English News.

Clutha Leader, Volume V, Issue 215, 23 August 1878, Page 6

English News.

London, July 5. The celebrated Antonelli will case is to come before the Court again early in July.* Sir Wilfrid Lawson's Permissive Bill has again been debated and lost by a majority of 104 votes. At the Hoyal Counties Agricultural Show at Southampton, the Queen took the first prize in the Hereford class. Action is being taken in London to press upon the Home Government the necessity of at once annexing New Guinea. Jn the municipal and provincial elections of Rome, the clericals have lost ground, but at Genoa they have gained in consequence of the factious opposition of the Jesuits. King Alphonso has decided to erect a church near the royal palace containing a splendid mausoleum in memory ol the late Queen. The church is estimated to cost 5,000,000 pesits. A Paris fashion letter has this — " Pockets are no longer worn on the side, but are reached through a slit in the back of the -skirts. There is no room for the handkerchief anywhere else." The German ironclad Konig, having completed her repairs, has returned to Wilhelmshaven. There is little chance of tbe Grosser Kurfunst ever being raised. Bodies are gradually being washed ashore. A Roman priest, who won 2,780,000 lire in the State lottery, on being betrayed by a confederate, has been compelled to escape to Switzerland. The Procurator-General of Naples has sequestered 150.000 lire deposits by Donatti in the bank. A certain railway company suspected that they were being defrauded by passengers travelling without tickets. On application at Scotland Yard, a detective was sent to travel continually in the trains. One day he beard, a passenger remark that it was very easy to go from Broad-street to Dalston Junction without taking a ticket. The detective watched his man and alighted with him ; bat, to his surprise, saw that he duly gave up a proper ticket at the barrier. The detective entered into conversation with him, and said : " I should like to kno.w your plan for travelling without a ticket, ac I am a frequent traveller, and I don't mind giving you half-a-crown for the tip/ " Done," said the man, and after pocketing the half*a-crown he remarked quietly, " When I want to travel without a ticket I walk the whole way.'

Prince. Frederick Oharli-s and the Prioress Louise have left Windsor for the Continent. Steps are Yin«- taken through Cardinal Cullen towards establishing relations between the Vatican and the English Government. The Municipal Council of Berlin has voted -60,000 marks for a painting by Herr Von Werner of a pictnre commemorative of the Berlin Congress. A Paris preacher told two American women to stop fanning or leave the church, and the whole congregatiou scowled at them as they passed nut. The funeral of the late (.has. Mathews took place last Saturday at Kensal Green Cemetery. The large gathering included many of the oldest members of the theatrical profession, many of whom had travelled long distances to be present.

In the correspondence laid before Parliament respecting the execution on board the Beagle, the Admiralty approve of Lieutenant Coffin's action in carrying out the orders of the Commodore, but suggest that where possible such offences should be left to be dealt with by tbe High Commissioner. The Cheltennam Chronicle is informed that a short time sine*; a gentleman living* ar Fulhatn purchased an old book for a shilling ; on examining it he found between the leaves a marriage certificate of'the Earl of Berkeley. The informant says the discoverer obtained an introduction to Lord Fitzhardinge and his solicitor- who gave him a cheque for LlO, and promised him 1,1000 if the document proved to be authentic. At the Dublin Police Court two Italian sailors were charged with hay- : ing attempted to murder a girl named j Alford, alias Lee. .The woman Hps j dying in one of the hospitals. One of I the prisoners stabbed her in the abdomen with a large clasp knife. The I blade entered into the cavity of tha stomach, and penetrated the viscera. The other sailor kicked the womam about the body, injuring the spine. She in her depositions identified the prisoners, who were re.nanded. Recently a disorderly manifestation was mado by some young persons in Venice against the Austrian consul of j that city, in consequence of a report ' that he prevented an excursion to Venice organised by the young men of Trieste. They assembled before the windows of the consulate and tore down the Austrian arms with cries of "Trieste for Italy." The Italian Government lost no time in expressing their regret and indignation at the occurrence, and promised to adopt severe measures | against the instigators "of the outrage. The national fete in connection with the Paris Exhibition passed off with immense eclat. Besides the citizens, who turned or.t in myriads, Paris was thronged with visitors from all parts of the country and abroad. Its population was estimated to havo risen from 2.000,000 to 3,000,000, Houses everywhere were decorated with flags, proi cessions paraded the streets, attended by bands of music, and the city was illuminated. Throughout the night dancing and merry-making were kept up, in some parts f;*r beyond midnight j. the cafes and restaurants remaining open till after daylight. The retired bishops havo not been invite.) to take part in the Pan* Anglican Conference. Dr Jenner, late bishop of Dunedin, strongly protested against this in a letter to the Times. The PanAnglican Synod was opened on Wednesday at Lambeth Palace, nearly 10.0 prelates from all parts of Christendom being in attendance: The communion was received at the hands of the prima to, and the aerrnon preached by the Archbishop of York. On the previous Saturday, 34 American and Colonial bishops wen': to Canterbury by special invitation. On Wednesday 80 bishops were entertained at a banquet given by the Lord Mayor at the mansion House,.