ADDITIONAL MAIL ITEMS.

Wellington Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 3277, 14 August 1871, Page 2

ADDITIONAL MAIL ITEMS.

Latest advices from the Cape of Good Hope state that 2000 bales of wool have been obtained from the Queen of the Thames. It is expected that the entire cargo will be recovered, but the floating of the vessel is doubtful. Lloyd's are dissatisfied with the price at which the wreck was sold. The cause of the wreck is not satisfactorily explained ; and Mr Goyder's lettev, seriously implicating the captain, is said to be full of misstatements. The Galatea arrived at Plymouth on May 10, and was paid off after an official inspection. The discipline and appearance of the vessel was warmly commended by Admiral Codrington. Several batches of emigrants have departed for Canada this month. Tho Western Empire takes out 418 emigrants from Plymouth to Melbourne. M. Chevalier's exhibits at the International Exhibition have attracted much attention. A discussion is being carried on through the columns of the " Lancet 41 on Australian climate and consumption. The vital statistics of Victoria are much in favor of the coluny as against the mother country. Several prize and select cattle have been purchased for the colonies. The New South Wales display at the International Exhibition is attracting much attention. A baronetcy has been conferred on Lord Justice Clerk Moncra'ff. The Archbishop of Canterbury has reappeared in the House of Lords, looking feeble still. Dean Stanley preached a fine discourse on the life aud works of Herschel from the text " Let there be light." Sir William Armstrong's effigy was burnt at Newcastle. Bolton and Park, the female personators, have entered into recognizances to be of good behaviour for two years. The grand jury have found a true bill for murder against Edmund Pook, for the Eltham tragedy. The Derby was a great success, the weather being splendid. Baron Rothschild won a double victory, the Oaks and the Derby. The attendance at Ascott was large, although the weather was cold ; Mortimer won the Cup by two lengths, and Mr Chesney's King of the Forest won the Prince of Wales Stakes. The Prince aud Princess of Wales and Duke Valdimar were present in regal stylo. Destructive fires have occurred at the Woolwich artillery barracks, and at the indiaiubber workshops in north Woolwich . The Census gives the population of London at 3,250,000 souls. A disgraceful misappropriation of public money has been discovered in connection with the science and art department of South Kensington Museum. Tho French Peasant- farmers Seed Fund amounts to £47,000. The Emperor Napoleon is recovering from an attack of gout. There was a Fenian procession in Dublin at the funeral of a released convict. Numerous stormy meetings of workmen sympathising with the French Communists have been held. The attrocities of the Government troops are denounced, and Mr Gladstone is censured for declining to remonstrate with the Government of Versailles. At Birmingham, the Nonconformists are resisting the sectarian aggraudisement of the school boards. A conference is to be held on the subject at Manchester in the autumn. TheUnveraityof Oxford has conferred a degree on Dr Dollinger.