LATER ENGLISH NEWS.

Press, Volume XVI, Issue 2193, 29 April 1870, Page 3

LATER ENGLISH NEWS.

[Translated for Greville and Co, from latest foreign papers.] The organ of the Canadian Government at Toronto states that the Government is inclined to grant the Red River settlers all just claims, but that it will repress any attempt at insurrection, or any movement in favor of an annexation to the United States.

! During the judicial inquiry into the ease ot Prineo Pierre Bonaparte,, '■ priK>f„ were gi\on <>f the assault of : which lie complains and it would appear as it' ho had shot Victor >~oir u:;iv .-liter having been attacked. In the ease <d' Humbert, the nnir-d.-tvr ef t)r C. .Latins, the jury brought in a verdi.-t of Guilty, the' prisoner wan sentenced to penal servitude lor iii'i-. Accruing to the " Moniteur de t'Einpire,"' there will he in the army t'ur ls7oa reduction of !5,000 men. A i,e\v postal convention between lY.uico nnd Fn_!and reduces to 3d the p«).-tage iVe for simple lottery. Jt provid-. s for the Ciehaii-C of money onler.s to the amount of ,i! 10. By decree, dated February 5, M. r.t'verrier was relieved of his pion of director oi the Observatory of X _iia. According to contract, the piercing of the Isthmus of Corinth is to be completed within 18 months. The " Neve Frei. Preys " learns that Count dc Beust, together with the Ministers of other great powers, is preparing a manifesto protesting against the " syllabus " of the Pope. In the Senate at "Washington, General Sherman moved a resolution to recognise lite Cuban insurgents as belligerents. The motion was referred to the Committee for Foreign Affairs. A Mexican general has been expelled from Cuba. A foreign vessel carrying arms for the insurgents has been captured. There is an open insurrection in _»le_ico. Five States rose up against President Juarez. A battle was fought near San Luis Potosi, and was won by the insurgents, who captured twenty cannon. .bellow fever is raging at Port an - Prince. All the French vessels have been compelled to leave the coast. Political affairs are still uncertain.