EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN NEWS VIA SAN FRANCISCO.
(From our fileß per Taranta.) Wangantji, May 14th. The Wonga Wonga arrived at Auckland without the English mail. No summary is to hand, the arrangements not being completed. The following items have been received : — Londob, April 4th. The Navy Estimates amount to nine and a quarter millions. A scheme is projected to lighten the transatlantic cable. Mr Charles Dickens has had an interview with the Queen. . The anticipated reduction in the newspaper postage rate has been announced. The Bill for enforcing the law in Ireland has passed. It provides for the trial of some cases without the intervention of a jury, for the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, and enacts that the press ahall be held responsible for the publication of articles inciting to disturbance. It is reported that an addition of £20,000 per annum will be made to the allowance of the Prince of Wales. The consideration of the evidence in the Mordaunt case is going on. _ It is rumored that Mr Bright intends to resign his seat in the Ministry. - Mr Gladstone's Land Reform Bill is very unpopular in Ireland. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has discouraged hopes of reducing the income tax. The British-Indian cable has been completed. ,'••. The Marquis of Bute intends to visit New Zealand. Paeis, April 4th. Prince Pierre Buonaparte was fined 25,000fr. The -lightness of the sentence excited great indignation. The Prince is still in prison. . The Creuzot strike still continues. A Parliamentary crisis is imminent. A new conspiracy to overthrow the Government has been discovered. Numerous arrests have been made. Rome. A petition against the Infallibility dogma is in circulation. A. Papal organ affirms that there is a sufficient majority to establish the dogma. Washhtstok, April 4. The Postal Committee recommends a subsidy of 1,000,000 dols. per annum (about £209,000) to the service between San Francisco and China. Mr Winer, the American consul, has been imprisoned by the Haytian insurgents. The American and English squadrons have been sent there. Mr Bennett has sailed to prepare for the Yacht contest. The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce recommends a subsidy to the new Australian route. A Bill to subsidise 2000 ton steamers to run from San Francisco to Sydney passed the Senate, and is now pending before the House.
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Southland Times, Issue 1253, 20 May 1870, Page 3
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