GENERAL SUMMARY.

Southland Times, Issue 1522, 12 January 1872, Page 3

GENERAL SUMMARY.

London, Dec. 11. The Prince of Wales lies dangerously ill of typhoid fever. The physicians issue bulletins every few hours. The latest announcement, dated Sandringham, December 11th, 1. 30. p.m., says :— " The Prince has slept little, and there is no change in the symptoms of the disease." The excitement in London and throughout the whole kingdom is intense. Deep sorrow has been caused in all parts of the country. All classes, including the workmen, have held public meetings and adopted resolutions expressive of sympathy. Earl Chesterfield has died of typhoid fever. He contracted the disease at the same time and in the same locality as the Prince of Wales. The friends of Kelly, who was acquitted of the murder of Constable Talbot, had an orderly procession. Kelly's solicitor intends to prosecute the Times and other papers for libel. Piggott, the proprietor of the Dublin Irishman, has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment for publishing inflammatory articles during Kelly's trial. John Griffle, the secretary of the Total Abstinence Society at Wixton, having publicly accused the Queen of intoxication, he was arrested at the suit of the local authorities. The magistrates refused to take bail. Recent storms on the coast have caused several wrecks. The E^erid was driven ashore on the Irish coast, when five lives were lost ; the barque Charles, of Aberdeen, was wrecked, and six of the crew drovrned. The rowing match for the championship of the Tyne was won by Taylor's crew, who beat Renforth's crew by three lengths. Mr Gladstone, in replying to the toast of Her Majesty's Government at the Lord Mayor's show, said he was thankful that England at present had no quarrel, feud, or controversy with foreign powers in any part of the world, and that peace was never so certain as now. The Treaty of Washington not only obviated future controversies with America, but was an extension of that international code which was the most remarkable triumph of modern civilisation. He said that England had little to fear from international troubles. The International Society, which was a source of so much apprehension to their neighbors, caused no apprehension in England. Mr Scott Russell gives an account in the papers of the so-called social movement, in which the names of several peers are associated with those of workmen. He says that if Prince Albert was living he would be its leader, that the movement originated in a proposal for a union of peers and mechanics, and denies that the objects are revolutionary. He advocates perseverance in the interest of progress and social reform. The British Government has granted a pension of £300 for the children of Dr Livingstone. When last heard from, Dr Livingstone was slowly making his way towards the coast. Mr Disraeli has been elected Lord Sector of Glasgow University, over Professor Ruskin. Another colliery explosion occurred at Wigan, which was heard for miles around, when six were killed, and a number injured. Dr Norman M'Leod says that he attended the Queen for 13 years, and declares all the reports about Her Majesty showing mental weakness are unqualifiedly false. The negoeiations carried on between the British and French Governments for a modification, of the commercial treaty have been broken off. A mass meeting, held at Bristol, denounced monarchy. The severe cold has caused great distress among the poor in London. A letter, speaking of the Tichbome case, says that the cost of taking and printing the notes of the evidence will be £1800. Hundreds of witnesses have been brought from Australia and South America. When a witness comes up and swears he recognises the claimant as the real Sir Roger, the defence try to prove him a mercenary and perjured witness. An imposing demonstration has taken place iv Birmingham in favor of a radical reform of the House of Lords. Resolutions were adopted against the principle of hereditary legislation, and demanding the withdrawal of the legislative functions of Bishops.