Latest English Intelligence.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 27, 14 January 1875, Page 6

Latest English Intelligence.

— +. , The s.sr Omeo which arrived at the Blnff'on the 9th inst., places-us^ in possepMon of Cable Telegrams from London to th»- 3 d inst. : — Sir Hercules Rnbinpon has been gazetted a Knight of the Grand Cms* of St. Michael and St. George, and Mr Inres, Attorney-Gen-ral. has been knighted, for services in connection with the annexation otFji. The Queensland m:dl via Torres Strait, has been .delivered. The deaths are announced of M. Ledru R.ollin, the French statesman, and the Duke of Montrose. Sailed:. Waampoa, steamship, f6r Sydney. Fifty thousand miners have struck work in various parts of Wales.. The New South Wales loan of a million sterling wa* announced on Saturday; and the Adelaide loan of six hundred thousand was announced to-day. Both were four ;>er cent., the minimum being ninety. The deathds announced of Lord Romiiy late Master of'the Rblls. : : The corn market ia firm. -No Adelaide wheat in stock: Wool is steady. Stocks are 16w with a moderate coneurtipf ion. The next sales are fixed tor the 23rd February. He mpis in active. Prl ces rem ain stead y . Arrived: Hampshire} from Mcl bourneWemmiagtoh,, and Dnnedin,; from: New Zealand: - v. «.u i.mv^ i yi A accident that' Was occurred at Sbipton is unparalleled in phe hiiiortf ot railway disasters. • The tram consisted, ot two engines, with sixteetfcamageMattSciied' and proceeding' at the rate^bf forty miles an hour wheh'the aoe bfii tbircU clasafcaifia^e next the erigitfe'b'r'oke'.^A.ftet ! runHip^thi?^yards,?ann^tear i mg"np • rails;;. the/b;ack '< part 'of Vffe fbm- waV^fei cipitated over an embankment into a mea-

dow, and part into a canah The actua number of deaths is reported to be 31, and;' 50 persons are in the -hospital' at Oxford, suffering from injuriefe.- ' ; . : , Another railway accident occurred. An express train on; the North Western rail way dashed into, a coal train at Wigan. ONe person was killed on the spot, and, 2o injured. ! ■ . An appeal, is being iprcseeuted against the judgment in Count Armin'a case at. Berlin. i At a conferf nee of party leaders convened j at Paris by President Macmahon, it i was i unanimously resolved to d'scups Coh9titu- | tional laws as a whole, but a divergence of opinion exists concerning the transmission of powers. An Alphonsist pronunciamento promulgated at Madrid, Don Alphonso, Prince of Asturias. son of Quten Isabella, was proclaimed' King of Spain. He was recoguised by the armi« s Don Alphonso has arrived in Spain, and was everywhere peaceably rf cognised, and the monarchical movement.efftcied without bloodshed. Tha supposed Nana Sahib, arrested by the Sciudia, has been declared an imposter. At a dinnpr of Australian meat at the Lambeth Baths London, given by Mr Tatlerman, to 600 working men and their wive?, Mr csamuel. Murley, M.P., spoke in favor of the introduction of colonial preserved meats It would, he said, serve to cheapen animal food, and thereby conier a boonon the laboring elates of the country. Dk Livingstone's Effects — There was sold by Mes-rs Phillips & Son, New Bond Street, London, paitof the effVcts ot Dr Lhitmstone. The intrinsic value of the articles sold; was almost infinitesimal. The prices would no-doubt have been better had the notice of the sale been longer. As it wa<>,. there were very few of the general public present to oompefe, and most of the , articles went to professional dealers, who have purrhsed ihem with an e>e to future profit. Eor the first Lot on the list, five air pillows, said to have been presented to the Doctor by Mr Stanley, snd which formed bis bed, no offer could be got. Lot No. 2' a pair of well-worn gaiters and a black kid glove in good condition, was then added, and the biddings for the two lots slowly crept up to L4r, at which they were s.>ld. A pocket filter (which tbe noctor wore round his neck) and a rup *'ere next dh-posed of, and realised- L5 10-t. A double barrelled fowling-piece by Egan went for L 8 10<. Seven enamelled iron plates, which long use! ad deprived of most <d the enamel lining, brought L 3 lo.". Four sauee>s and a b»wl went for Lll6-. ; lour iron bowls for Ll ; and five others for Ll lis. Four small mirro s : evidently tiktn out for the purpose of batter, were sold for 135., and five o'.hers, of a similar description, fetched only the same price. The last lot, consisting of two egg cups, «ent for 17*. The amount realwd for the whole of the articles was thus L2B - ss, a rather disappointing result coasidennir the interest attached to anything belonging to the great traveller.