ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 43, 18 July 1877, Page 2

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

General Grant arrived at Liverpool on I the 28th May. The port was' gaily deco« rated, and his reception most enthusiastic. At Manchester, Leicester, and other places there were great demonstrations of welcome. In a letter describing his ar- | rival, he says :— " I love to see our country honored and respected abroad, and proud to believe that it is by most of all nations, and by some even loved; it has always been my desire to see all jealousy between England and the United States abated, and every sore healed. Together they are more powerful for the spread of commerce and civilisation than all others combined, and can do more to remove the causes of wars by creating a mutual interest than would be much endangered by wa I*.1 *. On his arrival in London, General Grant was greeted on all sides, and underwent a trying ordeal of festivities. He dined with the Queen, and attended a concert and ball at Buckingham Palace, i He also dined with the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Mayor, the Duke of Cambridge, and Disraeli. The Lord Provost intimated the desire of the Corporation and citiaens make a publio recognition of their respect. His, recignition by the people was very warm, and he visited the Oxford Commemoration to receive the degree of D.C.L. The Government at his solicitation are favorably considering the pardon of the Fenian Davitt, undergoing fifteen years' sentence. At the Stock Exchange on June 19 prices deolined in consequence of the circulation ot' rumors regarding the attitude of England. A new Russian loan will be issued by the Imperial Eedemption Commissioners ; interest will accrue from the Ist of June. At Home on .June 15, the International Conference re St. Gothard's. tunnel announce.l that 8.000,000 dollars are still required to complete the undertaking, anil it is proposed that Germany con« tribute two millions, and Italy the sam<\ Prince L >u : s of Hesse Ims succeeded to the throno of the Duuhy of Hesse under the title of Louis IV. Laily -""te ling-Maxwell, 'better known as tli^ lion. Mrs Norton, poetess, died on the 15th June. She was only married a few months to her second h.isband. 1 1 the house of Commons, on June 19. George Osborue Morgan, Liberal member for Devonshire gave notice that, in case of the withdrawal of the Burial Bill, he would move a resolution embodying the rejected clauses. In the House of Lords, on the same day, the Government were again defeated on the Bill. Earl Harrowby moved a resolution making the Church of England service optional. The motion was passed by 127 to 11. At tha requ;sfc of the Duke of Richmond, further consideration of the Bill was adjourned for one week. The Government will probably withdraw the Bill. News froJi the famine disfcr ct& in India is more cheerful. Tue rainfall has greatly ironroved the prospects. la an affray between sailors belonging to the German man-of-war Elizabeth and French sailors, reported at Yobahama on <&me 5, nine, Frenchmen were killed and two wounded. The provocation, it is said, came from the Frenchmen. -A search enquiry is instituted. M. Thiers, has been elected Republican leader for the French elections. In the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate messages were presented from, '. Marshal Macmahon, asking for immediate dissolution of members of Deputies. In both Houses interpolations were moved, and a motion of want q{ confidence carried against the Government by 363 ayes to 153 noes. The Minister of public Works said the Government were indifferent what order of the day was passed. Gambetta exclaimed, " Yes, the country will choose between us." The menjbers of the Budget Committee agreed to support the rejection of the Budget if the Ministry refused to resign in obedience to the vote of censure. Public sentiment is strongly against Maemahon. The sittings in the Chamber of Deputies have been very turbulent. At Berlin, on June 10th* a serious impression was caused by articles in the National Zietung, discussing the crisis, in France, and declaring the Ultramontane regime which alone could succeed the Republic, is irreconcilable with European peace. These articles are said to reflect the views of the Government. The Government of Spain has decided to forbid pilgrimages or religious manifestations which may form the pretext for a Carlist propaganda. The Catholic Church at Witchin, m the Grand Duchy of Possen, was struck by lightning during the Sunday service, and six persons killed and seven seriously injured. The famine in Corea makes frightful ravages, natives everywhere starving to death, and crowds of beggars wandering about in search of food— emaciated to the last degree. The Corean Government have appointed the 10th, 20tb, and 30th of each month for the relief of the distressed. A plague is aggravating the i sufferings of the people. ■ American letters from pensioners de> 1 siroua of eliciting information on emigra- « gration to Australia and New Zealand, J appear in the San Francisco papers. Un

favorable and untruthful replies are given in order to discourage them. , A robbery lias taken place fromsafinia'il^ car in transit from London to^Barisror'%> boMs value £70,000. t ■"'* The Pacific Mail Company's spUfnd id •„. steamer City ot San Francisco was totally \ wrecked near Acapueo, on the coast of V> Mexico. The steamer left Panama/ f fbr '*n San Francisco on May 11, having 137#s>. t -M senders and 100. officers and crew.i#n J*^ Wednesday morning, May 87, the%y«w/ being bright and atmosphere clear, lipF ship struck uoon an unknown reef, cutfint*" into the hull a length of sixty feet;lb'e water rushmg in with fearful velocity. 1 hough evidently sinking, not a cry was heard from the passengers, and there was i little confusion, but silent anxious waiiincr. The boats started for the shore, mt "a passenger being allowed a pound of baggage of any kind, and when -reaching tlt6 „,_ I shore each boat was overturned in the ~* surf. Though the passengers were thrown , into the surf, every life was preserved, and ail landed safely on the. Mexican shore. Fortunately a stream of fresh. " water was found in going between the mountains. The captain, sent officers to. Acapulco, 10. miles distant, bat fortune ) ately the boat fell in with the. gunboat: . .- Mexico, and although under orders to get provisions for Bestegeda city, the in« habitants of which were starving, the captain steamed to the relief of the ship 1 wrecked passengers, and they were all taken off safely. The ship lies partly submerged.