THE SUEZ MAIL.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 386, 29 August 1874, Page 3

THE SUEZ MAIL.

Adelaide. • The .Nubia arrived at Glenelg, making thg run from King George's Sound in 90 hours. " ' ' London. Australian wines attract much' attention, and numerous purchases have been made. .Victoria shows 24, and South 1 77 samples. The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh are staying, with the Russian Imperial family at Jugenticwm. Before leaving England they opened au Infant Nursery and Mission in East London. Congratulatory telegrams were exchanged between the Queen and the Emperor of Brazil on the completion of telegraphic connection between Europe and Brazil. Silver medals have been awarded to , J)r. Livingston's faithful followers. The Government pays £1000 for arrears

I'oiirescaped Communists are a£ present in London. On landing at Queenstown, Rochfort was mobbed and hooted, and he prudently .effected seclusion, and refused to lecture or attend any public demonstration. There has been a march of agricultural labourers through the Eastern Midland Comities, beginning in Cambridge. They wore blue ribbons, and some carried flags. Tiiero were forty bands of music. Alto- j gether 5000 were present, and Arch was i the principle spokesman. Seven thousand miners of South Staffordshire accepted the terms arranged between delegates and masters. Miss Richards, the champion walker, walked JOOO miles in 1000 consecutive hours. She finished quite fresh. She undertook the task, iv order that her father might win a £500 wager. The Duke of Hamilton, on retiring from the Turf, sold a portion of his stud in Paris for £6515. The steamer Tenasseri, homeward bound from Rangoon, and the ship Royal Family, have both been wrecked on Cape Guardafui. A late special telegram, dated London, July 11th, says that in the House of Commons last night, Mr. Childers called attention to the apparently declining con dition of the revenue. Sir Stafford Northcote' replied that he saw no reason to modify his estimate. The strikes in Scotland and South Staffordshire have ended. The atrocities of the Carlists are exciting profound indignation. General Garibaldi has recovered from his late illness. Obituary. — Sir Charles Peckson, Miss Agnes Strickland, and *Monseigneur Merode.