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Marlborough Express, Volume IV, Issue 184, 17 July 1869, Page 1 (Supplement)

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London, May 21. The mail was delivered in London on the 16th. The Queen gave a concert at Buckingham Palace ; 700 peojde were invited. She has since gone to Balmoral. The Prince of Wales arrived in London on the 12th May. Prince Arthur’s Irish tour is finished. Application granted in Court of Chancery for the transferor £600,000 consols, crown property of Hanover on behalf of the exKing. “ Our life in the Highlands” fetched £2500, which has been invested in University Scholarships for the benefit of the natives of Balmoral. v Dr. Bussell is preparing a narrative of his Nile trip with the Prince and Princess of Wales. Mr. Sumner’s speech on the Alabama treaty, led to the rejection of the treaty. The Senate made a special order that it should be printed in full in the New York papers, and caused apprehension in England owing to the suspicion it expressed of Grant’s policy, and from the fact of its appearing to bo well received by Americans. It of occasioning a prolongation of the war through premature recognition of and moral support afforded to the Confederates, and assessed dam ages at £500,000,000, and hinted that Canada might suffice as a quid pro quo. The Canadian Legislature took up the challenge. Mr. Salt, premier, made an important speech, reviewing the mutual conduct of the Canadians and Fcderals during the war. He declared that the Dominion would support the mother country with its resources should the designs of the States necessitate an appeal to arms. Goodwin Smith, in a letter to the Beehive says Sumner’s speech produced great effect in renewing the hostile feeling, and has jeopardised the friendly relations, so that the promoters of English immigration cannot turn their thoughts to America. Judging from his personal knowledge of American temper, ho does not fear an actual rupture. Mr. Beverdy Johnson left England on 20th May, a week before Mr. Motley arrived. Mr. Johnson, in reply to the farewell address from the Borough Council of Southampton, said that from the moment of his arrival in England to the present time he had endeavored to cultivate friendly feelings, and had reason to believe that he had not failed. He should leave England with the conviction that her people and Government considered that war was the direst calamity which could befall the two countries. At the anniversary meeting of the Peace Society the speakers commended Sumner’s speech, and accused the English press of conveying false impressions. The five hundred millions spoken of by Mr. Sumner is not expected, but is only the proportion due through the protraction of the war. Newman Hall’s estimate is two hundred million.

j Bright said there would be no peace in ; Ireland until the land was in the hands of ■ the people. The Marquis of Salisbury, in ’ the House of Lords, asked whether the ’ words had been use d Ministerially 1 Earl Granville replied that Bright had committed indiscretion, and had spoken only < for himself. The Government would in- ■ troduce no Irish Land Bill this session. • Subsequently Lord Derby asserted that Bright’s language had an evil effect, and compared Bright to the mayor of Cork, saying that their official character invested their words with importance. O’Parrell papers were moved for in the House of Commons. The Government agreed to produce them, but afterwards rescinded the orders on the ground that on investigation the papers proved it undesirable to identify the House with their publication. Mr. Whallsy alluded to the speech delivered by Sir George Grey in New Zealand, which stated that catholic priests had instigated the Maori rebellion. Ireland is excited. The Mayor of Cork presiding at a supper given to the released Fenians, Warren and Costall, said he hoped the day was not far distant when no foreign nation would dominate Ireland. Larkin, Allen, and O’Brien would be as much thought of hereafter as any who had sacrificed their lives for Ireland. In Parliament, Mr. Gladstone intimated that a bill would be introduced for the removal of the Mayor. After the first reading, O’Sullivan came to London, and wrote a letter to O’Donoghue, stating tli,at Ids words had been misunderstood, and announcing that he had resigned. The progress of the bill has been suspended for the present, and will bo resumed should O’Sullivan be re-elected, which is not impossible. A vacancy occurred for Youghall, and O’Sullivan is standing. Cork wildly agitated in O’Sullivan’s favor. A riot occurred in Londonderry on the occasion of Prince Arthur’s visit. Two persons were shot, several wounded, and martial law was proclaimed. O’Cuunell’s remains are to be removed from Dublin to the torn!) at Glasnevin. Fenian amnesty committeec of Dublin has scut ,-£SOO to Australia for thirty-four liberated Fenians of Swan Paver. The Polynesia slave trade has been brought before Parliament. The news received by last mail from New Zealand has produced gloomy impressions in England. The Times has an article on New Zealand and its defence, which says that colonists do not pretend to be too weak or too few to compete with the savages, but too rich or too lazy. From whence it draws conclusions that colonists are wrong, not for dispensing with the Imperial garrison, but in failing to substitute another. Higg’s frauds amounted to £72,000. Albany Park, the Duke of Northumberland’s scat in Surrey, has been twice fired by incendiaries. All Saints Church, Old Kent Road, has been burnt. Lord Shaftesbury inaugurated the statue of Richard Oastlcr, the promoter of the Factory Act, at Bradford. The Government are negociating for the purchase of Convent Garden Theatre as a central telegraph office. Tariff charg s reduced. Sanitary commissions appointed. The goldfields of Sutherlandshire are prospering moderately. No great finds, though Californian and Australian diggers arc on the spot. Obituary. —General Sir E. L. Wetherall, General John Christie, Major General Metcalfe, Major General Clifton, Lord Broughton, Admiral Lambert, Colonel Willoughby Do Broke, Hugh Macilwain, Sir C W. Dilke, and Colonel Gawler, formerly Governor of South Australia. Riot's and a. rests have occurred at Marseilles. Crowds of people parade the streets singing “La Marseilleaise.” The Chamber is convoked for June 15. The Press says that great constitutions 1 modifications are contemplated. Elections causing much disturbance and uneasiness at the Tuilleries. Garibaldi is seriously ill. American negociations pending between Washington and Madrid regarding the seizure of the American ship Mary Lowell. Sumner’s speech is losing its effect. New York press is exposing its inconsistency. Pacific Railway finished on May 10th. Some parts of the line are temporarily laid. The general impression is that it is not safe to travel on. Through fares will be about £3O. ■ '\ / The Electra has arrived in London. ' / The captain, first officer’, and seven of I the crew, with all the passengers of the | ißlue Jacket, were landed at Queenstown, /

also 4000 sovereigns. Tlie second and third officers and 32 men still missing in the two lifeboats, with 4000 sovs. in each. The ship, cargo, and specie were fully insured. The survivors were picked up by the Hamburgh barque Pyrmont. The Omar Pascha, Captain Gray, from Brisbane, with 2800 bales of wool, took fire within ten days sail of England, and had to be abandoned. The crew and passengers were brought on to Cork by the Zelandia, from Callao. Numerous failures have occurred in the in the tallow, flax, and corn trades. New Zealand fives, 1891 ; consols, dated, sixes, 1891, March and September, 108|j fives, 95|-. WOOL SALES. The sales for May commenced on the 6th The prices showed no material reduction, and the competition was weak. Tendency decidedly downwards, and considerable quantities are being brought in j nevertheless the decline continues in both Australian and Cape. The present rates are from 10 to 15, and in some cases 20 per cent, under March series. The sales are very irregular, but the chief fall is in the middle class fleeces. Extra fine Sydney still command attention. Foreign buyers operated very cautiously. Total sales—--65,000 bales ; "Victorian, 36,000. 100,000 bales were burned in the Blue Jacket and Omar Pascha. Total arrivals—Victorian, 112,207; Sydney, 41,360. Port Phillip, 186 bales middling, 84d. ; Sydney, slightly better. Decline increased towards close of sales.