NEWS BY THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.
—o— City of Melbourne arrived at Auckland on Sunday, bringing English telegrams to 9th May. The following are the principal items of interest, in addition to those by the Suez.mail, which will be found in our 6th page : The Fenian movement is particularly active. -The Fenians hare threatened the Pall Mall Gazette, the editor of which paper has asked for protection from the Government. Legal proceedings have been instituted against the Sheffield Daily Telegraph, for stating that the Prince of Wales would soon again figure in tbo Divorce Courts. The World's Congress of Chessplayers is convened for July 15. Pieces of wood have floated ashore on the coast of Cornwall, bearing the name of the missing steamer City of Boston. The Okerver, the Times, and the Pall Mall Gazette have warned the Government of the intentions of the Fenians. The police authorities report that large numbers of Fenians have arrived from America. There is quite a panic. The proposal of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to remove newspaper and other stamps is approved of. Mr Torrens has moved for a Committee of the Houso of Commons to investigate the relations of the Home Government with the colonies. He said, in his speech, that the colonies had been grossly illtreated, especially those of New Zealand and Australia. One of the arches of the new Metropolitan Railway under the northern end of Blackfriars Bridge has fallen. Twelve men were buried in the ruins, and two have died. There has been a number of Fenians captured at Birkenhead. The Government offers free passages to Canada to dock-laborers. Spain will consider no proposal for the sale of Cuba. The seven millions paid for telegraph lines are to be added to the national debt, making it eight hundred and one millions Bterling. The rumour that Mr Bright had resigned his seat in the Cabinet is contradicted. The High Court of Justice in France is again convoked for the trial of conspirators against the Emperor's life. One person has confessed the existence of a plot, and arrests continue to be made. The Government, notwithstanding the arrests, refuses to prohibit the holding of public meetings. The ramifications of the plot are said to bo wide-spread.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 32, 22 June 1870, Page 5
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490NEWS BY THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL. Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 32, 22 June 1870, Page 5
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