GENERAL SUMMARY.

Southland Times, Issue 1643, 4 October 1872, Page 2

GENERAL SUMMARY.

Lo*fDO>~, August 9. The increasing clearness in the price of meat has provoked a formidable agitation throughout England, especially in the northern counties Many indignation meetings have been held, and several companies for the importation and distribution of Australian meats have been projected. During April, May, and June twelve ships sailed from various ports conveying 2598 emigrants to New Zealand. Mr Childers has entered the Cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and consequenfr.lv resigns his office aa Agent- G-eneral for Victoria. Lord Hatherley's resignation is reported as imminent owing to failing eye- ! sight. I The downfall of the Duffy Ministry I has given general satisfaction. The Daily Telegraph alone condemns Lord Canterbury fcr refusing Mr Duffy a dissolution. Her Majesty the Queen proceeds from Osborne to Balmoral shortly. The Prince of Wale 3 visited Kentham Castle on the occasion of the celebration of the majority of the Marquis of Stafford. The Duke of Edinburgh has commenced a continental tour under the title of " Earl of Kent." Extensive drainage works have been commenced in connection with Windsor Castle. Sir John Rose baa been gazetted a baronet. The ex-Emperor Napoleon is at Bognor, in Sussex. The Empress and Prince Imperial are in Scotland. Mr Gibbes gives £30,000 to Keble College, Oxford, for the erection of a chapel. Mademoiselle Nilsson's marriage took place with great eclat at Westminster Abbey. The Bennett judgment is viewed diversely by the Evangelical party. Some clergymen counsel concessions, but the majority recommtncl inaction. The Kev\ G-eorge Rogers baa sailed with a party of immigrants to found an English colory in the state of Minnesota. The Duke of Cambridge held a grand review at Aldershot, followed by a sham battle in Long Valley. Eton defeated Harrow in the annual cricket match, after a keen struggle for two days. A Belgian artisan choir of 107 voices has been exciting the admiration of distinguished audiences in England. The forces for the autumn manoeuvres rendezvous at Pevensey and Blandford, and proceed from thence to Salisbury plains. The channel yacht race was won by the schooner Guinevere. The Wimbledon rifle meeting has been successful beyond all precedent. Sergeant Mfchiu, of the London Scottish, won tbe Queen's prize, Mr Edward Kosa the Albert prize, and Sergeant Croft the Army and Navy Challenge Cup. Twenty competitors from the Canadian Dominion carried off three of the chief prizes. An influential meeting of Roman Catholics, held at Willis's rooms, protested against the suppression of religious orders at Home, and the expulsion of the Jesuits from Germany. The Goolwood races went off with unusual eclat. The Stewards' Cup was wou by Oxonian, the Goodwood Stake* by Speuithorne, and the Goodwood Cup by Favonius. The publication of Dr Livingstone's correspondence has awakened deep interest in the great explorer. Mr Stanley has been entertained by the Americans in Paris, and enthusiastically received in London. Throughout the monts the country has been visited by violent thunderstorms, and the rainfall has been unusually heavy. Mr Gladstone has formally pledged himself to introduce a measure dealing with local government and taxation next session. Mr Gil pin's bill for the abolition of capital punishment has been rejected. The Marquis of Hartington has hinted at the possibility of the Government purchasing the railway lines. The Ministry was defeated on the Thames embankment scheme. Judge Keogh's Galway judgment was the subject of a sharp debate in the House of Commons, but a motion for a vote of censure and removal from office, introduced by Mr Butt, was rejected. Mr Scudamore's report on State telegraphs shows a profit of £350,000 in relief of taxation. The Mint is unable to coin sufficient silver to meet the demand. Mr Lowe has contracted with a Birmingham firm for £50,000 weekly. The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have assented to the proposal of Lord Shaftesbury that the reading of the damnatory clauses of the Athanasian creed should be optional. With the exception of the masons, the London building trades are still out on strike. The bakers have appealed for a reduction of their hours of labor. A new political movement has been initiated by Samuel Morley, inviting various representative working men to consult as to their owa platform of action. The sale of the Middle Park stud realised over £100,000. Mr Jones, of Dunedin, purchased Ada for £110. Obituary. — Henry Tidey (artist), Baron Hughes (Irish Judge), Lord Southampton, 8. W. Fultou (author), S;r T. Hesketh (member for Preston), Lady Louisa Cornwallis, Walker (correspondent of London journals at Berne), Rev. i\ Bullock and son, and Edward Goulding (by boat accident at Neufchatel), Curga (musical composer), Sir James O'Connell, Dr Aldis (Metropolitan health officer), Rev. H. GUynn

(Premier's brother-in-law), Admiral Collis, Gustave Devrient (German comedian).