GENERAL SUMMARY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 301, 21 December 1868, Page 2

GENERAL SUMMARY.

London, Nov. 2. The Queen is at Balmoral, but leaves on the 3rd for Windsor Castle. Preparations are in progress for the general election. There have been some election riots in Devonshire. Dr Lougley, Archbishop of Canterbury, died on October 21, aged 75. Field-Marshal Sir John Burgoyne, Constable of the Tower, has been presented with the freedom of the City of London. Mr Reverdy Johnson, the new American Minister, continues to practice conciliation. Sir James Ferguson, the new Governor of South Australia, has been entertained at a banquet at Willis's Rooms. The claim of British and American citizens which have arisen out of the Southern Rebellion, are to be determined by an international commission composed equally of British and American members. The two Governments are not to put in or support any claim, and every claimant will prefer his own claim. It is rumored that the ex-King of Hanover purposes taking his seat in the House of Lords, as Duke of Cumberland. Tbe freedom of the City of London has been presented to Mr John Bright. The writs for the new elections are to be issued on the llth November. The Reform League have sent a congratulatory address to the Junta at Madrid. Shocks of earthquake have been felt in several places, in Great Britain and Ireland. Dr Magee, Dean of Cork, has been nominated to the see of Peterborough. The Prince and Priucess of Wales leave

shortly for a tour iv France, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Asia Minor, and to the Nile. The Home News states that the Panama Mail Company has passed through the crisis in its affairs safely. The Belgian Government has recognised the Provisional Government of Spain. The departure of H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh has been postponed for a few days. Republican meetings and demonstrations have taken place at Madrid, but there is a split in the democratic party. General Novaliches is improving. A seed warehouse at Liverpool has fallen in, killing four men. The Lord Justice General of Scotland and Mr Gladstone are nominated as candidates for the Chancellorship of the University of Edinburgh, in the room of the late Lord Brougham.