ARRIVAL OF THE ‘NEVADA’ WITH THE ENGLISH MAIL.

Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 220, 22 June 1872, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE ‘NEVADA’ WITH THE ENGLISH MAIL.

NEWS UP TO MA t 24. GLADSTONE’S EXPLANATION. APPLAUDED ON TAILING HIS SEAT. AMERICAN GOVERNMENT REFUSE TO SUBSIDISE WEBB’S STEAMERS. The Nevada arrived at 11.30 p.m.; left Honolulu on the 3rd instant, and stopped 30 minutes off Pango Pango. She brings 3 passengers for Auckland, 2 for the South, and 24 for Australia. Her latest dates are, San Francisco May 24, English telegrams May 23, General Summary London May 23. LONDON. May 14. In the House of Commons to night, in the presence of a full house, with the galleries crowded, Gladstone made explanations of tho regulations regarding the indirect claims, and the position occupied by the Government therein. After praising the forbearance of the Parliament during the controversy, he said that he would commence his narrative of the progress from the 18th of January, when he first learned that indirect claims for damages would be presented at Geneva, in the American case.

The English Government protested on the 3rd of February against the indirect claims, which were not within the scope of the treaty, nor within the intention of either party in the treaty. Secretary Fish replied in April in a most courteous note that lie thought that the Geneva Board might decide the entire question. In the meantime, Minister Schenck suggested a course which would be acceptable to both England and America, viz., the interchange of notes, setting forth the views, terms, and conditions whereby botli could agree to proceed to an arbitration. We accepted the suggestion, and carried on a correspondence entirely by telegraph. On Wednesday, the Bth of February, President Grant submitted the proposition to the United States Senate, and on Thurday we ascertained that the proposition was not precisely as we understood it should be, because of the brevity of the cable despatches on which it was based. On Friday, a draft containing a statement of our views was forwarded to Schenck, and immediately telegraphed by him to Washington; and on Saturday Schenck informed Granville that the President had accepted, and the Senate had entertained, that draft. Gladstone thought that this fact was almost equivalent to a ratification, and begged the further forbearance of the House, now that the question was approaching a conclusion satisfactory to both Nations.

Gladstone was loudly cheered on taking his seat. Disraeli thanked the Premier for his statement, and said that he should not seek to embarrass the Government. Whatever differences evisted on either subject, all parties were united in waiting a peaceful and honourable settlement. In the House of Lords Granville made a statement similar to that of Gladstone’s, and Earl Russell again postponed his motion for an address to the Crown to withdraw from the arbitration. Lord Derby and the Duke of Richmond hoped that the new proposition from the Government would not be ambiguous, and said that they had had quite enough misunderstandings already. There are long editorials in all the journals upon the explanation of the indirect claims, and the position of the: English Government. The journals approve of the pending negotiations, but doubt the concurrence of the United States Senate. A message to President Grant and the United States Senate submitting the proposed additional articles to the Washington Treaty relative to the indirect claims, serves to re-assure the public that the differences between the two nations will be honorably settled. The publication of the message has had an effect upon American securities in the market, and they arc now firmer than at the opening. The Pall Mall Gazette says that the whole drift of feeling in England justifies it in saying that the treaty means offence, and humiliation to America or England, or to both nations ; it means a renewal, and not an abatemement, of the ill-feeling it was intended to allay. How to some the threaty means who shall “eat the leek,” or whether means cannot be invented whereby both parties should agree to eat it in each other’s presence. American papers seem to exclaim against the adoption of the supplementary articles. Here there is only one opinion—that its acceptance would be discreditable and dangerous to both. The people would be pacified and content at once if the treaty and the articles connected with it were dropped as an irredeemable blunder, for which the Government alone were to blame. That is the proper fate of the treaty, and the only safe and peaceful way of disposing of it. The agent of the Cunard line has received information of the loss of the steamer Tripoli, from Liverpool to Boston. The Tripoli went ashore on the

'South Tusker rock, at Carnsore Point, on the Irish coast. The crew and passengers were saved, but the vessel is totally lost. The ' London Telegraph mentions the death of another veteran, companion of Sir Charles Napier, in the person of General John Lysoght. The Royal accouchement of the Princess of Wales is expected in the latler part of. June or the early part of July. The revolving turret British ironclad ship Hbtspur is going to attack the British ironclad Glatton, in order to test the revolving turret. The London Telegraph says that it is'expensive work this, blazing away at our own navy. Letters from Aleppo give distressing pictures of the state of affairs at Antioch. The town is a heap of ruins, and the soil quivering with volcanic movements, frightening the people, so that they dare not approach the site to remove the large numbers of unburied dead. The bullion in the Bank of England on May the 23rd had decreased £52,000.

FRANCE. The commission on the capitulation question blames General Ulricli for the surrender of Strasburg, and especially censures him for screening himself and officers from the same conditions as those imposed upon enlisted men. In the National Assembly, on May 21st, Rouher spoke for nearly three hours to a motion interrogating the Government as to its intentions regarding the frauds on War contracts. Rouher disclaimed any intention of piovoking controversies. He defended General Poliska from charges made against his administration of affairs as a Minister, and urged that the members of the Government collectively should be held responsible for their actions. Audiffret Pasquier replied to Boulier, aud vindicated bis own exposure of the corruptions existing under the Empire. He denounced Napoleon, and called on the Empire in the language of Augustus to restore to France her Legions, her Provinces, and her Glory. The members of the Assembly, and the spectators in the rooms and galleries, were greatly excited, and repeatedly interrupted the speaker with passionate outbursts of applause. Rouher replied in a two hours’ speech, which was listened to with impatience. The Prince and and Princess of Wales are to arrive at Paris on the 24th of May. The Paris journals consider that the debates in the Asssembly, on May the 21st and 22nd, inflicted a crushing blow on the hopes of the friends of the Empire. Henri Rochefort and other covicted Communists sail for New Caledonia on May the 27th. SPAIN. Madrid, May 22. It is reported that the Carlist leader, Yeturbe, has received a fresh supply of arms, and ihreatens vengeance on surrendered Carlists in Guipuzeoa. A Carlist band in Leida surrendered yesterday; AMERICA. The proposed subsidy to Webb’s line has been rejected by the Senate. The Liberal Republican Convention have nominated Horace Greely for President. The nomination took tho country by surprise. Grant will no doubt get a regular nomination from the Republicans. Davis has also been nominated. It is believed the contest will be narrowed to one between Greeley and Grant. To-day a severe windstorm passed over Washington and New York, destroying the foliage of the Parks, houses, barns and orchards.

The Spanish gunboat Distillo has captured, under suspicious circumstances, an English schooner, the William Junius, brought her to Mauritius (?) The President has signed the House Amnesty Bill passed by the Senate. The exceptions provided for in the Bill will, it is supposed, cover no less than 200 cases including Jeff Davis. The Senate went into Executive Session on May 22nd, on the additional articles to the Washington Treaty with the modifications proposed by a majority of the Committee on foreign regulations, to effect the original objects by a change in the phraseology, but make it of equal application to both sides. A fire in Broadway, New Yoik, has destroyed 500,000 dollars worth of dry goods. An attack lias been made by the Cherokee Indians near Fort Smith, and fourteen were killed and twelve wounded. The whole district is deserted in consequence. A million dollars worth of property has been destroyed at Somerset, in Pennsylvania, by fire. Over 10,000 immigrants arrived in New York on the 21st of May. LATEST COMMERCIAL. London dates to May Ist, not so late as Suez. May 1st —Wool: The public wool sales were progressing slowly. Foreign buyers were operating with caution, and a similar policy was adopted by the home trade. Good wools show a fall of 2d, and inferior wools 24d to 3d per lb., as compared with the last sales. The demand for hides is limited. First heavy New Zealand, Gj-d ; second, s§d ; salted horse, 8d ; butter, 38s to 40s; tallow, 42s 6d; beef, 43s Gd ; sheep. Flax, active, £3B 15s to £4O, finished £42. NEW YORK. May 13. Rece pts of new crop of Australian wool beginning to stock-up, and the bulk of the supply intended for the American market now to hand is rapidly passing into consumption. Sales of Australian for the month include 752,0001b5, at prices ranging from GO to G 7 cents., and 50,0001bs heavy at 56 cents. At close it would be difficult to obtain 62 to G 3 cents for the best descriptions in the market. New Zealand flax is quiet, there being none in first hands, so sales are reported at nominal prices. SAN FRANCISCO. May 23. Wheat active ; 2dol. scent. per lOOlbs. Liverpool telegram, 12s Gd.