GENERAL SUMMARY.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1182, 13 May 1872, Page 2

GENERAL SUMMARY.

: -The publicity given tothe attempt of the Commissioners of Sewers to seize two thousand cans of Australian meat haia seriously prejudiced the sales. Macarthur: will move an address to' thje Queen for the establishment of a protectorate over Fiji. ;" ' -■ Great meeting at Oxford to honor the memory of Bishop Patteson. . : Eleven thousand hands engaged in flak mills at Leeds are out on strike. \f "J. ■ Four thousand silk weavers were locked out. .. ■ _ •.•;. ■•:::'■. \- fhaffers, an attorney, who, by statutory declarations published the early life of Sir Travers and Lady Twiss, has been prosecuted for libel. He tortured Lady Twiss by filthy questions. The libellous statements were disproved, but Lady Twiss suddenly left, and the/case collapsed, Sir Travers has since resigned his position as Queen's Advocate. , < The total contributions from the United Kingdom for the Chicago Belief Fund amounted to L 160,000. It is expected that the Lords will pass the Ballot Bill. ; . The French military, expenditure has been reduced by 28,000,000 francs. The protracted visit of Prince Frederib and Moltke to Italy alarms and irritates France. . ' ' \ Mazzini died suddenly at Pisa, and was buried at Geneva, ,The funeral was attended by 80,000 persons. "• The Russian Government has determined to re-open Sebastopol aB a military and commercial harbor. -;>■ v - :■•■' An influential committee has been formed at Bombay to raise a fund for, a memorial to Lord Mayo. i i ■ Cambridge won the University boatrace by one and a half lengths. The Queen is at Baden Baden in strict privacy. r The Prince and Princess of Wales and family arrived at Rome. ; ,The Prince had I a lengthy audience with' the "Pope, who congratulated him upon his recovery, atid expressed thanks to Victoria for constant evidences of sympathy, and also praised; the religious feelings of the British. \ The Tichborne claimant remains in' Newgate. He has published a letter appealing to the public for subscriptions in aid of his defence, solemnly asserting that he is the real Sir Roger: ' * Disraeli has been enthusiastically re--ceived at Manchester, and numerous ad-' dresses were -presented ; tc him by the Conservatives throughout Lancashire. At ,a monster meeting Disraeli defended the Throne as a source of all blessings which. British subjects enjoy, demonstrated its cheapness, and also spoke in defence of the House of Lords. The Easter Monday Review at Brightonwas considered a success, notwithstanding, the wet weather. A 1 colliery, explosion has occurred at Atherton, when 28 persons werekilled; The laborers of Warwickshire have struck and formed a Union. : > - ~•• • The Commons rejected Vernon ' Harcourt's motion to reduce national expenditure. ' ;•• :'= - - ! ■ > The English press comment on absence j of programme in Disraeli's speech at Manchester. - ■■-.;• - . .-._;; -.. •'- ., ' :