GENERAL SUMMARY.

Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 23, 18 July 1868, Page 5

GENERAL SUMMARY.

London, May 22. The Queen is well, and is in Scotland. She held a drawing-room at Buckinghampalace on the 13, th of May. The Prince and Princess of Wales occupy Windsor Castle. Charles Dickens has returned from America, He made £35,00.0 during his trip. Mr. Eyrie has been again prosecuted. The. trial of the prisoners for the Clerkenwell explosion has terminated. Barrett was convicted, and the others acquitted. Barrett was sentenced to death. An order for the appointment of a receiver to take charge of the Tichborne estates has been made. Emigracion from Ireland goes on at an immense rate. One thousand people embarked- at Queenstown in one day. The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland has declined to release Sullivan and Piggott. Serious religious riots have occurred at Arflon. A woman was trodden to death by the crowd. A notice of motion has been given in the. House of Commons by Mr. Reardon, requesting the Government to advise Her Majesty to abdicate, in order that the Prince of Wales, as Regent, may perform the duties of the Sovereign. No. reply has yet been received to the memorial for a fortnightly mail service to Australia. The subject is to be brought before Parliament. Mr. Purdy writes to the "Times"- that England has daily communication with America, weekly with India, and fortnightly with China, and it is unjust to continue only monthly service with Australia. Mr. Adams, American Minister, took leave, of Her Majesty on May-13. At Oxford, Mr. Gathome Hardy, when laying the foundation-stone of Keble College, announced the receipt of the telegram as to the attack on Prince Alfred in Sydney, when something between a shriek and a groan burst from the assemblage. The Bishop of Oxford, who was present, said the revenues of the Irish Church'were being confiscated to meet the wishes of assassins. Her Majesty, in reply to the addresses from Parliament, said:—" I thank you. The attempt on the life of my son, hits, I am sure, only further aroused the loyalty of my Australian subjects, so heartily displayed in his reception." Addresses have been presented to the Queen by all-the large towns in the kingdom. Sir Benjamin Pine, governor of the Leeward Islands, has been appointed governor of Western Australia. A large meeting has been held in St. James's Hall in favor of the union of Church and State. Another meeting, was afterwards held at the same place in support of Mr. Gladstone's resolutions. A large fire occurred- at Limehouse on May 22. A store and twenty buildings were destroyed. The Rev. J. Davies, the secretary of the Evangelical Alliance, has had: an interview with the Emperor Napoleon on the subject of the Protestant Missions in New Caledonia. The Emperor has expressed his regreb that an interference had occurred on the part of the French authorities there, and said that the same religious liberty that existed in France would prevail in her dependencies. Whiley, a wool broker, has been charged with forgery to the amount of £20,000. The education of the youngest son, of the late King Theodoras is to be entrusted to the Rev. Dr. Wilson, of the Free Church Mission in India. A deputation has waited on Sir Stafford Northcote urging the construction of a telegraph line from India to England by way of Gibraltar, to insure greater punctuality. Seven boys, while bating at Christchurch, were struck by a wave and all drowned. Madame Celeste appeared at St. James's Theatre on April 21. Paul Bedford has retired from the stage. The Tichbourne suit is again instituted by the Honorable Lady Theresa Mary ' Josephine Doughty Tichbourne, widow, mother, and next friend to Sir Henry Alfred Joseph Doughty Tichbourne, Bart., infant, against Thomas De Castro, calling himself Sir Roger F. D. Tichbourne, Bart., for the pnrpose of obtaining an order for the appointment of a Receiver, to take charge of the effects Lady Henriette Felicite Tichbourne, who died in March last intestate. The suit was, on 30fch April, decided, in Vice-Chancellor Stuart's Court, in favor of plaintiff. It appeared, 1 from what was stated in Court, that everymember of the Tichbourne family positively denies the identity of the claimant of the Estates, which, on the other hand, was admitted by the deceased, Lady Henriette Felicita Tichbourne, and is supported by nearly a hundred affidavits from various individuals, many of whome either

served with him in the array, or knew him as a youth in Hampshire. The ViceChancellor, denouncing the attempt to , make public these affidavits as being improper, observed that if the claimant were really the person he represented himself to be, he ha.d only to thank his extraordinary conduct for the difficulties he is experiencing in acquiring possession of his estates, and at once granted the application made by the mother of the infant Baronet. His Honor animadverted stronly upon the fact that the iate Lady Henrietta Felicite Tichbourne's property had been taken possession of,- comprising the family estates with reference to which the very same question of identity is in dispute between them. Obituary. — Commander Pollard, Rev. Dr. Slater, Lord Calthorpe, Lord Forbes, J. E. Chitty, M. De Gorman, and Sir B. L. Guinness, M.PA debate on the effect of free trade is proceed in, the French Legislative Body. The "Moniteur denies that General Failly, on, taking command of the camp at Chalons, made use of language intimating the probability of war. Marshal Axel, in reference to the pastoral of the Archbishop of Algiers, says the Emperor has not modified his opinions as to liberty of conscience in Algiers, and that religous propagandism should be avoided. Prince Humbert and his wife have received a splended ovation in Florence. The Pope has ordered the medal of honor, conferred on medical men for services during visitation of cholera, to be granted to Jev/ish doctors. The Princess Dagmar has given birth to a son St. Petersburg^ He is to be named Nicholas. Tn the Prussian Parliament, a Bill for the abolition of capital punishment has been rejected. The clerical members of the House voted for the retention of the penalty. Count Bismarck is about to negotiate with Austria for the solution of the North Schleswig question. Prussia is seeking guarantees for peace by an approach to Austria. ! ALGERIA. Letters, from Algeria give horrible accounts of the. condition of the people from famine. The Arabs continue to eat their compatriots and children of Europeons. Three Arab women drowned a boy of twelve years of age, and then ate the body. Marshal M'Mahon and the Archbishop of Algiers are at open war, the forming accusing the latter of making mischief by proselytising. AMERICA, The House of Representatives has passed a Bill admitting North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Louisiana t,o representation in Congress, on certain conditions. The Senate Court refused to convict President Johnson on the eleventh article of impeachment. CANADA. Twenty thousand people joined in the procession at Mr. M/Gee's funeral. Mr. Ryan succeeds Mr. M'Gee in the House of Commons. One million is voted for fortifications. ABYSSINIA. The re-embarkation of the army vyould be completed by the 15th of June. The depredations of the Gallas were giving great trouble. They hurl down rocks on the passing columns, and plunder when evening sets in. Theodorus's Queen died of consumption in the British camp. His real Queen will probably succeed to the sovereignty. The European troops are in good health ; but the Indians suffer from the climate. The railway locomotives and the greater part of the stores will be left behind. The troops are rapidly arriving at the coast, and being shipped to Bombay. A grand review of the troops place afc Senafe, on the. Queen's Birthday. It was followed by sports. No mention is made of the political aspect of the war. INDIA. Several provinces are to be erected into lieutenant-governorships. Captain Coles, of the ship Eurydice, has been committed for trial at Calcutta, on a charge of murder. The next Judge Advocate of the army is to be a civilian and barrister. Natives of India will probably be admitted into the higher ranks of the civil service. With reference to affairs in Affghanistsn, the " Times of i India" says: — "The actual position of I the pitiful Russian garrisons in Turldstan, remote from effectual support, is precarious in the midst of suspicions and liating populations, with whom they have vainly striven to find any bond of union. SHIPPING. Arrived. — From Melbourne — Vicksburg, True Briton, Omar Pasha, Warrior, and 1 Mediator. From Sydney — Colonial Empire, Coldbeck, Parramatta, and Nourmahal. From Adelaide — Macrory (?), Bera., Chilena, Darra, Philippine, Cleopatra, and Souchays (s.). From Geelong — Kenilworth. Other ports — Fitzroy, Wagoola, Cissy, St. Leonards, John Bu-nyan, Arastra, William Davie, Electra, Westbury, and M'Gilvery. Departures. — For Melbourne — Duke of Edinburgh, C. H. Soule, Latona, Reusenal, Daring, Golden Horn, George Thompson, Salia, Elizabeth Nicholson, Superior, and Kosciusko. For Sydney — Strath navar, Jan and Galen, Agnes, and Rose'of Damascus. For Adelaide — Viola, The Murray, and Pekina. For New Zealand — Excelsior, Salamander, (a.), Helen, and Light Brigade. For .Queensland — Young Australian and Harmodius. Vessels loading for Melbourne, 19 ; Sydney, 16 ; South Australia, 9 ; Tas-. mania, 4 ; Queensland, 7 ; New Zealand-, 7. - •