GENERAL SUMMARY.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 631, 3 February 1870, Page 3

GENERAL SUMMARY.

London, Deo. 3. The Times' Melbourne correspondent takes a totally antagonistic view to the colonial attitude on the New Zealand question^ The Port Chalmers and Dunedin Railway Company is progressing, and wait for information to launch the scheme. The Nelson, Cobden, aiid Westport Railway is in abeyance, arising from difficulties in the local Act. The promoters have sent out a draft of concessions. A New Zealand Colonisation Company is projected. The Rakaia, late Panama steamship, has gone into the : Soujth,-Anierican trade, The proposed yacht trip to New Zealand has been abandoned. The Earl of Pembroke has started for New Zealand for the benefit of his health. Dies for striking, the New Zealand, medal are in preparation at the mint. / A correspondent in the" Daily News expresses very great satisfaction that Dr Featherston will shortly plead the New Zealand cause in person. A letter, written by Walter Brodie, late irielTuber of the House of Representatives, headed "A Sad Case," appears in the

Standard, commenting bitterly on the Home authorities. Bartley Freres' suggestion for assisting New Zealand with Indian troops is published. Kauri gum is reduced from Si to fis. Bank discount, 3 per cont ; consols for money, 92£ to 92| to 92£ for account ; A istralian copper, y3£. The Queen has left Windsor for C'.aremont. The Princess of Wales was delivered of a daughter on the 26th November. ; >. The Kiiijr of the Belgians visited London on the 13th Nov. , and a grand reception was given him. He was entertained at the Mansion House. i . Ireland is greatly disturbed, and it: is probable the Habeas Corpus Act will be suspended. j :'.: O'Donovan Rossa is elected M.P. for Tipperary. .! : Mr Spurgeon is laid up with the smallpox. "' . „;' Mercantile failures are numerous. Lord Claud Hamilton is elected Conservative member for King's Lynne. . ; Large reductions in the army are contemplated, j Answers have been received from principal Colonies to circulars sent by Messrs 'You!;- Blame, and Sewell, requesting the Colonies to send delegates to discuss Colonial affairs.- The conference nieets early in. 1870— Lord Bury, chairman. At a meeting held on the 24th Ndv-., Lord Bury in the chair, in the Colonial Societies Rooms, it was resolved that weekly meetings be held for counsel and discussion. At a meeting held on Ist December, a resolution was passed deprecating the colonial policy of the "Government as illustrated by Lord Granville's recent despatch., : The Emperor Napoleon opened the French Chambers on the 29fch. The speech announced various reforms, and said it was not easy to establish in France a regular peaceable exercise of liberty, (For continuation of news see Fourth Page.)

\ Princess Marguerite, wife of Prince Humbert; has bean safely delivered of a ■'• son. : '■■_■■■ ■ ■' ; • ; ■ It is reported that ten «iew peers are about to be created. '" ' ' '.j ; : '. The Marquis of Salisbury has?been r elected Chancellor of Oxford Dniveraity^ " A dreadful colliery accident has occurred atWiganvvTwenty-seven lives were lost. A letter has been received^! ;from Dr Livingstone, dated 12th May, 1869.. ;. The Ea,rl of Zetland' ha^reiaTed from the Grand Mastership of the Freemasons. The Rev. Henry Flagman, of St. Andrew's College, na f been /elected Head Master of KugoySchopi. ; ; Sir W. Lawrence, late Lord Mayor of London, was made abnrppet, and Sheriffs Causton and Valentine were knighted at the opening of the viaduct aiid Bhvskfriars Bridge. . -■■-•■■ \ ;.. .z.....-.: ■;. The Archbishop of Canterbury has been, seriously ill, but is slowly ; ree«vjiring. ..•■ : Mr Law has been elected i>rpyost °f Ediubnrgh, and Mr Aitken 'Koybst so"f . GltfSgbw. ■■;■•■'■■■■■■.- v ■ -'— v--i : Lord Cairns has 'resigned the leadership of the Conservatives in the- House of Lords. . : ; ;;.;.. \ : ..-./ .;:.• „ ,.. • The great .colonial, question, has- been revived by an ab'.e letter ih the Times from Edward Wilson; ■ The: true bearings; of Lord Gran vale's treatment of New Zealand has not -hitherto, been, so.clearly and forcibly placed. before the. public. : / : Times commented on the letter ;in two leading articles,— the first temperate and respectful, and. the second in a hectoring and abusive tone. -- ; Mr Wilsoni:contends thafe:a..filiange;in our Colonial policy so momentous and far-reaching must be submitted to the decisiou of the British Parliament and people, and that the colonists are enii led ,tp a. potential voice in settling their future "statusi . , .^ceut jletters between Earls Grey and GrtoviUe bn the fecoghitibhbf tWaiitho.rite pf the Maqri King have convicted the Colonial XMfice, bf ignorance. '. ":;;"; , :..7parlGr^ipivilie ysufe"oh'^ . bia, !Rupett's "Landj 'and-thei'J^orib^west T.erritory joining ii> a conf^deratioh. " Prince Leopold is again striously indisposed. • :. : f- ';■-,'■•..■' :::■:/:•■:■ -'.S:'.: ':..-..''] Thtf marriages of thie Marquis; of Laiasdover with Lady Maude Earniltoui and of, the Marquis of . Blandford ; T?ith Lady ! Alberta ; Hamilton, wei-ff celebrated with great state at Westmihstei :^6bey. ..The Prince of Wales' Snd Dtikef; of Cambridge gave awayiihe brides. -^ ; : : ;;:■ ...■/Competitive samples of preserved meat from Buenos Ayres have been opened ; oui of thirty-'hine only six: proved to be good. -A great dinner of Aiiistraliah meat has been held for theworking^classes of SoutJi London, at Lambeth Baths, when upwards iJf lSOOpetsohs participafed I ' in ;; th(B^east, which was preaided over by Mr ; M ' Arthu r, ; Lambeth. One hundred and "fifty coloniits . wer^.pirfeserir. ; 'Kfesohitions favorable to the : Use ; of the meat were •:::•;::;■: ::::.: ::.. ?;•; ■■* v ..:;} . ; ;; Eiglit hew peeis 1 h^ve i %een ;' created. n^OTt noticeable ! names are. t^ of , Ifc 'George ' Ckrr GlynhV |p tjafiKfer; and JSiyl ■ Jobii "!A;(itqn;;; New'K^ilHfe^Dr "Aidersbn,"^^^pßysrcian^ ;* :^:\tf!si^s&rb&' _ Cooke, the ■.ele6Mcian ; ', .J^sosjt^^^ :e;x : i^ai*br '" of. 'CK^stttV;'' -'Vacant ' ' Garters were given, tpLbM :^l^dfi)irdde lledcliffe, and Lords 1 l>e '.Gxey, r Whitby, ; and; Hastings.. . ■-- ■■■ • ; , ;. ; ., ,.,,,. >i „..••--' The Liberals have-re^eiected. Mr.W. H. Gladstone!.aDd,MriKaye^huttißwprth. ! Mr Bernal Osßoriie has been .defeated forWaterford:by Sir ,BstW. JBarrotr: ... Tipperary disgraced itself an<l scandalise! the^^ kiugd6iril)y returning O'Donovan Ilossa, the Fenian felon. ', As' "his. ejection i » vbid, Mr Hißrbn takes' : hii sela|. ; The Nation and. other- Fenian journals are exultant and emboldened by his sdcCess. Luby is nientioried as a candidate for the Qui&h's GouhtjM : . ; . ••■■ . ;;-; .Cabinet. meeting are, sjiispended, pei)ding the production, of, 'au'elabofate report rektive to tHe Irish land tenure. i:::: Mr'pisraeli'^ ' willihgriess :tb. accept the ballot is reported. : The > Irish. Land Bill will embody two leiidihg^rihciples^the right of the tenant tofUll compensation for improvements, and the, inability of to evict without the intervention .of a tribana]/; :.■:.: ::■..^. :;::■} i; : ; : ;i „;;;■. : -t-^Feaian - deir.onsjratiuna : and outrages multiply in. .the soath of ireland. A : man . rtamed OaJlaghai^ ■ >ya§ .'.mSplere'd at Cork by Fenians, wiio suspected his fidelity. Tenaut-right meetings has been broken up ands^akers'threaVene'ar : ° , TJie . house, ., of -a' clergyman who ; sup-pbHed-Mr Heron in Tipperary, was totally ■wrecked. \ j Eight thousand men, with tar-fcarrejg, flags, and banners, marched through ' Cork last Fridayi, shoutingior Rossa. Many sei?«r^ of ffii^rarhia;: h^ ibeeii made!, and freshagrariah^uriim^ I : ; There are some Anieriea:n filibusters in the country, and ah increase of- ttoops is Archbishop Cullen, in a pastoral letter, rtrongry,;cOTd^mus-Rj)atanisj|h*..: r " :• Ji A*-4AJberyst'with' a y me'etihgiflfv: Welsh liberals, Waff »s!d","at w-Jrich' -a' resoUition [ .yr^^kssea; to r^wfr ii ;fund ' of :1i20,000 to : com'pehsato '" tKo v n ot i ; lahdlorct tyranhy; K ; ;iv •^" ? - ::! - 1 . ?[.u's In the r«turu match betwfeeh'"tHe.' Lon- V dbh'ahd. 'Newcastle crews for the bham-, pioiiShip- and L4OO, the Tyno was -again ■ victorious. . In ' bthejr .races" Brc wn, an!. American, beat Saddler. Safldjtr andKelly, ; representing : .the Thames, beat ReinfbrflS and Taylor, of the Tyne. • ; ■ 'A'xiolliery explosion ' Occurred in Swarsea Valley, and six liveslost ; r-ziz • .•^irlyhbußeßate.=d«tioyed by fire at Whitstable^::: in*.*, .;&** -.'v.ti ••: : A destructive fireioccurredjit Cumberland Lodge, WindS3f:K*j l e*t Park. ; The inqiiiiy intothef;lpss : of tlu Cfrnaiic in the Red Sea; resulted iri the suspension of. Captaih Jo^c^js 'c^l^fiditie for nine irioiitK**.''"' '■''''" '■" ■" "*"% "" ;: The!. Thame? i Sou^t'iSrobankment has been opened. '■;";,.":, .■'.. ■■■. ""'-■' i 0 Tb9 prpsecutioh ipf tjjie; Rev Mr P!u|chase, for ritualjtatic J)ractic2s, hast com- : njeiiced^:.! •>•:? jt y zriv>'- : . -i'^t V \ The High Church. .clergy held a twelve days' mission in London. -It createdicon.-. sidei'able 1 excit^hient, and is regarded as highly suicg^ful by its originafbfs. '" HetfbpbTftXh:, jp.^P e rism U still in-. b-c'is^isi..' "T)ie £elisjH'ng or famine fever is.i^iypr^yatehC' '.";;;;■. '"■;'.:! • I'lio half-penny^postage, on newspapers . luia be^n conceded bj.the.Goyerhraent. •♦"but for order Twfll answer,'*- but it was for the Cham ie; sto rujgulate Hbei-ty. There has bfcen no King elected in Spain. , , ' '■■ The Italian Parliament was opened by ciiniiiiis»i«Jii.