FURTHER ENGLISH NEWS.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 127, 16 April 1872, Page 7

FURTHER ENGLISH NEWS.

I aS t week we gave a condensed summary he telegraphic news received by the San ac iscii mail, which reached Auckland on 6th iust. We take the following extended grams from the Daily Times: — GENERAL SUMMARY. I I lie celebration in honour of the recovery ; he Prince of Wales, which took place on 27th February, was of the grandest cha:er. It is estimated there were four mil- , people present, from all parts of the udom. The procession was seven miles y and the streets through which it passed e niost elaborately decorated by day and minated by night. Twelve thousand sol's and almost the entire police force of idon guarded the lines. The day was ob•ed as a strict holiday throughout the \e Prince looked stronger than was exed. The procession moved amid the ing of bells, the chorus of thirty thou- [ children, and immense cheering. The >arance of her Majesty created a profound ation. The immense assemblage arose ier entrance into the cathedral, and reled standing until she took her seat on throne. The Te Deum was sung by an ense chorus, after which His Grace the ibishop of Canterbury delivered an doit sermon. After the religious services, procession moved westward without iniption. The entire route was strongly ad. The Prince occupied the same car- > as the Queen. The decorations surjd anjdhing ever before known. Every and house along the route brought fabuprices. The rental of four-storey buildwas £IOO for the day. One vacant e brought £4OO. The Emperor Napodeclined an invitation to witness the deure from Buckingham Palace, At night vestern front of the entire dome of St. ’swas illuminated. The streets through hj the procession passed were festooned parti-coloured lanterns along the entire 3. Thanksgiving services took place in 1 the principal cities of Ireland. A despatch :mi Bombay states that the Governor and Ikials attended' the cathedral, Parsees alluded in their fire temples, Jews in their nagogues, Hindoos in their temples, Maimedans and other religious bodies in their veral places of worship, and all offered up links for the recovery of the Prince. |A statement of the case submitted to the Bueva Arbitration Commission has been id before Parliament. Her Majesty’s Goirnuient reserve the right under the treaty lien the claims are defined, to demand an Iditional statement of facts. The Governuiit regret that ships were obtained in ritisli ports for war purposes, but state that u; vessels were without armaments, and bus obtained by clandestine means-wkicli idled t'ie Government officers, through the istramcntality of recognized American citinis. They thus cannot admit the justice . f icuniary indemnity for warlike depredations iiiiiiiitted by those vessels. T.iey call upon le United States Govern* , to establish lie'propositions it has a a ‘ meed, and to -■ate clearly the international duties on which icy are based ; ‘’and then to demonstrate if a iolation of them has occurred. The Amerimi Government are charged with culpable iegligence, and the charge is sustained by 'did reasons. Nations, it is asserted, should :ot be held responsible for omissions or dews which occur through simple accident, nless it can be proved that there was a lilure of the usual care which should reguite international affairs. The question of jsponsibility is reserved—should the tribunal ecide that Great Britain is at all liable, he United States Government are also barged with having evinced extraordinary irdiness in employing naval forces to capire the vessel complained of. Great Britain ill yield to the decision of the tribunal, he has only one wish—that it be a just one. he wishes only one precaution—that it be amded on a faithful and equitable inter relation of the rights of man, and on prinples which she herself and other Powers ill not re]lent of recognising, cither as neuals or belligerents, in all time to come. Earl Granville has sent a note to the merican Government on the Alabama queson. It is believed than an amicable settlelent will be arrived at. It is reported that the Queen is going to ermany to visit her daughter (the Princess oyal) and her husband the Prince Imperial. Lord Northbrook, Under-Secretary of tate for India, has been appointed Viceroy i that dependency. Heavy floods have occurred in the valley the River Tay, and much property has ecu destroyed in the town of Dundee and ie surrounding country. In the House of Commons, on a motion of ensure on the Ministry for obnoxious ap"intmeuts made by them, Ministers only es*ped censure by a majority of 27 out of 509 otes. Feaxce. , asserted that the mission of nnce Frederick Charles, of Prussia, who is m Rome, is to bring about an alliance •etween Germany, Austria, and Italy. nnce Bismarck is about to issue a call for n nternational Congress to devise a uniform ystem of postage. A plot to assassinate Prince Bismarck has discovered. Spaix. King Amadeus, disgusted with the aitua"n''affairs, lias asked his father’s consent 11 ‘indicate. fpi Russia. ill- j 0 '°'p rnill °nt profess a desire to eona e 10 Poles by allowing them a certain

amount of national representation and independence. America. The Fenians are excited over the prospect of war with Great Britain, and boast that they j can raise 100,000 men in 00 days. A war steamer has gone to the Navigator Islands to establish a coaling depot for the Australian line. The steamer will put the Islands under American subjection. The reply of Secretary Fish to Earl Granville's note is not yet completed, but its main points have been agreed on. The American statement of the cause is not to be altered.