MAIL SUMMARY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 276, 21 November 1874, Page 2

MAIL SUMMARY.

The clnimant has been visite 1 in Milbank by his wife. Lord Rmw, and Dr Kmealy. He has lost seven sore,o re, nnd his hair .is grey, but he is in gord heath. Jean Luie was latdy lemoved to Portland. Mr Bright has refused to present a petition to the House of Commons for Orton's release . • iI.SM Bappho. commissioned for Australia, met with an accident which will detain her awhile. A Live Cattle Importation Company is announced with a capital of £200,000. The published ttatsnunt thst the Queen had'paidthe debts of: the of-Wales is declared to be void of foundation. Ko debt* are outstanding for more than a year, and they will be at once discharg&d. -; Tbe Empress Eueeni? and the Prince Imperial have returned tj Chiselhurst _ from Switzerl >nd. The Empress of Austria h:.s improved in health by her sojourn in the Isle of Wight. She has visited Brighton and London. The E rl of Warwick has presented her Majesty with a splendid horae. Ao article on Kitualism in the Contemporary Review, from the pen of Mr Gladstone, has attiacted much attention. Mr Stanley is busy with the prep iratiocs for the scientific investigation of .Africa. . He is now on the East Coast A cedar boat, 50 feet long, baa .been built for him in .sections, with fourteen ocrs Shs was lav ehed lately, and ihri.tened '• Livingstone." Another' rexpeJition to the interior-, of Africa is preparing at Bt rlin, under the leadership of Von Hormarger, the Ornithologist. The Grocers' Company have 'given £20,000 towards erecting a new wing to the London Hospital.' - At Liverpool the women have commenced a war against whisky, praying jthat the Licensing Magistrates may be induced to withhold licenses. ; . The proposal to substitute cremation for interment at Hartlepool, h<s provoked a riot among a" crow' of working women. Mr Tnrnbull, Solicitor, who made tbe proposition, was followed from the Towfts'-JEfoli frith - execrations by 2,0' 0 excited people. The.formidable strike, threatened in tie cotton trade will, it is hoped;he averted by a spirit Jof mutual conciiation. for several days 24 mill, at Bolton were closed, and 13,000 persons were thrown out of work. Several of theemp'oyersfhia withdrew their < notices of redaction, and the hands resumed work. b.s (parties binding . themselves to . accept the award. Meanwhile the mills are' re-opened at tbe old wages. Arbitration is also to be resorted to in connection with the threatening Durham strike, which would have affected .00,000 persons. '