LATER NEWS FROM EUROPE.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 82, 8 July 1867, Page 160

LATER NEWS FROM EUROPE.

THE WAR CLOUD.

London, May 10. The Peace Congress assembled in this city on the Btli inst. The following are the Plenipotentiaries • England—Lord Stanley, President. France—Prince de la Tour, Auvergne. Prussia—Count Bernstoff. Austria—Count Appoinyi. Russia—Baron Brunow. Italy—Marquis D’Azzlio. Luxemburg—Baron de Tornaco. Belgium—M. V£n de "Weyer. Netherlands—Baron Bentioll.

The . proceedings are to, be kept secret, till the. close ; of the Congress This much, {.however, is known thai France is willing to accepts .the neu tralization of Luxemburg; and the dis mantling. and raizing of the fortress, so that it jnay not' remain, as a, menace; Prussia, is not.dispqsechto consent to this, unless all the great-Powers now represented in- the - Congress give a guarantee of v the ’se ttle in ept.. The giving .of. this would hiud them..to,- engage, future designs ofeither Power j (France i oi Prussia) seeking this direction* '

: England, hesitates to giv-s, suqh a, guarantee, and is rather in favoj of the idea of the people of Luxemburg'for annexation to Belgium.

Pending the issue of the deliberations of the Congress, France is buying arms both in England and' Spain, ; arid Prussian troops .of the regular army are being held in. readiness to support the garrison in Luxemburg. Russia is looking; out for her chances of aggrandisment in the East and Poland by the opportunity of a general war. Muskets , are being, converted - into breech-loaders for all the Russian army. Reports from W rsaw state ttiat the Russian Government is concentrating the troops and accumulating munitions of war in the Province of Poland.

THE REFORM QUESTION;

London, May 10.

In the Housenf Commons a division took place on. Mr Gladstone’s amendment to the Reform Biil providing for a lodger franchise,” and the Government was defeated by a majority of 81 votes. Ttie Government concluded not to resign, and on the following day accepted of the ammendment. The great Reform meeting which has been in contemplation for some time past came off on the 6th inst. in Hyde Park and was a very grand affair. ’At least 100,000 persons participated in it. The Government at first made up its mind to suppress the demonstration, but afterwards came to the conclusion that it was the wisest course to let it proceed, and. it did so. Nevertheless the Government had odt a large police force and the military were kept under arms ready to march at a moment’s notice to put down any rioting or outbreak that might occur. Nothing, however, more disorderly occurred than the hissing occasionally of the police by the demonstrationists.