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Southland Times, Issue 1295, 19 August 1870, Page 2

VIA SUEZ.

[A porfcioTtof.the following .was issued as an Extra on Wednesday last] :—. " '■ ■ The Q^een'&Mvthil&jZw** officially celebrated amidst greajb rejoicings. The Qupengavdik-Ballat-Balnioral on June 3rd, and, refurneii to --"Windsor in good health. On the 19fch, she presided at the Council. . _ Prince Leopolds continues -in vdelicate health. .- • ..-■ .„ ?. ■j • ■ ; In the; House; of Commons, the Pre- f mierintimated.that he would'not tolerate any mutilation in the Lords of the Irish Land BilL .. m . A debate on the colonial policy took place in .the House of Lords. Earl Russell's resolution was withdrawn during the debate. His chief attack was on the Canadian policy. Earls GranviHe and Northbrooke defended the new policy' of colonial self protection. Emigration to Canada continues. The New Zealand Loan Guarantee Bill has been read a first time. r , The: Education Bill is causing 'much discussion., „-, „ - „ ,„ ,; Mr Watkin Williams's motion, for the disestablishment; of the Church of Wales, was.forced on without the concurrence of the; Liberal party, and^was defeated by a heavy majonty. :. i , .:"; , WhenthetocQggioabn'the Contagious' D^eaaeSiJLct arose^; Mr Crawford insisted upon the. 'exclusion 'of strangers and re--porters.i.X of the proceedings were afterwards published. The reporters were cheered by the House on returning. - The University Tests Bill was passed by a majority of 125. , r: j The female., persona tors hare been arraigned for felony and misdemeanor.y.The evidence disclosed gross immorality throughout extensive circles. Blackwood . has, savagely ..reviewed " Lothair," and attacks Mr Disraeli for intending to make -a breach in the Conservative party. The Ascot Cup was won by Sabrinus. The Great Eastern has been moored at Sheerness in excellent condition. ;. - \ The suddenness of Charles Dickens's death caused a profound Bensation and universal grief. His remains were-in-, terred in Westminster Abbey. „ T^hey Sevi- Blamwell Smith, Birmingham, has committed suicide. * The Exchequer Chamber has decided that the Colonial Legislatures have power to grant indemnity for .acts committed in the colonies. The April mail, via California,, was delivered on the 28th June. The degree of D.C.L. has been conferred on the Duke of Argyll. Sir C. Trevelyan has resigned his post as a Lord of the Admiralty in consequence of a difference with his colleagues on the Education question. The petition for winding up the European Assurance Company has been dismissed. . . The revenue of the United Kingdom for the quarter ending in June was sixteen millions. In the House of Representatives, "Washington, it was resolved that the President . should ask . England why American fishing boats were stopped on the fishing grounds. * The second reading of the Clerical Disabilities Bill, enabling clergymen to lay aside orders, was carried. White who shot at Mr Buxton, M.P., lias been pronounced insane. The massacre of Jews inßoumania on May 29th is supposed to have been the act of Turkish zealots. . .-:•,-•; . Mr Bright's health has improved. .;' Mr Childers is better. ' "■'■• Mr Disraeli has resumed his place in the House of Commons; The Eoman papers affirm -the Pope's infallibility, and say all who deny it will be anathematised:, ; Tbe Grand Vizier of Turkey is ill. ■ '■ j A banquet was given by, the- Chairman of the British India Telegraph Company, at which messages were tent, and replies received between the Viceroy of Egypt, Viceroy of India, &c. President Grant . also exchanged messages with the Lord Mayor. <; ■■,■■•••--.'■- ,i. : •i Baron Lesseps, on his visit to London, " was decorated with the Order of the Star . of India. ' The survivors of the ship Mercnrius 1 have beea rescued from tbe Brazilian coast after a long detention; * : Earl Granville has been appointed Foreign Minister, Earl Kimberley Secretary for the Colonies, and Lord Halifax Lord Privy Seal; these changes being ' consequent on Earl Clarendon's death; ', The Lord Chancellor of Ireland hai been raised to the peerage. V The . petition against Mr HayrenV return for Tipperary has been dismissed. 1 i Mr Forster has"declared himself f a convert to the education . system. „>■'., ...,;. :••...... A Earl Eoden has declined to sell an 1 estate of his to the Prince of Wales. ! | Nine, hundred dead bodies were found ; after the fire at Constantinople. : . : The Greek brigand chiefc have escaped to Turkey.' Mr E. Piske, American Consul at Leith, is implicated in the female imper- ' senators' misdeeds. ~ ', Thq explosion of the "Waltham Abbey powdet mills caused several deaths: •The Spectator thinks that the New Zealand Loan Guarantee is to be regarded as indicating 'anchange; gf 1 colonial policy. The Ministry saw their 1 line was opposed to the feeling or the nation, and receded in time, y 1 The latest New Zealand news, and the repulse of the FenianT raiders, lead the ■. Times; to extol;.the .wisdom of the self protection system. i The [Irish Land Bill has passed i through Committe in the House of Lords. ! Queen Isabella has signed 1 her abdication in favor of the Prince of the ■ Asturias. : The ; Infallibility Dogma has been carried by the (Ecumenical Council.

Several emigrant ships have Bailed for Australia during the montih. ,-m***-—. Vice- Chancellor - ; Jtaa^r-^^i^^^^^^ appointed Chief Justice. J. c '^**m Earthquatea^haro; taken plac& fa^e | Archipelago ; and in-Bgypt a *lji§U Wf|k,' has been destroyed. ::\ 'A'i # \ &&■ .ii The^ rumors of Ministerialj clafi»go» : ufcj , France are unfounded! j \ I * --^CWvTh* Cerberus has been, floated ■ thedoQkyaKl. V ''-:' • \ '- "V " « The ship Aurdra, which left Bombay^ on the 12th June, was burned at^sea, 55 ' miles outpunder suspicions cTr^^tiaii««. -The ,'captajn land carpenter^ <and /jfoe | brokers who .chartered^the"Tfi«ael,^w«ire arrested, and bail was refused. There has been great excitement about this sad other frauds. , The French Government announce that it considers the enthroiiemeat^ of Prince Hohenzollern as a threat, and would not suffer any power to place him on the. Spanish throne. The .announcement was received with loud applause in the French Assembly. • The Cabinets of London, Florence, and Vienna are understood to have joined in the diplomatic action of France. There was the greatest. excitement in Paris on the subject, and there was a panic -on the London and Paris Exchanges. The reply of Prussia on the subject of the Prince's candidadature.,,lß. considered. uus^tisfi|ctofy. > France ordered ; immediate military ppe- \ parations. ,. The, jPruss% £°nj»»J| -Jgffe their Government to be* disinl»restea: va .. the matter, and consider w .jinwrobable.* There was nevertheless a gr«»t fell in the , funds.- The Spanish war minister ordered all conscripts to goin the jregimehtl^tad proceed, to the occupation of strong - strategic positions on the northern frontier. There are strong hopes of a peaceful solution of? the question. , .;; . Earl G-ranville in the Lords, and Mr Gladstone in , the Commons, gave -explanations of the steps-taken by the - British, Government to prevent complications arising out of the embroglio.i TBey regretted that, strong language had been used by the French Government, but the Ministry would endeavor to preserve peace without exercising undue interference with the dignity of foreign Courts. Prim's noniination of Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern, .caused great excitement in France, and at one time war" was considered inevitable. "Op to Wlith June there was great excitement in the Stock Exchange and Bourse. Communications of a threatening character passed between .. France and Prussia, but ultimately Prince Hohenzollern withdrew bis claun, and peace is considered secure. The. King of Prussia admits that he authorised the Prince of Hohenzollern to accept the Spanish Crown. ,■* The Corps Legislatif rejected by 112 to 31 the petition of the Orleans , princes for permission to return to France; Mr Lange, Secretary top the Suez Canal Company, has been knighted. ,-■ Five more brigands hare been hanged in Greece. A collision took place on the Gxeat ', Northern Sailway hear Newark^ by which sixteen persons were killed, aid ft great many wounded. .. ! Tbe. wool s|rfe,s intended for October and November will be neid '■'& one sale in " November. The tendency is to higher prices. \ : : The third series of wool sales com* menced oh the 11th. ' The bidding wki 1 good, and the prices were equal /to t&e : v " closing prices of the former series. Messrs Devitt and Hett roport regarding New Zealand flax, as follows : — Best dressed sorts, in good demand^ at £30 to £32 10s per ton; inferior descriptions scarcely saleable at £15 to £18 per ton, Out of recent arrivals, the following sales were made:— Ex Helen, from Lyttelton. Selwyn Manilla, £20 to dB2I 10s; 0.8. M., £20; Flaxbprne mills, about £28 ; ex Electra, from Wellington, : £23 Sfc. The small parcels, per Helen, sent a* specimens of cleaning bj[ the new process have proveda decided failure, l^e England arrived - from) Canterbury with her running rigging entirely composed of New Zealand rope made in the colony. The trial had been higUysatisfkctory and' encouraging. - • ? New Zealand Debentures are at £100. . The harvest prospects are improved^ and wheat is lower. . Obituary.— Sergt. Kinglake, Bishop of Kilmore, Earl Clarendoo, Sir James Clark, Lord Arthur Clinton, ProC Syme, Prince Jerome Buonaparte;' "-""