Euglish News.

Clutha Leader, Volume 1, Issue 52, 8 July 1875, Page 4

Euglish News.

■ ■ : ••' ;• „ ;■*'.' ; ' ' <:i t L&tfis%[^h'sfcri&:' : •v- The Public' '■ydrks^BiU to passed 1 its sechnd'' reading" in ! '%he; 'French, fAssembly. • " : . "• ' r ';■*,._ ■';;.'* ',"'-•'^.--: --'^-'d'-,: . : - - A- ', A German note cb/diailly thahka-Bel-giUm ;fb^, the ;Dhcheshe investigatlion, and for its action w^ith regard to; shpplementiairy penal legislation. ! ■••■;■ . - n ; - , The Pope, in replying to a deputation of Rbman nobles .on "the" annTversary, of ;his coronation, , said that, the rumors which were current o^bis reconciliation, with the Italian' Government werefun.deservihg of the slightest notice.; .'. '.. < . .'• ' ; Tn; ihe , case of the .Coipnial,..Bank ; ,ofr Victoria y. Ettershank, an appeal, to. thePrivy; Council, in which; plaintiffs sued upon two promissory notes given by der; feridant in favor of Dpnalc- Ferguson and A. Stackpole and discountebl by the bank, the' defence was . that Burns, : manager of the; bank, had waived the plaintiff's right "to recpyej ; the amount of the; bills. Tor this it . } yr&&- answered; that the manager had no .authority tp abandon the claim, nqr,ihe bank, to any property that belonged toibj. The Court' held that the manager ,. had power to bind, the bank, and the verdict returned for defendant was sustained, and the appeal dismissed with costs. Ceylon, 6th June. Colonel Hamilton,, while pursuing Dacoits, near Pegue, was shot, through, the heart, and Davidson, the. District j .Superintendent, with, his orderly,, have heen wounded by a : collision on the, Ganges State Railway, when twelve persons were killed/ and ten severely injured. The Baradoa affair has been peaceably settled by the selection of a young Ehandeish Prince. Affairs with Burmah remain still in an unsettled state, but. it is quite unprepared fpr war, and cannot persist in its annoying attitude towards the British Government. " The Russians are busy projecting railway extension in Central Asia, and, it is said, they will . soon be in a position to threaten Afghanistan through Herat, if so inclined. . , . ; The trade with Tartary and China is on the decline, A host of newspaper correspondents, including Dr Russell and Mr Archibald Forbes, are expected to accompany the Prince of Wales. A great influx of visitors is also anticipated. A plague is raging in Persia. Native ladies are .admitted as medical students in Calcutta. Iv is rumoured that the Australian Colonies unitedly request that they may be favoured with a visit from the Prince -of Wales and Flying Squadron while in the East. If the visit was paid via Singapore and Hongkong, the heir apparent would carry home a proper idea of the British Eastern and Australian possessions. ... France. Two Paris editors, of the, Union and Pays, have fought a duel with swords near the frontier of Lorraine. It arose out of a dispute respecting the recent executions by Don Carlos. Rig ts have been occasioned by a certain passage in a drama called ''Cromwell," recently performed, and its further representation is forbidden. London, 14th May. In Spain there is no progress, beyond the reported bombardment . of Pampeluna and some miner, successes claimed by the Carlists. Military operations are suspended. The Indian Revenue bears; the expenses of the Prince of Wales' visit. Delhi is to be his head. quarters. The late Mr Mitchell, .the member for Bridgeport, has bequeathed; £240,000 to the Metropolitan Board of Works. Lord Aberdeen presided, at. a dinner to 500 of the Metropolitan' : Police at Mildmay Park. In his address he, highly praised the force. Sir George Campbell, a liberal, has been rerurned for the Kirkaidy Burgh by a large maj ority over Barker The members of. the . London. School Board were entertained at the, Mansion House by the Lord; Mayor; The Bpard has added 100,000 children, to the Metropolitan School roll. , Themonument to ;the , Rev.r Joseph Hughes, founder of the Bible Society, was unveiled at Batham Field. , A formidable miners' strike in Belgium necessitated an appeal to. the military. . Similar disturbances are reported from many districts in France, ;,j ,;. Mr .Williamson has been commissioned by the Queen to execute life-size statues of marble of two of the eldest sons of the Prince of Wales. ■ Three Royal Commissions have been sitting during the month, one on army promotion arid retirement, One on factories and workshops,, and .the other on: railway accidents. Eighteen Liverpool gentlemen w;ere brought before a magistrate for participating in a cockfight, arid thirteen were, fined Ls. ... Some Spanish < papers declare the King will shortly open a new campaign. . • " : '■■ •..,■- Sir Mutu Coomarar Wang, a Hindu member of the Ceylon LegislativeOouncil, is- expected from Europe this month, with a young ' English bride. ,d. . Houflot, the editor jot. ,I'Uni vers, has been fined 1 4000 francs , for libel j. and; ordered to publish the, sentence in. five newspapers. gsf'The official returns sho w that) during the past three years, France i has im- , ported. fewer _ horses than Germany pur-: chased in France,

• : ;^.ißesjtraint is.t^^^acetf^o^^tl^lSWS • -pbrtation di horsey :^ ,'B : 1; '^"rfv"'*' 1 * '$&4m ; ; ;S Gladstone and|Lowe4^^sev€ic^^l : criticised the firmn^dljp^-* :•'; &r)^ ' ' lA.cpnspiracy a^mn^^eJlkMii^Big-':^ ■ inarck arid the Emperor ;te/^tt ; $is/#ij .■covered , Polish' priests , are ltopliijated £S ! rM i&ister -. of - J Hstnuit^#--^'^a'^yP^ - ■ mission "to America' toffitli'd^l.ti^^HK^; ; tional ! system. " , ; ' k^|M'll|HHHfc| Cardinal Manning%ii^d|HHlß^H man Bishops of the sympatliy S^^^^B . currence of the Eng]ish i Gaihoi^HH^Ht : hood with them in the conMict^^^HHp; ■ State:- Several more BisliPps liliflH^H^ ■ c exiled^ imprisoned, or fined fofifiHßp \ as tic^t offences. .■>•.■. '■ ' • ' ,',/^^^r ' : ; BiQts . haVe : in ' - -Western/. . %'. . Prussia, occasioned by the- unpfopuia^ity , ••■'■ " ; 'of .clerical appointments. '• TEey! were' : ;> • "suppressed by the' military.. .. ■ • . l^-p- -'■,; Lieutenant Leg-^, K.A,y belon^irig.to : . : -{Tasmania, has had a nariW; .escape ■ irpni^ b6atr, While out^ shooting in'Trini' Icqm^lee jungle's. ' ' rfis'flesh' was'torii; a. f . -■ . good, deal before- < two Natiye^'bearers "'-'•: ' ;^'Succeeded in-..diiv^ingv,Bi'uin;6ff, . /. : ' "" ' jvAjii 'interview between the German -:l Emperor and the Czar was looked upon ' as an event fraught with momentous re suits, deciding- the question of peace, or war, 'The bdance. of~ opinion was ; fcf in favor of the Oaar counselling ■■ peace. ■\ Relative to .fears of war, a telegram ' . states—for weeks there, has been ,some- : thing iomirious and" iridefinite ; a breath of something-, about to liappen, which-a ,' week jago culminated in a regular scare in Paris V.producing a panic in most of ! the European housos; ' " / 'I . The' Echo '^'declares that the- in- ' . creasing dissention among the ißonapar'tists causes great anxiety at Chisel- ' hurst., Mr Roubor, who. is not popular with the country members party, was sent for by the ex. Empress, who desired to 'know the actual state of affairs before proceeding to Spain with' the Prince* ; . The Sixth Company' of the Royal Engineers has been ordered to embark for Fiji. " "• ■ .Three hundred agricultural lalourers sailed on the Oth ultimo, for New Zealand. ' , . During April 13,248 passengers left' Livergool in 53 vessels. Tnis shows a decrease of 2535 compared/ with . the corresponding month last " "year, ; The first four months of 1875 ; show a decrease of 4995. Lord Francis Godolphin Osborne, a son of the laic Duke of Leeds, has been received into, the Romish Church. The Press laments the degeneracy of ■the House of Commons, and severely rebukes the Premier for indolent iih difference and bad leadership. The Duke of Buckingham has accepted the Governorship of Madras. - ?Earl Pembroke retires ! from the Undel'-Seeretaryship of War through ill health..- -•■- . ° Parliament is beginning to excite national dissatisfaction.. Half of the session is oyer, arid public business is ■ disgracefully in arrears. Few civil ser-. vice estimates have been passed, aw JL : , the Budget discussion has been post- • poned till after the Whitsunday .holr? day. ; Cardinal Manning has been sufferino* from.; over exeertion since his return from Rome, yet at. the close of April he opened, the . : Fran ciscan Church, Chester, and.. in the course of the ceremony he deplored the spread of rationalism and scepticism. At a luncheon subsequently, in proposing the toast of the (Queen, ;he spoke in high praise of the purity of the Qourt. ,;...-, The Times, : in a leading article, while acquitting ; the bulk of the German people of a design; so detestable, solemnly warna the war party that any, criminal attempt td crush, France, into a -second ra,te Power, would alarm and alienate , eAery nation, a^d. probably array _ an, international league against "the. general enemy. , The meeting of the Emperors, and the conference between Bismarck and ; Gprtschakoff, , was . follawed ,by calmer feelings, and the tranquiiising^ assurances of JBourke in th,e Hpuse of Commons, and the; moderate, tone of the German Press, has, induced. , the, belief that : peace will not be disturbed at present. / . . , „ . The' Bishop: ;of, Orleans; condemns Freemapons as Atheists, and , the Archbishop of Toulouse . . excommunicates Spiritualists as, devils, : T, r , An ; applicatipn for relief in Paris was 7 supported by; this recbtnnqendatipn : — "This, unfortunate young man is. the " only son of a 1 widow wlio ; died without leaying 1 any: chijdren, and ;he. is the sole support of his laged father and young brothers," . , . . The sides of the/wreck of the steam- ' .ship Schiller have fallen in, :,Co7ering' : her specie, the best part of her cargo, and a:number of, bodies.- ; Blasting"pperations will be commehced^as spon as ; , practicable. : Among, the bodies iound , was that of a woman with an infant in •. her arms. . „•.' : ' ; .-; . _ : . :j ' ;V'"^.t:j-.'^ ;^. The three .'richest ; .raen; in, -the' '-H^ajt/jM of Commons; are; Sir Qi M\iot 3 M.PjHH| North tiiurham, who made £fPjfINH . from his collieries in one year^HHH also head of an extensive firm^^^^HH • rope manufacturers, j Mr; Her9HH| cotton manufacturer' and : EasjSflH^H merchant, ;whpi sits , fbr ; ?r^3tPnJBBB ; has: L3op,poP ayear-j: and, i^j ; jHp|H| 'F^den, ; whp, has the, same Jncojjne^-an^B . sitSifpr^Blackibumy / Naturally; enoughß al| three are^rCpnservatiyes— -e6peciflll^B| , ,:Sir George ElUott, who has;; riseklfrj^M ! .• kejng;a pit. -boy , t to rbeing . a'-xnQUq^nH baronet. '. v Vv " ■■ - " ■ ,' : }'";'■■• .'•/•A^H