The Miner and Workman's Advocate. — 1864-02-27 (London, England)

THE FLOWERY LAND. A letter in the Skipping Gazette, from the matt of the Flowery Land, says the ship Am§ provisioned for six 'months. There was no short allowance of either food or water, and the ship had only been out thirty-two days when the murders. were committed.  An English newspaper, called the Egyptian Times' has for some time beeti announced to appear in Alexandria. Its object is to explore popular grievances, which havenow become exceedingly numerous. Great inconvenience is felt owing to the want of postage stamps. Mr. Fairless, butcher, High-street West, Bisrr9ivearmouth (a respectable tradesman, and a local preacher among the Methodists), has been committed for trial by the Sunderiand Magistrates, oft the unusual and extraordinary charge of refusing to assist a policeman in the execution of his duty when called upon to do so. In America, in 1859, upwards of 5,000,000 telegraphic messages were sent, at an average charge of is. 4d. to is. Bd., producing (exclusive of press work) £400,060. In the United Kingdom, the same year, 1,575,437 messages only were sent, the average charge being, about 3s. 6d., and the gross receipts (inclusive of press' work) £275,704, The Queen, Princess Helena, Princess Beatrice, Prince Leopold, Prince Arthur, and Princess Holienlohe and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, attended Divine service on Tuesday morning in the private chapel,. Wiliasor. The Hon. and Very . Rev. Dean of Windsor offinted, The House of Lards will not receive any petition for a private bill after the 22nd of March ravxt, unless such private bill shall have been approved `..:45, the Court of Chancery; nor any petition for a private bill approved by the Court of Chancery after Thursday, the 12th May next. The house will not receive any report from the judges, upon petitions presented to the house for private bills, after the 12th May next.  A few days ago Lord Rosse was superintending the felling of some trees upon his estate at Parsonstown, when one of them fell upon him and hurt him seriously. His son, who was with him, hastened to the castle for assistance, but the horses took fright, ram away, and upset the carriage, throwing him onhis head.' .Both father and son were carried home insensible, but latest accounts speak favourably as to their recovery.  Letters from Vienna state that the French Government will agree to leave its expeditionary army in Mexico for three years after the Archduke Maximilian is established there, and will recall it a third at a time. During this period it will assist in organising a native army, to be provisionally fixed at 12,000 men. The French Government, too, will allow the Mexican Government 12 years to pay off the expense of the expedition.  Mr. Tennyson's new poem is so far completed that its publication by Messrs. Moxon and Co. may be looked for at an early day. The nature of this new effort of the poet-laureate is not known; but rumour says that it relates to an early period of our own history, to a time not very long after the days when Arthur is said to have been kin.- and the order of the Knights of the Round Table to have been a flourishing instration.—London Review.  A cabinet council Was held on Saturday, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing street. The ministers present were-2-Lord Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyle, Sir George Grey, Earl Russell, Earl De Grey, Sir Charles_ Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson. Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, and the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell. A letter from Constantinople states that the Sultan, while on a hunting excursion at Esk-Medi, was placed in a very dangerous position. When at some distance from, his suite, he suddenly found himself close to several wild boars. The Sultan fired at them, when the animals. rushed furiously on him and threw him to the ground. Fortunately for the Sultan, two sportsmen came to his. assistance and put the boors to flight. He received no wounds, but has since been indisposed for, a .few days. -  CaptaiirSherard Osborn, C.B. the commander in chief of the Anglo-Chinese squadron, arrived in Bombay on the 13th inst., in the Keannsoo, Commander D. Grnikshank, N.R. The squadron has been entirely disbanded, and all the ships, with the exception of the Keangsoo and the Kwaugtung, both of which are now lying in the. harbour, are on their way home. The Bombay Government has consented-to relieve Captain Osborn of the charge of these two _steamers, while he proceeds to England by this mail to learn the views of the English Government.