EUROPE.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 11, Issue 820, 22 January 1867, Page 3

EUROPE.

Peace is restored on the Continent of Europe,, and Prussia is busily consolidating her acquisitions and incorporating them into her. dominions. The surrounding States are all quietly settling down to the new order of things. Austria appears to be inclined to devote herself to gain the devotions of Hungarian subjects by. conciliation and progressive measures. If compelled by any popular movement the Pope is resolved to accept the invitation of the British Government to reside in Malta. The Emperor Maximillian, it is reported, has resigned his untenable throne. The insurrection in Candia has been suppressed. Baron Ricasoli, the Minister of Italy, has issued a circular stating clearly that Italy will not interfere with the temporal power of the Pope, nor suffer any encroachment of foreigners across her frontier, relying on the natural decay of the Pope's sovereign power when unsupported by foreign troops. MISCELLANEOUS. The cattle plague is virtually extinct. Messrs. Bunel & Co. are surveying Dover Straits in connection with the submarine railway. / . Governor Eyre is to be arraigned at the Criminal Court on the 19th December. The Atlantic Cable is in active operation. The tariff has been reduced one -half. There are rumors that the English and French Governments will interfere to end the war in South America. Great distress prevailing in ship-building trade. The relations between England and France are most friendly. The decrease in the reserve of Bank of England notes on the 6th December was £142,000. Limerick county has been proclaimed, and further Fenian arrests made under martial law in Dublin. The emigration from Ireland continues. The exodus is much lamented by the Government. The Malta and Alexandria cable has broken down. Numerous cases of wilfully scuttling ships to obtain Insurance money command public vigilance. The championship of the Thames was won by Chambers of the Tyne, after a grand race. -*• iff-:.