ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL AT HOKITIKA.

Tuapeka Times, Volume II, Issue 87, 9 October 1869, Page 5

ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL AT HOKITIKA.

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(Condensed from the « Daily Times.") HoKTriKi., October 4th. The Eangitoto, with the English mails on board, arrived here at 8 p.m. yesterday. The mails were landed at .8 a,.in, to-day. London, August 13th, The Queen was at Osborne House, and was to leave for Balmoral on 19th August. Prince Arthur has been appointed to the Eifle Brigade, and was to leave Liverpool by the Cunard steamer next day to join the Corps in Canada. The Prince end Princess of Wales are stopping at Wildbad in Black Forest. The Princess is drinking the mineral waters. Parliament was prorogued on the 11th August. The Irish Church Bill received, the Boyal assent on 26th July, together with the Bill for the purchase of the telegraph lines ; the Dividends in Public Stock Bill ; the Galle Harbour Loan Bill ; and the East India Loan | Bill. Mr. Justice Selwyn and the Bishop of Salisbury died on the 11th. : Dr. Moberly, head master of Win.chester School, will succeed the Bishop j .of Salisbury. The statue erected in honour of Mr. George Peabody by the City of London was unveiled on the 53rd July by the Prince of Wales. Mr. Grenville Murray has been expelled from the Conservative Club, in ■consequence of disclosures made during the investigation of the Carington affray. He failed to appear at the police court to answer the charge of perjury preferred against him by Lord Carington. The recognizances were estreated. Lord Carington was found guilty of common assault, and ordered ;to enter into recognizances of £100, to appear for judgment when called upon. A debate took place in the House of Lords on the affairs of New Zealand, when Lord Granville declared that the Government adhered to their refusal to grant military aid. The Earl of iCarnarvon advocated the despatch of & special envoy armed with powers .similar to those conferred upon Sir Henry Storks in Jamaica. Bishop Selwyn proposed a temporary with.drawal of the settlers from the disturbed districts, and giving them compensation by means of a small loan. He advocated the presence of Imperial forces. None of the suggestions received any encouragement from Earl •Granville, who said the same policy was rigidly applied to Canada. Viscount Bury, in the House of Commons, pleaded for a small guaranteed loan, and for the retention of one regiment in the colony. The " Spectator " says that the disposition of English officials to treat the complaints of the colouists with scorn j and insolence was fully displayed in a debate in the correspondence contained jn a Blue Book, which, is from end to end a repertory of carefully -worded and apparently intentional contempt. In the Divorce Court, in the case of Captain Vivian v. the Marquis of Waterford, a decree of divorce was granted for the plaintiff. The French Atlantic cable from Brest to America was opened for traffic on the 15th. The London "Gazette" of the 10th issued a proclamation declaring that gold coins minted at Melbourne shali be a legal tender throughout Her Majesty's dominions. The Emperor Napoleon issued a Senatus consultum, when the following changes were initiated : — The making of laws to rest with the Emperor, subject to the sanction of the Corps Legislatif; Ministers to be responsible to the Senate ; the Corps Legislatif to be permitted to make their own Stand- 1 ing Orders, and appoint a President, j Vice-President, and Secretaries to each Chamber ; the Budget expenditure to be voted by chapter. The French Senate assembled on the 2nd August. M. Eouher was President; .the Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne, Minister of. Jforeigm Affairs ; , Marshall ISlel, Minister of War; M. Magne, Minister of Finance ; M. . Forcade Boquette, Minister for the Interior. The emigration movement has slackened. The pauper emigration to the Australian colonies was smaller in 1866 than for the 21 preceding years. When the Estimates were before the House of Commons, Professor Fawcett moved the omission of the item of £3374 for presents made by the Duke of Edinburgh in Australia. Mr. Ayr- , ton justified the item, on the ground that the expedition was authorised by the Government. The Princess Louise laid the foundation stone of the Consumptive Hospital at Ventnor. Prince Arthur was banqueted at Woolwich, prior to leaving for nine' months active service in Canada. The Wimbledon "rifle prizes were presented by Princess Christian. A subsequent review was attended by the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince Arthur', Prince Christian, and the Duke of Cambridge. There were fiOOO volunteers, and 4000 Begulars on the ground* Mr. John Bright has received a gßSgial invitation from the Queen to j^M»a few days at Balmoral

[ Parliament was prorogued by Boyal Commission to October 28th. The Indian revenue is stated to be £48,500,000, and the expenditure to be £49,500,000. The Irish Bishops are holding conference. A better state of feeling is arising in Ireland. The Protestant laity are bestirring themselves. The Governing Board, of Trinity College express their willingness to admit Catholics to the highest offices. The Catholic Bishops exhort their flocks to regard Protestants as brethren. A monster dinner of Australian preserved meats to the working classes, is in course of preparation. Earl Derby will preside, The Privy Council has decided in favour of Bishop Colenso's rights to the cathedral. The Bishop of Cape Town's jurisdiction is denied. The annual Dramatic College Fete has been held at the Crystal Palace. The usual Fancy Fair gave way to dramatic entertainments of a more refined character, The London Society to Secure suffrage for Women have held a general meeting, under the presidency of Mrs. P. A, Taylor. Among those present were Mr. J. S. Mill, Lord Houghton, Mr. Stanfield, M.P., Mr. Fawcett, M.P., the Eev. Charles Kingsley, and M. Louis Blanc. A large number of ladies attended. The Warwickshire divorce case has been mentioned in court. The co-re-spondents are Viscount Cole and Sir F. Johnston. The lady is insane. Mr. Goldwin Smith, writing from America, incites the British Government to make a spontaneous offer of compensation for damages caused by the Alabama affair. A demonstration of twenty thousand persons took place at Limerick in faTour of the release of the Fenian prisoners. The Edinburgh University now ad-j-mits women to study medicine and i take degrees. | Mr. Gladstone, from illness, had to retire temporarily from his parliamentary duties. Since his recovery, he has resumed his seat in Parliament. A man named Cantillon, to whom Napoleon I. left a legacy for shooting at the Duke of Wellington at Paris, has just died. Baron Lesseps, having completed the Suez Canal, proposes to turn the water of the Eed Sea into the depressed interior of Africa, and convert that region into an inland sea. The suit of the shareholders of Overend, Gurney, and Co. against the Directors, seeking to make them liable for £2,500,000 paid up capital, has been decided in. favour of tb© defen- J dants. The Great Eastern has been prepared to lay the cable between Aden and Bombay. Dr. Jobson has been elected President of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference. Mr. Peter Carts of Paisley, Mr. Panizzi of the British Museum, and Lieut.-General Sabine have received the honour of knighthood. The subject of telegraphic extension to China and Australia has been much canvassed. The ship Commodore Perry, with 2500 tons of coal on board, has been burned in Bombay harbour, which port she reached after being on fire six days. The steward was killed by the explosion. The cholera continues its ravages in Cawnpore and Lucknow. It has also broken out at Simla. Notice has been issued by the Government in Calcutta, that unless the prospects of the crops in the northwestern provinces improve, the intention to hold the great Durbar at Agra in honour of the Duke of Edinburgh will be abandoned. In any case, only a few native princes, with small suites of retainers, will be invited. Obituary.— Professor Jukes, author of " The Physical structure of Australia"; Mr. Trafford, Magistrate of Salford ; Justice Selwyn. August 30th. A meeting of influential colonists has been held in London, and a Committee appointed to consider the relations existing between England and her colonies. A circular has also been addressed to the various colonial administrations, urging them to send representatives to a conference at Westminster, in February next, for the purpose of discussing these relations. A company has started in London, for the purpose of laying down a telegraph cable from Ceylon to Penang. The international boat race between America and England, came off, and the Harvard College crew were beaten by Oxford by three boats' lengths. A misunderstanding has taken place between the Sultan of Turkey and the Viceroy of Egypt. The Grand- Vizier has addressed a letter to the Viceroy, rebuking him for presuming to invite foreign sovereigns to attend the opening of the Suez Canal in his own name instead of in that of the Sublime Porte; and charging him with incurring immense expense in the construction of iron-clad men of war and unproved fire-arms, causing oppressive taxation to the Egyptian people. The Vizier declares these acts to be a violation of his duty as Governor of the province 1 belonging to the Sultan only.. Ifc is believed that the 1 Viceroy returned a conciliatory reply. Several European : powers interfered on? his behalf. • ■■> Napoleon JU V on hwuncVf} birth-

day, published a complete amnesty io all political, offenders connected with the Press. Marshal Niel is dead. Spain is disturbed by the Carlists. Numerous arrests have been made, and some of the leaders shot. The Cortes intend to offer the Crown of Spain to the King of Portugal, passing over the claims of the Due de Montpensier.