' Obituary. — Peter Cunningham, Sir R. J. Clifton, Rev. J. T. -Taylor, Lord Broughton, Admiral Sir George Lambert, Sir Chas. Hay Seaton. Australian securities have improved; New South Wales 5 per cents, 100|- to ?01£; South. Australian 5 per cents, 11O| to lll|; Victorian 6 per cents, 115 to 116. . London, July,!. The second reading of the Disestablishment Bill has been carried in the House of Lords. A majority of the Bishops advocated the system of concurrent endowment/ Lord Granville declared that the Government would never consent. It was agreed that the present Irish Bishops should remain as Peers during life. - EarLCaernarvon moyed N an amenduaentj which was adopted, giving the clergy fourteen times their annual incomes. Notwithstanding Earl Granville's" opposition, the House . adopted clause. 10, with an amendment proposed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, deferring the disestablishment until 1872. . v An amendment was passed to clause (>, by which the Church revenue is left at the disposal of Parliament, who intend devoting it to charitable purposes. A Bill was proposed to the House of Commons for granting an amnesty to Fenians, which was rejected. Mr Mohsell announced that stringent instructions had been forwarded to Queensland, relative to the importation of, South fcea Islanders. - A large number of persons have been arrested for taking part iv the Paris tumults, many of them were released. The Liverpool Cup was won by Spy. Serious Orange riots have taken piace at Belfast. , . The Belgium railway question terminated iv a settlement satisfactory to France. v The Government emphatically refuses to undertake the prosecution of Overend and Gurney. Lord Napier, of Magdala, has resigned the command of the Bombay army. American 'cruisers have arrested a party of Cuban Fillibusters consisting of 800 men. Detior had eluded the New York authorities, and had sailed for Cuba. "The Spanish Minister at Washington, at an -interview with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, threatened, to demand his passport if official, interviews were 1 granted to the euvoy from the Cuban insurrectionists. London, July 9. The Life Peerage Bill was rejected by the -Lords on the third reading. . Captain Vivian, iv replying to Mr. W. Stackpole, in the House of Commons, said that it was impossible to relieve more than five regiments iv India. r Individually, on au appeal from Mr. Gladstone, Sir Henry Brilwer relinquished his motion relative to the Alabama claim. Two thousand miles of -the French , Atlantic cable have been laid by the Great Eastern. . . = '-, '"■•.-. London, July 10. A Committee of -.the .House of Lords fixed the date of disestablishment for May, 1871. The House offered £500,000 in lieuof private endowments, notwithstand-' ' ing the declaration^ Lord Granville that it was unnecessary to offer so large a sum, since in the Province of Ulster, the glebes were to be, retained. The steamship Somersetshire sailed from Plymouth on Ist July, with 200 passen- ; gers. J ;:';;:^:,:. ' .: ■ .■• \; ■ •." ? .' Arrivals: Wave of Life, Handsome, Great Britain, Agamemnon, Dunbar Castle, ! White Eagle,v Anglesea. / ; A levee was heldfat St. James' by the Prince of Wiiies, on behalf of Her Majesty. The Queen, in consideration of the addi- - tiorial official duties thro wri u pon the Prince of Wales, .makes him a large allowance from jhejv private; purse. f '-T4{, EniiK^^ 11 tb;Canada ; and the United active ■ ;5' 8000 left • the Mersey P-c||nsp^the^flesti^a : .orgi^ ;^eVmpYer, ,; : ;^^ .•^|Mrf^^a^|has| receiy&d iEmigra- : ';■ Ctionltebmmissibhers^astre^ - :
- . Seventy .tons of preserved meat arrived per Lansdpwnej and were sold at once. The Duke of Newcastle h&s fled to the. Continent to escape the bailiffs who are in possession of his castle. "'-Mr. Pad wick obtained a judgment agaiust him for £95,000, and various Hebrewinouey lenders judgment for £123,000. The furniture of his town residence is to he sold to cover some losses on the Turf. Lord Charles Hamilton from the same cause has assigned -his estata to escape bankruptcy. Mr. Sdiley was elected for Nottingham, defeating Mr. Digby Saymour. A handsome testimonial, has been presented by the women of Bradford to Mr. Edward Miall. Mr. Goldwin Smith answered Mr. Sura-, ner'a speech effectively. The principal shops in Paris are now closed on Sundays. Gil wards, (?) the detective inspector on the London and Brighton railway, has been taken into custody, charged with complicity in numerous robberies. The time is extended in. the Tfchborne case to the end of the Easter term 1 870. A Dublin printer named Johnson, has been arrested at Cork, for circulating treasonable documents among the military and police. Dr. Normau M'Leod has been elected Moderator "of the General Assembly of Scotland. Mr. Gladstone and Lord Granville are elected honorary members of the Reform Club. A gran! banquet is to be given in recognition of their services in the Liberal cause. / The Agricultural, Hall at Islington is fitted up for velocipede racing. The Pal.merstou memorial statue has been erected at Southampton. - Count Bismarck's sons are on a visit to Scotland. Fenianism is on the increase jn Ireland, and the Orangemen are troublesome. An attack was made on Conway House, Conway. A gentleman named Gray, at Black Rock, two miles from Cork, was attacked and although an iu valid, he defended his house and shot one of his assailants; the rest fled. The wounded man proved to be a keeper of a Lunatic Asylum iv the neighborhood, and refused to give information. Eleven policeman have been charged with manslaughter for their conduct while suppressing disturbances during Prince Arthur's visit. The Eev. G. ,W. Cowie, rector of Stafford, has been appoiuted Bishop of Auckr land. The Rev. Walter Chambers has been appointed to the bishopric of Labuan. Criuney, the Manager of the English, Joint Stock Bank has been committed for. trial on a charge of perjury. The directors were acquitted. Russia is sendiug prisoners from Siberia to serve the Japanese in Leghalien. . The gold hitherto found in Sutherlandshire is valued at £7000; 200 diggers are at work. , The. Flying Squadron has sailed from Plymouth. The sum Government pays for telegraph lines amounts to nearly £3,000,000. Reuter is to. be awarded £750,000 for his lines. , Don Ferdinand of Portugal has contracted a morganatic marriage with an American actress. . The Duchess de Luynes went to the Paris races in a tricycle, followed by a groom in a bicycle. , The Orangemen at Tyrone denounce Gladstone ns driving the country into a civil, war, and speak of the time as perhaps coming when he and his fellowconspirators would bo haugiug as high as Hamau. The Viceroy of Egypt has visited Paris, Vi.enna, and Florence. The Countess of "Flanders has given birth to a son who is heir to the throne of Belgium. The postmen of Cheltenham make their ■•rounds on velocipedes. The steamer. United Kingdom,, From New York- to Glasgow, with thirty passengers, is supposed to be, losn '■;■■■ ' SPAIN. ■ . • ; ' .. ■ The Regency has been voted by 173 to .65. Serrano- was to take the oaths as regent on the 18th July; ■■y,.\ Cttstellar spoke strongly against, the FrencirErapire, declaring that Jt would soon fall; ;•: jbn the 16th General Prim re-; iviewed 2o;QOQ troops,, who therfetookrtliev \ . .constitutional "'oaths. ;; vPrTm;.Jstat(Bid7i^'' : ..;^e '. CJoirtes-: th'at^tKe^establi&h l^^^
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 187, 11 August 1869, Page 3
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