NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Evening Star, Issue 3456, 20 March 1874, Page 3

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

HOME. The -Hampshire Independent’publishes the result of inquiries respecting the Queen’s treatment of her Osborne laborers, exonerating Her Majesty from the charges of harshness, made by discharged laborers at a meeting of the Laborers’ Union.

In attempting to swim - across the River Blyth. near Newcastle, “James Lally, the cele v brated oarsman, was drowned. HebeatSadlet at the Type, regatta of ,1872., ;The Scotch bishops have acceded to the Arohu t»P Canterbury’s request to consecrate the Rev. R, K. Cornish bishop of Madagascar. In the Tiohborne case confessions have /been made to Mr Clark, inspector of, detectives, by -•uie, to the effect that he was prompted to uome forward , and swear Jo, picking' up the* Bella s crew by Whalley, Onslow,' and Baigent; and that Onslow, : after he had given evidence, ■ mdeavored Jo smuggle;him- to, America* Of; the latter allegation there is independent proof. the plpb succeeded, there was to have beeu> a division of the spoil among' the chief oonfe-' derates. Qnslow.and Whalley have written to che papers giving their version of ‘the Luie epi-, ¥*de. • Whalley claims to be called as a witness. Opinion is'divided respecting the guilt of these men. Luie has also been placed on his trial for, bigamy. Several men are in custody for riotous and threatening behavior' to ; Mr Hawkins on leaving court. The Californian Mail Company have arranged with the French Go fbmmeht! tb riin steamers' from Fiji, to Tahiti .andv Noumea, and propose making Brisbane the terminus of the branch hne. ' ■ •

gold discoveries are reported from Natal ; large. - numbejs of diggers are flocking there from the diaihoiyj, field. Access to them is across a belt ofcountry infested by the tse- ; tse. Nuggets have reached London; ; Cyphrenes, who was sori w the owner; left his cabin when 1 off St. Alban’s Head- for a walk on deck, leaving his wife? qiutq a young itiflow, ',' He did not ftUd ;hxa. we becoming alarmed, a vain search was made all-over the ship, and on arrival at Portland on 14th tf anuary, the mate telegraphed for the owner and friehds to comb tor the captain’s wife.' ' A fresh captain took day^ 6 * s * eaiDer loft again the : Same

The Baronnesa Burdett Coutts has been presented with the freedom of, the City of Edinburgh, and she offers L 5,000 towards the establishment of training ships ' for destitute bgya similar to that at Chichester. :■ * • + e!tSV n tbe trade was terminated by a 'Alter dooming wmn and childrentoilllef peat tor si* months the points in dispute were referred to the arbitration of, Alderman Vickers. The payment while waiting for alterations in patterns will be 4s and 4s 6d per day instead of

■AtaFffK was held at at Sheffield last week, and was attended bv re- ? eatly ? 0 hellion workmen in the United Kingdom and on the Coptmeni. At Myed . e ? m* 0 fedeifation, in oppbsi- ? 10 P tq tbe federation of employers' recently announced. A. leading topic of disousslcu Was the j repeal of the Criminal ; Law Amendment Act. Messrs Muudellft, Harrison, and Goldwin Smith'.were, present.; : The latter detailed at considerable length hie American and Canadian experiences. , t Large fires, have occurred in the premises be*tween Salisbury square and Whiteovbss street, m which Lloyd, s newspaper is printed, Hamage to'the amount of L2o,ooowas done, of the range of warehouses in tne West India docks has also been burned, iHe progress of the flames was arrested after «x flours exertion of the Metropolitan fire bri“en ’ sth immense,^nglpe.power. The damage is unkaoym. The Metropolitan r^3 ' vear Birmingham ha ye beep nearly consumed by fire. The damage is estimated at LIO,OOO, and 400 workmen nave been deprived of employment. The jute warehouse of Messrs Edwards, at Dundee, was totail destroyed by fire. l*he loss is estimated at Ll2 000 Large corn mills at Bradford have also been consumed The damage is estimated at L 20.000. , The Haugh Moor Coal-pit,, belonging to Son, caught fire, and fur several daWefied 'all , efforts extinefcibn, '.Th’e ?.eith Eipur Mills have hpen b\mlc.d‘ down., . The' loss is at 00Q, and ?5Q men & are wovrn qf employ, At Bortsmonth Dock-

The ijuke of I Argyll Ms written to Mr Dieraeli, .denying the, statement of the latter that tho wbofal Govonipj.eot had ever advised

the Queen to recal the late Earl Mayo. It was hedumaelf. who had asked the Administration and the House of Commons to prevent it. The Duke of Argyll rejo ced that Earl Mayo may have apprehended it, but that the Liberal Government never contemplated a recall. Among the rejected at the general election of members of the House of Commons are Messrs Eastwick, Otway, Wingfield, Bernal Osborne, Locke King, Bouverie, and James White.