MAIL NEWS. [BY THE HERO.]

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 597, 18 March 1876, Page 3

MAIL NEWS. [BY THE HERO.]

The resignation of Lord 'Northbrook ' as Viceroy of India, is announced. The serious disagreement reported be- ( tween thft 'British Ambassador and the * Khedive has been contradicted. It caused a panic, and the excitement was so great ' that Egyptian stocks went- do wa between ' 7 and 8 per cent. At Constantinople great alarm was ''created by the report 'of an alleged Mahomedan conspiracy to hiurder all r "Christians in the cifcy. The St Petersburgh 'Golos'-says the Montenegrin loan is an accomplished fact. Tho Prince Nikita has ordered 10,000 ' rifles and 60 caunou from America, to be delivered in March, in consequence of the thieatening attitude in. Turkey. Montene- ' grid Guards, 3000 'strong, are armod with breechloaders and revolvers, and "have ' been sent to the frontier. A trial has "been made ' at Chatham of a nevily-' invented flying - machine, intended * for use in connection with military opera- ' tions. The experiment proved a failure. After ascending like a kibe, the machine ' came down with a crash ; but Mr Sim- ' mons,* the inventor, is still 'satlg'uine cf ■ ultimate success. The garland thrown around the neck of ' the Prince "of Wales ■was valued at 7000 '• rupees. Lord Napier, of Magdala, broke bis ' oollarbone on parade. The death is announced, after a long illness, at the age of 60 years, of Major- ' General Francis G. Hamley, late of the 50th (the Queen's Own) Regiment. The deceased, who entered the army in 1835, in the 12th -Regiment in the Caffre •war of 1351-53 (medal), and likewise served with the 50th Regiment in the ■New Zealand war froto 1863 to 1866, in- ' olading the assault and capture of Rangi- - awbia, on 'February 22, -1864, and the repulse of the enemy's attack on the camp at Nukumarn, in 1865. He became lieutenant in 1837, captain in 1843, major in 1854, and lieutenant-colonel in 1860.