EXTRACTS FROM HOME PAPERS.

Southland Times, Issue 1731, 22 April 1873, Page 3

EXTRACTS FROM HOME PAPERS.

The Times has reason to believe that the Shah of Persia, upon his anticipated Tisit to Great Britain, will be entertained at Buckingham Palace, and that a vote will be presented to the House of Commons for the necessary expenses of receiving and entertaining our illustrious visitor. The bones which were lately announced as having been brought from the Arctic regions by an American explorer are believed to be the remains of Lieutenant Le Visconte, one of Franklin's officers. They are to be immediately interred in the mausoleum of the Royal Hospital at Woolwich. Some idea may be formed of the Ostend rabbit trade from the fact that last year the value of poultry and game imported, including rabbits, was £217,542,a<,'ainst £176.080 in the preceding year, and £158,482 in 1870. Considerable local excitement has been caused in the Isle of Man by the reported discovery of authracite coal, near Glenfaba Bridge, not far from Peel Town. Borings are to be made to ascertain the real nature of the deposits. The monument to Mazzini, which is to be erected at Palermo, has been com pleted by the sculptor to whom its execution was intnlsted, Rosario Bognasco. Mr Wright, sub-librarian cf Trinity, Cambridge, has presented to the College some valuable Anglo-Saxon antiquities, discovered near Otjwell, Cambridgeshire, including implements in iron, articles of personal adornment, and some unique examples of polttery, as well as human remains. The collection has been deposited in the library he Rabbit Tra.de ik England. — Lord Mahnegbury, in a letter on the game laws published by the London Times, states that 150,000 rabbits per week arr imported from Belgium into i nglaud, that 30.000,000 rabbit skins are exported from England every year, and that the rabbits yield yearly to the English market 37,000 tons of meat. Japan. — A native Japanese paper is now being published in London under the imposing name of the Tai Sei Shimbun, or Great Western News. The first number has appeared. It is edited by a Japanese resident in London. The prospectus says: — " The immense advance which Japan is making in material pro gress renders the present moment opportune for the establishment of a newspaper in the metropolis of the West, to serve as a means of communicating further knowledge of Western arts and policy among the millions of Japanese who are now desirous of learning all they can of foreign nations. It it proposed, therefore, to publish immediately a news paper, which shall clearly reflect the opinions of Japanese who have seen the world and learnt European languages for the benefit of their countrymen in their Fatherland. It will be the object of the editors to represent fairly the condition of the European nations in their political, moral, and religious aspects, and to select for commendation such arts and inventions as they have become acquainted with in their experience. The paper will be illustrated, so as to convey the most vivid ideas of the objects explained, and to simplify description Advertisements to a limited extent will be received in any European language. These will be translated carefully into Japanese under the superintendence of Professor Summers, of K ing's College, who will act as co editor. A circulation of 1,000 copies will be guaranteed tor the first three months, alter which probably a larger number will be required. A portion of this number will be circulated among the 700 Japanese residents in Europe and America, and the remainder will be forwarded to Nagasaki, Osacca, Yokohama, and Tedo, tor circulation in the Japanese Empire."