THE ENGLISH MAIL.

Lake County Press, Issue 37, 16 February 1872, Page 2

THE ENGLISH MAIL.

For the following summary of Knglish and American news we are indeb:ed toj the Daily Times. The intelligence is up to January 6th. The Prince of Wales is convalescent. His recovery was retarded' by a painful affection of the hip. The Archbishop of Canterbury ordered the discontinuance of the special prayers for his recovery on December 28th. The papers published a letter from Her Majesty Queen Victoria, in which she says she desires to express her deep sense of the touching sympathy exhibited to her family, and for her dear son, by the whole nation. " The feeling," says the Queen, " shown by the people during the painful and terrible days of the Prince's illness, their sympathy with herself and her beloved daughter, the Princess of Wales, and the joy manifested at the improved health of the Prince, have made a deep and ineffaceable impression, upon her heart. The manifestations of the people are nothing new to her; she met with the same sympathy ten years ago, when a similar illness to that under which her son had been suffering, removed from life the best, wisest, and kindest husband that ever lived."

A letter has been published in which the writer statesjthat he is informed, on the authority of a person well posted regarding secret societies, that the Prince was not suffering from typhoid fever, but from an atterapted~poisoning by a secret agent of the International Society. That organisation is said to have resolved upon k the death of the Prince, and the public assertions of some of its members are urged in corroboration of the statement. The New York Herald editorially declines to endorse the story. A letter from Cairo says that a report is current that Sir Samuel Baker and his men, who are exploring Ceutral Africa, near the head waters of the Nile, had died of starvation. Another report says that Baker's men mutinied and shot him; and a third, that only Baker and his wife are left of the expedition. At the installation of the Conservative Mayor of Limerick, a tumultuous mob alternately hissed when the Prince of Wales was mentioned and gave cheers for Home Rule. The ship Edward foundered at Falmouth, and all hands were lost. At Glasgow, a road waggon, propelled by steam, was carrying soiqe heavy boilers through the streets, and was surrounded and followed by a throng of children, when its boiler exploded. Five children were killed and seven seriously injured, their recovery being doubtful. The floor of the crowded court-room at Kittyclaghan, County Leitrim, gave way while a trial was in progress, precipitating 300 people a distance of 40 feet. The number killed is not known, but 30 are badly injured, most of them fatally. The Government having refused to help the Royal Geographical Society to search for Dr Livingston, the Society has organised an expedition for that purpose, and appeal to the people for assistance. Great efforts are being made to enable the expedition to start this month. A great snow storm took place on the Central Pacific Railroad. The passengers turned out of the carriages and shovelled snow for three days. 28 locomotives were smashed in ploughing through the snow drifts, there being not a single snow plough on the Union Pacific line. One gentleman, who had nothing to eat for several days, became sick. The charge for half a cup of coffee was half a dollar, and the same for a loaf of bread. Some of the passengers were 14 days in the train.