, and other qualities brought an advance of from one halfpenny to one penny per pound on the September rates. Mr Otway in aspeech to his constituents declared that the Government had received a satisfactory explanation from Eussia respecting the advances made by that power in central Asia. Hesaid the safety of the British empire in India depended upon our ruling for the'> benefit- < of the people; that being done, the" empire might endure indefinitely. The trial of the directors of the O verend-Gurney Company is ended, and the directors have been acquitted. ; It is probable that the Habeas Corpus Act will be suspended throughout the whole of Ireland. A colliery explosion has taken place at, Wigan, involving the loss of 27 lives. The .Rev. H. Flagman, of St. Andrew's College, has been elected head master of I Bugby School. j Mr Law has been elected provost of | Edinburgh, and Mr Arthur provost of Glasgow.