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Star (Christchurch), Issue 364, 14 July 1869, Page 2

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NEWS TO JUNE 11. [bt west coast telegbajh.] The Rangitoto,. with the English mail arrived at Hokitika at 8 a.m., yesterday, and steamed on to Greymouth, whence our telegram was transmitted. The Alexandria reached Glenelg on Monday, July sth, at eleven o'clock. GENERAL SUMMARY. London, May 21. The Australian mails were delivered in London on May 16. The Queen gave a concert at Buckingham Palace ; 700 were invited. Her Majesty has gone to Balmoral. The Prince of Wales arrived in London on May 12. Prince Arthur's Irish tour is finished. The Onl reports that the Colonial Order of St. Michael and St. George has been conferred on Lords Derby, Grey, and Russell, and Viscount Mohck. The following are Knights Commanders : — Lord Lyttelton, Sir F. Rogers, Messrs Peel, Elliott, and Henry Taylor. An application has been granted by the Court of Chancery for the transfer of £600,000 consols, Crown property of Hanover, on behalf of the ex-King. " Our Life in the Highlands" fetched £2500, which has been invested in a University Scholarship for natives of Balmoral. The Corporation of London has resolved to erect a memorial window to the late Prince Consort. Mr Russell is preparing a narrative of the Nile trip of the Prince of Wales. Sumner's speech on the Alabama Treaty led to the rejection of the treaty. The Senate made a special order that it should be printed in full in the New York papers. It caused apprehension in England owing to the suspicion it expressed of Grant's policy, and from the fact of its appearing to be well received by Americans. It accused England of occasioning the prolongation of the war through premature recognition of, . _ and moral support afforded to, the Confederates. The damages are assessed at £500,000,000, and it is hinted that Canada might suffice as a quid -pro quo. The .Canadian Legislature took up the challenge.

Mr Salt, premier, made an important speech, reviewing the mutual conduct of Canadians and Federals during the war. He declared that the Dominion would support the Mother Country with its resources, should the designs of the States necessitate an appeal to arms. Goldwin Smith, in a letter to the Beehive, says that Sumner's Bpeech produced a great effect in renewing hostile feeling, and having jeopardised the friendly relations, the promoters of English immigration cannot turn their thoughts towards America. Judging from personal knowledge of American temper, he does not fear an actual rupture. Mr Johnson left England on May 20, the week before Mr Motley arrived. In reply to a farewell address, from the Borough Council of Southampton, he said that from the moment of his arrival in England to the present time, he had endeavoured to cultivate friendly feelings, and had reason to believe that he had not failed. He should leave England with the conviction that her people and Government considered war the direst calamity which could befall two countries. At the anniversary meeting of the Peace Society, the speakers commended Sumner's speech, and accused the English Presß of conveying false impressions. The five hundred millions spoken of by Mr Sumner were not expected, but only a proportion, due to the protraction of the war. Newman Hall's estimate is two hundred millions. Mr Bright said there would be no peace in Ireland until the land was in the hands of the people, and the Marquis of Salisbury, in the House, of Lords, asked whether the words had been used Ministerially. Earl Granville replied that Mr Bright had committed an indiscretion, and spoken o»ly for himself. The Government would introduce no Irish Land Bill this session. Subsequently to Lord Russell's question, Lord Derby asserted that Mr Bright's language had an evil effect, and compared Mr Bright to the Mayor oi Cork, saying that their official character invested their words with importance. O'Farrell's papers being moved for, the Government agreed, but afterwards rescinded the order, on the ground that on investigation, the papers proved it was undesirable to identify the House with their publication. Mr Whalley alluded to the speech delivered by Sir George Grey in New Zealand, which stated that Catholic priests had instigated the Maoris to rebellion. \/ Ireland is excited. The Mayor of Hjork presiding at a supper given to ihe released Fenians, Warren and Costello, said he hoped the day was not far distant when no foreign nation would dominate Ireland; Larkin, Allen, and O'Brien would be as much thoughtof hereafter as any who had sacrificed their lives for Ireland. In Parliament, Mr Gladstone intimated that a bill would be introduced for the removal of the Mayor. After the first reading, O'Sullivan came to London and wrote a letter to the O'Donoghue statins; that his words had been misunderstood, and aa-. nouncing that he had resigned. The progress of the bill was suspended for the present, but it will be resumed should O'Sullivan be re-elected, which is not impossible ; Cork is wildly agitated in O'Sullivan's favour. A riot occurred in Londonderry on the occasion of Prince Arthur's visit ; two persons were shot and several wounded. Martial law was proclaimed. A vacancy has occurred for Toughall, and O'Sullivan is standing. O'Connell's remains are to be removed from Dublin to the altar tomb at Glasnevin. Tbe Fenian amnesty committee, Dublin, has sent £500 to Australia for thirty-four liberated Fenians at Swan Eiver. The Polynesian slave trade has been brought before Parliament. :^The news received by last New Zealand mail has produced a gloomy impression in England. The &ttnes has an article on the subject of New Zealand and its defences, which, says that the colonists do not pretend to be too weak or too. few to compete with the npfoautf { busy# from .whence it draws the conclusion chat the colonists are wrong, not for

► . dispensing with the Imperial garrison, I but in failing to substitute auothex/ I The gifts to the Pope on his fiftieth : anniversary amounted to £800,000. An accident occurred at Delabole >■ slate quarries, Camford ; sixteen persons were killed. Higgs' frauds amounted to £72,000. Lord Dalhousie opened the infirmary at Brechin. Albury park, the Duke of Northumberland's seat, Surrey, has been twice fired by incendiaries. All Saints Church, Old Kent Road, . has been burnt. Lord Shaftesbury inaugurated a statue of Richard Oastler, the pro- > moter of the Factory Act, at Bradford. Bethnall Green market, erected by "Miss Burdett Coutts, was opened with great ceremony by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Government is negotiating for the purchase of Covent Garden Theatre, as a central telegraph office. The tariff of charges is to be reduced. A Sanatory Commission has been appoiuted. The goldfields in Sutherlandshire are prospering moderately — no great finds, though Californian and Australian diggers are on the spot. Harvard College, America, has sent a challenge to the Cambridge University Boat Club, to row from Putney to Mortlake, in August next, which has been accepted. The Duke of Hamilton retires from the turf. Riots and arrests have occurred at Marseilles. Crowds of people parade *-* the streets, singing " La Marseillaise." The French Chambers are convoked for June 15. La Presse says great constitutional modifications are contemplated. The French Atlantic Cable Company are ready to lay the line at a price to be settled by a commission, but the details are postponed till after the elections. The Elections are causing much disturbance and uneasiness afc the Tuillerie?. Garibaldi is seriously ill. American negotiations are pending . between Washington and Madrid regarding the seizure of the American ship Mary Lowell. • Sumner's speech is losing its effect in New York ; the press expose its inconsistency. The Pacific Railway was finished on May 10. Some parts of the line are temporarily laid, and there is a general suspicion that it is not safe to travel on it. The through fare will be about £30. Obituabt. — General Sir E. R. Wetherall, General John Christie, Major-General Metcalfe, Major-Gene-ral Clifton, Lord Broughton, Admiral Lambert, Colonel Willoughby de Brooke, Hugh Macilwain, Sir C. W. Dilke, and Colonel Gawler, formerly Governor of South Australia.