Untitled

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 17, Issue 985, 5 April 1871, Page 2

Small-pox has been prevalent in India, China, and Europe simultaneusly. It is reported that the King of Prussia declines to acknowledge the Marquis of Lorn as the husband of the Princess Louise. The Auckland Acclimatization Socie« ty received a shipment of 125 yellowhammers and 5 hares by the Caduceus, from London, on the 23rd March. There were 250 birds and 6 hares shipped originally, but the number was decreased by death*, which oecured during the passage. The British Government have ordered that Jamaica should be fortified, and placed in a state of complete preparation for war. A memorial on the subject of the. Queensland slave trade has been presented to the Imperial Government. In response to the Bishop of Versailles, the Lord Mayor of London has presided at a meeting for the relief of the non-combatants around Paris, who, are starving. The proprietor of the Daily Telegraph have contributed i; 1,000 to the relief fund. Public mortality in England has been greatly increased by the severity of the weather. Many people have been frozen to death in Loudon. In England, a colliers' strike of 30,000 men is threatened for a rise in wages, At Auckland, on the 24th March, a man named Daniel Lorrigan left his house at noon, and proceeded to the house of a friend named Young, living in Newton, whore he remained until eight o'clock. At that time he was sitting on a chair, talking:, when he suddenly stopped, his head fell forward, and he expired. Medical assistance was at once called in. but was of course of no avail. An inquest was to have been held on the 28th ulu

The Southern Cross, in its extr a issued after the arrival of the San Francisco mail, says it lias been requested to publish the following :—The Hawaian Government have guaranteed to H. Hall a yearly subsidy of 25,000 dollais, for two years, commencing on the Ist January, 1871. With Mr Hall, who has returned in the Wonga "VVonga, perfect arrangements have been completed in San Francisco as regards wharf accommodation, and agencies for running his line of steamships direct through to San Francisco, which meet with the entire approval of the Hawaian Government and the commercial community of San Francisco. As it is shown that from four to five days will "be saved by this arrangement, besides ,doin» away with the discomfort that has hitherto arisen from changing ships at Honolulu. li. is reported upon good authority, that the United States Government will not grant the Australian Mail subsidy, or many of the other subsidies that are now being applied for for steam'services. Up to the hour of the Moses Taylor leaving California, nothing was positively settled regarding Webb's line. The Nevada was at Francisco, having a new main shaft fitted. The Nebraska will require ex ■ tensive repairs before going into any active service. The Dacotah is still at New York, and there were no reports of indention of leaving for San Fran.eisco up to the latest dates. Neilson's contract has been entiiely ignored by Mr Webb, on the ground of his having exceeded h'm authority wliiist in New Zealand. The general impression with .some of the principal merchants in San Francisco is, Webb'* line will not start; or, if at all, it will be for mere experiment."