GENERAL SUMMARY.

Grey River Argus, Issue 70, 23 June 1866, Page 3

GENERAL SUMMARY.

London, April 26. The Au^trah'an: February mails were de : livered in London on the 12th and 18th of April. The appointment of the Hon. ; Manners ■ Sutton as Governor of Victoria, i 3 corroborated The Hon. A. Gordon succeeds, him as Governor of Trinidad. The Oaths Bill passed through the House of Lords, with an acknowledgement of" the Queen's supremacy a qu'filificatioii. for office. The Fellows of" Colleges Declaration Bill passed a second reading. Colonel Torrens was defeated at Cambridge by nineteen votes. The late election committees of the House of Commons have unseated twelve Liberals and two Conservatives, for bribery, &c. Extensive emigration from Ireland to America continues, rendering' labor scarce. The impression prevails that, the Jamaica Conunissioners' report will be unfavorable to Governor Eyre. ~ Captain Semmes has been released from imprisonment by Pr-eSident Johnson, on his original parole. .. . The Anierican Government has dispatc}ie4 a naval force ior.. the protection of, their fisheries, and proposes; negotiations with England for the. final settlement of the question. -Oi'dershave been issued for the maintenance of neutrality oorn r their Northern frontiers, where Fenians are assembled in force, with a view of attempting a raid on Niagara! ; Their movements are closely watched by British gunboats. c " A terrible tornado passed pyer a portion of the United States, destroying 100/) persons. A severe shock^of earthquake was felt on the west coast of Norway. 'Jhe cpnstriictipn of tunnel, is seriously contemplated ' between Calais and Dover. by the Emperor Napoleon; plans, &c., are prepared. \ Three hundred convicts have beeii shipped to Westerii'Ansibraligr ;-Roupell, the forger, was to have been one of them, but was again retained. , : - /-.-.;. The ironclad steamer Northumberland has been launched. ; . The Archdeacon of Demerara has bson nominated successor to Bishop Colenso. In future, executions for murder are to be effected within the prisons. The Great Eastern, with the new Atlantic telegraph cable, sails ' in the beginning of Juiy: ; "•' ■-.''.-• '■ The German Polar Expedition has sailed. The steamship Nerbudda, with a crew of 50 hands, foundered 1 on her voyage to Bombay. '-': vy : ■;• ,•■ . ■ "■.;• : - ■ . ■• ."■■ ■■ . The Spanish fleet bombarded Valparaiso on 30th March, doing great damage. A great financial .panic has occurred in England. Messrs Overend and Gurney, the. great bankers, have failed for an immense amount : also Sir Morton Peto, " the great railway contractor, and the Imperial Mercantile Credit Association; ; Other lauge failuresare imminent. .