GENERAL NEWS.
An ** t&e'ladgattf i Hilt terminus of the London, Chatham,' rtsud Do ver railway. ?iirtrp«!ieoa3 were mare M lejfti&iargd. *' \ .. "«* 4V' Letters have been/received fro*. Bfcoiy Jttsi. Btanley. They arossceedtog interesting, and are dated *t Ulgalja, ia Uganda. Hefcives an elaborate and picturesque aotosttt 6t tfie continuation and conclasipp of hiaexsmlnfttion of the shores of take Victoria NyanzK He confirms 'Speke'e views that the great? lake is one large bodj of watjer, and sot a series of email lakes, a* held by Dr Livingetone. Mr Btinloy*e observations and reports on this point of African geography are to be made the subject of discossioa before.tha. Boyal Geographical Society. *'~,' Since Mrs Moultoa , * '.written;; chargea against' the Bey Vx' Beech,er have been referred" to an examining commission ~o£ Plymouth, Church, to be ac:fced._oa.,aa. the commission see fit, there has arisen, eiderable Beecfiers opinion is revived..-. Jt wiU-Jja iComriuflaianJaegina the work o£ inveetigatioo. J2t j» learned that'thejl have besn dil" , rected to review all the evidence in the case both that which was presented iiif Court and that which r was fe*cluded< Ihl* labbfcwill'. certainly involve a coneiderablatime, and ifi may be many ijnonths therefore before any-; thing.like a report is reached. .Onereport' Bays they will eoqaire whether- Beecher'eaalationento hie owa Church are jach as btbrer members ot the twaociatioa bear to iheii churched. : Another, statement iel that the committee . will investigate the I Bcnndal matterei : -i. •■ ■ v-j vii'■■■-<:. Leader, who wae indicted for perjury in the Beecher case, has made a,motion: by connsel in the Court olitesiions--" That a commission be appointed togo to New Jersey and take the testimony of Joseph Bicharda and boa wife for use on the trial. 1. The judge haff reserved his decision; The motion to quash the indictment was denied. ' g It ie the general impression that Jelley labors under a delusion in stating that the Pacific come into collision with a vessel." It is thought more likely that she struck on a sunken reck. The cargo was worth 25,000 dole. There is faint hopes of there being any other survivors. A steamer has been dispatched for inquiry and to search; Jelley, when picked up, was in a very low state, with his limbs terribly bruised from the buffetting on the sea while on a raft for thirty-six hours. The Pacific was built at New York in 1851, and until a year ago was owned by the Pacific Mail Company. She was 879 tons register. Captain J. Howell, the commander, was thirty-five years old, and has been several years a master.
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Press, Volume XXIV, Issue 3203, 6 December 1875, Page 2
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