NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3188, 8 May 1879, Page 2

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

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Passanante, the cook, who attempted the life of.King Humbert at Naples, hag been convicted'and sentl&olMirtpplath. . A new Ministry has been formed at Cairo, with Prince Tewfilc as* President bfHhe OotinciK brWft Mr TftfrSr&fflfcm and M. de Bligneres occupying their former posts!® UXi'Sjy*^'9.» - . . -;: .■ ;.■ ■■..'/,. The Earl of Uundonald was on March 11. elected a Scottish r«present*tiy» p^eer in place of the late Earl of Lauderdile. '"'Professor ' TnorW jafiofersT^ai»n» candidate, f .for South wark, r has promised '"to role for' a ;Pa*lia;nle\»Mr^ln^a^inlothe Irish deman^^^-jl^^^B Ireland. The Kin* of .the Belgians was formally invested, March 16, with the freedom of the; Turners' Company of the Cigg of London. The Crown Prince and' the- Grown Princess left London; March 17, to return toßerlinl - - - - •* y In France'the reported intention of *3f. Waddington to resign hi) pojt a* Premier is contradicted. -«• --. - There-appears to be. ljttk doubt, thai it is intended to resist the"Turkish' 1 occupation Jof Eastern Eoumelia by Jforce. c The Lord-Mayor: of London has opened a subscriptich'for relief cf the distress in Hungary, and £8300 has been already contributed. , '„ l l OBITITAttTOP THE MONTH.—Th^Birl of Winterton; the Dowagsr Marchioness of .Exeter; Sir Wm. Wbrsley ;' n the' Hon. Mrs Frances Grimston; tfie HonVP^S. C. Trench; William Howitt; ; Profeu.or CJifford, Uuir. Coll., London{..Xady E. Blacket; the Hob. G! J:'Elphin. stone,; ,the Hon. J. Salmon, of Jamaica; the Son. S. W.<P: -VereWr; Viscount Maiden; Lady<f Wensleydaie ; Lady" Elizabeth Asbburnham;lßAr,#ir J. Molyneux, Bart; Lady Barnewall; Sir IW. C. Trerelyan, Bart; Sir J. C. Garden, Bart; Sir James Lumsden; the Hon. ~Lady"Head;" Archdeacon" Garbett j'-Lord A. W". Beauclerk, j ',•. •■lt-is stated that an ofler has be,en made by the War Office to several of,; the^Srgeons who»served- in the late war under the Red Cross SocieiyV to go out to So nth Africa: but the terms hre MewHa»»«trfnis; a pound a'day, temporar/:iieri(i{|e oa^j^nd no .prospect of-pensipn in case of djsaster. Tnis is not likely^ to\tempV any*- dootor who&e service's would prbvevalu»ble.

i r The laying,of V cable to South. Africa '#(11 ■ cost' the' country about • k BifliiHi, which the unfortunate Chancellor of the Exchequer: will, of course have Ito find. Every day brings an unexpected addition to the" wrong side.of>the;Budffe't. >] I The ' insurance offices will; be ;heavy losers by the death of the Duke bfi New* castle;, as * his '-'life i wags insured for' about half a-million. " « 'r.i „ , ;,v,Yf The'; Conservatives- are , even; more indignant than the Liberals at the.determination of the Government to leave the direction of the compaign in Zulaland to Lord t Chelmsfqrd. They say that this decision is' 'due to' the strong; biasM>f the Lord Chancellor 1"' 'for the family of Thesigeriy.'Yl T;~J :i% /-A ? ■„ The Admiralty) and that Warr Office were .sadly' at'-loggerheads \pver The embarkation of-the troops for Africa. 1 When the Duke of Cambridge, wtnt down to ■ Southampton therepresentative of the Admiralty^ declined to attend! bim^atad iin ted that he could only take; ordfrs from; the Admiralty. { Lord Gilford was sent fr to 'the' Horse Guards to matters, but' only "made them worse by his explanations. ].'\ ~J t r ;-The Zulu-war'is natnnillyieitremely popular in England, and all condfcions of. soldiers are eager to. lend~a~ hancrin the coming campaiga. The news of the disaster and its bitter hutniliation has had the usual effect*. There is a strong desire among Englishmen to be avenged. WithoutMiscusstog ithe unhappy policy; w.hich has plunged us, it is to be feared prematurely, in a war far, moreserious than,any but the pessimists supposed, the feeling is that the national prestige has been tarnished, and that Cetewayo must be called strictly to "account..? It ;is this^wbich causes all ranks to come for ward'and offer* their swordsj; and; /strong right arms. From the gallant corporal of the 18th Hussars, who, when- l unable,,4or volnnteer in the ' 17th "Lancers, purchased his , discharge from the one regiment and enlisted "into the other, to the royal duke who, within a week or two of his marriage, wished to hare it either hastened or postponed to alltm X* ioic his old comrades in'toihe Bfteld, it is' exactly iW same tale. Even old i warriors, with' one leg in the grave, freely place their services at ths,disposal of the Duke, and an alien.prince, who has as yet • i made England his home and tJie.English army his profession, has gladly embraced the opportunity of smelling powder under the English flag. The French" are indifferent, at least upon the surface, to the action of the Prince Imperial da dhnu volunteering'for the Cape, but they cannot deny that it is a gallant and sdHUDrlike act, and if he does well they will like him none the less when he returns.

Great faeilitUs are to be offered to people at home to visit the Sydney Exhibition. For the convenience of exhibitors and others anxious 'to see Australia at this particular season, the Peninsula and Oriental Steamship Company propose to issue special return tickets at very low rates. The first-class passage will be only £125 there and back, the second class £75, and arrangements will be made to allow ticke tholders to spend at least three, months in the country. No doubt the good example set by the P. and O. will be followed by other .enterprising lines, and we shall have: a host of personally conducted tours with the same laudable object in view. All thia will bring gist to the Colonial mill, and will ensure the presence of a large attendance of friends from the old country to see how admirably Australia can manage these affairs. Sir Arthur Gordon met with quite an ovation at the Colonial Institute when he read his deeply interesting paper on Fiji. Cabinet Ministers, past and present, representing both sides of politics, a Lord Chancellor, judges of every category, bishops, ex-colonial governors, and representative colonists holding high place in the esteem of their representative communities, assembled in the St. James's

Hs.ll to do him honour. Mr Gladstone, who /was to have been present, was ». &(^rr«f! by indisposition, but his letter : read to the meeting was a cordial panegyric of the honourable lecturer. As for the paper itself, its merits were selfconfessed. Not alone as a satisfactory exposition of Sir Arthur Gordon's policy since Fiji became ours, but a lucid and graphic description of the islands themselves it has been widely read and appreciated. If there are any who still question the wisdom of the steps Sir Arthur Gordon has taken to raise the revenue, their opposition roust be silenced now that all the fact* are known. The malcontents were chiefly those' who were disappointed' to find that annexation didnot mean that the native races were to be= handed over body and soul to" the white planters ; but if they chafe at this, a much larger and more influential body will congratulate Sir Arthur Gordon 6to the firm:jDets and .humanity with which, he has "protected the native rights. If Fiji is now on the high road to substantial proiparity^ it- owes itt-rapidly' improving "position |p his enlightened,rule.. ,- ; j

Tlie Liberai Association at Leeds have resolved to put fortK Mr. Gladstone as a candidate at the next election, notwithstanding his acceptance of the invitation fiir Midlothian^ ;

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