ARRIVAL OF THE PANAMA MAIL.

Westport Times, Volume II, Issue 227, 23 April 1868, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE PANAMA MAIL.

From an extraordinary published by the West Coast Times on 'luesday evening, and obligingly furnished us by the officers of the Waipara ; we republish the following : GENERAL SUMMARY. Lord Derby resigned the Premiership on 25th of February. Disraeli is Premier; Lord Cairns, Lord Chancellor ; Mr. G-. W. Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer. Traitor Felton Lennon sentenced to fifteen years penal servitude, Address to Queen, signed by 22,600 Irishmen in England, has been presented.

The Scotch Keform Bill, giving only five new members, is unpopular In Scotland.

Solicitor General elected for Hol.ston. Beresford Hope defeated Cleasby in election for University of Cambridge. General M'Clennan is to replace Adams as American Minister.

Habeas Corpus Act to bo suspended in Ireland twelve months longer.

Sir C. J. Selwyn, Q. C, M. P., succeeded to Lord Justiceship, vacated by Sir J. Bolt. Frightful collision has taken place oil the North British Railway on the 27th February ; three men killed. Quantity of plant destroyed. W. B. Brett, Solicitor-General, is knighted. Mr Baggally, Q.C., expected to be Vice-Chancellor.

Emperor Napoleon was seized with a violent asthmatic attack on the 26th February. Breathing almost suspended, The crisis is past. Health oqow as usual.

Session of Chambers at Berlin 'closed on February 26th. The King's speech expressed a conviction of continuance of peace and prosperity. The exodus from Candia has ceased.

A banquet, on the 26th February, was given to Admiral Farragut, at Genoa.

Princess Cisterna, mother of Dutchess D'Austa, died February 29th. Lord Wensleydale is dead. Burke and other Fenians in Warwick gaol will be tried in London.

Nagle and fellow prisoners are indicted for treason. Several houses near Cork were attacked and burnt by Fenians. French officers on furlough ordered to head-quarters. Prince Napoleon is visiting Germany. The Globe says that revolts have broken out among prisoners in India.

AMERICA. The trial of Andrew Johnson, the President, takes place on the 13th of March.

Secretary Stanton in possession of War Department. Senator Wade, President pro tern. New Hampshire election carried by Republicans.

The States national debt amounts to :2,519,829,622 dollars. Thad. Stevens seriously ill. President Johnson will not resign. Retained D. D, Field, New York, and B. B. Curtis, Massachusetts.

Trial to proceed. Objection to be raised to Republican Senators who have expressed opinion as to Johnson's conduct being jurors, and will object that senators from 27 States do not constitute Senate of United States, and that until ten Southern States have representatives in House and Senate ; latter cannot take up a vital question impeaching the highest officer of government. This failing, will refuse to stand trial and tender resignation, hoping appeal to people will sustain him and pass judgment against Senate at ballot box.

Many senators believe articles of impeachment present no grounds for conviction.

Jeff Davis's trial is postponed indefinitely. Julia Dean Cooper, the well-known New York Actress, is dead. Three-fourths of Jefferson, in Texas, was destroyed by fire on 3rd March. Sixty business houses and 15,000 bales of cotton burnt.

MEXICO, War imminent in Sinaloa. General Ochod arrested. Trial of participators in attempt to assassinate Juarez proceeding. ♦ [BY ATLANTIC CABLE.] London, March 10. Charles Gilpin, Member for Northampton, gave notice of Bill to abolish capital punishment. Burke, Casey, and Shaw are confined in Newgate ; will be tried in April. C. "W. Hunt, new Cabinet minister, elected for Northamptonahire. Investigation in case of vessel Lizzie Line ceased at Chesapeake. W. Johnson, Grand Secretary of Orangemen imprisoned in County Down, is released. Prisoners captured at Dungaroon offered pardon on condition of leaving the country. Refused. -Fitzgerald, Dohuny, and Macarty are discharged from custody. Marquis Peapoli, French Minister to Russia, appointed in same capacity to Great Britain. The Eenians who were captured at Merthyr Tydvil, in Wales, are indicted for treason. Grand Jury of Cork presented an indictment against Captain Mackay for murder, and against Manix and Walsh as accessory to the crime.

An arrangement has been effected between the Anglo-American and At--1 antic Telegraph Companies, which will remove all the differences which have hampered the management of the Atlantic cable affairs. Details transpired. Pabis, March 10th.

Forthcoming Ministerial Budget will press for payment of principal and interest on Franco-Mexican bonds.

The bullion in vault has increased since last statement by amount of four million francs.

The Emperor Napoleon will pay a visit to St. Petersburgh. The Ministerial budget for the ensuing fiscal year ending in 1869, was laid before the Corps' Legislatif. The following are the totals of receipts and expenditures as estimated by the Minister of Finance : —Receipts from ordinary sources, 1,699,009,000 francs. Receipts from extraordinary sources, 33,000,000 francs; total estimated receipts, 1,920,000,000 francs. Expenditure (ordinary), 1,627,000,000 francs; expenditure (extraordinary), 1,811,000,000 francs.