GENERAL SUMMARY. London, February 26.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIII, Issue 3040, 24 April 1867, Page 7

GENERAL SUMMARY. London, February 26.

The Australian December mails were delivered in London on the 11th and 16th February. The Queen's health has much improved. She is residing at Windsor Castle, and will hold five Courts there during the ensuing season. The Princess of Wales was safely delivered, on February 20th, of a princess. Mr. Bennett, the owner of the yacht ' Henrietta,' presented her to Prince Alfred, who gracefully declined the offer. AJ* apppal to the House of Lords has been lodged on behalf of Mrs. Rives, who claims to be Princess Olive of Cambridge. The Lord Justice and Sir Hugh Cairns have been raised to the peerage. Qreafc Reform mass meetings continue, but no disturbances have taken place. Tho Habeas Corpus Act has been further suspended in Ireland. The federation of the North American colonies is considered highly important. A plan has been proposed by the Governor, who was appointed by the Crown to represent the imperial Executive. The Genera.l Pa.rfoin.en.t, consisting of Upper and Lower Hou^es^ to, legislate for the united provinces, and al,so we formation of local parliaments. A Fenian raid on Chester by 600 men was frustrated by the activity of the authorities. Volunteers were sworn in as well aa special constables. The Fenian raid on Kerry County ended in the defeat of the former. Several other risings were promptly suppressed. The bishops and clergy of the Rovoan, Catholic Church condemn Fenianism, a#s d^nprace the leaders. Nine Fenians have^en sentenced variously from seven to fif^e^n, years' penal servitude. Freenl^Jjs j manager of the Leeds Sank, has been to fifteen months' imprisonment with hard labour. Holdsworth and Berwick, two brokers charged with scuttling the ship * Severn,' to defraud the insurance companies, have been sentenced to, twenty years' imprisonment. Fearful distress continues in the east of London. £13,000, wap coveted:, and it was all spent for relief. Ufa is. announced that the Biimingham Bank can pay 20s. in the pound. The crevr of the steamship ' Tornado' hare been liberated by the Spanish Government. Charles Lever, the novelist, has been appointed British consul at Trieste. Bishops Milman of Calcutta, Alford of Hongkong, and Sawyer of Grafton and Ar,midale have been consecrated. The Eyre prosecutions have been commenced. A, match has been made between Goss and Baldwin for the championship of the ring, and between Kelly and Chambers for the championship of the Thames and Tyne. In both cases the stakes are large.