GENERAL SUMMARY.

Southland Times, Issue 711, 19 August 1867, Page 2

GENERAL SUMMARY.

Lojtdon, June, 26 The Australian April mails were > de- - livered in London on th«,:l4*h and 20th - j.uo v^ueeu is at Windsor, and is appearing in public, She held a court ai Buckingham Palace, and also a levee, a itate concert, and ball. The Princess of Wales's health is much improved. Great preparations are making for the reception of the Sultan, also the Viceroy of Egypt, and the Belgian volunteers. The Earl of Belmore, the Under Secretary of State for the Home department, has been appointed Governor of New South Wales. The Duke of Edinburgh sailed for Madeira on the 11th of June, It is reported that he will atop at the Cape oi Good Hope for one month, and then probably call at Mauritius. Fearful disclosures of murders and attempts to murder, and of the destruction of workshops and the infliction oi personal injuries, have been made before the Sheffield Trades Union Commission. Theße crimes were instigated and paid for at the rate of £12 to £20 per life by Mr Broadhead, the secretary to the Trades Union Society. The evidence is most revolting, and is causing great public excitement. The tailors strike in London is still unsettled. The Royal Commissioners on Ritualism have been nominated. The Atlantic cable of 1866 has been successfully repaired. The gold held by the Bank of England amounts to £22,000,000. The market is quiet ; discount 2£. Lord Lyons succeeds Lord Cowley as ambassador at Paris. The London press urges the abolition of Toting by proxy in the House of Lords, . and the establishment of a quorum in the creation of life members. Fearful riots have occurred in Birmingham, owing to the Irishmen opposing a lecture against Romanism. The military were called out, and with difficulty quelled the riot. There is some excitement respecting another Fenian rising -in Ireland, on the night of June [July ?] the 13tb. A most violent demonstration has been made in Waterford, where the Fenians were joined by others from Cork and Limerick. Numbers were tilled and wounded, but the : police were successful, and the •American Fenians were dispersed. The Jamaica, committee has abandoned the action against Mr Eyre. It is reported that Charles Kean, the actor, is dead; . . . A fortnightly mail to Australia, via Suez and Galle, is advocated in London. The Northumberland Plate was won by Pervacques. * The scullers' race for £400, between Saddler and Percy, was won by the former. ■ The Champion fight between Mace and Baldwin takes place on October 15. The winnings of the Marquis of Hastings at Ascot, in bets, were £20,000. The Reform Bill has made progress. ._Mr Disraeli concedes a third-member to Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and .Leeds, and another member to London. Lloyd Morrison has been feted at St. Jaines's-hall. The Panama Mail Company pays no dividend. A new Indian telegraph company has "been projected, to include Australia, with a capital of one million. The Great Eastern Railway is in Chan- '_ eery. Great censure is bestowed on the Indian Government by the report of the " commission on the subject of the Orissa famine, for want of energy at the commencement. The amendment of the Reform Bill in favor of cumulative votes was rejected by 814 to 173 votes on the 6th June. The bill was passed on the 10th of June. A Royal warrant has been issued for - increasing the army pay. General M'Laverty has been nominated Commander-in-Chief of the Madras army. . ■ England and Austria have supported the proposals made to the Porte relative to Cretan affairs. The Porte has consented conditionally on the withdrawal. of the Greek volunteers from the island. The Government was requested to con* wrt Ceylon into a Crown colony, with representative matitu&wa, The apglitot

The Prince Imperial has visited the Paris Exhibition, and been received with great enthusiasm. Hia health is thoroughly restored. The French Government has awarded a gold medal to India for the cultivation of cotton during the American war. The latest Paris telegram announces that the French Chambers have voted 158,000,000 f. for the conversion of arms. Half-a-dozen crowned heads and heirsapparent; were present at Paris Eaces at Longchamps. Napoleon's speech, at the distribution of the Exhibition . prizes was most pacific. The Luxemburg treaty is considered only a truce. It is believed that no good feeling is generated between I^ance.and Prussia. The visit of the King of Prussia European war is predicted. The grand military fete in Paris was directed by Marshal Canrobert, and passed off with great eclat. The Emperor of Russia and his sons on their arrival in Paris, were enthusiastically received by Napoleon and his people, but were afterwards insulted in public places by those favorable to the Polish nationality. On the arrival of the King of Prussia and Count Bismarck at Potsdam they were received with tremendous enthusiasm. At the trial of the Pole for the attempted- assassination of the Czar, he expressed his regret at not having been successful. Immediately after the attempt Napoleon said — " Sire, we have been under fire together." The- Czar replied — " Our destinies are in the hands of Providence."