EUROPEAN NEWS TO 8th JULY.

Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1596, 24 July 1874, Page 298

EUROPEAN NEWS TO Bth JULY.

\ ?[by electric telegraph.] H ■ .- 's■ ~. , / ?s&**% The prospect of the settlement of the lock-out in "Suffolk and Cambridgeshire seems very distant. The Norfolk Farmers'Labor Defence Association contemplate altering their rules, so that instead of lock-outs being adopted, a general meeting of the members should be called to consider the course to be taken. The Post says the Public Worship Regulation Bill, now before Parliament, which is intended to. restrain Ritualism, threatens to lead to a coalition of the High Church clergy and Liberals, which may result in an attempt to replace the present members for Oxford University. with Gladstone and Montague Bernard. Mr Gladstone heads the opposition to the Bill. It is said that the Special Commission appointed by the Russian Society of Manu-, facture and Trade, reported favorably as to the construction of a line of railway from Russia to Pekin, through Siberia. The line, with ramifications, would traverse a thickly-populated country, and open up immense cattle and wool-growing districts," now isolated from the commercial world. The line would be made ' in sections, commencing at one of the fortified towns of Western Russia, -and ending at Pekin. *; ; ;V ' 2nd July. r In the House of Commons, Dixon's Bill enforcing the universal!establishment of School Boards, and compelling attendance at school, was rejected by 323 to 156. Mr, Gladstone made his first appearance in the House of Commons (since Whitsunday) on the occasion of the debate on the Scotch Patronage Bill, which he opposed. The debate was adjourned. Wheat firm: Adelaide, 64s to 65s per 9461bs ; Adelaide flour, 45s to 475. Obituary.—Earl Dalhousie. 4th July. Mr Butt's motion for the restoration of the Irish Parliament was rejected on a division by 461 to 61. The Earl of Derby states that England acquiesces in the proposal to hold a Conference at Brussels, conditionally that discussions on international law, and the relations or. belligerent powers, especially in maritime warfare, be* excluded. The British delegate will not be sent as a plenipotentiary, but merely to watch the proceedings. A deputation waited on Lord Carnarvon, urging the annexation of Fiji on the Government. A private telegram to-day states, that wool is selling privately at Id f lb advance on last auction sales. Mr James Gordon Bennett, of the New York Herald, and the proprietors of the Daily Telegraph, have arranged to send Mr (Stanley on, a new African expedition. PARIS. 4th July. Count Chambord has issued a manifesto, in which he urges that France needs aKing of royal birth. Ho says, " Make me your king, as I wish to make a supreme ' effort to overthrow the barrier of prejudice now separating us." He repudiates absolute power, and declares that a Legitimist monarchy should be limited ; he rejects the modern parliamentary system, but desires a strong alliance with it. The manifesto makes no allusion to Cu'i iiag. The French Press considers that the manifesto renders the restoration of the Bourbons finally impossible. The Univers, which first published the manifesto, was suspended for a fortnight. 7th July. The suspension of the Univera for publishing Chambord's manifesto, led to a serious crisis. The object of the Legitimist motion on the subject in the Assembly was the overthrow of the Ministry. Bth July. The discussion on the Legitimists' motion opemd in the Assembly on Wednesday, and was moderate. The Left and extreme Left combine with the Legitimists, and the issue is douhtful.. The •position of the Ministry is critical. Later. In the Assembly, the debate on the motion introduced by the Legitimists against Macmahon's proclamation of the Septennaite, was brought to a conclusion. The Left abstaiued from voting. The Legitimists were in a minority. The members of the Left expressed their regret at the suspension of their uuion with the Legitimate, but they had felt it their duty not to vote, The motion was rejected by 379 to 80. Subsequently, a motion .in favor of re-proclaiming Macmahon's powers was submitted and supported by the Government, but was rejected by 369 to 331. Ultimately, it was resolved to pass to the orders of the day on a division of 339 to 315. Ministers at once tendered their resignation to the President, which Macmahon peremptorily refused to accept. Macmahon then sent a resolute message to the Assembly, declaring that his seven years power was irrevocable, and that the Assembly, by voting it, had enchained its owu sovereignty. Ho demanded the immediate organization of the power entrusted him, as he regarded it as his imperative duty to ensure the tranquility and security of the country. The Assembly refused to vote an " urgent" motion in favor of a dissolution.