GENERAL SUMMARY.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 12, Issue 984, 3 October 1868, Page 2

GENERAL SUMMARY.

The Queen is in good health. The Emperor Alexander of Russia has signed a ukase, to be in force five years, abolishing in a great measure compulsory military service. A terrible accident occurred in the Music hall, Manchester. At a performance there the gas escaped, and a cry of fire was raised, causing a rush to the doors. The staircase gave way ; 25 persons were killed, and 11 wounded. A public meeting has been held at Vienna, condemning the exclusion of Austria from Germany, and protesting against any other solution of the German question. An insurrection is feared in Cadiz for the purpose of placing Don Juan, the eldest son of General Cabrera, on the throne of Spain. Six cardinals have been appointed at the consistory, at Rome — Mons. Merode, Chigi, Talbot, Randi, Ferrano, and Sagretti. The number of French soldiers who have arrived at Civita Vecchia exceeds the number that has been removed. The Pope's health is good. Dr. John Elliotson, the mesmerist, is dead. (By Atlantic Telegbaph.) The Queen has reached Lucerne. Sixty-one persons were killed by a colliery explosion. Ada Isaacs the actress, and Meuken the equestrian, died at Paris on the 11th August. Don Pablo Castro was elected Governor of Lower California. The state of Vera Cruz was in a state of rebellion. Capt. Bridges, of the British war steamer Chanticleer, had raised the blockade of Mazatlan. The Czar of Russia and the King of Prussia have had an interview at Wiesbaden. Ac a fire at Lisbon, cotton and other property, valued at £100,000 sterling, was destroyed. Armed insurgents have again made their appearance in Arragon, and troops were sent to disperse them. Lord Stanley and M. Moustier have had a conference at Paris. While the present relations existed between England and France, the future peace of Europe was guaranteed. Napoleon has gone to Fontainbleau. It was a cousin of Judge Lushington, and not the Judge himself, who died recently. A concession for laying a submarine telegraph cable from Spanish Antillas to Mexico had been granted to Senor Jose Caceres. The first private execution under the amended criminal law of England took place in London on the 13th. Maidstone Wells was hanged for the murder of the station master of the Dover railway. Only the prison officials, a few reporters, and three private citizens witnessed the execution. The weekly statement of the Bank of England shews a decrease in bullion of £571,000. The weekly statement of the Bank of France shews an increase of bullion of 34,000,000 francs. A convention of the anti-unionists of Nova Scotia have adopted a resolution that it is necessary to use every means to extricate the people ot Nova Scotia from a confederation that has been forced upon them without their consent and against their will. A ministerial crisis has taken place in Brazil. An agrarian outrage has been committed near Tipperary. Mr. Scully, a landlord, while serving notice upon his tenant?, was shot and killed. He was accompanied by a guard of policemen. Two of the latter were shot dead, and four badly wounded. The Paris Mouileur says, with relation to the new French loan, that 34 times the amount asked for has already been subscribed. At a meeting of the Tory party, held in the Crystal Palace, resolutions were adopted, expressing a determination to support church, throne, and constitution. The hon. Reverdy Johnson has arrived in London. The American yacht Sapho has challenged the English yachts. The challenge was accepted by the Aline, Cambria, Omeara, and Condor. The race takes place on the 21st. It will be round the Isle of Wight. Representatives of France, England, Prussia, Belgium, and Holland, are now as--1 sembled at the Hague to consider the equalization of duties on sugar.