GENERAL SUMMARY

Westport Times, Volume II, Issue 300, 17 July 1868, Page 2

GENERAL SUMMARY

London, May 22. The Queen is well and in Scotland. She held a drawing-room at Buckingham Palace on the 13th May. The Prince and Princess of Wales occupy Windsor Castle. Charles Dickens has T'eturned from America. He made £35,000 during his trip. Lord Brougham died at Cannes on 7th May. His brother William succeeds to the title. Mr Eyre has been again prosecuted. The trial of the prisoners for the Clerkenwell explosion has terminated. Barrett was sentenced to death. Bishop Selwyu, by the death of Bishop Hampden, becomes Spiritual Peer. An order for the appointment of a Receiver to take charge of the Tieh> bourne estates has been made.

Emigration from Ireland goes on at immense rate. One thousand people embarked at Quecnstown in one day. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ha-* declined to release Sullivan and Piggott.

Serious religious riots have occurred at Arrlon ; a woman was trodden to death by the crowd. A notice of motion has been given in the House of Commons by Mr Eeardon requesting Government to advise Her Majesty to abdicate the throne, in order that the Prince of Wales, as Eegent, may perform the duties of Sovereign. Wo reply has as yet been received to the memorial for a fortnightly mail service to Australia. The subject is to be brought before Parliament. Mr Purdy writes 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 Gra thorn e Hardy, when laying the foundation stone of the Keble College, announced the receipt of telegrams 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 has, 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 from all the large towns in the kingdom.

Sir PJoundell Palmer's motion about the Victorian crisis was postponed in consequence of recent information, and probably the receipt of further intelligence on the subject. In the House of Lords, on May 8, Lord Lyveden drew attention to the conduct of Sir Charles Darling in accepting a grant for his wife and infant, and asked what course the Duke of Buckingham intended to take. The Duke replied that the large mass of the people in Victoria were favorable to the grant. He thought his predecessor had adopted the wisest

course. Letters from Algeria give horrible accounts of the condition of the people from famine. The Arabs continue to eat their compatriots and the children of Europeans. Three Arab women drowned a boy twelve years of age, and then ate the body. AMERICA. The House of Representatives has passed a bill admitting North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Louisiana, to representation in Congress on certain conditions. The Court has refused to convict President Johnson on. the eleventh article of impeachment. CANADA. Twenty thousand people joined the the procession at Mr M'Goe's funeral. Mr Evan succeeds M'Gee in the House of CommonsOne million sterling is voted for fortifications. ABYSSINIA. The re-embarkation of the army would be completed by 15th June. The depredations of the Grallas are giving great trouble. They hurl down rocks on passing columns, and plunder when evening sets in. Theodoras's queen died of consumption in the British ramp. His' real Queen will probably succeed to the sovereignty. The European troops are in good health, but the Indians suffer from the climate. The railways, locomotives,, and the greater part of the stores will be left behind. The troops are rapidly arriving at the coast, and are being shipped. A general review of the troops took place at Senate on the Queen's Birthday. It was followed by sports. No mention is made of the political aspect of the war. 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.