NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2790, 23 January 1878, Page 2

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Heads of Intelligence.

(fbom tbi eou news.)

The Viceroy of-Egypt is about to send a further contingent of 6000 men to Con* stantinople. Her Majesty's Ministers hare not made any statement as to the significance which they attach to the fall of Kars and Plevna, or the policy which a possible; annexation of Armenia by Bussia will impose on England. Lord Derby, however, replying to ,a pro-Turkish deputation, Nor. 28, protested against the idea that the extension of Russian conquest in Asia menaced our hold of India, and that the occupation of the Euphrates Valley by Bussia would jeopardise the Suez Canal. As regards Constantinople, Lord Derby referred his hearers to what he said at the beginning "of the war—that England was not prepared to permit a Xtuhsian occupation of it,

Mr Gladstone delivered a lecture on the Eastern Question at Hewardeu Nov. 90,

in which he repeated his denunciations of Turkish oppression and cruelty. Lord Sel borne has been elected Lord Rector of St. Andrew's University by a majority of fifteen votes over Mr Gathorne Hardy.

The Earl of Carnarvon, Dec, 5, presided at a meeting of the Grand Lodge, when the action of the Grand Orient of France in expunging all reference to the Deity from their records was condemned.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer presided at a Conservative banquet at Christchurch, Hants, on Dec. 4, and was entertained at ft complimentary aonpolitical dinner,. Dee. 6, at Exeter. '■'

Tiie Pope it in a very critical condition, and all hopes ot hii recovery hart been abandoned. . . ; The Fisheries Commission, sitting at Halifax, has concluded its inquiries, and a majority of the commissioners, hare concurred in awarding 5,600,Q00d015: as compensation ■■ to Canada..., The United States representative dissented, feat, it is believed that the award will be ultimately recognised. ' " ■- ":'-'"' \^,' President Hayes' Message to the United States Congress was read on Monday. It dealt chiefly with the financial question, and the President- declared hit firm adherence to the Resumption Act. The Queen, accompanied by Prioeesa Beatrice and Prince Leopold, arrived at Windsor Castle from Balmoral Dejk-l. On Dec. 8 Lord Beaconsfield had an interview of more than two hours', dfimtioa with Her Majesty. : : * The third volume, of Mr,.; Theodore Martin's *• Life of the Prince Coasort" has just been published. Some sensation has been excited by the strongly tlgflivorable opinion of Russia which it contains. The Duke of Norfolk was' mirried, Nov. 21, to Lady Flora Hastings at the Brompton Oratory. The ceremony was largely attended, and was on ft leale of great splendour. The trial of the four detectives and ft solicitor has ended in. the acquittal of Inspector Clarke, and a sentence passed on the other prisoners of two years' imprisonment with hard labor. ' The Her. A. Tooth, of Hatcham, after having elicited from the Court of Queen's Bench a judgment which renders all-the past 'proceedings against him invalid, on the ground of technical error, has resigned his living. ■ " •'' = In France the political crisis continues. Last week it seemed to be drawing to an end, and the President of the Republic, acting on the advice, as was said, of the Constitutional Orleanists, consented, to entrust M. Dufaure. with the dut#\of forming a Cabinet. Negofiatibtis, bowever, were broken off, as 'Marshal MacMahon insisted on appointing dominoes of his own to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, the Army, and the Navy. On Saturday, .Nov.'l7, at 10.63 p.m., Gale completed his walk of a thousand quarter-miles in « thousand successive periods of ten minutes. . „.. .. , An Admiralty return has just been issued showing the amount of shipping estimated for and built from the year 1865-6 to the year 1876-7 in the royal dockyards and by contract. Of, ironclads alone 83,671 tons have been actually built in the dockyards, and 4628 tons by eontraefriluring the period named, at a total cost of upwards of 7,000,000 sterling. Some very suceessralexperiments were made with the Telephone on December 1 between Aberdeen'and Inverness, a distance of 108 miles.. .Songs and choruses were distinctly transmitted, and conversation was carried.on ft .times with mar* vellous distinctness; notwithstanding the weather was .unfavorable. The experiments were made with Professor Bell's instruments.. Professor. Bell also delivered a lecture on the telephone before the Physical Society of London the same afternoon. In the course of his address •hip said that 258 miles, was the longest distance at which he had earned en conversation, although he had conversed through several thousand miles of wire. He had heard the breathing of a man 149 miles off. Within the but few days tlie telephone has been successfully' tried between England, Guernsey, and France. The Marquis; of Bate has .offered to build at his own expense * and present 4o the Glasgow University, the grand.hall, ' according to designs prepared by Sir Gilbert Scott, B.A. Lord Bute has had a meeting in London with Sir Gilbert, and it. is expected that the plans „ofi the proposed hall will shortly be submitted tor approval to the Senate of the University, The .cost of this addition to the University was estimated originally at £57,000, but although iv the meantime it is impossible to give the exact figure,,tike present .scheme will probably \ naejMsitato the expenditure of about £60,000. ?-^ _ Obmcait of th« Moots!— General Anderson, C.8.; the' Hon. T. Fits-Walter Butler; Sir H.Hoskyns, Bert, j Dowager Lady Graves; General Lord IHenry Percy,, X.C.8.; the Marchioness of Nor- .. thampton; Admiral H. Bagot; Lady Gomrci}; Lady Catherine Uarcdurt; S ( Smirk* 8.A.,. F. 8.5.; Admiral J ; y. Fletcher; the Hon. A. K. Falconer, lon of the Earl of Xiutore. ;: : .> AurfrkixiAic vsirnarri hokoxj.. Australians are, doing well at Oxford. Mr Sail duel Alexander, a gentlemajflMT the Jewish persuasion, formerly of Weil ley College, Melbourne, has gained.the first classical scholarship at Balltol. ; Mr Wesley,, was a\to proximd occutit for the mathematical scholarship. He had been for a short time at Melbourne University, but he coached with Mr Higgt* late Scholar, of Balliol. Another honor is that gained by Mr Boyco Allen, of Bydhey University, who has got a miner Exhibftioo of £40 a year, without the right of wearing m scholar's gown. Mr Boyee Allen's father is the Speaker of the House of Representatives for New South Wsletf.