GENERAL SUMMARY.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 12, Issue 913, 1 February 1868, Page 3

GENERAL SUMMARY.

; , : . .London, Nov. 26. The Australian mails were delivered in London, on, the r l6th and 23rd.

Tne> Queen is at Windsor and in good health. .

Mrs. Disraeli has been seriously ill, but is .'recovering. ...... ■ ; , Parliament ..has approved of the Abyssyniaii expedition. The : address in reply to the Queen's speech passed unopposed. , Of the five ;Fenians condemned to death ■- for the Manchester murder and rescue, three were' hung, one : pardoned, and one The , gaol , and scaffold were 1 strongly guarded by. military and police. 2000 working men, acted as special, constables. There was great anxiety throughout the country, but' there was no distur- : bance. The Fenians threatened to burn every town in England. The men were executed, and great; efforts were made to obtain a reprieve, of workingjixen waited on the Home Secretary, who refused. to see them. . Another deputation endeavored to see the Queen, who referred them to her Ministers. There were . disgraceful scenes at the Home : Office and at Windsor. The news from St. Thomas states that 300 bodies have, been recovered and buried. The loss to the Royal Mail Company -is estimated at £250,000 at Tortola. The storm caused the loss of .100 lives, and great -destress was ocVcasione.d. Relief funds are being raised at Southampton and London. The Queen has subscribed £200. Trustworthy information has. been reGeived'of the safety of Dr. Livingston. : Major \W"esley Blackall, Governor of "West African settlements, has been appointed Governor of Queensland. • The apartments of the British Minister at Rome were searched during his absence by police . An explanation was demanded, and is considered satisfactory. The new P. & O. contract covers fiftytwo mails yearly to Bombay; twenty-six ' to China ; and thirteen to Australia. The subsidy is £400,000, and the duration of the contract twelve years. : ■ ;Lord Derby has refused the request of the Orangemen to repeal the Party Proceedings Act. The Bishop of New Zealand has de-clined-the Bishopric of Lichfield. - Conservative Working Men's Associations'are being successfully formed. Danish journals contradict the violent death of Countess Danner. - . Charles Dickens is in America, and has been well received.. . . - - . Stephens, the Fenian, is in France, in great poverty. . ' . Burke the Fenian has been arrested. Gpldwin Smith emigrates to America soon. ' Fenian General Halpin has been sentenced to. fifteen years' penal servitude. The -banquet to Mr. Disraeli at Edinburgh was attended by "1300 gentlemen. He, was presented with the freedom of the city, and honorary degree by the University. ._->•.-- At the 'colliery explosion in Glamorganshire 170 men and boys were killed. Serious riots ihave occurred in Ritualistic churches in Lambeth.

A petition has been presented to the House of Lords signed by 3000 persons, accusing the Bishop of Salisbury of preaching unsoriptural doctrines. . Dr. Russell has been appointed the Times correspondent at Pans. Mr. Disraeli, at the Lord Mayor's dinner, expressed confidence in. the maintenance of peace. Julia Matthews has been wellreceivedin the English Opera at Covent Garden. LordvStanley thinks the Roman Conference useless, unless a programme is prepared beforehand.