GENERAL SUMMARY.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1211, 15 June 1872, Page 2

GENERAL SUMMARY.

London, April 19. English public opinion is totally against the policy of the Sydney Premier, and Lord Beluiore's conduct is regarded with grave disapprobation. . The announcement of a project for a grand trunk railway across Australia is j thought premature and injudicious. It is urged that the telegraphic land, lines to, Port Darwin should be' first;"completed. ■ v ; •-. The fact that the British sheep stock is. deficient by^ 4,500,000 has provoked an anxious discussion as to. the future, meat supplies. Eminent agriculturists urge the improved culture of grass land/ Mr Edward Wilson points, in the Times, to the limitless sources of supply in Australia. The preserved meat trade is rallying; Several vessels have sailed with Communist convicts to New Caledonia. * . Notwithstanding the brisknessjoi trade, the volume of emigration swells. Two hundred Cornish miners have left for Australia, and others are preparing to follow. Upwards of 14,000 emigrants sailed from the Mersey in March. Canada is offering special advantages to attract immigrants. Master Charles Smith, of Melbourne, has been awarded the silver medallion of the Royal Humane Society, on the Earl of Kimberley's recommendation. The Yatala, from Adelaide, was wrecked near Boulogne. The crew, passengers, and part of the cargo were saved. Mr Lang is preparing designs for, a memorial for those who fell in the New Zealand war. . "'■ ■ True bills have been found against Thomas Castro for perjury and forgery. He pleaded not guilty. The subscriptions for his defence amounted to nearly LIOOO. A petition has been presented from the claimant's Hampshire friends, asking the Government to furnish money for his defence. The bankruptcy proceedings have been postponed for three months. After a fortnight's stay at Baden Baden, Queen Victoria returned to Windsor on the Bth. The Queen took the baths, made excursions, and received the Prince Imperial of Germany and other visitors. She made considerable presents, and travelled in strict incognito as Countess of Kent. M. Thiers offered the Elysee Palace, in Paris, for her use. Captain Coote, with a staff of engineers and contractors for the Tasmanian railway, are passengers by the mail. At a public dinner before leaving England, Capt. Coote was presented with a watch. Ah interesting letter appeared in the Times of the 18th, by Mr Kelsey, on steam communication via Torres Straits. It is expected that the French Mail Company will take up this route for Caledonia. t Mr Liardet; proposes Port Darwin as the head-quarters of the Australian Mail Service -with, branch steamers. The Duke of Edinburgh presided at the annual, meeting of the National Lifeboat Institution, and amid frequent . cheers gave a graphic sketch of recent lifeboat services. " -■■-.■ \ The story of the existence of a secret treaty providing for the declaration of the independence of Canada has been exploded. Tip office of Queen's advocate has been abolished. Dr Deane has been appointed VicarGeneral.of the diocese of Canterbury, and Dr Tristram, Chancellor of the diocese of londdn. . . ... : ...... Sir Travers Twiss is seriously ill. Lord Neaves has been elected rector of the University of St. Andrew's in opposition to Professor Huxley. - The Rev Llewellyn Davies .succeeds Professor Huxley, and Mr Hugh Owen Mr Torrens, on the London School Board. ' '" Mr- Edwin James, has returned from America, and commenced a serious of lectures on the great republic. Mr David Sassoon, a member of the Bombay Council, has been knighted. At the volunteer review, 24,000 men' divided into two forces of invaders and defenders, were posted between- Lewes and Brighton. There was a mimic attack and defence of the latter place for two, hours. The performances were creditable. The weather was unfavorable for spectators. On the sameday three Suffolk.regiments of volunteers brigaded with the Ipswich garrison, . having a severe field day on the neighboring heaths, with real training. ■ . The Conservative demonstration at Manchester was very significant. Mr Disraeli and "Viscountess Beaconsfield were received with overwhelming enthusiasm. The horses were taken from the carriage, and the quests drawn, in triumph to the residence of Mr Callender, in the Victoriap_ark, where a large number of Conservatives had assembled. In the dancing saloon of the Pomona gardens, next day, Mr Disraeli received multitudes of deputations and addresses from all parts of Lancashire, making a characteristic reply to each. He described ; his . reception as an honor unparalled in the liFe of any public man.' On Wednesday, at a monster meeting held in the Free Trade Hall, Mr Disraeli spoke for three hours on the •Throne, the Peers, and Commons; Church and State, nonconformity, education, army, Admiralty, and foreign policy. The Ministry lie pompared to an extinct volpano. Oh Thursday he received deputations from tfye factory operatives and the Church Defence Association on the subject of freedom of public worship. He Junched at the Conservative Club, visited Peel- park, and dined with a party of distinguished Conservatives. On Friday he took his departure amid the acclamations of a crowd of friends. The Liberal press think that' personal popularity rather than sympathy with the Conservative policy explains the re inarkable success of the Lancashire visit. The strikes of the agricultural laborers are agitating the farmers and landowners. Combinations have been formed in the shwes of Warwick, Cambridge, Lincoln, and Hereford, and are rapidly extending. The laborers demand 16s to;18s per week : wages, with cottages, from landlords, and right to combine. The farmers declare

they cannot afford these terms. The press says that if not, rents must be towered and tenures extended. - Belief! committees of laborers have been-orga-nised, and the trades unions are helping them. Five hundred compositors struck work, but the masters succumbed. The majority of the Leeds flax hands have resumed work. Fifteen hundred men in the Birmingham nut-bolt trade accepted amended terms. The Manchester lamplighters have extorted higher wages. > The dock laborers threaten to strike. A terrible murder of a French lady, Madame Kiel, by her Belgian cook, has been committed in Park-lane; ; The^niurderess has been captured at Paris, and has confessed her crime. -. : * A colliery explosion has occurred at Bolton, in which 26 lives were lost. -> A. fusee manufactory ■ exploded at Camborne. Nine girls were killed and others wounded/; : . -: ; : ; r- : - : Destructive fires have taken place, at Glasgow, Lancaster, and Hawick. The Indian mail was recently' interrupted by an avalanche; of rocks across the railway near Modone. : ' '/■ <' r . A tunnel is projected under the Mersey between Liverpool and Birkenhead. .. Christ's Hospital School has been removed to the country. The site of the old school fetched L 600,000! Several railway comparfies have; followed the Midland in attaching thirdclass carriages to all trains. „ „ ,\ = • The real strength of, revolving turrets will shortly be tested in a combat between the Hotspur and Glatton. ;^ r . A shipment of destitute Communists to England was stopped by theremonstrances of the British Government. 1 The introduction of the International Association into Ireland has occasioned excitement. A branch of 60 members has been formed in Dublin; An influential deputation , invited- the Premier to visit Belfast. He accepted the invitation. ';.■•■•' . .;; .■: T ;,.. Wombwell's menagerie has been sold, and 3000 animals dispersed. ; ; A shoemaker named Liasingrove, under the fear of starvation, jnurdered his four children and committed sliicide. V Dr Garden, of Clapham, a clergyman, has been sentenced to nine months', bard labor for obtaining money under preronce that it was for charitable) purposes. Measures have been taken to realise Fowler's scheme for a steam ferry across the channel. . ' ', ... \. : Mr Bright has written an admirable letter to Mr Cyrus^ Field, strongly condemning the 'American case as marked more by attorneyship than statesmanship. Lord Russell condemned going to arbitra. tioh till the indirect claims were withdrawn as weak. and dangerous. The English counter case and accompanying'protest have been published. The arbitrators re-aasemble at Geneva on June 15. . The hours foi* voting provided in the Ballot Bill are from 8 a. ml till sunset. The provisions for a scrutiny," and tomake ballots permissive only, have been defeated. The Sunday Trading Bill has been rejected. ' , ' In the discussion on Mr Fowler's motion, condemning the law of entail, the leaders on both sides admitted that the land question must shortly receive earnest attention. Mr Stansfeld's Public Health Bill has been read a second time... . . ■'„ „; ',..' The Dublin University Bill passed iU second reading by a majority of 73. \ ' Sir Massey Lopes! motion for local taxation was carried against the Government by a majority of 100. . ! A, Private Character Protection Bill has been introduced by Mr Raijkes in conse- - quence of the Twiss case. ;' „ .-.,» • i Mr Lowe's revenue estimates, made four days before the expiration of the financial year, show the actual receipts to be better by L 173,000. . The Budget rer missions were passed con amore.