THE SUEZ MAIL.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 123, 16 June 1870, Page 5

THE SUEZ MAIL.

London April 23rd. Emigration is increasing. Excellent buildings at Plymouth have been prepared for the reception of emiirrants for Victoria. Provision has been made for 1000 people. The Admiralty have telegraphed to Commodore Lambert to search, the Auckland Islands for the supposed castaways from the missing ship Matoaka. The personality of the late Lord Derby has been sworn under £250,000. i Two agrarian murders have been com- j mitted in Ireland. One a3sa3sin was captured, and confessed the crime. Messrs. G. and J. Noble report that j the flax sales on April 20th passed off without animation, only a few lots chang- j ing hands at previous rates. The private sales, however, are numerous, and a j better demand is anticipated next month. Quotations are £16 to £36. May 13th. Mr. Torrens's motion on our colonial relations was lost in Committee by 43 votes. The British Australian cable from India to Singapore will be shipped in August. The Atlantic yacht race between the English yacht Cambria and the American yacht Sappho was won by the Cambria. Mace has been declared champion of America after a fight of ten rounds, An awful catastrophe has occurred at Richmond, Virginia. The floor of the Court of Appeal fell through into the I House of Representatives, killing 59 persons, of whom 20 were Deputies, and in- ! jiu'ing 135 more. Eight counties in Ireland have been placed under the Peace Preservation Act. Fenian attempts were apprehended in London. Several rendezvous "f Fuiiana have bean discovered, and railway parcoh from Birmingham and Sheffield have been searched for arms. An audacious case of brigandage in Greece has caused great excitsmeut throughout Europe. The brigands captured Lr>rd Muncaster, son of the Duke of Manchester, and several other Englishmen at Marathon. Lord Muncaster was released on the p»«*aieut of £2000 as a ransom. A colonel, with troops, was sent

to attack the robbers, whom he attempted to surround, when they killed all their prisoners, including Messrs. Herbert, Lloyd, Vyner, and Bayle. The imports from New Zealand show an itcreasg for the month of £700.