General Summary.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2075, 28 August 1875, Page 2

General Summary.

The Golconda has arrived at Glerielg. She reports that the Celyon arrived at the Spund on the 22nd,July. After repairing the machinery she left again on the24tb. '. . '"•,£■■ •'- The 6th Company Boyal Engineers embarked in the Wampoa for Fiji. An animated controversy -is proceed* J ing respecting the credibility of Lawson's discoveries in New Guinea, generally re- *. gardedasa myth. , The gold mining oompany it lo bo _ voluntarily wound up.- _..,....,. Travelling under the title of Countess Yon Buren, the Queen of the Nether' .: lands is visiting England. She has been entertained, and the Empress Eugeuiehas . ; again exchanged visits. , ". The Prince and Princess of-Wales hare been visiting Strathfieldsaye, the seat of the Duke.of Wellington. The Duke and Duchess bf Edinburgh proceeded to '.• Copenhagen en route to Kussia. The - Court 13 in mourning for the death of the ;, ex-Emperor of Austria. - ,-': The present Lord Mayor nobly-main- : tains the hospitalities at the Mutirion ' House/ 1-.-sx At Dublin the Lord Mayor of limibu c was splendidly entertained. -'•,' The Sultan of Zanzibar, the newiionof ': the month, is an indefatigable sightseer, .; and has been entertained by all Ukt lead- -; ing personages from the Queen downwards, ;I He speaks in terms of supreme delight oj v^ places he visited. . .1-,',1-^,-v'^ Sir Roughs J'oniyth's mission to Bat- 1 mahhaa failed. refusea>*i •j| sage of British troops through hirteriir,; I tory. Sir Dougltts returned tq Simla and ;;l Shanghai '„ ' "" •, ' ";>;^ A telegram announces thftt Chinktnrt ? is, noyr quiet. Chiaeie t W thono!rlf! 1 ' ' - v^V^. 1

ation made by.-the British: and American Consuls, inconsequence' of the late outrage. Thirty thousand, pounds was received at the Mansion House on. account of the Metropolitan Hospital Sunday Fund. Mr Gladstone's ceramic collection was disposed of in four days' sale for £9,329. The celebrated collection known as the Marlborough gems was sold in one lot to Mr Agnew for £35,000. ' , „ <- •/. In consequence of an adverse decision in the Court of Exchequer, the Brighton Aquarium is closed on Sunday. The Government is unable to deal with the question this session. The Home Secretary finds. himself, not empowered < by- law to remit the penalties. The Lower House of Convocation has been discussing a question of vestments, meanwhile a memorial, signed by 140,000 persons, was presented to the Crown, pro- * testing, against the awkward position of the legalisation of a distinct xlres's for Communion service. Owing to the suspension of Eev Maconochic, Holy Communion is no longer cele- , brated at St. Albans. After a sermon by , the curate, the congregation form a procession and proceed, to a Ritualistic Church in Cheapside, iwhere J;Mass is 1 said. . ■ "A lay Catholic testimonial of £6,500 was "presented to Cardinal Manning. The Duke of Norfolk subscribed £1,000. The Echo has been purchased by Albert Grant, who will convert it into a Conservative, mornipg ..organ. \ Arthur Arnoldl retires from the-'editorship.-'lt is rumoured that Mr Sampson succeeds him Councils opinion.on the question of the legality of Church of England clergymen preaching in Nonconformist's pulpits is decidedly-Adverse. to thdseidesirous. of fraternising. Sir Charles R«ed is promoting a movement for systematically teaching swimming in public schools. # The Lyceum season is closed.. Irving intimated that in September " Macbeth " will be performed. Marshal McMahon, as arbitrator in the protracted dispute between-England and Portugal respecting Delagoa Bay, has decided in' favour of Portugal. A thousand Mormon proselytes •in charge of Brigham Young's son, sailed from Liverpool; 500 consist of Germans, the restJlnglish, Scotch and Welsh. Home Rule Conference of Irishmen, residents 'in England, was held with closed doors. Three Bedford gentlemen (one a clergyman) were committed for trial' on a •barge of manslaughter in connection with the suspicious death of a young naval lieutenant while travelling by night in a JPulman's car. . A brutal outrage is reported in Lancashire. Two men kicked their wives to death. > , :" ' Some' formidable strikes are abroad in Belgium. Three thousand colliers refused to enter the pits. At Belgium, in Moravia, eight thousand woollen weavers slrrick for advanced rates for services. Disputes are impending in the iron trade. 'A'rupture is anticipated. At the annual, picnic of the Northumberland Miners Union, at Morpeth, attended by two - thousand _ persons, a resolution was adopted affirming the prin- * ciple x>f- Cianhood suffrage, legislation, coantry air', borough franchise. „ MrMeL^.'j's Doncaster, winner of the Golden Cup'at Ascot, after having been sold to-his trainer for £10,000, was resold to the Duke of Westminster for £14,000. Mr Merry intends to sell all his horses now in training. Fifty Middle Park yearlings sold for -ll;500 guineas. Macaroni was purchased for 7,100 guineas -The Jockey-Club; have resolved that any touter detected watching a trial, or any •person'proved. to have obtained information surreptitiously, shall be warned off Newmarket Heath and'all racecourses. A three-dayß' cricket match—Gentlemen v- Players-^-the former won by 202 runs. The scores were 536 against :334. : Great floods and inundations have occurred 1 in various parts of the Continent. Hungary suffered dreadfully from the watery ■ scourge. 'At Pesth- sixty dead. bodies have been recovered. In the South of France the inundation was disastrous and appalling. The water rose at Stagpreau 'ten feet in the street. At Toulouse alone,, two thousand persons were drowned, three thousand houses destroyed, and tw.enty thousand persons rendered homeless. The calamity excited the greatest sympathy, and large sums • have been subscribed for their relief. The damages are.calculated at from nine to'twelve millions. The American, papers, describe a terrible earthquake at Cuchat, a valley in the Republic .df New., Granada. It was entirely destroyed, and only a few families were saved. Fully.sixty thousand persons perished! Obituary .—iVjscount Molesworth, Captain Kennedy, famous chess player; Ex-Emperor Ferdinand) of ' .Austria, Michael Henry, editor Jewish Chronicle ; Morgan O'Connell, nephew of the Liberator; J. B. Baines, of the Leeds Mercury ; John Eoberston, journalist.' Sir W. Lawson's Permissive Bill was lo*tbjr37ltoß6; '•' SHIPPING. Sailed: July Ist, Border Chief, for Wellington; June 17, City of Auckland, for. Auckland ;■ June 20, Elizabeth Graham, for Otago; June 25, Helen Denny, for Napier; July 1, Invereargill, for Port Chalmers; July 5, Kintango Castle, for Wellington; July 1, Merope, for Canterbury; July 1, Taunton, for Otago; June 18, Waimea, for Otago; June,- 25, Waikato, for Canterbuiy. Loading :—For Auckland s White Eagle, British Empire, Star of Germany, Ocean Mail, Waitara. For Canterbury : Hima- * laya, Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Bee, Waitangi. For . Napier: Inverness, Queen Bee; For* Otago : Jessie Headman, Melandia, Carmarthenshire, Calpy so, May Queen, Otago, Mataura, Celestial Queen. For -Wellington : Howrah, St. Leonards. For Bluff; Adamant.