EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN NEWS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 431, 3 February 1875, Page 3

EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN NEWS.

The Mikado brings London telegrams up to January sth.

The news of the burning of the Cospatrick was received in London on December 28th, by telegram from Madeira, stating that three of the crew of the unfortunate vessel had arrived at St. Helena. The Cospatrick was burned on November 17th, in latitude 37 S., longitude 12 E. When the ship was discovered to be on fire, eighty persons, mostly women, rushed into one boat, which capsized. All were drowned. Sooii' afterwards, -the masts fell, killing many- 'passengers,' who were crowded together on the deck. An explosion subsequently occurred, arid the vessel sank. The second mate and two seaman were picked up by the British Sceptre, after subsisting on the bodies of their companions. A conflagration at the city of Tokio, Japan, destroyed 1180 houses. Paris news indicates a certainty of a dissolution of the Assembly after the holidays. Archbishop Manning will be made Cardinal. A colliery explosion at North Staffordshire killed twenty miners4li The Beecher-Tilton case has commenced before a crowded court. The first witness (Dean) was acquainted with Moulton, and asked him regarding the publication of the Woodhull scandal. iVloulton said it was a mess of old women's fables. As to criminal connection, he had not a 1 shadow of proof. After the foregoing depositions were taken, the suit was interrupted by a dispute regarding the Judge before whom the case should be heard, and has resulted in a further postponement, despite the protests of Beecher's counsel. The sittings in Beecher's church were sold at auction and realized 50,000 dollars premium. All old pew-owners took seats at higher premiums. . The question of admitting Negro children into public schools in New Orleans has culminated in beating one coloured man to death and seriously injuring several coloured children. At the fnneral of Ledru Rollin there was no religious ceremony. Louis Blanc, i Victor Scholtcher, and Arago were present. Upwards of 100,000 people witnessed the burial funeral. The affair is regarded as a formidable Radical demons- ! tration.