ARRIVAL OF THE SUEZ MAIL.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 422, 7 December 1868, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE SUEZ MAIL.

The telegrams of news received by the Suez mail, which was brought to the Bluff' by the Gothenburg, are very meagre, and were in a great measure ■anticipated by the Panama mail. The Queen is at Balmoral; her health is much improved. The Prince and Princess of Wales have visited Glasgow and are going to Denmark. The Prince is stated to have shown a di inclination to join the Freemasons. The Duke of Edinburgh was preparing for his departure from England in November. Pour more accidents have occurred on the Holyhead Eailway. Six months' pay has been awarded to the sailors and soldiers engaged in the Abyssinian war. Jefferson Davis is residing in London. Abyssinia is divided into two parts. Governor Gabazzey was crowned Emperor at Sondar. The expected Liberal majority in the new Parliament is 136. Most of the Liberal candidates favor the ballot. There are rumors of great reductions in the army. The Guildhall, London, has narrowly escaped destruction by fire. The Chiuese Embassy has arrived. It has been resolved that the Panama Company shall continue under a new directory. Money continues plentiful. Dr Liviugstone is announced to be within nine weeks' march of Zanzibar. A Quakeress has been in Manchester for pressing her claim to vote. Mr Anthony Trollope opposes the election of Lord Stanley. Great excitement prevailed at Hongkong, owing to a Chinese gunboat having threatened to fire into a British steamboat not showing her flag. The affair lias been represented to the British Government. The barque Richard, bound for Wellington, has been run down. All hands saved.