GENERAL SUMMARY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 112, 11 May 1872, Page 2

GENERAL SUMMARY.

• The publicity given to the attempt of the Committee of .Sewers to seize 2000 cases Australian meat has seriously prejudiced sales. , . , Mr M ( Arthur will move an address to the Queen for the establishment of a protectorate over

A great meeting has been held at Oxfosd in honor of the memory of Bishop Pattern. Eleven thousand hnnds engaued in fiax mills at Leeds are out on strike. .Four thousand si.k weavers are locked out. Chaffers, an attorney, by Statutory Declarations publishei infamous details of early hfe of Sir Travers and Lady Twiss. Chaffers has been prosecuted for libel, and he tortured Lady T\vi«s by filthy questions. The libellous statements were disproved but Lady Twiss suddenly left London and the case collapsed. Sir Travers has since resigned his position as Queen's advocate. The total contributions from the United Kingdom to the Chicago Eelief Fund are £160,000. It is expected that the Lords will pass the Ballot Bill. The French military expenditure has been reduced by 28,000,000 francs. The protracted visit of Prince Frederick and Moltke to Italy alarms and irritates France. Mazzini died suddenly at Pisa, and was buried at Genoa. The funeral was attended by 80,000 people. The Russian Government have determined to reopen Sebastopol as a military and commissariat harbor. An influential committee has been formed at Bombay to raise funds for a memorial to the late Earl Mayo. The University boat race was rowed during a snow storm. The ship Yatala, from Adelaide, has been stranded near Boulogne. The crew and passengers were saved. The masts were cut away to save the ship. The Nebraska's mails were delivered on the •25th March. Destructive earthquakes have occurred in California. Many people were killed and injured. The Tichborne claimant has been arraigned for perjury. He pleaded not guilty, and was removed to "the Queen's Bench prison. The trial commences in June. The boy O'Connor, who insulted the Queen, has been sentenced to one year's hard labor and 20 lashes.