LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXII, Issue 2810, 28 July 1866, Page 6

LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]

Southampton, June 2, 1866—1.30 p.m. LdN£|iiPoOL Cotton Wakkrt. —Market very strong and ™»c* are £d. over yesterday ; sales probably 15,000 bales. Funds: Consols for money, ex div , 854 to Sof ; for aqconnt, 85 J; U.S. Fives, 654 to 64f. Tht following telegrams on the war can is and the Conference are from the London Standard, June o.

Berlin, June 1. Colonel Tuss, of the French army, arrived here aW the beginning of the week. Be had a-i interview witlr the French ambassador and several high personages, and returned to Paris after one days stay. A etrtain importance is attached to his journey.

Vibnna, June 1. The Vienna papers of to-day confirm the news that Count Mensdorff will be the Austrian plenipotentiary at the Paris* Conference. f 'Upon receiving the invitation to the Conference, Count Mensdorff informed the representatives of the neutral powers that- Austria accepted the pro-> ■ po*al to give an additional proof of her desire for peace. Austria will be represented at the Conference by Count Esfcerhazy in addition to Count MengdorfF. The Vienna papers reiterate their 'assertions that an understanding exists between Austria and Russia, and that the latter power will support at the Conference the maintenance of the treaties of 1815. They even go so far as to declare that a formal alliance between the two empires is in preparation. The fortification works upon tke left bank of the Danube, near Vienna, are rapidly approaching completion. Account* from Prague report that the educational establishments are about to be closed in that city on account of the danger of war. All tke paperg dwell upon the political importance of the forced loan in Venetia. Several Italian emissaries have latterly been arrested at Padua and Vicenza for endeavouring to persuade the inhabitants to emigrate. Rumours are afloat that the resumption of cash payments by- the Bank, of Austria has been postponed for a year.

Venice, May 31, The official Gazette of Venice contains the intelligence that Austria has positively refused to entertain any project for the cession of Venetia ; that she proposes the solution of the Schlesvrig-Holstein question to be brought about by the Convocation of the Estates of those Duchies, and maintains the incompetence of the Conference to discuss the affairs O the Germanic Confederation.

Florence, June 1. The Nazione of to-day believes lhat the Govern- - meat, in its note accepting the Conference, hai avoided touching upon question! liable to create discussion, in order not to delay the opening of the Conference.

(Bt Gexeraii Telegraph Company.) Paris, June 1. The Italian Government energetically denies that the party of action had anything to do with the Greco-Turkish insurrection. The Italian Government are purchasiug wheat and flour in Marseilles. All the replies to the invitations of the three neutral Powers contain the assurance that the armed Powers will take the necessary measures to prevent any aggressive act before the several Governments have pronounced themselves decisively. The King of Italy has written to the French Emperor that, notwithstanding the extraordinary excitement of the Italian population, he is perfectly ' ' nutter of the situation," and that even Garibaldi's volunteers will not dare to stir without his bidding. A JEaris journal states that the firm of Alexis Godillot has received an order for 75,000 tents, withont mentioning on whose account. This firm is said to hre* fiuspended its deliveries to Italy on account of monetary difficulties with that country. It is represented that at a recent council of Ministers the Emperor examined a project for the settlement of<-M, Lamar tine's debt 3, and for allowing him an annuity of 40,000f., ou condition of his ceding his estates to. France.

Berlin, June 1. Connfc Bismarck hai addressed to the CabiDets of the Great Powers a circular, in which Prussia Tnaiaoains that her proposals 0.1 German reform are of an exclusively G-rman character, and that no foreign areopage is competent to 'decide this question. The Prussian Government has just forwarded to iti representatives abroad a circular despatch, containing instructions relative to the German question. In this document Prussia energetically protests against the accusation of following a violent solution in Germany. The King had never any idea of frustrating the other States of the Germanic Confederation. What hii Majesty desires is to pre•serve, in common accord with those States, the nterior and exterior safety of Germany. Pr ui-sia in ready to take her »b"are in the sacrifices demanded from the German Princes. TKe document then. enumerates the articles of the roEorm of the Germanic Confederation, which PrusBiaiintly negotiated with the other Governments, and which, she subsequently proposed to the committee of nine sitting at Frankfort. , The seven millions of Catholics in Prussia are beginning to stir, and to speak mure loudly respecting their grievances against the Protestants. *The reserves from the Rhenish provinces -and Weslphali* show little incliuatiou to fight aeainst Austria.. 1 . *

[ Protestant officer! bad been insulted at the railway termini in Munster. The aoldiers of the reierve cried, "Long Live King William. Down with Bismark !'' The Kreittz Zeltung says that •• Germany is threatened with a teligious war, and that the Catholics aim at exterminating the Lutheran Church in Prussia." . ' Last evening, Count Bismark read to the Ambassadors of the mediating Powers the identical cespatche3 which Prussia had addressed to their respective Governments in reply to the invitation to the Conference. The Prussian Cabinet accepts these invitations without any reservation whatever, but ib exprcl3es a wi>h that the' deliberations may be as short as possible. The auterior informations relative to the answer of Prussia were only given verbally aud previous to the written reply.

Florvncs, Juue 1. There is not a word of tmfchiu the following telegram, which has been published in the London newspapers :—": — " The Chevalier di Nigra, Italian ambassador at Paris, is believed to have received from his Government instruction* to insist, at the approaching conference, upon the reatitutiom of all Italian provinces at present under Austrian dominion, including the Italian districts of Tyrol and Friuli; but no special mention is made of Trieste. For the voluntary cession of such provinces Italy is willing to offer certaiu compensation." The King, accompanied by General Cialdini, has just arrived here. General La Marmora will leave next week for Paris, if unforeseen incidents do not impede the meeting of the Conference. .Reports addressed to the Miuister of War by the commanders of the different army corps state that tho army is suffering from inaction. Fever has broken out : typhus is feared.

.Frankfort, June 1. The representative of the Duke ,of Oldenburg has laid before the Diet a declaration, in which that Prince again sets forth his claim to the succession of Hoi stein, and protests against .any erentual cession of that Duchy by Austria. The Federal Diet accepted to-day the invitation to the proposed Co ference, with the reservation that the questions of Schleswig-Holstein and Federal reform are matters of an essentially German character, so long as they do not affect international relations. Baron Yon der Pfordten, the Bavarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, was thereupon elected to represent the Germanic Confederation. The Austiiau representative declared that his Government was ready to disarm as soon x<t security had been obtained that the preservation of peace should not again be endangered. He further stated that Austria had endeavoured in vain to come to an arrangement with Prussia for the settlement of the Schleswig-Holstein question, in accordance with the rights of the Bund and of the Duchi s ; and therefore she would now leave the matter in the hands of the Confederation, and empower the Governor of Holstein to convoke the Estates of that Duchy. The Prussian representative made a similar delaration as regards disarmament, and announced that, if the Diet should be unsuccessful in inducing Austria and Saxony to disarm, or .should reject the Russian proposals for federal reform, Prussia would conclude that the Diet is not equal to its mission. The Prussiau representative stated, in conclusion, that Prussia liad never intended to have decided the question of the Elbe Duchies by an appeal to arms. The declaration of the Austrian representative, relative to the question of the Duchies, was referred to the Sehles wig- Holstein. Committee, and considered as the introduction to a political execution against Prussia. The Bavarian representative brought forward a motion that, in view of the present armaments of several members of the Confederation, it would be advisable, in order to avoid a conflict 1 , that Prussia and Austria be invited to withdraw their troops from Bastatt, Mentz, and Frankfort ; or, at all •vent*, that all Federal fortresses be declared neutral territory. Florence, June 2. — The replies .of General La Marmora, accepting the invitation to the Conference, left last night for Paris, London, and St. Petersburg. It is stated that Garibaldi has written to the KiDg stating that he will arrive on the 4th or sth inst. Cassel, June 1. — The statements of , the German press that Hesse-Cassel had been called upon to take the side of Prussia, as well as the assertion that she I had been requested to observe a passive neutrality, -are officially denied. Prussia has not sought to influence the decisions of the Hessian Government, but only requested the latter to declare what position it assumed in the threatened conflict between the two great. Gexman powers. The Hessian Govern-i rinent, in reply, explained that Hesse-Cassel adhered' to the line of conduct prescribed by Federal duty, which prohibited the conclusion of any separate treaty of alliance. Constantinople, June 30. —1t has been definitely arranged that the annual tribute paid to Turkey by the Viceroy of Egypt is to be increased by £350,000. It is said that should an European' Congress meet Fuad Pacha will represent the Sublime Porte. Suez, June 31. — The 'Simla' arrived this afternoon with the Calcutta, China, and Australian mails.