ENGLISH MAIL NEWS.

West Coast Times, Issue 2480, 12 March 1877, Page 2

ENGLISH MAIL NEWS.

The Attorney General, speaking at Preston, anticipated next session an attack on the Government by the extreme Radical party, but he said the conseq'tience would be that the Go'vertiiiteht wbuld be assisted by many who; though nominally in opposition, entertained moderate views. At the annual dinner of the Oxford Liberal Association, Sir Win. Harcourt said; everything pointed to a waning confidence in tjie administration, and. that foreign affairs had: been more mismanaged during the last ; elgtiteeV month's', than for iin'y fdrra'er period*: '.; ' ' '.^ Addressing a crowded audience at Leeds, Mr Chamberlain, M.P.C.; contended that the church was the gfe'aie'st ob'sfaclo to a national system of educa'tio'ri. The diocese? of ( Chester, Durham, Lincoln, and Lichfield are to be divided into new ;aees, and will be Liverpool, Newcastle, Southwell,' dad. Derby. Much excitement ha§ been occasioned on account df iM jltvtatUlic practices of the Rev. Mi : Tx>oth, Vicar of Hatcham. Lord Penzauce inhibited him; but he paid no attention, and services ranch resembling those in Roman Catholic Churchs were performed' on two successive Sundays with closed doors. He was adjudged guilty of contempt and a warrant issued. Several thousand roughs alss"eniblc^a I ss"eniblc^ in front of the church on the following day, and 400 police were in attendance. On the sixteenth a meeting of the English Church Union 1 passed resolution^ m favor of supportingTpoth, whon father and brother, are well known squatters in Queensland and New South' Wales. At Dorche^&r near Wallinford, a i ritualistic demonstration was made against the rector 1 ; the' Rev.' M/ Bl'a v ke ConiaWon', who was lecturing on the Reformation. The meeting nearly degenerated into a free i fight, several ritualistic who i were present being unable to calm their 1 supporters, • The Rev. Dr Curhming lecturing at Leamington, said lliG Tiirks were about to be swept out of Europe,- and the Jews were preparing to take possession of their own land of Jerusalem. Sooner oi ; ldter^ they would crc-ls* the- j6iipi I ridii't49, wineh 1 , accofdiug to tiie' Apocalypse, would be one of the last things of time, Admiral Hornby hoisted his flag- as the new Chief Admiral of the Mediterranean fleet. A new and powerful ironclad for the Turkish Government has just been 'completed, and will be ready for sea shortly. She is one of the most pbw^rful vessels afloat. A Royal Commission, composed partly of civilians, partly of military, is to be appointed to enquire into the recruiting last year. There were seven thousand seven hundred' and'flfty-riine deserters. A floating skating rink with artificial ice covering an area of 3000 feet, ha^ been opened at Charing Cro'rs. A purse of five hundred pounds has been presented to Paft, the cricketer. Lord Fitzhar,dinge has initiated a testimonial td Mr W. Gk Grace. Liggotit, a pork: butcher at Crowle, in Lincolnshire, sold his wife for £40 to a local publican. A strike of carpenters took place at the Carlisle Sessions, consequent upon the Treasury reducing the fee from two guineas to one guiuea. The Treasury gave way, and the strike ended. Sir Tilus Salt leff £30,000 for the benefit of the sick and poor at Saltaire. One hundred thousand persons lined the streets of Bradford at his funeral. The question of Sunday amusement is attracting attention. Several clergymen have spoken or written in their favor. A commission for determining the best route for cutting through the Isthmus of D arien has arrived at Panama under the command of Lucien Bonaparte Wise, of the French Navy. A lady in' Rome 1 , occupying a High position, has claimed a share of the inheritance left by Cardinal. Antonelli, on the ground that she ;s his illegitimate child. She is married, and received a handsome marriage portion from the late Cardinal. Cuptain King Harman was returned unopposed for. Sligo,

Mr Smith, ft~ fbr .Tynemouth, refe>rU v g> to Elefrie|tary Ichools in America, saia we* khould rj'qt arrive at a satisfactory ed4&atißriai p3sul l on w England until we had ftlefeentstry schools to which all classes of society would send their children. At a meeting presided over by Lord Carnarvon, held at Newbury Corn Exchange, it was resolved to raise funds for the erection of a moflaWeilt ~tb" Lord Falkland. Obituary— Lord Boston ; Lord Milton ; Lieut-General Wesley ; Lord Nearvie, one of the Judges of the Court of Session ; Sir Richard Cobden, author of " Margaret Catchpoie," aged eighty ; Mr Lewis, barrister ; Alfred Sp'ee, iriv^iito^ of the present mode bf priiitirig Bartk of England notes ; Robert Sahdeils, artist bf the Illustrated London News; and Prince Charles of Prussia.