GENERAL SUMMARY.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3543, 4 May 1880, Page 2

GENERAL SUMMARY.

London, A?iril 10.

It is stated that the Q,ueen on the occasion of the royal anniversary will create the Imperial Order of Merit on civilians only. '

The Official German Commission chartered the special, steamer Hamburg to convey German exhibits to Melbourne.

The speech of the Governor of British Columbia urges the necessity of legislative restriction upon Chinese immigration after this year.

The Derby is to be run at Gravesend, not at Epsom Downs.

Skobeloff's departure for Turkestan is still uncertain. It is stated that his movements are dependent on the change of Ministry in England. China and Russia. The Chinese who crossed the A moor into the Russian territory, were irregular Tartar hordes, not troops. Nevertheless -it is reported that a large Chinese force is ready to invade Kushgar on the Kuldja frontier. The Russians are sending reinforcements into that region. It is officially reported at St. Petersburg that China is disposed to renew negotiations on the Kuldja question. France. A manifesto of Priuce Napoleon approves of the decree against the Jesuits, and affirms the State supremacy over theocracy. He rejects any alliance with the Lcnapartists or Legitimists. Archbishop Tours and the Suffragen bishops addressed a joint letter to Grevy, protesting against the expulsion of the Jesuits. The Journal dcs Debats- advocates the extension of French colonial enterprise, and urges the Government to establish the colonies vacant in the fertile territory of Europe, Asia, and Oceanica. BelgiumA. universal congress of Free-thinkers is to be held at Brussels in August. Spain. A democratic manifesto signed by 74 former Senators and Deputies, and 21 journalists, has been issued at Madrid, demanding the religious liberty of the Press, and the public meeting ot associations, and of education, and universal suffrage. Germany. The German press regards Bismarck's late resignation as & ruse, whereby the Chancellor intends to enforce the reforms of the Federal Council, giving preponderance of voting power to the larger German states. Turkey. The Sultan and the Porte are much alarmed at the results of the late English 1 elections. Great misery, and dissatisfaction is felt throughout Asia Minor. The English Elections. The Liberal gain without the Irish party is estimated at 100 seats clear. The Liberal majority over the Tories and Home Rulers combined is about 40. ! Never since 1885 have the Tories been ' so weak numerically, or so discourage morally. • The Press on the Elections. The English journals devote themselves to inventing ingenious theories to account for the defeat. The depression in trade, bad harvests, democratic caprice, Liberal misrepresentations, and many other causes are assigned by the Conservative I sheets. The defeated party circulate the wildest stories, even alleging that the constituencies have been bought with Russian gold. Utter confusion reigns in the Tory camp. - England Ruined, j Leading men, usually calm in manner j and careful in speach, wildly declare that the country is ruined, that its prestige is gone, that its influence in European councils is sacrificed, and that a revolution is impending at home. The Absence of the Queen.