ENGLISH ITEMS.

Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 20, 15 June 1872, Page 2

ENGLISH ITEMS.

j A very effirctivo paper on the const of tlie : colonies and | views, was read ldsfc/iroiitii s before tHc Statistical Society by jK)', "■!, Vv, 1 lie fact'that British "sheep stock'are'defi- - cienb four arid' a half millions anxious disowssioiisaßemt fat u r c;jnjea bfe n p p) ies. icplturJijK men Djrge the Jmjprovedi cql|ttre of grass laqd. ./ ' , Jy, Several vessels have sailed with (Uornhium'st I convicts for New Calodouii. | Notwithstanding the briskness of trade the I volume of emigration swells. 200 Cornish miners have left lor Australia; "others are preparing-, to follow. .. Upwards of 11,000 sailed from the Mersey in Match Canada is oJering special advantages in order to attract emigration. ! The ship Yatala, from Adelaide, was wrecked near Boulogne. The crew and pits- , senders and part of the cargo were sav>jd. Mr. Lang- is preparing designs for a me- ' morial of those wlio fell in the New Zealand war. The Indus sailed with emigrantsfor Qaeensland: - The wool sales proceed heavily, excepting for scoured fleeces. Dr. Livingstone is reported to be safe. A report of the Rosario's crilise has been presented to. Parliament. A severe eruption of Mount Vesuvius, lasting ten days, has spread devastat ion and death around. Several villages have been destroyed. The Ballot Bill is passed. There is a project for a steam service via the Cape, capital £1,000,000 sterling. There is a hitch in the Alabama negotia- ; tion. The prospects of settlements are clouded. At Earl Granville's;, urgent rjpquest Lord Russell a third time postponed his piotion ; the Government promising the papers before Whitsuntide. The Government were defeated on the Scottish Edncation Bill. Instructions to Comrntttee were carried, providing Biblical teaching*. Prince Bismarck is unwell. The American counter case lias been presented to the Senate, which maintains, that parties interested in the arbitration would consult their highest interests by coming to a settlement. The Duke of Edinburg-h was present at the annual meeting of the National Lifeboat Institution, 1 and gave a graphic sketch of recent lifeboat services. Prince Arthur turned the first sod for a uew branch of railway between Sandgate and FTythe, and received the honorary freedom of the Grocers' Company. The story of a--secret treaty providing a declaration of independence for Canada is lexo'ained, and Lord Dufierio'd nomination as Viceroy is approved. Dr. Deane, Vicar-General of Canterbury, Dr. Tristram, Chancellor of London, and Sir Travel's Twiss, are seriously ill. The Marquis of Bute was married on the 16th to the eldest daughter of Lord Howard, at Brompton Oratory, by Archbishop Manning. There was an immense conconrse at the festivities at Cardiff, whither the pair went after the wedding breakfast. Barry Sullivan is performing at Liverpool, and Charles Matthews at Philadelphia.