GENERAL SUMMARY.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1093, 29 January 1872, Page 2

GENERAL SUMMARY.

London, Dec. 1. The Australian October mails via Brindisi were delivered November 25. Surprise and great regret were felt at Mr Verdon's resignation. Captain Thrupp and the officers of the Megsera were acquitted, and "were complimented on their fidelity and bravery in perilous circumstances. The commission is making a searching inquiry into the antecedents of the Megsera and her condition when despatched, the cause of the leak, and the responsibility for the neglect of discovering the corroded state of the bottom . The commissioners chosen are the Hon. A. Brewster, ex-Chancellor for Ireland ; Admiral Seymour ; Sir F. Arrow, deputy master of the Trinity House ; Mr Thomas Chapman, chairman of Lloyd's. L.ord Lawrence is, president, and Mr George Parker Bidder is. secretary. Complaints are made that no engineer was -appointed, but the Government is credited with a sincere desire to discover the delinquent. Australian tinned meat is rapidly advancing in public favor. A large demand for mutton, from the north especially, has quite exhausted the stock of the principal importers. It is finding it 3 way into prisons, workhouses, and other public institutions, whose meat bills are thereby reduced one-half. The cattle and meat markets are sensibly affected. The press is stimulating increased consumption. Tho derelict hull of the Queen of the Thames was sold for L 350 to Captain Chapman, of London. The ship Underley, defying extraction from the Dunnoz Rocks, parted amidships 21st November^ and went to pieces. Captain Boaden, of the Star of Peace, has beeu committed for trial for assaulting and imprisoning a seaman named Evans. The Tichborne trial is pursuing its weary course. The interest is flagging again. Sergeant Ballantyne threatens to put half Hampshire into <the box. The evidence is mostly of one type. The claimant is identified by his walk, face, and the twitching of his eyebrows, "plrtcidents in his early life was remembered, in which the opposing counsel say he could be posted. A considerable impression was produced by Liardet, father, and son, Lockhart, Steer, Bingley, and Longland, who proved the, Osprey's visit to Melbourne in. 1854, and the landing from the ship of the wrecked sailors. Bargent, the archeeoiogist and genealogist; has been under a harassing examination. The claimant's funds are failing. Presentation has been made of a silver service to Mr Adam Burnes, of the Colonial Bank, Melbourne. The Times says that a more strange story of a shipwreck was never, tpld than that of the Rangoon. ; Tho Hampshire, for Melbourne, has a valuable stock of rams, and 85 passengers. Mr Barry Sullivan's success at Liverpool is. unprecedented. John Manley, the Australian infant comedian, is engaged at Drury Lane, in the Christmas pantomime. The Society of Arts awarded its gold medal to Mr Chubb, of Queensland, for the importation of cocoons grown in the Colony. The Patrician takes 100 and the Great Biltain 90 assisted emigrants to Melbourne in December. Great sympathy is felt for the Governor of South Australia bn the loss of Lady Fergusson. ; • The Cour'J; returned to Windsor last Saturday. The Prince of Wales's 30th birthday was celebrated by a brilliaut gathering of county families in Norfolk. On the 22nd he was to become the .guest of the. Maharajah Dhuleep Singh, near.jThetford, but his illness prevented hirri l ' The fever is traced to cold, , not foul water. ( , The symptoms first appeared on 13th Njov pmber. Tlje Pri ncess Christian's health is much improved. Mr Disraeli authoritatively denies the words attributed to him at Hughenden respecting the Queen's " physical and moral incapacity" for work. Dr Norman Macleod, of Glasgow, has denounced the criticisms on the Queen as cowardly and cruel. •.- .;■... .:■„• The Queen has granted L3OO to the children of Dr Livingstone. A baronetcy has been conferred on Professor Christison, of Edinburgh, and the same honor is intended abo for Mr Briggs, a proprietor at Barbadoes. . Ex-Lord Mayor Dakin has been knighted. Mr Walter, M.P., is elevated to the peerage. Mr Henry Campbell, M. P. , is appointed Financial Secretary of War. Lord Tenterden is appointed agent to attend the tribunal of arbitration at Geneva on the Alabama claims. ' To qualify Sir Robert Collier for a seat on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council he passed probation as judge of Common Pleas. Lord Chief Justice Cockburn protested against the device as an evasion of the act. Mr Grove succeeds Sir Robert Collier at the Common Pleas. Subscriptions are invited for tho widow and daughters of Mark LemoK. Mr Bright and Mr didders are wel- ( corned back to public life, Speculations

are rife as to the question of Mr 33right's . suppo^t/to the Government. T: \ p? | Great' discontent exists >v with theGqfernj rrient- telegraph officials/ and a /strikVis imminent. Mr Scudamore has tendered his resignation. The Woolwich cadets have been reviewed- -at- Ohiselhurst -Common -:bythe*| Emperor Napoleon. ...,,,. ' Ten of, Sir Joseph Ha wley's bloodstock sold at Tattersall's for 7270 guineas. - - James Ashbury, -the N owner ~of ~"th¥' Livonia,- hasy returned. >He has; ordered another racing yacht, and intends to visit India next year. ■■' '■'■■ '■ . f A great four-oared race was rowed on the Tyne on November 22, for a stake of L4OO. Chambers, Kelly, Wright, and Percy were defeated by Winship, Taylor, Sadler, and Bagnall, by three lengths. Sir Charles Dilke is repudiated by his Chelsea constituents ' as -a declared Republican. His Newcastle attack on monarchy, and his coarse abuse of the Royal household, aroused a storm of indignation, -He says monarchy costs one million annually, and that it would be worth two to abolish it. " . The licensing question is becoming one of prime importance. Political agitation is increasing daily. Kelly was acquitted on the plea that Talbot died from unskilful medical treaty ment, not by the assassin's bullet. The acquittal was celebrated by popular rejoicing at Cork, Limerick, and Waterford. The miscarriage of justice induces 1 the Times to advocate the abolition of juries in Ireland. « : An Irish Home Rule Association is formed in London Earl Russell has given his adhesion v ,tb the Birmingham Education League in itfc pledge to support ;unsectarian education.' Mr Scotißusselly in/a long letter, explains the origin and history of the new social 'movement of working men. '•'• Further action is suspended. In the meantime, nine hours is rapidly becoming- the working day" in' England. The., railways, . ■ engineers,,^ shipbuilderaj and builders are daily acceding to the demand. , •■■•■. The .Newcastle police are still on strike. Ruffianism abounds. There is a agitation amongst dock laborers, owing to reduction of wages. Mr Hughes advises them to organise and strike. The movements of the International Society excite almost universal disquietude." ' /. „ Mr Lowe, at Halifax, publicly reproached Sir Charles Dilke for his unmanly charges against the Queen, and challenged the fullest discussion, of them before Parliament, ; The official correspondence concerning Sir Robert Collier's appointment to the new Court of Appeal is published; and is considered damaging to Mr Gladstone and the Lord Chancellor. President Grant's message is eminently satisfactory. It refers to important tariff modificatidnsj and the Alabama treaty is the subject of graceful allusion. M. Thiers' message is indefinite. It announces the policy of a .dignified peace, but evades the .constitutional questions concerning the' Orleans Princes and the return of the Assembly to Paris. . It notifies that the treaty of commerce with England will be .terminated. ,„ , •. . ■ The Smithfield Cattle Show was successful. : The -first prize was awarded to Stratton. The Queen took the first and the Prince, of Wales the third in Devons. : Two new meat-preserving companies are announced— the River Plate Pressure Company and the Aberdeen to- work Jones's patent. Warwick Castle has been nearly destroyed by fire. 1 1 Arrived.-r-Turkish Empire. Sailed.'— Lepantow, Crashaw, Garvock, British Peer, Hyderabad, Star of Peace, Duke of Athole,> Christiana Thompson, Loch Earn. . ; , December 19. The Prince of Wales was dangerously ill all-last week. The Queen" and the Royal Family w.ere.: summoned to Saudringham on the Bth. National prayers have been ordered. The 1 public anxjety is intense, and the general sympathy is unprecedented. Business is neglected, and public' meetings have been postponed. The, complicated symptoms of the Prince's disease have abated. The last bulletin on Saturday was very cautious. The Prince's groom died yesterday of typhoid fever. The Queen and the Princess exhibit wonderful fortitude. Royalty is triumphant, and Republicanism has beeii checkmated; TheUbprigines Protection Society is. remonstrating with Government on ? tHe subject of Polynesian slavery.. ; ...... Obituary.— Lady Burgoyne, Mr George Hudson, Mr Attins, Australian bank director. ....-' Arrived. — Alex ; Duthie, .Rutland,. : : ; Sailed. — River Indus, Cadiolac, Mary Ann Wilson, Wynaud, Royal-Adelaide, Anglesea, Patrician, ; ; City of Glasgow, Wyndhover Castle, Iron Duke, Northampton, Light Brigade. . £ December 23, afternoon. -- The Queen returned on Wednesday, the 19fch. ; The Prince pf. Wales was then progressing favorably. • : . . Parliament meets on February 6. The Speaker, Mr Deniston, retires;- lv The' Tichborne case is ■.adjourned till January l'sth. The claimant's counsel closed his case on the 70th day. He pre-, sented a strong case. Arthur Orton.was not produced. The public anxiously await? the defence. ; - The FirebFace divorce case resulted in a verdict for the respondent on; all the charges ;alsoj in favor of the petitioner regarding the counter accusation. A new trial is demanded. A nafcipnaj subscription has been commenced! for the restoration ' of Warwick Castle. '..:. ..-. . •": The Orleans Princes have taken their s.eats in the Assembly. The dispute with Thiers caused considerate excitement; The. income tax is at present under discussion. ' ' .. ■ Mr Edward Wilson has called an influential meeting in the city for the promotion of the sale : of Australian meats, The demand continues. . ; Obituary.— The Earl of = Ellenborough, Darbyshire (the cricketer.) The steamer Delaware foundered. at Sicily during a gale. The Great Britain put into Holyhead. The Iron Duke and the Windsor Castle also put back. The latter had been in a collision. Sailed— Great Britain, R.iflenian, British Commodore.