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Galle, July 15. A complimentary dinner had been given to Sir John Young.
H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh landed at Portsmouth, on tbe 26th June, in robust health, and has been feted in every place. A Thanksgiving Day has been appointed by the Queen for his recovery. The New South Wales Treason Penalty Bill is returned for amendment. Australia won the rifle match by two poiuts. Lynch, of Sydney, takes the first prize. The Abyssinian captives arrived in England on June 27. Parliament has voted thanks to Sir R. Napier, who, it is said, has been offered a peerage. The Princess of Wales has given birth to another princess. President Johnson has issued a proclamation pardoning the Southern rebels. Mr Pope Hennessy is not to be Governor of South Australia. Some think Mr Eyre will receive the appointment. The Irish Church Appointments Suspension Bill has been thrown out by the Lords, after three days debate, by a majority of 182 to 97.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 191, 14 August 1868, Page 2
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