LATE TELEGRAMS.

Southland Times, Issue 1578, 14 May 1872, Page 3

LATE TELEGRAMS.

London, March 23 to 30. The Lord Chancellor ia to move, on the 11th April, for the establishment of a Supreme Court of Appeal. Earl Granville, in replying to Lord Derby on the 23rd March, said that the Ministry would fully maintain its position^in the Alabama claims. The Government decline to add anything to the navy estimates. For the year ending 31st March, 1873, the amount is £0,500,000, being a decrease of £283,000. Heavy snowstorms have occurred at London and in the North-eastern Counties. The Queen has gone to Germany. She landed at Cherbourg on the 26th March, and proceeded direct without stopping at Paris. She arrived at Baden Baden on the 27th. She remains there in strict privacy, but has been visited by the Prince Imperial of Germany. The Prince and Princess of Wales and family arrived at Rome on the 24 th. The Prince had a lengthy audience with the Pope, who congratulated him on his recovery, and took occasion to express his thanks to Queen Victoria for the constant evidence of sympathy displayed by her, and praised the general religious feeling of the Queen's subjects. The Chancellor of the Exchequer introduced his budget on the 24th, showing that the total expenditure for last year was £71,720,000, and the revenue £74.535,000, leaving a Burplus of £2,815,000. He estimates the expendit ure for this year at £71,313,000, and the revenue at £74,910,000, giving a surplus of £3,602,000. Mr Lowe proposes to abolish one-half of the import duties on coffee and chicory, and the excise duty on chicory ; to reduce the income tax by 2d, applying the abatement to incomes from £80 to £300. He also proposes the abolition of the tax on all warehouses, offices, and shops yielding a yearly rental of under £20. The remnant of the surplus. £362,000, he holds in reserve. The national debt has been reduced since 1869 by £12,740,000. Mr Dodson has resigned the chairmanship of committees of the House of Commons. Mr Gladstone, in replying to Mr Ottway, said that the Government had no knowledge of a treaty existing between Italy and Germany. A colliery explosion has occurred at Atherton ; 28 persons were killed. Sir Travers Twisa has resigned his position of Vicar-General to the Archbishopric of Canterbury. On closing the Assembly, M. Thiers said that good order subsisted in the interior, and peace abroad was assured to France. Europe was well disposed toward France, knowing she honestly desired peace. True revenge would be to reconstitute France as regarded her alliances. Europe was holding herself in reserve, and no power wished to bind itself. Earthquakes have been experienced in California, which extended over two days. Many people were killed and injured. Some of the municipalities in Spain have formed themselves into an a*sociation to obtain the restitution of Gibraltar. The Washington Post says that England, in the treaty dispute, should make a magnanimous apology, which a great nation might accept as full redress, admitting that claims for indirect damages were inadmissible. Earl Granville's reply was considered in the Cabinet Council on the 27th. April 5. The House of Commons rejected Mr Vernon Harcourt's motion for the reduction of the national expenditure. The Engliih presß comments on the absence of any programme in j Mr Disraeli's speech at Manchester. On the 4th, Mr Disraeli, in a speech to a monster Conservative meeting at Manchester, defended the Throne as the source of all the blesaings Englishmen enjoy — the institution around which the people will rally in the hour of danger. Mr Disraeli further demonstrated the cheapness of the monarchical system. April 6. Prince Arthur goes to India for two yeara. The Parks Bill has passed through committee, the Government announcing that it has no intention to prohibit meetings in the parks. The Spanish elections show a majority for the Government. The reserve of notes in the Bank of England amounts to ten and three quarter millions ; bills discounted, twenty-six millions ; discount, 3^ per cent. April 7. The English press condemns Sir James Martin's policy. The Times views Lord Belmore's action in dissolving the Assembly aB unconstitutional. Lord Dufferin has been appointed Governor General of Canada. The existence of a secret treaty for the proclamation of Canada's independence in case of war between Great Britain and America has been officially denied. April 8. An earthquake at Antioch has destroyed half the town, killing 1500 people. The Morning Post mentions a rumor that the Government has received a despatch from America, offering a satis-factory-solution of the Alabama question. April 9. The Government has retained six counsel to prosecute the Tichborne claimant . The German Parliament has been opened. The speech from the throne assure* Parliament that the policy of the Emperor is to strengthen confidence with all foreign states. The power of united Germany is a strong guarantee for the peace of Europe.

Mr Lowe has stated in the House of Commons that the Government reserves its views regarding the pension to Lady Mayo. April 10. Several unimportant Carlist risings have occurred in Spain. The Prince of Wales has left Rome. The Tichborne claimant has been indicted for perjury and forgery. The Daily News denies the rumor published on the Bth by the Morning Post. The Trench commercial treaty with Belgium is denounced. A batch of Communists, including Assi and Rochefort, has been despatched to New Caledonia. The Tichborne claimant's defence fund amounts to about £500. Obituary. — Mr John Peel, Professors Maurice and Morae. Arrived. — Sarah Grice, Zemindar, , Duke of Sutherland, Niagara, True Briton, Colonial Empire, Western Empire, St. Mungo, Penthesilea, South Australian, Boltana, Lady Elizabeth, Zephyr. Sailed. — Duke of Argyle, Arithona, Queen of Nations, Mariana. The Easter volunteer manoeuvres at Brighton were successful. The weather was favorable. Mr Disraeli's visit to Lancashire was a great Conservative success. He was enthusiastically received. Two hundred addresses were presented to him. The grand speech in the Free-trade Hall at Manchester was, however, disappointing. Mr Fawcett'a Dublin University Test Bill has been read a second time. In reply to Earl Derby's motion, Ministers declare their adherence to the policy indicated in the Queen's speech, bat are anxious to maintain the Alabama treaty if possible. The University Boat Race was rowed during a snowstorm. Cambridge won by two lengths. The Tasmanian Railway Company have applied for a loan of £650,000. Mr Wentworth died on the 20th. He is to be buried at Vaucluse, Sydney. The Nebraska's mails were delivered on the 25th.