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Dunstan Times, Issue 522, 19 April 1872, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE •ENGLISH MAIL, YIA SUEZ. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. (Per Greville it Co.) ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE QUEEN. — o — OF THE TICHBOUENE TRIAL AND COMMITTAL OF CLAIMANT. published the following as an “Extra’ on Wednesday last. ] Dunedin, April 17, 0 p.m. Arrival of the John |Knox at Lyttleton with the English news via Suez. The John Knox arrived bringing the English telegraphic nows. The Alexandria arrived at Glenelg at 2 p.m. ontheGth of April. The passage to King Georges Sound ocbnpied one bundred hours. The Bangalore with Captain Bum, sailed from Galle on the evening of the ICth ot March and arrived at King Georges Sound on the morning of the Ist of April. She was to sail for Melbourne on the same evening. London, Feb. 23, The Australian January mail via Brindisi, was delivere I in London on the 19th. Sir Charles Cowper was presented to the Court hy Earl Kimberly. In the Tichbourne case, the claimant was non-suited, and the following day was arrested for perjury, and conveyed to Newgate. Dixon’s attach on the Education Act aile 1. Cardwell’s army reorganisation scheme has been adopted, and the estimates voted. Knatchhull Huguessen’a bill constitutes the. kidnapping of the Pacific Islanders a felony, and has been passed. The Australian courts are empowered to try cases. The Australian squadron is to he strengthened. The monstrous claims for inferential damages in the Alabama ewe aroused strong iialignation of all classes in Eaglan I. Farther scrutiny of the treaty and protoeol shews that they are no, There expressly exclude!. The America as prodting lev the ambigui'y refuse to withir.aav their claims from arbitration. Four of the sharpest American lawyers have arrived in Paris ready for general, p’.ea ling, owing to a false report being circulated of a separation of Canada from Groat Britain ha I been decided upon, an I was to be deelare 1 i n ne liately should any disturbances take plaee with the United States. A letter haa been received frona Sir S. Baker, av’.i) is forcing his way through almost insuperable diffieulties into the interior of Africa. Diamonds continue to arrive from the Cape. Lynch law prevails on the diggings. C anteen-keepers have been burnt out for • haying stolen diamonds, an I great disorder > exists. The American Government asserts its determination to have the indirect Alabama claims submitted to the Geneva Commission. The Lori Mayor of London and the Sheriifs have been created Baronets. The British Government have not yet formally recognised the Fiji Islands Goveriiment. The Brazilian Government are makng groat efforts to a “last immigrants to that country. Upwards of a month xvas occupied by the Attorney-General representing an historical resume of the fraud which had been attempted hy the Tichbourue claimant. All his Australian career has been clearly traced, except six moviths iu 1859, when he disappeared as Arthur Orton, and reappeared as Dooastro. General surprise has been expressed, that Sergeant Ballantyne had not thrown up his case. The Queen when returning from a diplomatic Court on the 29th of February to Buckingham Palace was attacked by a man named George Arthur o‘Coiuior, who presented an unloadad pistol and petition to her for the release of the Fenian prisoners. He was overpowered hy her attendants. The Queen was unmoved. The prisoner xvas without an accomplice. He was committed for trial. The public excitement xvas promptly allayed. The Sta info iff interprets Earl Kimberley’s invitation to Nexv South Wales to annex Fiji, and encourage its becoming independent as an evasion of his National duly. Txx-o thousand cans of condemned Australian meats have been destroyed. Arrived.—Davie, Chan See r Gleromond City of Paris, Norfolk, Indus, Colodin, Corinth. Sailed.—Goodxvay, Linconshire, Whittington, Eseilon, and Woodbine. The salary and “ pickings” of the Town Clerk of Glasgoxv amount to 8300', per annum. Puffing and hloxxdng are not synoymous; for it you puff up a man he is pleased, whereas, if you blow him up, he is “ on the contrary, quite different.” No one expected Chicago would let New York beat her in rascality and so we are not astonished to hear that eleven Chicago Aldermen have been indicted.