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GENERAL SUMMARY.

London, 27th June. The Australian April mails were delivered in London on the 14th and 23rd June. The Queen continues in good health. Her Majesty held the third Court at Buckingham Palace on the 21st June. The Prince and Princess of Wales would give the first state ball at Marl-borough-house, on the 4th July. The Duke of Newcastle's health was much improved. Large and influential deputations of , Australians had waited on the Colonial Secretary on the 33rd June, to protest? against continued transportation. THfey referred to the. Duke of Newcastle's^speech.. in February, 1863, giving, a : distinct pledge that transportation to Australia should ;at -an ; early date entirely cease. After much discussion, the Colonial Secretary; 'declined to give any assurance oh the subject. „'..._' Parliament and the British people were entirely absorbed with -the -Danor German question. The London ! Conference - held its last sitting on the 25th ; June/ witnout any successful result. The Danish 'plenipotentiary' severely criticised the inconsistent ! policy of the British Government 'and its parryiiig attitudes. Earl ..;, Clarendon ..... replied; warmly and vehemently, .against .the charges. The general feeling in Engr land ,is .for peace,; -although the public J "kre" 7; ''annoyed-' ; ; 7at7 '; the wavering conduct' ;6f -the ' / Mniis^.\7'.Tne. , British- fleet Is^dr^ J to proceed to the Baltic. , The attitude of

Denmark , is ;' t Dj plcL and,defi anfei Fhi|e * Q ** .pf^'Gsrman^ .Trance, and JJussiagwre no :Bigns.->s7. : , tr .jj-; It is Btated.hthat ■40;000tfemales»w6re ? wandenrig '^outcasts' ik s -!N^w iY>. ork alojie. /*'The '^eli^ j*wd^ £^(£7?a^ed^ off^to '.j^iflhe ira^SiOf^eSb^derai^araiy^ :>/;7/v>w->iy The Confederate wax steamei-yffi^ama aCTiv6dV ff^---Gferl^ of if |. 7^ j-I'.^/ H^h-m! 7 . /N<ext , -1031; tons "regis Wp carrying 8 giins,?l commanded' 'byrGaptain -7iVvfinslow, "arrivjid, and; 'instead T df - ariHioHng^ cruis^cF'ou^side tfie breakwater, cKaUeng^'g''tfie7-j^Waina to fight. . , v The flatter, accepted^ iihe challenge, and a - combat^ook, ipla(Ce S Kpn Sunday, . r l9th, > June^c nine -smiles- I#rom Cherb ourg. After ■ severe "-fig^hting for •one' Thour and; a' ! quarter, ;■ tho 1 'jJL^snxi&'M rudder . . . Waf i: t ,disabled7 f s "^"7a.i!|^pll, but' she continued r tbe ehgagementluntil she sunk. Captain Semmes;- -. .-twelve officersand thirty^ men 'were saved by the boats ' of - ( the ! ' /EriglißK '-'"s^t'eam •'•yacht Deerho"unoV, ; 7 owned' A'^ay^^liSi. "^Lancaster, who,7 after c getting c them.-rj.pn board; steamed;at: once for- Southampton, where theywere -landed.- - The EearsaYge possessed much r; ,'gr'eater , Bpeed'^h^ipTOe. Alabama, J.and,. '-was^'^ea^jr^cpate^ chaih piatihg, covered with i wood;\of ;which Captain Semmes- ; was k nofo aware. -HThe Tederal commander cpnsiders'they' , a,re all brand in honor to sjurrender as^prisqhers ; of war. ]tfe^ -his officials, are. 'fitiingi out, another powerful war steamer.:? i h^ij-j A-.Atli- >;•* ■ .:-nZ'im The Kearsarge was much disabledby the action, arid ! owed' Ker Vafety ,to" her chain plating. j . , _ „ .;_-.. >Theincreased.rates of ppstage^to/Außtralia will commence on the Ist July; .*« A grant of twenty thousand ; pounds ha« been bestowed on Sir Edland HiU. 7,^ t p A resolution. condemnatory of ;!" and Reviews,'- ...has been. carried, lin.i both Houses of Convocation. The metropolitan Bishop at Cape; Town had..been officially served with . nbtiee 'deposing Bishop Colenso from exercising his divine' office at Cape Town. ... ,.,. . :(! '-,<■. --.^-7-:- --7; "" The question of the right of the civil authorities to refuse marriage to Roman Catholic priests was to be argued f , at Bordeaux^ ;. ■, '.".,,= 7 7 .-,,. ,7i^';:; -,/. ; .. A fearful accident, with .loss of life occurred on the 7th June ; atEgram^ on. the South Western Railway '■ '■' The American steamer -'Berkshire waa destroyed by fire" "on; the^QiAx^Smie ; '50 lives. were' lost r 7. .; 7-7 „-, ' .." '.'_".. ''_.;•-/ A new. ; line, of; .steamers commenced running betwen New York- and Havre.' • The Oaks ' Stakes^-OBille-de-L'Air/.lst ; Breeze, 2nd. Ascot Hunt Club- i -&em of the Sea, Ist; .Crisis, 2nd. 7G-olct;CuprT— Scottish Chief, Ist ; TLittie; Stage, 2ta.d. In France, the grand prize of Baris,- Yermont, Ist ; Blair Athol, 2nd; RUe-dc-I/ Air, the winner of the Oaks, was distanced.

OBITUARY. : 7 William Smith O'Brien, Dr., Leonard Emanuel, Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest, Lady Grenville, Earl 7 of Gosford;' Sir Arthur Eanshawe, Earl Poulett/' Sir Edward Beacon, Sir John ' Gordon, Major Cochrane, Colonel Torrans, '.Mr. Henry Seymour, Mr. Hawthorne, Mr. William Eox, Professor i Eerrierj Professor Miller, Rev. Canon Gureton, Sir W. Codrington, Mr.- Geo. Lance, Mr. J. Archer, and the Iting of Wurtemburg.

AMERICA. : >v . New ToEK,7lstli June. ; General Grant, , after declaring' most emphatically that he wotjM capture Richmond, has been forced to abandon every position he; .has assumed; and, 'after nearly a"7 mpiitK'i Strategy, and a fortnight's . severe fighting, the Eederals have lost one Hundred thousand men in killed, , . wounded, . and prisoners. Large reinforcements have been sent to both armies. • ■ ■"'"" The Eederal Government called ' for fresh troops, and a loan of eighty millions sterling... „-..- , ■-„;..-,. I: ..,- ?>-,; .-- After crossing the Rapidan,. General Grant marched direct on Richmond, in order to penetrate the Confederate lines, with ; the yiew \of: > '' i 7"<^'^g^7l:liheni across the Chickahpmmihy. , > The battle commenced on -the 3rd inst., when the 1 Confederate position was carried, with a loss to the v Eederals \']pf two thousand mf»h. Two days afterwards, at daybreak,. Grant again - assaulted the ■ Confederates along the. whole line, and; carried' the enemy's entrenchments at Beveral points, '.but was repulsed with loss of six 'thousand i( men. On /the sth and' 6tK instant, the Confederates assaulted Grant's lines „ without ': success. ; ■ Grant then changed his base of operation ;on the 13th inst. from White House to ; the James ,7Riyer,, , intending :to post 7his •army , on , the- South Bank. , « ; , lib is reported that he will- commenced; siege operations, but military;- authorities assert that the campaign has failed, and although he is within thirteen miles of Richmond, as M'Clellan was, he conld never reach that city, and would have to retreat to Washington. The Confederates erected batteries on the Mississippi, and burnt several steamers, Great excitement was prevailing in the Federal States about the Presidential election. Eremont and Cochrane had been nominated; The Eederals were driven out of Arkansas and Louisana by the Confederates, with a loss of sixteen thousand prisoners. The Eugitive Slave Law Bill, was repealed by a vote of 84 against 58. The Republican Convention "at JBaltimore re-nominated Lincoln as President.-" The Eederal public debt is seventeen hundred million dollars. The daily-ex-penses of Government amount to two and a half ~ millions.. The' New 7 York State owes national ' J liabilities, . in all (one billion dollars), equal tp two hundred millions,' and 'one thousand pounds sterling, or, within thirteen millions six' hundred 'thousand sterling of " the value^ of 4 all her "Real estate. ...The House." of ,!*?- --r-'7." . . 1 z~ 5. ~J. iT

. :-vpresentative3 r ; passed) a:- 1 bill > forbidding ■■■ time --bargains) for 7gbld; or exchange, j -A or • "their negotiation ■"; in n. public places'.. uGold, jone hundred and Tdinety-seyen 1 and yA a-balf-onvthe 15th -inst. 777 _ ?;'; i'! Should Lee succeed in defeating Grant a, or Sherman during the; presidential coh- : Ntest^ it was anticipated; that a" commercial . .panic would ensues and , : .-a furious agita- ■-■■> tation of popular passions ji causing a civil 7 r ! War in; the: Northern states. ■ 7 ' ■ i

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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 34, 18 August 1864, Page 4

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GENERAL SUMMARY. Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 34, 18 August 1864, Page 4

GENERAL SUMMARY. Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 34, 18 August 1864, Page 4

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