ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL VIA SUEZ.

Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 896, 5 December 1871, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL VIA SUEZ.

(per greville's telegram company. reuter's agents.) Port Chalmers, Dec. 4. The barque Free Trader has arrived aftr a six days' passage from liobart Town. She brings the items of the Suez Mail confaiued in an extra published bj the " Hobart Town Mercury" on November 27. The P. and O. Co.'s steamship Rangoon was lost at Gralle together with the mails. The latest telegraphic date is London, November 6. Hobart Town, Nov. 27. The branch steamer Alexandra left Cape Brown and arrived ofF Glenelg at one o'clock this morning, with the distressing intelligence of the loss of the Royal Mail Steamship Rangoon, when leaving Gralle with the Australian mails, on November 1. All the mails were lost. The passengers aud crew saved, the former narrowly escaping with their lives, aud the loss of their luggage. The P. and O. Co.'s steamship Behar was despatched from G-alle on November 8.

GENERAL SUMMARY.

The following summary was prepared at G-alle after the wreck and telegraphed to the " Mercury's" Adelaide correspondent. The Behar arrived at King George's Sound on the 23rd, and would sail for Melbourne the same day. The .Rangoon speedily became a total wreck. A mail bag from CeyJon was saved. In the Chicago fire 500 persons perished, 12,000 buildings were destroyed. The London Insurance Companies lost about a million sterling by the fire.

A Fenian raid has taken place in Canada, but failed. General O'Neil the leader, and a number of his infatuated followers were captured. The wool sale closed a penny lower. The steamer with the Australian submarine cable reached the Cape of Good Hope on September 17, bound for Port Darwin. Another submarine cable is proposed in London for the purpose of connecting Honolulu with Melbourne. Sobriuer won the Cambridgeshire Stakes. The Government refuse to liberate the remainder of the Fenian prisoners. The Queen's health has improved. Gladstone reviewed the work of the session in a speech at Greenwich, and promised more reforms next session. Sir Hercules Robinson lias been appointed to succeed Earl Belmore as Governor of New South Wales. Wheat is 2s lower ; tallow has improved j sperm oil. £Bl Victorian debentures, £ll6 ; Tasmanian. £llO. Consols, 92£. Brigham Young is reported to have fled from America, The German Parliament opened on Oct 16. The evacuation of the remainder of France by the Germans proceeds, as the remainder of the indemnity is being tled. There is a strong public feeling of ind'gnation against the authorities iu respect to the loss of the Megaera. The Captain and engineers of the ship have given evidence that she was completely rotten. A great fire has occurred at Windsor. Bank rate of discount is five per cent. Fipld-Marshal Sir John Burgoyne is dead. The Tichborne trial would be resumed on Nov. 7. Arthur Orton is'expected to be produced as a witness. The yaeht Columbia beat the Leonora twiet in the international race. Obituary.—Earl of Dunraven, Sir Hugh Hall, Alderman Wood, Sheriff Young, Sir Roderick Murchison, Chas. Bjbbage, General Patrick Mahon. Her Majesty subscribed £SOO to the relief of the suffers by the Chicago fire. A severe monetary crisis has oc. curred in Paris, owing to the scarcity of specie. It is rumoured that the policy of the Government in respect to Fiji is not yet finally settled. There is a good enquiry for wool, and a fair business done at full rates. Losdos, November 2. Mr Verdon has been appointed Inspector of the English and Scottish Bank. A royal warrant has been gazetted for the reconstruction of the army. The Queen is now able to t;ike a drive. Cholera has presented itself in Constantinople. The result of the French elections is as follows :

Obituary : Colonial Browne, Ladv Palmer.

TRANCE. The new taxes imposed have created dissatisfaction, and cause hardship. Serious outrages have been committed on German residents at Lyons. A Court of Inquiry has been appointed to try the officers who capitulated during; the war. Twenty-five thousand Communists are still in custody. The trials are proceeding slowly. SPAIN. King Amadeus has returned to Madrid, after a triumphant tour through the Provinces. The Ministry has been defeated by a majority of ten. A new Cabinet is formed by Malcamp. GERMANY. Austria and Germany are to co-ope-rate in the maintenance of peace. Russia is jealous of the friendly feeling of these two Powers. ITALY. Cardinal Bonaparte has despatched a letter to the Emperor by express. A tunnel through Mont Gothard is projected, the work is estimated to occupy eight years' labour. London, Nov. 6. Parliament is prorogued to December 30th. Mr Justice Wallis, Mr Montagu Smith, Sir James Colville, Sir Edward Lingard, Robert Collyer have been gazetted members of tho Privy Council ; Sir John Coleridge, AttorneyGeneral j Mr Jessel, Solictor-General. Gallk, Nov. 8. Volunteer corps are forming at Lucknow and Umballa.

Vienna journals think that the ministerial crisis there will result in favour of Beust. The ex-Emperor Napoleon passes the winter at Malta for the benefit of his health. The llev. T. S. Watson, the eminent author, has murdered his wife in a fit of frenzy, and subsequently attempted suicide. The French Court of Cassation has rejected eleven appeals from the ringleaders of the Commune against the sentences imposed. Cardinal won the Ciesarewitch. Famine is increasing at Ispahan. The Bank of France has raised its rate of discount to six per cent. OniTUA.ET: Sir Alexander Cockburn, Mr J. S. Gough (the wellknown temperance lecturer). Hobakt Town, Nov. 22. Flour, £l2, firm; Launceston flour, £lO 10s to £ll ; wheat 4s lOd to 5s ; oats, 2s 4d to 2s 6d.

Bonapartists Legitimists .. 94 .. 194 Radicals .. 391 Moderate Republicans Conservatives .. 494 .. 867