GENERAL SUMMARY.

Southland Times, Issue 1626, 30 August 1872, Page 2

GENERAL SUMMARY.

Geneva. The English representatives had arrived. The proceedings will be conducted in secret. London. The ship Omar Pasha has been wrecked in the Hooghly river. The ship Lapwing, from Liverpool to Rotterdam, collided with an unknown vessel in the English Channel, and 120 lives were lost. Chief Justice Cockbum will be created an Earl for his services in the Alabama arbitration. There have been fearful storms throughout England. They have been , most destructive in the midland and southern counties. Several people have been killed by lightning. The race between the Sappho and the Livonia was won by the former in 90 minutes. The city of Southampton is about to give a grand banquet to Admiral Aldret and the officers of the African fleet. The Honorable Edward Stanley died of paralysis on 10th July, at San Francisco. The International Prison Reform Congress has commenced its sittings. Representatives are present from every civilised country in the world, the Earl of Caernarvon presiding. Spain. The Archbishop of Madrid is dead. Cabecilla's band of insurgents has been defeated with many wounded and captured. The Epoca energetically scouts the idea of Spain parting with any of her colonies.