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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1247, 13 February 1872, Page 2

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Dublin, January 2. —At the installation of tlio Conservative Mayor of Limerick, yesterday, a tumultuous mob alternately hissed at the mention of the Prince of Wales and cheered for home rule. London, January 2—Cardwell, Secretary of War, addressed bus constituents at Oxford yesterday. Alluding to the illness of the Prince, he said it had served to bring out the strong reciprocal sympathy which had always existed be tween the constitutional'sovereign and ;i free people He intimated that the attention of Parliament would be directed to social measures for the improvement of the people. There is considerable talk here about transferring the property and control of the Atlantic (of C.-.nada) lines to the joint Government of Great Britain and ihe United States. The proposition is received with favor, anticipating that it may re.-ult in a reduction of the piesent exorbitant tariff rates. London, January 3.—A grand demonstration will lake place in honor of Sir Charles Dilke. The Times thinks Catacazy served his Government zealously but not judiciously. London, January 3—The Queen has returned to Windsor. The City Council to-day presented an address of congrai ulation upon the convalesencc of the Prince of Wales, and praying his speedy restoration to full health. Dublin, January 3.—A floor in the crowded Courtroom at Kitty dasher, Leitrim, Ireland, gave way while a trial was in progress, precipitating 300 people a spare of 30 or 4-0 feet. The number of killed is unknown; 30 were badly injured, most of them fatally. London, January 6.—ln a terrific thunderstorm at Portsmouth and its vicinity last night, hail fell to the depth of two inches. The glass of nearly all exposed windows was destroyed. The Prince of Wales is steadily improving. Joseph Gillott, the steel pen manufacturer, has just died. The British sovereignty has been proclaimed over that portion of the African territory which was recently annexed to the Colonial possessions of Great Britain. Brand, President of the Fiee States, protests against the annexation. General Andrew Porter, formerly of the United States Army, died at Paris yesterday. The total number of deaths from small-pox in London during the year was 8,000. The average of 31 years preceding was 600. The Journal calls attention to the alarming increase, warns the public to take all precautions, and appeals to the Government to interpose rigid sanitary regulations, establish special hospitals, and carefully quarantine infected districts. The ex Emperor Napoleon, on New Year's day, is reported to have said : "I will give Thieis six months of Presidency of the French Republic, and at end of that time Gambetta will be in his place and the change be favorable to the Imperial cause." London, January 7. —The Government having refused to help the Royal Geographical Society to organize an expedition in search of Dr Livingstone, the society now appeals to the people for assistance. Great efforts are being made to start the expedition this month. London, January B—Morning.— The Time-: to-day again discusses the subject of the the Alabama claims, maintaining that the American argument embodies an entire misconception of the views and feelings of the English Government at the outbreak of the war. " Queenstown, January B.—-The health of the Prince of Wales is so greatly improved that physicians deem it unnecessary to continue bulletins. Paris, January 7 —Thiers gave a banquet to-night to the Emperor and Empress of Brazil, and afterwards held a reception, which was largely attended, and was the most brilliant affair of the kind since the war. There was an uproarious scene in the Assembly yesterday, the occasion being the reading of a large number of peti-

tions praying for the restoration of a Monarch. Some of the petitions wanted the Count de-Cbambord, others the Count de Paris for King. The presentation of their rival claims excited the partizans of both Princes to frequent demonstrations, while the Republicans and Radicals made noisyopposition throughout the reading, which was fiequently interrupted. The election of Victor Hugo is considered almost certain. It is said that his return to the Assembly will defeat the pending motion for the transfer of the seat of Government in Paris, and that the monarchists and enemies of Thiers secretly favor his election. The Assembly has elected Presidents of fifteen of the Bureaus ; but three are Conservatives. The Bisiiop of Orleans is President of the Bureau of Education. A select committee of the Assembly, appointed to consider the method of forming a new Constitution, have made a report which rejects the plebiscitum, and declares it to be the duty of the National Assembly to make a Constitution.