GENERAL SUMMARY OF NEWS.

Southland Times, Issue 1230, 29 March 1870, Page 2

GENERAL SUMMARY OF NEWS.

-.-;.> London, Jan. 28. .'- The Australian mail was punctually •delivered. ; The Queen has been suflering severely from neuralgia, but has now recovered. The Prince of Wales has had an at- '■■ tack of influenza. ■ The Princess Teek was safely delivered of a son on the 9th of January. While the Duke of Edinburgh was I receiving a magnificent reception in India, Prince Arthur was paying a visit tq the United States. Parliament assembles on February 8. Mr Gladstone and Mr Disraeli have issued circulars to their respective followers urging a full attendance. - Owing to the impossibility of arriving at an agreement respecting the appointment of a new Conservative leader of the House of Lords, Lord Cairns holds the post for the present. A meeting of colonists was held in Cannon-street, London, on the sth of January, when Mr Beaumont's resolutions were adopted. They asserted the right of the colonies to protection, the importance of encouraging emigration, and declared, finally, that the separation of the colonies from the mother country would be an irreparable injury to the I British Empire, and ought to be prevented by every legitimate means of policy and statesmanship. ' The Times expresses strong opposition to the abandonment of any of the colonies. A national colonial league has been formed on the basis of Mr Beaumontfs resolutions. The promotion of " 'emigration- will engage the attention of the league, together with other matters. The committee of the Colonists' Association^ "have" addressed atfother letter to the various colonies. j'They admit Earl Granville's despatch to be fatal to a London . conference. They suggest the appointment of. •. colonial ' envoys, who might act. separately when their own colony alone, was don^erned, and jointly in matters of cpnimQii, ihtereßt. r An article by Froude, in ; ; the., January number of Fraser, on the Bubject of England and her colonies,- contends for Government aid to emigration; Three important letters on the colonial qiiestion have appeared in the Times, by a Canadian writer, contending that the English position in relation to Canada is stronger than is generally imagined, and suggesting an inquiry, under Parliamentary sanction, into the alleged causes of dissatisfaction. : At a meeting on the subject of the colonial : emigration question, letters were readfrom Carlysle, Tennyson, and Froude, forwarding their ; signatures .• to- the petition against breaking up the British Empire. ■" The emigration movement receives earnest attention. Contributions are pouring in towards the fund, and £20,000 has alroadv been received. Mr G-oschen gives £1,000, Messrs Frohling £1,000; Mr M'Garel £1,000, ]£r Peck £500. A large meeting has been held at the Man-sion-house, at which a deputation was ! appointed to wait on the Queen. A farewell dinner was given to Mr | Charles Matthews; in Willis's rooms, when { 300 of his friends were present. Several appointments have been gazetted to the order of St. Michael and I St. George, viz., Knight , Grand Cross, j Xiord -Lytton • Knights Commanders, Mr Rose, Canadian Finance Minister, and Mr Murdoch, Emigration Comsjoaissioner; 'Companionships, Messrs 6'Shannassy; Sladen, Ayers, Hart, and Colonel Whitmore. . ""'"' The man Dyer, who surrendered to the - police : on ,, the self-accusation of. nSurdering his .mate, Wilson, at the Loddon diggings in 1857, is believed to : be disordered }n his ; mind, and has been remanded pending the result of inquiries: in Victoria- .^- .',. .._, . Mr Herbert,. formerly Colonial Secretary of Queensland; has been appointed Assistant Under-Secretary to the Colonial Office! Mr Edward Newman has been appointed a member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia. The new .Bishop of St. Asaph is the Rev. Basil Jones, an Evangelical Welshman. The Rev. Jas. Fraser, of, educational repute, has been appointed to' the see of; Manchester. The Rev. . Alfred Wills, of New Brompton, has been made Bishop of Madagascar. Dr M'Kenzie, the new suffragan -for Lincoln, receives the title of Bishop of Nottingham. The new suffragan of the Canterbury diocese takes the title of Bishop of Dover. The Primate's health is re-established.7 Mr Justice Willes resigns his judge- ' shi^ of the Common Pleas after the Lent assizes. .... „; , , ■ . '..■ . Sir H. Elliott, ambassador to the Porte, has been made a "G-. C.8. " ; Mr Lingen, Jhe new Secretary to the Treasury, has been gazetted a Companion* of the Bath. Mr E. Dicey is the new editor of the Daily News. Sir Francis Lycett retires from the Southwark .-contest, leaving/ it; to Messrs^ Waterlow and Odger, Liberals,^ and! ; Colonel Beresford,^ObnJserva^ive. 1 ] * l}l f Martin, the Fenian-candidate, has beeu hopelessly : beaten ..fop Xongford. Cpupty by Mr G-reville-Nugent, " the Liberal candidate, the latter-polling 1,487 votes to 440. ■„-.,..■ m ..-.\ j . -The. political stagnation of. the .season has been broken by, speeches from Mr Bright,' Mr Forster, Mr ' Miall, Mr Stansfield, Si^;CrWr f J3ilke, *nd others! The Cabinet seefefis ha^e,!been well kept by Ministerial speaß^s;i; t !Mr Bright has been loudly censured -for his excessive i reticence.

No protracted opposition, is anticipate*: to the Irish Land Bill. " Educational controversies are raging fiercely. Three rival schemes are before the public. A compromise is expected. The Church of Jamaica is to be disestablished. ' - - . < -■/ The Byron scandal has been revived by Mrs Stowe. Her vindication is almost universally condemned by the American "and English' press. ' \ ;.? Mr Samuel Bailey has bequeathed £50,000 to the town-of Sheffield. The Atlantic Yacht Race between the Dauntless and Cambria is fixed for July. Further gold discoveries have "been made in Scotland. TheSaurin v. Star convent case has been compromised. ■"■■ --'■>- A terrible tragedy occurred last Sunday in the Riman Catholic Chapel al Liverpool. A vast congregation had assembled to celebrate special services, when a disturbance was created by ; a drunken man shouting to the preacher, " I have heard you long enough." Amidst the confusion a cry of fire arose,' and a panic ensued, v In the rush to escape, 16 persons werfi trampled to death. Thorncliffe colliery has been the scene of disastrous riots, arising from trade disputes. During the lock out 300 new men were introduced. They had been long subjected to insult and outrage, and on the 14th and- 2 1st an organised attack was made on the colliery works and dwellings. The new comers' houses were fired and a vast quantity of property destroyed. Some fatal, injuries were inflicted. The police behaved nobly ; but the magistrates are severely blamed for not invoking the aid of the military. The famous Star and G-arter Hotel at Richmond has been destroyed by .fire, the manager perishing in the flames. ThO origin of the fire is a mystery. Obitu »ry. — Admiral Hastings ; Counters de la Warr ; Sir Chas. Hood, MAD. ; Mr JonnTidd Pratt, Registrar of Friendly Societies j Dr Rowland Williams, one of the contributors to the Essays and Reviews; Admiral Seymour ; Mr Hjenry Bullar, recorder of Poole; Mr Wm. Essex, enamel painter,. rto 7 the Royal family ; Broome, gardener of the Templegardens ; Eusebius Smith, the eminent Congregationalist ; Mr Foster;" the Gainbridge banker ; Sir;T. H. Maddock,-. once Deputy- G-overnor of Bengal, ; . Dr Ainslie, master of Pembroke College, Cambridge • Dr De Sanctis, of Florence ; Alex 1 . Hersen, Russian exile.