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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1199, 1 June 1872, Page 2

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

London, April; 16.— 8y the breaking down of a stand; at Lurgan, Ireland, during the races, 200 people were precipitated to the ground. : Thirty were injured, some fatally.— At Maida Hill, a suburb of London,, last night a shoemaker named Micnals murdered his four children, and then committed suicide. He is supposed to have been insane. — The London TeUgraph Paris and Berlin correspondents say that Germany distrusts France; is displeased" at the ar matnenfr-and -military organisation \-whichn : *he ..Thiers h Go vvernment ia carrying forward ; that Bismarck is about to protest against this, and will declare the necessity for action, and tKe German re-ocoupation :of the recently evacuated territory.— The marriage of , the Marquis of Bute to the daughter of Lord Howard took place this morning, in the Roman Catholic Oratoryj at Brompton. It was witnessed by a great crowd. Marchioness ' ' Burdett ! Coutts, Duchess of AfgyllpßaTdn~K6th"s"chM7"Duke"oflS'orfolk, and many Mother i 'noble personages were presented to the new-married couple. London, April it.— There'is little doubt but that the announcement of the London Telegraph, both' editorially and in its Continental correspondence, that the relations between ' France' and Germany are in a critical condition, is a, pure invention. The -StarMartfs Paris special says of the story ''and of the sensational statements Spearing in^Bismsrek'sf organin^Ebndotfi that they are grotesque 'exaggerations. — The ship Derry Castle has been burned at sea, and two of the crew perished.— Ttie vote in the Commons relative to local re.lations resulted in the defeat of the Government by, 100 majority,— The, Lord Chanoellor .intro,duced in the. House of Lords to-night a bill creating thie.Supreme Court of Appeals, the Judges of which are to -receive a salary of L6OOO each. ■■■'■■ •■•' London, April IS.j^lnJihe^ Holise'c>f;; T;ommons k t^n^hT^^ ance of membe'rB, 4>> £tnd > 'the' ) gklieries were crowded. Both members and spectators expected excitirig debates on 'the 1 course* of the Government at Geneva' and on^tfte Ballot Bill, . They "were disappointed,; however, as tlie ; attempt to draw Gladstone out on ,th.c Alabama claims failed. He 'declined to ansiyer questions. The House i went into committee of the whole on the Ballqt Bill. An amendment was offered by the •■ Government, punishing , voters for openly, displaying ballots at the polls." It was defeated by 274 tb 246. The result was received with cheers by the Tory benches. ! ; ! Ijondon, April 20.— The prospectus 1 6f the American Atlantic Telegraph Company is issued. The company propose to lay a cable from Milford Haven, Wales, to Rye ; Beach, New York. The rate of messages; is to be fixed at 5s Qd per word with charge in gross for.address, 3Qs. This rate; is about one-third less than is charged at present;-^- Miss; Nellie Grant, daughter of the President, left Leamington- this morning for London. The railway station was 1 decorated with .British' and 'American! flags. Bouquets'" were presented to 'the, lady, who departed, amid cheers from a; large crowd v . Miss' Grant, after remain-^ ing in London some days, will proceed, -to: the CpntinentiTrrA Hongkong telegram! says that the French steamer Avato col-| lidedwjth. '.the steamer Rona, off the 1 Chinese cpast, Theßona;aunk^ and sixty

persons on board were missing, and are believed to be drowned. London, . April 22.— Two theories are ad vaa«sgd;>in, regard to the political situation this morning— one, that the Ministry will really resign if defeated on Fawcett's Dublin University Biil; the other, that has c been,givenr.out for,, the purpose of filling the Liberai "benches at the sesssion. to-night. The ",annquricement that a dissolution of the Ministry is ' possible-has flattened the.financiaLmarkeJ;.^ The Daily News saya that ; the dissolution of the Gladstone Oab ; i&et,- ;> and succession by a- Conservative Ministry, is probable before the close jofvther week, and that there will be a- glener^: election of members of ParUamen^dj^g^im latter part of the week. The News also says that the Government wiliibe! defeatedin 1 the Commons : when the division 'Occurs fen; Fawcett's Bill relative to the of Dublin, which has been made a Cabinet < question. The ,Duke of Richmond, in the House of Lords, and Disraeli, in the Commons'^ gave notice- to : night, that sthey should question the Government .■;• tos£ morrow, as. ; to whether, it was*>prepared to give the country the ' assurance, j that further proceedings before the Geneva Board will be suspended sunless the claims for indirect damages'' are :; with£-'' drawnfcand. abandoned; by , the.r ( United States. In the Upper House Lordi-Qraivrf; more wanted all papers to be produced, and also minutes 5 of conversation accompanying the presentation of Uievßritisha counter case at Geneva. The recbf d,- : he« believed, would' prove ; humiliating! !^He v declared that it was j degrading:to^ ask Ythe American Government any question as to\ the 'propriety of the 'counter'^ ;case. Gramilie rfeplied 'that^HeWhad^ 1 been no degradation. _He described his conversation with.- iSchenck, rthe American? Minister, as entirely personal. Schenck agrees! to ask His^Gbvernment'at Washington itsv. views on the propriety of the presentation of, the .British side 0f... her counter case accompanying. the^documeiit^ at Geneva. To this inquiry noanswer'has 11 been. received. „, „ „ London, , April Iw^aicmg' 5 and , acrimonious debate' in" 'the Hbiisa of, I Commons ; i|his eyenm'g p'n^the 'cy'uiae 3 ©! l> ■ the Government in regMdfp, f th'e f Dublin- I University; Test ; :Bill'.\ tawc|^;precipa- J tated the debate by moving aiWournment in order to obtain the floor. Proceeding to criticise the course o£ the Government in the matter, he^chargejd j;llat it had by ; threats of dißsoluj;ijm>c#Mfcrained members'" who really favored theTMlo decide betweeiFtKe A Bill and* liberar^and'goVer^* ment. He concluded with, the promise that, if the Government 'w.ould give a specified , day" for consideration. . of ; a Bill in committee, its promoiiera V wpiild be. satisfied. Dr. Playfair,! liberal member for Edinburgh and St. Andrew's Universities, seconded Fawcett's' motion/ and expressed regret at the dangerous course'" of the. Government as involving a Ministerial crisis on an insignificantquestibh. Boucerie/ member./for. .Kil-T marnock, also Liberal, supported -the motion and reminded the Government that confidence in the House was already shaken. He quoted an article frpnii the Daily News of Monday . last, annpuncedi by way of threat that: the ; Government determined \ to make ,this bill a teakques-i tion. He said it was scandalous thatsuch> information should first reach' the Housethrough a newspaper,: and 'asked *Gh*dstone if the writer, was a member of tde Cabinet, and; if so, ! #ho;' tie 'was.' Gladstone replied^ complaining'of the strange inaccuracies of the speakers. He admitted that the Government was pledged to take up the subject of education in Ireland, which, pledge was .unfulfilled) solely i for - want of time. He denied! responsibilify for the N.ews item, or. .knowledge of the. author. He said" it was impossible to appoint a day for the consideration -of the' Bill. 'He'could not do'that evenfor a Government measure. Fawceitprbnbunced' the answer of the Government as unsatisfactory, . He ; closed the discussion by withdrawing his motion for adjournment declaring that he should push the Bill hereafter as' a "private member.* = : The House went into committee.pri the Ballp;fc Bill. ' Several amendments prop'osedl by ! the. Government were adopted, by large majorities! ';l'' ' •-' ■■■ >-■■• ■■ j•■