LATE ENGLISH NEWS.

Evening Star, Issue 4056, 25 February 1876, Page 2

LATE ENGLISH NEWS.

■ London, January 7. The Gooden mgh Memor.al Co.; mittee have dead a hat the iDMnona! shull bo of a charitable or educational ch race , oonuecte I w.th the Navy, It« I revise. na'ure inu t deE; n J ° n of subscription; but fom 1,500 lo L 2.000 will pTobabfy be requied. j a * UQB a dmit ; the ounmitt e wll b.gl.d to pl ice a portrait or bust of the lata comm doiv it, the pastel hall, Gre nwich. Yesterday a huuheou, a which about s v- nty Ai.strU ans were present, was given o > board the new steamer Australia, ptevious to he depcnure <n the P cific mail .- ivic“. Mr Dan el Cooptr p elided and Mr Edward Wi son was vice-o : airman.

Ihe Queen hns written to Captain f’oucbier, or the Goha hj tr.l t-ing 'hip, expres-ii g hj admir tion of the b haviour of a 1 on board wn< n the recent fire br.ike out. Mr Gladstone comp'et 'rl h: 3 66th year <n I'ecemi er 28; Mr D sraeli was 70 on the 31st •; n anonym benefactor ha* offered 1,10,000 to the Bmun gbatn School of Arts, on certain eon lrions tending $.,» the mlar. e.uent «,f its us-, fiilu-83 which hav« b:-en acivp : .;d, Mr siah Mason lia- giv en L 30.00 010 tne > ndowment v f a new eci-.ntific college in tho t >wn It is < nnoimced :hat the Cam.Man Gov r..ment has r solved lo übo ieb its agent g~nerdl smp on the gaud• f expense. An is to he sub tituted, over which Mr Jenki ,s has declined to pie-ide The American i’ostma fe<-Qene al has addre>srd a note to the B ithh authorities demanding 33 cents per ;h. for transport ng mails across he Ame. c-m continent homtUe nreaent month,

Father defca, respeemg lieutenant CameTr jfi h X nf * ? W thot ia trnvrt s ng the hr a l'h of Afnci he m t tr n r ii» wfth f.vorabje rceptLn fr m the Dative'. a^cii a,uL.ted. much vaua'.de gcogra hj e 1 mateKn in s ~ l Bci information, hollo ing a l rg«-river fl.vwi g cut of J.bke J auganyka in eoath-west ore tion.. he tame to a now lake, which ho called Living t no, From

this b dy of water another large rver runs westward, which l ieutenant Caine on believes to be the bu‘ be was unable <o tiaco it thiougli its entire corns.-, owing to fie hosility of a tibe of.natives. To avoid the risk bf losing hip ])aity he sacrificed the chance of verifying this im.otant discovery. ..The. * Deutsche Zeituag’ save tht on the exchange at Trieste t u ms-r ed that England is pereu wlirg the K> ediv- t> put chase l unis and Tripoli, p.yiug thj Kite one hundred nulli-tu ftancs f r them.

The. National R fle. Asso iation of Great Britain has cc j, ted a ch ;lleitge' from the Until Sates Assoc at oa to a smooth-bore rifle mat hj in Ame>ica du ing the Ccn*' nary celebiaiioa nxs autumn Sir i i eury Halford, captain of the 8.-itiah team, is e gaged nr* rat.ging th pr limin rea ,-A- m s .destruet ve hurricane has swept over the Phillipine aland*, by wiich 250 pets me * ia * e j? een kdle * eed 3,800 hj m-es wrecked. A din a t.-r ha pen d on December 29, in Et, lie r.-ts Channel, by which twenty two per-1 The at ather leaving the Mersey for Bombay, ca nt- into. crilisbn during the night with a 'Norwegian Larque, and spe dily sank. By the wr ek of the steamer Glengyle, while on the toyttge be we ; n hanghai and Swalor. lives w< re lost, indud m the captain. The Biemej Haven cii astro he has led to some atounding disclosure* respecting other hoirible inventions for wholesale assassination, resides machir es li ! :o that of Ihcmmarsen’s, t. e manufacture of exi loaves got up to resemble lumps oi coal is cad to hane.'D°en reported our own and other Governments, ibe Fenians at one time pro; osed the use of such diabolical agents of vengeance. The official inquiry into the wreck of the Deut-chand hi s terminated, and the finding of the Court seat to the Boa-d of Ttadel 1 During the invest gatio.i the charges alleged mutilation and pi lag t were fully disproved* Th- manag r of the G man Jriojds stated that dating seventeen year-) their ships had ciiried 540,000 passerig rs, and exce t jn the present instance there had been no lossuf life.

The German press has retracted its angry ye* preaches a o ains British seamen. Seve-ul of the missing boys belonging to the burned training sh p Goliaih, have returned to the r friends at he that go back to the work* house* •he wonderful discipline and courage of the b iy _ dur ng the iv g ng of the flames have excifc d universal admi atiou. Dean S anley pre 'ched about it in tbe Abbey. and the * Sped a or ’ regards the resnJt of t' eir tr ining as of immense value. The Admiralty have • ihredthe Conqueror to xvpLce the Goliath, but to suit b;y quip her 1,10,000 will have to be found by subs nption. The Lord Mayor has been appal d to, and has consented to opena fund for t e p t'pnse, ■ siimV ral itnity hap ened on M'-nday to another t aining ship, the Wa spite, moored off oolwicn, In the dead of flamts were discover d issuing from (he cockpit. One hun* dred and sixty lads were o ‘ board at the time, i 0 w , ere summoned to the pumps, and dis* played admirable discipline. All efforts to extinguish the fire provng unsuccessful, the were all safely landed, and taken temporarily to Wool with woraht.uee. Incendiarism is-uvoected. Chri-tmas week was largely given up to the amusements of tbe season. * Tbeweuther being du'l arid mild, people were discos d to i d- or entertainments; still the railways did an enor* tuou' traffic. On Christmas l)ay the religious services end perfo- nmne* sof sacred muse a ere fully attend, d, Skvtiig rinks everywhere ore ’he ra e; eleven varieties of roll-r skates are al eady m the held, The Westminster Aquarium and Win er Gaidn will open oh the 22i.d inst. The C yattil Palace, which can pay no dividend, has comme ced a reduction of udmissi »n and i ail way f .res, to compete with the Alexandra P lace, where the first half-year has been a timm ial success. H-mry Wainwright, convic ed of the murder °f Harriet Lane, w«s t xeou*ed on December 21, within the walls ■ f the gaol i f Newgite. For s' me_ time the p i'on< r appeared to have entertained a hoj.e that his b- other Thomas w< uld m ike som • statement that might benefit him,.hut win nit wot fhown t<* h<m th it, un er B t»vemeat made by Tnomas wash ely to have any effect iuavertiii hj sd. oca, he became lesLued, and accrrdingto the opinion of the Bev Mr ,Ton s the o dinar? Newgate, who has be -n almost constantly with. 06 i“ 8 conv ctioa, he was real y penie crime be had committed, and prayed earnestly for pardon. Wth regaru to the statements Uiat have appeared •as io the prisoner haying made a confession, it may . e stated tha thi Home Secre-ary has in n i change a r.ocument wherein the culprit accuß- s his Lr* thei Thomas of the murder. But it may be for hj r added t: at Thomas Wain* wught-denies the accusation, and declares that l W u! «‘»7.wr.o co nnlttid ihe crime. Whether the d- cument, which is very lengthy wtd ever be mads publ c rests with the Home sectary, whose decision t n the 'subject has not yet been final y given. Ju*t before his exrcunon the c.lprit hauaei to the govern >r of Newgate another Ha'tmont, which Mr Alder*P U A nd J '\ he : i , ff Kui ht ard Mr B.effibt. d emed advisable to ou tad to some ext.nt. ond which wa? tran-rribed and a pplied to the leportirs in the following forms—He commenced by rxpress ng a bop * that, through te loving kindness of the Almig ,ty, bis Kins wonl i be blotter out for the s ke of that (dossed amour whom he had so l<m • neglected. Ihe prisoner then acknowledged the justice ot his fentence ami said that he deserved bis fa s although he d d not admit t»the tul esC exunt ttat be was guil y of the murder. The prisoner oil “, e? l2f BSe< * b* B thank* to the ° ffic^ r l° t l ie ’ lf rthe kimiuess he hal re e ved from them dating his tonfiuemeut. He aso express d id. thanks to his roahv Men.K known and unknown, for the kind and Christian sympathy they had exh bited towares him and hj s fami y and added that he hoped i-nd believed their prayets for his eternal aw 1 ’^ 8 an m L pea e ha(l an- emd by the Ami'ghty. The concluded with the p:is 'per commeii.ting his wife and family to the care of ih t Almighty Father who was the pn teeter of the widow and fatherless. The irison-r wrote a number of oth r document*, but although many minors hwe >een j,float with regard to the nature >■{ ihtse documents their contents have never in pny way been public, and ever?thing that has appealed rrspectmg them is me>e conj c u e.i The convjCu die i hard/ a* the say ng The Queensland mail, via has been de ivered, a On the sec nd day of the wool tales the bidniug wai c ntinued wi b treat apuit, jhe sal s close on 4th March. The following vessels h.vearrived mce the opening of t e series; - Ren to, Lo A Ard, City 'f Amra, Shaun >n, Lmroltishire, M.cdnff, Queen of Nations, MU* t adt s, vtomvi p, Twej<i, Douglas Age o i Progress, Craige -.dar. ook, and Glen Osmond