LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 12, Issue 880, 1 October 1867, Page 3

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

London, August 9. A long and exciting debate took place in the House of Commons on the night of • the Bth inst. on the Reform Bill, which had been returned from the House of Lords. Amendments had been made in the Upper House modifying the lodger, copyhold and leasehold franchises, allowing the use of voting papers, and conferring the franchise upon under-graduates of the Universities, all of which were neglected by the House of Commons. But another amendment providing for the representation of minorities was agreed to. It is positively denied that the Danish Government has any intentions of entering into negotiations with" the United States Government for the sale of the Island of St. Thomas. The British Government is about to despatch a large body of troops to Canada immediately, to repel threatened Fenian invasions from the United States. In the House of Lords last evening, the bill to abolish church rates was rejected by a large majority. The Reform Bill was returned from the House of Commons to the House of Lords yesterday, when a motion was made to reconsider the action upon the disagreeing amendments. Some debate ensued, when the subject was postponed to the 12th instant. A railroad express train got off the track at Bray Head, Ireland, yesterday, when in transit from Dublin to Wicklow, and eight passenger carriages ran down the side of a high bluff into the sea, causing the immediate death of thirty persons. The ex- Queen of Naples, Marie Sophie Amalie, is dead. In the House of Lords last evening, the Government submitted the new postal treaty with the United States for reducing the rates of postage between the two countries. Despatches from Paris announce the occupation of three provinces in Cochin China by the French forces. New York, Aug. 10, 11 a.m. The jury in the case of John H. Surratt, are still out. There is no prospect of their coming to any agreement. News received this morning says that Santa Anna has been removed from Campeachy to Vera Cruz, where he will be tried for conspiracy against the Liberal Government. Senator Harris has just published a letter in which he says that the present attempt of party leaders to secure political power by making the Southern States negro States, is most alarming, and the people of the North must not allow its success, if they value their own freedom ancl prosperity. Secretary Stanton still retains possession of the War Offico, but the President is preparing for action ancl will soon eject him.