ADDITIONAL ENGLISH TELEGRAMS.

Press, Volume XVI, Issue 2161, 22 March 1870, Page 3

ADDITIONAL ENGLISH TELEGRAMS.

By the barque Miako,, which arrived at Sydney on the 4th from California, additional English telegrams to the 10th January were received. Ourj I latest fetegrainevia >Suez were itO the 18th,'" but the following are additional :— 7 :Hi '■ ENGLAND, i Loitdok, January 3—The speech of the Ejnper.gr- at. Paris, on Saturday, forms the saßjecfc of conversation and newspaper comments here. The " Times "says the Emperor. has promised new liberties', but the French liberties are already irreconcilable with the pretensions at Rome. Greville Nugent has been elected in Parliament over -Martin, the Fenian candidate. January s—The5 —The Conservative party have definitely accepted the Duke of Marlborough as their leader in the House of Lords. The health of the Archbishop of Canterbury is improving. January 6—The correspondent of the " Times "at Eome says the Pope will probably proclaim the dogma of the infallibility by a decree, but admitting an appeal to the General Council. The residence of Mr Motley, the American Minister, at London, was entered by burglars last night, and robbed to the value of over £1000. The " Pall Mall Gazette" of .to-day has an article animadverting severely on Mrs Stowe's defence of her "True Story of Lord Byron's Life." The trigonometrical survey of the United Kingdom,,commenced by General Key in 1783, ended this week with the survey of Scotland. A " Times " Paris despatch says the privilege has just been granted an American company by the Portuguese Government to land anS operate a cable on the Azores, to be laid fromVew York to the Azores; thence to* England, landing near Brighton; and thence by two lateral lines to France, landing

near Havre, and to Holland, landing near Hague. This company promises cheaper rates than those on existing lines. A part of the stock is paid in. and the rest will only be issued as required in the process of construction. The cable will probably be laid during the present year. Charles Dickens made another speech at Birmingham last evening. In the course of his remarks lie alluded to the fact thot a former speech of his had been misunderstood. He would, therefore, take this occasion to state his political creed. He had no faith in the people (with small p) governing, but entire faith in the People (with large P) governed. He put infinite trust in tho masses, but none whatever in the so-called ruling' ; class. '' . i January B—The "Saturday Review" to-day, in its main article on American finances, thinks that the chances are decidedly against the repudiation of the National Debt on the part of the United States, because its payment is easy and profitable. A story has been extensively published on the Continent lately that President Grant will e'oon. visit the Sovereigns of Europe, and that he will make a transatlantic voyage, accompanied by a fleet of ironclads. Mr William Douglaes has issued a challenge to the world to race his yacht Sappho to Sandy Hook on the 4th of July next. An extract from Mrs'Stowe's " Lady Byron Vindicated," containing 1131 words, was received by the AngloAmerican and Atlantic cables last evening, and published in the " Pall Mall G-azette" to-day. The''Gazette's" correspondent adds that in America public indignation at the conduct of Mrs Stowe in this matter has only been intensified by the publication of this so-called defence. A Trade Union riot occurred at Thorncliffe Colliery, near Sheffield, yesterday. Much excitement prevailed in Sheffield and the surrounding country. ?