NEWS BY THE MATL.
The Ballot Bill has received the Eoyal Colombo has been lighted with gas successfully. Several cholera cases have occurred at St. Petersburg and Berlin. A treaty has been signed with Belgium for the extradition of criminals. Experiments in tea and silk have been successful in Ceylon, and are to be extended. The coffee exports to Australia from Java and Ceylon of late years show a great decrease. The Licensing Bi?2 was fiercely debated in committee about the hours of closing. Miss Emily Faithful leaves shortly for a year's lecturing tour through the United States. Mr Forster has yielded to the Lords' demand for a Scotch Board of Education at Edinburgh. The ftev. Luke Wiseman has been elected Wesleyan president, and Mr Perks secretary. Mr James's Bill for Suppressing Corrupt Practices at Municipal Sections baa been passed. The degree of doctor has been conferred upon Mr G-ladstone by the University of Munich. The forts Issy and Yanyres are declared useless by the military authorities, and are to be destroyed. The screw steamer Ariel was sunk in a collision on the Hooghly with the P. and O. steamer Khedive. The Edinburgh University has conferred the distinction of doctor of laws on IVI r William Chambers. The harvest in France this year is abundant. It is estimated that there is a surplus of 10 million hectolitres. The Archbishop of Canterbury ha9 restored his license to the Rev. H. P. Denieon, on an appeal from the bishop's inhibition. Mr Sotbern crossed the Atlantic expressly to represent the character of Dundreary for the benefit of the Boyal . Theatrical Association. One hundred miles of railway are wanted in Ceylon, at £7,000 to £9,000 per mile. A commission of inquiry on the subject is sitting at Colombo. Taere was an angry altercation in the House of Lords between Lords Salisbury and Granville on the impolicy of forcing responsible government on the Cape colony. Dr Smith has read a disparaging paper on pre«erved meat and milk before the economic section of the British Association, which the press has severely bandied. In spite of the desperate efforts of the clerical party throughout Italy to carry the municipal elections, the Liberals have triumphed almost everywhere, amidst great rejoicings. The steamer Atalanta, with 150,0001b. of cotton, from Bombay, was disabled, and drifted on the coast of Ceylon, when 30 day« out. She was towed thence safe into Trincomalee. Professor Anderson (Wizard of the North) has declared that he met both Arthur Orton and Tom Castro after the horse-stealing trial, and identifies the claimant as Castro. g M. Hassoon, the expelled Armenian patriarch, has arrived in Rome. The Pope is preparing to separate Armenian Catholics from the church, and place them under the ban major. The Standard and Morning Post confirm the report that the Khedive's troops are stationed on the Egyptian frontier to prevent the incursions of Abyssinians, and have not been assembled as an expedition into Abyssinia. Colliers' strikes are as frequent as ever. Owing to the continuous advance in the price of coals a panic prevails. Wallsend coals are 36a per ton, and are expected to rise to 50s. One railway company has begun to import frum Belgium. The attempt to assassinate the King of Spain has tended to strengthen the monarchy. The King's progress through the northern province has been an ovation, .his Ministry sharing in his popularity. At Santander, the King visited and inspected the ocean steamer Chambords. The instigators of the assassination are undiscovered, but the bravos were heavily bribed. The authorities bad been warned of the murderous project, but the King disbelieved it.
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Southland Times, Issue 1645, 8 October 1872, Page 3
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