NEWS BY THE LAST MAIL.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 374, 12 October 1868, Page 2

NEWS BY THE LAST MAIL.

The following full summary of the Mail news via Suez, is taken from the Christchurch papers: —■ "The Duke of Edinburgh sails in October from Plymouth. He will visit Maderia, Fayall, Ascension, Cape of Grood Hope, Mauritius, Bombay, Trincomalee, Madras, Calcutta, Penang, Singapore, Hong Kong, Manilla, Yokohama, Sydney, New Zealand, Honolulu, South Sea Islands, Valparaiso, Lima, St. Bias, Mazatlan, San Francisco, and Vancouver's Island. It is expected that his absence will last twenty-two months.

Prince Arthur travels this year on the Continent, and then joins the Royal Artillery. The Princess Teck has given birth to a son.

The Albert Park, Huddersfield, was opened by Prince Arthur. A Baronetcy has been conferred on M. Cartier, Canadian statesman. Lord Napier took the opportunity at a meeting in Wales to make a vigorous speech denying that Theodore received the demands made upon him. Mr Du Cane, the new Governor of Tasmania, is highly spoken of. The Conservatives have invited him to a public dinner. The Empress of the French entertained the Duke of Edinburgh, Lord Stanley, and Lord Lyons at a grand dinner at Fontainbleau.

Afterwards Lord Stanley and M. Demonstier, had a long interview with the Emperor. The latter made few pacific remarks. Troyes have nevertheless occasioned disquietude. The old Atlantic cable has broken eighty miles from Heart's Content. The Great Eastern is engaged in laying a new cable from France to America.

Lord Stanley succeeds Mr Dulane, junior, as Lord of the Admiralty. The Colonial Society has commenced operations. Sir Stafford Northcote has been chosen vice-president. Dr Russell (Times correspondent) is the Conservative candidate for Chelsea.

The Irish Church question is almost the sole topic of electioneering addresses.

Robinson, a London merchant, has been committed for trial on a charge of concealing valuable securities. The Times and Daily News are discussing the Victorian dead-lock. The former sympathises with the Governor. A great fire has occured in Southwark. Hops to the value of thirty thousand pounds were destroyed. The Duke of Buckingham permits the consecration of the new Bishop of Natal in opposition to Bishop Colenso. The Bishop of Capetown has selected the Rev, Mr Mackenzie as the new Bishop of Natal. He is guaranteed £6OO per aunum.

Government intend to compensate the Abyssinian prisoners. On Mr Reardon moving in the House of Commons, on the 28th July, asking for the release of G. P. Train, Serjeant Gasellee called the Speaker's attention to the fact, that Mr Eeardon was reading a speech and he was accordingly stopped by the Speaker. The motion was lost for want of a seconder.

General Peel has been elevated to the peerage. The Duke of Portland has addressed a singular letter to the newspapers, attributing Gladstone's attack on the Irish Church to an unholy alliance between demagogues' and Papists- to party motives.

The overseers of Salford placed

1,200 women on the electoral roll. Others are following the example. Z?ivQ thousand women claim votes at Manchester.

Lockwood, an Australian digger, was defendant in a breach of promise of marriage caso, and was cast in damages—£soo. Murphy Autipplea, lecturer, has been arrested at Bolton, and given sureties to keep the peace. Dr Sullivan, of the National Board of Educatiou, leaves a large sum to promote education. Thomas Carlyle has been elected President of the Edinburgh Philosophical Institutiou in the room of Lord Brougham. Seven boys were found stowed away on board the ship Arrow at Greenock. Six were put off on field-ice on the coast of Newfoundland. Barefooted and thinly clad, with one biscuit each, they were told to walk on shore. Two died and four were saved by a passing boat. The master and mate were in custody. A Cork jury have given a schoolmaster £7O damages for being called a Fenian.

Offers of mediation between Brazil and Paraguay have been refused. The Standard congratulates South Australia on the appointment of Sir J. Ferguson as G-overnor. The Queen's prize at "Wimbelton was awarded to Lieutenant Carslake, of the Bridgewater Bines —Peake, the actual winner, was disqualified for tampering with the amunition. The health of the Empress of Mexico is worse.

Lord Trevor has been created Viscount Dungannon. A military commission, in which England is represented, is sitting at St, Petersbug to consider the use of certain explosive materials in war. Mr Gladstone received a deputation of advanced Beformers, headed by a person named Finlan. Mr Gladstone expressed his pleasure at meeting the deputation. Finlan afterwards held a Sunday political meeting in Hyde Park, and used extreme language. He was afterwards brought before the Police Court for neglecting to support his children.

Lieutenant Made was killed by an

explosion in torpedo experimenting. He was Captain of H.M.S. Esk while

on the Australian station. Dixon Company's powder worts have been blown up, and nine persons killed.

The Lord Lieutenant of Irelan 1 recently received a new title, viz., Duke of Abereorn.

B i igandage is active in Italy. The tobacco monopoly contract has been completed. The Theatre at Turin has been burned without loss of life.

Fourteen persons have been shot for conspiring to effecb the death of Prince Michael of Servia. The officer who had command of the firing party was killed through a ball glancing off a post. Breadstuffs are exempted from navigation duty in France till the end of December.

A violent pamphlet against the Queen of Spain is being circulated. A conspiracy was discovered on board the frigate Ville de Madrid, the object of which was to embafk exiled prisoners from the Azores, and land them on the Spanish coast. The City of Frankfort is to be fortified.

A marriage is projected between the Sultan and the niece of the heir of tian Vice-Royalty. The Queen of Greece has given birth to a son.