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Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 417, 22 October 1861, Page 3

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The Imperial Parliament was prorogued, on the 6th August.

Her Majesty the, Queen was on a visit to Ireland.She had been everywhere received with the utmost enthusiasm. The Prince of Wales had preceded the Queen, whose welcome fully bears out the expectations arising from the Prince's reception. The king of Denmark had paid a visit to England. His Majesty had also visited France. '

The Baron Vidil, as he is called, was placed on his trial, but as his son still obstinately refused to give evidence, it was impossible to convict him of the attempt to murder. He was found guilty of the minor offence, and sentenced to twelve months'imprisonment, with hard labor.

The Baron's sen, whose filial regard for a worthless parent saved him from merited punishment, did not himself escape) He was sentenced to one month's imprisonment, for contempt of Court, in refusing to give his evidence.

Mr. Layard, of Nineveh and Crimea celebrity, haa been appointed Under- Feaetary for Foreign Affairs. Several changes in the Australian Governments are about to take place. Sir Henry Young will be relieved, and Colonel Gore Browne, Governor of New Zealand, will succeed him as Governor of Tasmania. Sir Richard Graves Macdonnel, Governor of South Australia, is to be succeeded by Sir Dominic Daly. A frightful railway accident has occurred in a tunnel near Brighton. The loss of life was terrible. la all nearly 200 persons were killed or wounded on the occasion.

Mr. Roebuck in a speech to his constituents, at Sheffield, affirmed that he knew of the existence of a convention whereby the Island of Sardinia wou?d eventually be ceded to France. In reply to this statement, the Paris Moniteur gives it a formal contradiction. The Moniteur declares that not only does such convention not exist, but that even the thought of entering into negotiations on the subject, with the Government of Turin, had never occurred to the Government of the Emperor of the French. This explicit denial, taken in connection with the late positive statement to a similar effect by Baron Kicasoli, in tne Italian Parliament, has had a somewhat soothing effect upon the uneasiness respecting immediate designs in the Mediterranean.

Obituaky.—Amongst the deaths reported are the names of Lord Herbert of Lea, Catherine Hays (Mrs, Bushndl), the Duke of Buckingham, Admirals Pellew and Reynolds, General Fmnklyn, the Bishop of Durham, and Earl Traquair.

Range of Pkices of New Zealand Wool.—Superior flocks in best condition. Is lOd to 2s i£d ; Average good condition, Is 5d to Is 9d; Ordinary aud ill-conditioned, Is Id to Is 5d ; Fair and handwashed. skin, Is 4d to Is 7d ; Inferior and kempy, Is to Is 3d; Lambs', good, Is 7d to Is #d « Ditto inferior to average, Is 2d to Is7d ; Broken locks, &c, 9d to Is 2d; iv grease, lOd to Is ld£.