LATE EUROPEAN NEWS. VIA BLUFF.

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 12, 7 May 1877, Page 2

LATE EUROPEAN NEWS. VIA BLUFF.

• Captain Thompson of the Challen- . fjer has been appointed to the command of the royal yacht Victoria and Albert. Sir J. Paget succeeds as Sergeant-major to the Queen, Several naval disasters are chronicled. The Sirius and the H. 3.8. were both disabled, and the Lynx, with a crew of over one hundred men, has not been heard of since last Noyem* ber* The Report of the Admiralty Committee shows that although lime juice was recommended to sledging parties, Sir George Nares decided to omit it, as the men had been previously saturated with time juice. Five new iron«clads have been added to the service tbis year, via, — Bread* nought, Nefcon, North Among, Shannon and Temeraire. A new description of vessel, a torpedo ram, carrying no guns, is to be constructed. Sir Harding G/ifford, the SolicitorGeneral, has found a seat for Launceston aud Sydney, Herbert Bro (?) The Earl of Pembroke has been returned for Walton* Obituary — Field Marshal FitzGerald. Admiral Sir E. Belcher. Eleven steamers are advertised to sail for Melbourne, via the Cape. There is an immense demand for American meat, and shops for its sale have been opened in the suburbs of London. Captain Havelock. late Colonial Secretary of F : ji has been appointed President of the Island of Nevis, in the West Indies. Great distress prevails amongst the working men of Germany, and large

immigration is taking place into Belgium. The famine in Southern India continues very severe, and it is feared that the July and August crops will be a comparative failure. Hrrrowing accounts are given of the famine in Northern China, where no aid is available for the unfortunate people. The Times notices that the late Lord Mayor Cotton has received from the Mayor of Dunedin the sum of £180, contributed in Otago towards the relief of the sufferers in Bulgaria, and remarks that it was the only public subscription for the purpose in the Australian colonies. The Bishop of Nelson has replied to the Archbishop of Canterbury's invitation to attend the approaching Pan Anglican Synod, that he is prevented by pressing work in bis diocese, but he strongly disapproves of resolutions carried at such meetings being elevated to tbe rank of authoritative decisions. He thinks that the independence of ecclesiastical provinces will be endangered by such a conference, and that will lead to centralisation.