ENGLISH MAIL NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XI, Issue 1023, 6 November 1871, Page 2

ENGLISH MAIL NEWS.

The Deny Boys were dispersed on the 12th August by reading the Riot Act. Bathing, boat, and lightning accidents have been terribly frequent. The summer has been excessively hot ; the temperature has risen to 125deg. in the sun and to 91deg. in the shade. The Duke de Montpensier was cited as a witness on the Prim trial. The Duke is said to be implicated in the murder. The protracted strike of the colliers in South Wales has been terminated by a reference to arbitration. The Staffordshire ironworkers are agitating for an advance of wages, and also the Clyde shipbuilders. A split is reported between the London and Manchester branches of the amalgamated carpenters and joiners. On the 15th August, the ' late French Emperor's fete day, 1000 letters and 300 despatches, with presents and flowers, were delivered at Chiselhurst. The gasholder of the new works at Colombo, just completed, burst, from bad iron works. The lighting of the town has been postponed for four months. Mr Sedgwick Cooper recommends kerosene as a cure for cancer in a letter to the Times. He has sinee 1 been besieged with applications. The consideration of the proposed grant to Governor Eyre is postponed till next session. The combined British squadrons have, anchored at Lisbon. Captain Vivian has succeeded Sir Edward Ltigard as permanent Under Secretary for War, creating a vacancy in the representation of Truro, for which Mr Edward Jenkins is offering. The return of Mr Wattney, an obscure Conservative, for East Surrey, in'the place of Mr Buxton, by upwards of a thousand majority, has created consternation amongst Liberal circles. Prince Arthur has presented new colors to the Royal Bombay Fusileers at Parkhurst. The King of the Belgians visited the International Exhibition. Ihe Grand Duke Constantine and the Duchess Marie are still in England. The Emperor and Empress of Brazil are continuing their progress through the Continent. Mr Richard Wallace has been created a baronet for his services during the siege of Paris. Mr John Gilbert, the fartist, has been knighted, and Mr Malet, C.8., has been appointed Secretary of Legation in China. Roseneath Castle has been assigned by the Duke of Argyle as the Scottish residence for the Marquis and Marchioness of Lome. The British Association backed the appeal to Government for L2OOO for the eclipse expedition next December. Sir R. Murchison has received a letter from Mr Kirk, consul at Zanzibar, stating that Dr Livingstone was moving slowly for the coast. On the Thames embankment, at Whitehall place, a fine statue of Outram has been unveiled by Lord Halifax. The last days of the session of Parliament were occupied in the hurried discussion of many minor subjects. The most important debate related to the exercise of the Royal warrant in the abolition of purchase. Professor Fawcett spoke of the Premier as the head of " an inefficient Administration," and maintained that Parliament had been overridden, that the House of Commons did not represent the country but only the majority in the country, and that it had no moral right to act alone. His views, as those of a representative and independent thinker, are worth noting on this question of tUe. House of Lords. He would have a second chamber, filled by men eminent In all departments of life, retired governors, representatives of the colonies, the leaders of thought, and the successful workers of the empire, to combine a large knowledge with practical wisdom.