ADDITIONAL NEWS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XX, Issue 3936, 19 June 1877, Page 2

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

President MacMahon declared his firm, determination to maintain peace, and to repress Ultramontane demonstrations. The London Times declares that President MacMahon's course is legal. Twenty-one Perfects have been removed to other places. The Minister of Justice appealed to the moderation of the Bishops. The French Ambassador has proceeded to Berlin to reassure Germany. Italy. The Italian papers are hostile to England on account of the presence of the English fleet at Crete. An lLalian war steamer took soundings off Durazzo ; a Turkish warship remonstrated. Both ships had loaded guns. The Turkish authorities averted a collision. Spain. The Basque provinces have been ordered to provide 20,000 conscripts. The ex-Queen Isabella has urged the Pope to dissuade King Alphonso from marrying a princess not of the Catholic Caith.

The levy of conscripts in the Basque provinces is regarded as dangerous. Holland. Large investments are being made in Russian bonds. Berlin. Bismarck's arrival at Berlin was not the result of a sudden call. The North German Gazette^ a Ministerial organ, reprints from Bismarck's despatches to show that the appointment of a clerical and monarchial Cabinet in France might prejudice German interests and imperil the maintenance of peace. Von Moltke's speech was intended to acquaint France that Germany watched her military preparations. Tho Minister of War visited Alsace and Lorraine to take measures for military movements, corresponding to those adopted by France. Austria. Austro-Hungary has made representations to St. Petersburg and Constantinople against restrictions to the navigation of Austrian Danube. The ambassadors to Constantinople remonstrated against the formation of a Polish legion, which would include Austrian subjects. The insurgents at Grab have burned the barracks and two blockhouses, and sacked the magazines and customs, at Tynbry. The Government have received assurances from Belgrade that Servia will not interfere in the war. The restrictions in the navigation of the Danube paralyses Hungarian trade. The Hungarian journals are hostile to Turkey. At Vienna, on May 21st, it was rumored that there were negotiations on foot for an alliance between Germany, Austria, and England. Some of the papers demand that the approach of the Russians to the Austrian frontier be regarded as a casus belli. England. During the Whit Monday amusements at Hull a balloon about to ascend was blown against a gas jet and exploded. Eighty-six spectators were injured ; six seriously. Thomas Carlyle writes to The Times that Disraeli evidently intends to involve England in another war against Russia. Sir S. Northcote says that Turkey has ! 400,000 well armed and drilled troops in Europe, six gunboats, and ten boats for landing troops ordered, and torpedo gear for the Minotaur ordered. During the debate in the House of Commons on the Eastern question Prince Napoleon was in the gallery. The UnderS ecretary on that occasion said that the Government had no knowledge that Russia had assembled at Lashkid for offensive operations. The Times says that the war party is in a small minority. The army clothing factories have been working without intermission, and arrangements have been made for the embarkation of 25,000 men in six days, if necessary, and 25,000 more a fortnight after. English statesmen think that Russia will not venture on the occupation of Constantinople, fearing the consequences of a general European war. The Government stopped an ironclad built for Turkey from leaving the docks. America. The Chicago Court-house fell in while being built, killing twelve men and injuring nearly twenty. A carriage containing five persons was run into by a train at Pompton. Three were killed, and two fatally injured. A Fenian movement is reported at Ohio. A call was made for gaining possession of Ireland in the event of England being drawn into war. The steamship Sidonian, from Glasgow to New York, blew up, killing the captain and six engineers. The steamer was spoken, going under sail. At Chicago, after a strike among coalminers, the old hands, after being taken back, poisoned the food of the new hands, and several died. The authors of the crime were not discovered. An extensive fire at St. Stephens, New Brunswick, destroyed 95 buildings, rendering 80 families homeless. Property worth half a million dollars was destroyed. Devasting forest fires are reported along the Hudson. At Ottaway, North Conway, Upper Bartlett, New Hampshire, and Clinton Mills, lately thriving townships, have been totally destroyed, not a house being left standing. Three-quarters of a million dollars' worth of property was destroyed. The devastation in Wisconsin was terrible. There was one continuous blaze of 120 miles. Whole sides of white mountains were on fire at one time, and there were miles of blaze near South Berivick. From Maine, harrowing accounts have been received of families burnt out. At St. Clair, Pa., a mine explosion killed nine men and imprisoned five others. The Secretary of War at Washington has issued orders to discharge 2500 men, thus reducing the army to 25,000 men. A body of 1100 cavalry left Port Lincoln in search of Sitting Bull, who is supposed to be encamped on Yellowstone with 500 warrioi-s. Forty-seven Indian lodges surrendered to General Miles on the Yellowstone. The war in Columbia is virtually ended. The Conservatives have been twice defeated at Mangatles, and Rio Hacha and General Tezalla is now the popular candidate for next presidency of Columbia. The Archbishop of Quito was poisoned on Good Friday while saying Mass, by strychnine being introduced into the Eucharist. There was great excitement. The perpetrator was not discovered. A terrible storm visited Marion, Indiana, on May 21. One church was unroofed, and another church was blown down while full of worshippers. A terrible scene followed. Several persons were killed and nearly all were injured. Somerville, a New York lawyer, tried for simplicity in a safe burglary, has supplied full details implicating several others. The New York Herald says that it is reported that an invasion of Mexico is to take the shape of a formidable immigration movement. Ex-President Grant has gone to visit London. The steamships leaving New York for Europe on May 11th and 12th took 100,000 bushels grain, and neai'ly a million pounds of fresh meat. The syndicate of American bankers has agreed to buy, and Secretary Shearman has agreed to sell, two millions dollars' worth of 5i per cent, bonds each month. Gold will not be sold, or if it is sold for the legal tender of notes, the latter will be held to redeem fractional notes to the extent that fractional notes are outstanding. The earthquake at Iquique was destructive principally in the harbor. Seventeen vessels were destroyed. The loss of life was not great. The influence was felt as far as Bolivia. Further reports from the country state that part of the Albury branch railway is damaged by floods. Other places, north and south, have suffered severely, and in some parts it will take several months to repair damages.