LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 46, 22 February 1872, Page 4

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

London, January 22. — The Prince of Wales is progressing favorably. He left -his" room for the first time on the Bth instant* and is now able to walk. The Afctorriey?Gerieral .opened for the defence in the Tichhorne case on the 15th. He stigmatised the claimant as an audacious conspirator , perj urer; impostor, forger, and villain; said he had knowledge of circumstances Shewing that the depth of claimant's wickedness was unexampled, and declared^ ihe jtbry regarding the wreck a tissue of absurdities, and numbers, of other statements utterly false. The contents of 'clainmiit'a 'own'"' istory and letters showed he was not Roger, but Arthur Ortoni ;";, "''';' : 4M' V;'.:i'"J Lord Har tingdon, in addressing his conBtituents^ advocated firmnees in repressing

early cared for, complete reorganisation of the army intended. --' ■- •■—•'■' Lord Derby in addressing the workmen at Liverpool criticised the present administration of tho country, and stated lhat .irionarchy w as safe, but that the House of Lords was capable of improvement; he declared the programme of the Liberal party exhausted, and that the Conservatives could predominate in any question "before Parliament. The nine hours movement is progressing throughout the cauntry., Dilke announces a Republican demonstration to take place on the 30th January. The Home Rule movement had a meeting, arid a banquet was given to Butt. It was a great Buccess. Butt, in a speech, inclined to municipal and industrial privileges for Ireland. . Thirty thousand persons in Limerick made a demonstration with banners nnd music to Butt aud other members. The Home Rule movement procession halted at O'Connell's monument, where speeches were made. The first Indian mail through Mont Genis Tunnel, reached Brindisi in twentyfour hours earlier than by the old route. The Rev. Mr. Watson, of Stockwell, was sentenced to death for the murder of his wife. Congress in America gran ted an amnesty, by 170 to 21, to all rebels, excepting Confederate officers or members of the Confederate Congress. In tbe National Assembly, Thiers advocated a tax on raw materials. Various taxes were passed on raw silks, cotton, and flax. The Berlin provincial correspondent of the 12th January, declares the re-estab-lishment of diplomatic relations between France and Germany as. fresh proof of the desire of both Governments to strengthen friendly relations between the two countries. There is great agitation in France against the proposal of a tax on raw materials. Discussions regarding the tax still continue. An assembly of Republicans invaded the Loyalists' meeting at Wellington Barracks, Knigbtsbridge. They expelled the chairman and smashed the platform, and retired singing the " Marseillaise." The police tardily dispersed the mob. It is defioitely announced tbat Parliament will be opened by the Queen personally. The King of Denmark congratulated the Queen ou the recovery of the Prince of Wales. Sir James Duke Coleridge concluded his 6peech iv the Tichborne defence. At the trial of Miss Christend Edmunds at Brighton, prisoner was iound guilty. She pleaded pregnancy, but a jury of matrons rejected the plea. Dr. Jeuner is created a Knight Commander of tbe Bath, and Dr. Gull a Baronet. An explosion occurred at a cartridge factory at Greenwich. The dresses of the girls caught fire, and they rushed shrieking into the marshes. Mr.. Horneman, at Hiskeard, says that the political prospects are gloomy, aud the present Government incompetent to deal with English questions. . There has been a decrease in the insulation of the Atlantic cable at, the shore ends, tbe -parts easily repairable. On the 20th January, Thiers and all the French Ministers resolved to resign. Iv the Assembly, notwithstanding the opposition, Thiers adopted Seray's proposition to .impose a tax on raw . material, failing other resources, Thiers reluctantly consented to witndraw his resolution, and Ministers retain office.