ARRIVAL OF THE S.S. ‘LORD ASHLEY,' WITH THE ENGLISH MAILS VIA SUEZ AND PANAMA.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 57, 3 February 1868, Page 27

ARRIVAL OF THE S.S. ‘LORD ASHLEY,' WITH THE ENGLISH MAILS VIA SUEZ AND PANAMA.

+ THREE FENIANS HUNG—BURKE ARRESTED. DR. LIVING-STONE, ALIVE. ' LOSS OF ROYAL MAIL CO. IN WEST INDIES, £250,000. NEW MAIL CONTRACT. BISHOP *OF NEW ZEALAND REFUSED BISHOPRIC of LICHFIELD WOOL LOWER. £2,000,000 VOTED FOR ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. COLLIERY EXPLOSION IN GLAMORGANSHIRE—I7O MEN AND BOYS KILLED.: GOVERNMENT HAS RESOLVED TO TAKE OVER MANAGEMENT OF TELEGRAPHS.

BISHOP OF SALISBURY ACCUSED of PREACHING- UNSCRIPTURAL DOCTRINES. RITUALISTIC RIOTS. DEATH OF EDWIN JAMES, Q.C.

The Panama Company’s steamship ‘JiOrd Ashley,’ H. "Worsp, commander, with ;the English Mails via Suez and Panama, dropped anchor in the roadstead at one p.m. on Wednesday last. Slie brings intelligence ,of alterations in mall airangemenits. In future, a mail, will leave England every four weeks,- giving thirteen-mails yearly; the next mail leaves Sydney on the 2nd February. - v : i Below- will be found a carefully compiled «summary l of the news to hand.

[VIA SUEZ.] GENERAL SUMMARY.

London, November 26th. The Australian mails were delivered, in London onllhe 16th and 23rd. 1 The Queen is at Windsor and in good health. ? '?'•', The Prince and Princess of Wales are,, at Sandringham. The Princess is able to walk with the help of a stick. .. . V'\; ■Mrs Disraeli; has been seriously? hi but is .recovering; ?\?.. . ?? . ? Parliament has approved of the Abyssinian expedition. / "?'?' , The address in reply to. the Queen’s speech passed unopposed. : Qf the five Fenians condemned to death for the" Manchester, murder , and rescpe, three were hung, one and 'one, reprieved.!? The gaol‘ and scaffold- were . strongly, guarded ; t>y police. ' 200 worlffing yrasv “great country„lmt ( the?e was no disturbance? ThedfenianA threatened to,. bum?eveisy

hanged, though great efforts were made tj> obtain, a reprieve. Ji Reputation' pi workSog waited- on ' iiie Home Secretary; V who refused/ tb see thbin. Another deputation. endea vbred r to see Qdeen/ wiip l referred : them to her. Ministers.'; There were , disgraceful scenes at the Home Office .and, ai Windsor. . i<. .u

! The news from St Thomas states that 800 bodies have been ; recovered and. buried.. The loss to the Royal Mail Company is estimated at 250,000. At Tortola the storm . occasioned the loss of 100 lives and great distress.; Relief funds are being raised it Southampton and London. The Queen has subscribed *62000 (?). \ _* | Trustworthy information* has been received of the safety- of Dr Living stone.' ’ ' . '* • '- L ' : a

, Major Wesley Blackall, Governor of West African settlements, has been appointed Governor of Queensland. The apartments of the, British Minister at Rome were searched during his absence by police. An explanation was demanded, and is considered satisfactory. The new P. & O. contract covers' fifty-two mails yearly to Bombay.; twenty-six to China; and thirteenth Australia. The subsidy is £400,000, and the duration of the contract twelve years.

Earl Russell will introduce education resolutions in the House of Lord! He proposes to'extend aid to elenientary and middle class schools; reform University ; and appointment of Minister of Education.

Mr Disraeli and Lord Stanley' attended a large Conservative banquet at Bristol in January. John Bright objected to a scheme of sending working men to Parliament.

; Thomas Hughes has seceded from the Reform League to Lord Derby. Lord Derby has, refused the request of the Otangemen to repeal the Party Proceedings Act. The Bishop of New Zealand has declined the Bishopric of Lichfield? ’ Conservative Working Men’s Associations are being successfully formed. Danish journals contradict the violent death of Countess Danner. *

Charles Dickens is in America, and has been well received.

Stephens, the Fenian, is in France in great poverty. Bourke, the Fenian, has been arrested.

Goldwin Smith emigrates to America soon.

Fenian General Halpin has been sentenced to 15 years* penal servitude. The banquet to Mr Disraeli at Edinburgh was attended by 1,300 gentlemen. He was presented with tbe freedom of the city and an honorary degree by the University. At a colliery explosion in Glamor? ganshire 170 men and boys were killed.

Serious riots have occurred in Ritualistic churches at Lambeth.

A petition has been presented to the House of Lords signed by 3000 persons, accusing the Bishop of Salisbury of preaching unscriptural doctrines.

Dr Russell, has been appointed the Times correspondent at Paris. Mr Disraeli at the Lord Mayor’s dinner expressed confidence in the maintenance? of peace. . i

Julia Matthews has been well received in the ?English Opera in Coveht Garden. . - ;

Lord Stanley thinks the Roman Conference useless --unless, a programme .is prepared beforehand. i r

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?,I*prd Wrottesley, the eminent astronomer, the Earl of Moiray, EdWiii James, , M.P., Q.G., Countess Deflavaulti tmdvMarshall OTJoneni . £ .;?.

COMMERCIAL.

?..? Londph??Npyember,2 6? ? ? In the?, oif moppy are stiff ? large at slightly advanced ’rates, thb 'object being? an' assimilation tb the' bank rate of? two, per cent. ? ?' ■" 1

The last quotations in the .’open mar; kef-are:^ ?? iHaff? a ?iniffion I ;pf - bullion? ba|?'tween withdrawn from the ’ Bank/pf/jEhgland forjhe Abyssinian reserve is still excessiye;v^:>

ij. BusihdSs on the Stock Exchange' is quiet. Confidence has , ! been restored; but transactioiis were liihited to English funds with .'during the month. 1 pohbol’s ,! how staudat 94f to, 94| witfi dividend. For money' tb 93f;;es: dividend. For ’ account '’fedjuced,' ! and ‘ lie w three per' cents; .firm to ' . • • : ' , ? A second dividend of three’s Killings hay been paid; in the estate of tbb -Nhw UorpbraHbn/ ‘ and f a Overend IbVoQjhe SSbarfholders of the Royal: Bank of Liverpool,. the’ call was ii£ credsed from ’-£5/ to; X £lo per 1 sharb. ;Great dissatisfactidn is expressed'with the management, and'a cbmmittee.'bf investigation has beeh appointed. t The government h&s resolved to take the management of Telegraphs, which has given great satisfaction. 1 ' No failures of importance. The Australian Trust Agency Company has declared a dividend of ten percent. j

LONDON WOOL MARKET.

The fourth series of colonial sales was opened on the 14th November. There was a fair attendance'of English buyers, But foreign attendance was uh: der 'the average; The bulk of wool catalogued consisted of Cape wool and ’Australian, wholly of scoured'descriptions. Prices have fallen below September rates. This fresh decline is attributed to very bad business and the over production of wool.

SHIPPING.

Departures.—For Port, Chalmers— Lochiel. For Nelson—R. T. Turnbull. * For Wellington—Commodore. For Canterbury—Matoaka.

CONTINENTAL NEWS.

At the opening of Chambers the Emperor made a pacific speech, and accepted frankly the changes in. Germany. He would not interfere unless French interests were affected, and no hostility was. felt 'towards Italy, but the September Convention must be respected. Pending the decision of the Conference, the army now is to be modified with a view to the reduction of the forces during peace, and its increase during war. Paris papers assert that Russia, Austria, Spain, - Portugal, Belgium, Germany, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Bavaria, Wurtemburg, and Baden have unreservedly accepted the conference on the Roman question’. Its acceptance by England “and Prussia is considered probable’. Munich is proposed as the place of meeting. The new English ambassador, Lord Lyons;- has' been well" received by the Emperor, who expressed his friendship for England. ;

The French exhibition was closed on 3rd November, without ceremony.

TELEGRAPHIO ; SUMMARY FROM ‘ 5 HOY. 26 TO DEC 7.

The. l)uke of Montrose . explained the terms of the, .new? postal contract .with the Peninsular, and .Oriental Company. He‘ says Briindisi route has npt been , adopted 'because' the present railway communication ‘ is? inefficient. Steamers are to call at Massaii instead of Malta j, thus saying t wenty-four hours. Postage is increased threepence, per half-ounce? . ? , t •???, The American "Congress has met and .the. Judicial a /report ?iri/ ffivpiir of-the impeachment of /the President.

The H6use?bf? .Commons has voted

millipnp sterling for the Abyssinian The vote was passed after,a- ? , ?’ ? ;• Lprd ? Stanley^a? speech ?in? July last was * held ‘ induced belief that no expedition -was Immediately intended, ancTit' was 4 that, . pre? liminary steps had been taken.’/ ” Lord Stanleyvvmdipated the course pursued by the Goyernment, and stated that??the expeditipn was?moj finqllynresolved upon till sjjssipa^j?ithe to be u proVided as „fpffp ( the suiplpsof next additional penny 'on the iheonie tax, Ap4Q»OQOj f and;\ther^ainderfromthe

’; Lord ; StaffordNbfthcbte’s resbEtjgjfl&ii: that the brdihaxytjfjyboifvtrjjopg; formy ing the Abyssinian b:e borne by Indianrreyenues, was lost by 19.3 to 23' J -^Th : e Times r and Daily News oppbSed thb' motibnvsjivf.s ■ The' House* of' Common's’ has! approved of r the? contract-wit to 'fhe:Pehinsulai‘ ahd ; Oriental Company for the conveyance bf mails to India and Ghinaj f-.lt= is Considered'doubtfulwhether the proposed -Übnference- on " the . Roman question will be held.- Telegrams state that a Mazzini 1 conspiracy has been discovered iu Italy../ . r r VT * The s French debate bn the; Roman question is - concluded.: The French Minister-stated that Italy never would possess Rome. ; . •.? . Joie Fane attacked'the Government most" vigorously. : - I ! The Italian Parliament has been opened ; members have; explained -the Italian policy on the Roman question, and declare it not solvable by violence. The Pope would find Italy his strongest supports .

Congress has passed a bill repbaling the cotton tax;; r -; •

Advices report the occurrence of another : earthquake at St. Thomas; the ne.ws 1 is- considered doubtful. ■

Garibaldi has been" transferred to Caprera bn account of illness. ‘ Earl Russell’s education resolutions were avoided by moving the vious question.” ...i'Sj French ’troops are leaving Rome. : Fenian executions Are severally ap» preved. -Would effect good. Jacob Bright has been returned: for Manchester. • ’ ; ! Archdeacon Chester is dead. The Panama mail had not arrived on the 3rd December. -

Wool is selling better. There is no London telegram via London oflater date than December 7th.

tyiA PANAMA.] , GE NER A L SUMMAR Y.

’ Idee. 15.

It has been definitely; Ascertained that the European Conference plan proposed by the Emperor Napoleon on the Roman question has failed...... The assemblage was to have; taken place at Munich on the 9th insfc; but some difficulty was- experienced in;the diplomatic correspondence before; the day arrived.

Paris was then spoken. of. as . the place of meeting ; the form of representation . was' changed,, but / the same day adhered’td; . ‘ ? ; ;i Subsequently, after, the delivery of a.speech by th,e'Firehch.Mimster.Roujher, to the Legislature on the subject bf. the. relations between {Rome and Italy, in whichhe declared that/Italy “could nevergb to Rome by force,” the hesitancy of the Powers assumed the form of open*, .objection on the ground of inutility. It has since been? ascertained that the conference or congress, ‘ will? hot assemble, as : all -the great Powers have positively refused tP attend.’ ?.?,/■? Despatches ’ haye ? been received ? in London'from Massowab, which report that the Bi-itisti Abyssinian? expedition has advanced a? considerable distance into the? interior of the .country?; at last accounts the troops ing from scafcity of water? ; ? !i ?? i; ? A* telegram? from Bombay? gives a rumor that : King Theodore,?of ' Abys sinia, had ordered ’the English prison*ers in his custody to’be executed: This’, however, 7 is . not believed,?.?.' 11 ' ??., } The bill for? "k- tax of i?per cent on ihcpmesV 'tpdefray the expenses of the Abyssinian ?w?ar? .passed ?the House L of Commons on" ?? x ? ?? u ‘ ; ’ Peefsrpn/thlytli Dec.,? Eari Mayo made a short? speech,' in’ funerals Iforlhe; had. taken hlace iu 'England; and .Irefphd r; . ,S?^?!;,.fev t 6 every precaution: .Kad'jbeen, taken'bjl .arising -from ?jtiie?>ad pasßipM?tiius;fPfae J nted? ? 3vK:i i

Jfehe-Alabama/ claims, was laid; before tne Hoiise 'of’CbmmohsLon the ,4th,iqst.j - i'J LordijStanley jia> to despatch;] dated . tnedl6thi'of;/November,r;to4;3!4rii Charge d’Affaires at Washington, says], tjiat ?EnglanduwilLi never i copsent .tbthe arbitration of a j ihvblving heri! right -to jre.cpgpisexbellirr/, iTher-iright,,he;insists/. isf r purely; a- question:hf English] law.,, ;He. ■> rjepfeats his: offer ito 'isubmit . tibh/the: Alabauitojplaims, and.fto; refer : T all other demandsifpr indemnity to thp ; decision of a mixed ; commission/’ : : > j The Times in->an(,'editorial: :, bn ther ;; correspondence with “the United -States Government, in regard- to the - control*; yersy about the Alabama?claims, says,: “ Lord Stanley is right in refusingto permit the foreign policy,pf England ; to be reviewed: by any foreign power whatever. . On all other I points Eng- ] lpnd will gladly meetjhe United States f half, way, as; j she; isgthoroughly tired', of the discussion.” ..

\ At a late hour ourthe .night of the 7th Parliament- adjourned to meet oa ; the 13 th of February.; - ~, ~ I The Times, in bpmmenting on-the message of President Johnston, says i, —The message shows, that ,Mr.. Johnson .has.-learned nothing. He transcends himself: in imprudence., He, regards his office as absolute sovereigns do their prerogatives. -He. has. for«*j feitedf:all respect. It is harjd to say r . where ; the hope of , the people lies bef ,- tween Andrew;'Johnson on the-pne side,-, and T haddeiis Stevens on the - other.”. r

j The other-English j our nals .use lardanguage on. the subject

UNITED- STATES. ' . ’ <7J ’ >-• New York, Dec; 16.

The resolution' for the; impeachment, of the President .has beep defeated in; the House of Representatives,, by i,oß{; to 57. ; ;r -.t ■; .: , :

' A resolution : of censure; upon > the) President, introduced by Senator of Missouri, was under> discussion: in? the- House; but be rejected. > r " -sw 7 tvnjjiiVic?

The Radicals have: met/ in- caucus/? in Washington, and adopted] a resolution that ** they will- tak4~hto ! -jßtfep> backward.” "

• A negro delegation’from the Southern States recently 'called ‘ ; upon ThadSdens Stevens. , He received thbin vety kindly’, and skid he? r do kll ! could to protect, their interests; andher hoped" ere -lohg'-thiatr all' their would be placed on so firm a fotindation, that they never dt of.ihem again. /He kisd°said' the^dk^ fpripp^<^^b?^r^tid4allllad?ph^s^ the country wpuld : hkvehekri ;byit.? i; ?'"- l i , ..The; deiegatipn |Gpner|il .?Butler, thymj they must take no’step hack war a ? 'stand ,firm and fight. foytheir ngnts if" uped hpr;.? tp. |)e the leader; of -*the j ne^p this, country,, and.?prpppses??tp 7 makd' a tour through the Stated ?shor;tly to .as? certain r jthe wishesj df?|tne negroes,. f in ; ihp incendiary leqdei of the tie city <;£ EiAjrraa lias J receive, l^m-with; a of of oiir, coiourea .Dreteens and .give Him a- grand . ;Ovation., ;. jlt is : Baid;the purpose of the.,General is the , Radical?*, party !?mjtq , t.wo t hostile c§{nps,'‘?with?J‘h.e ?pbject?bf J J3r apt a?s s 4 |Weff‘? that* daring to, “ bottle lum" up «>linmerci«-.-f.; y.f,rr , .General Grant is? likely to be?hbminated,for/the ,■ r y,There,; to ,jbe , fi no: hkelffioocb tnat^"hx-^cretary'Stanton^'will?"he restoreddo his ,positio,n at r the head of the war departmetiti ?; ? ??/ ? ? r; ., r ? , ? ? ?riie v members? of?the ’ Fenian ;3roi>‘.u ji-* i-wt yri,‘.i-i je - feSf wag# ptored up, abopt execution of Allen, .fM .ffailsMO?? (Jpyernment. ?■ asc.e^^am|{^solutiohs aiinpst? aU /d|diy/ms^ihg o uEon the ? United States Governmpqtc, demanding the yeleasepf-allnaraxai^ad

Danish Commissioners wiid the Da nlsh West India Islands to the United Sttftefe/ have arrived'ln Washington, amLmetwitb a bandsomereceptioh l . - ' the Democratio cahdidate/ hasbedn .elected .'mayor, ! of this o ßuSifcess' inalh in entire coiifittry>)is yhry dullindeed. In the dry goods-trade' Mone'it is estimated* that'Within?'the! last' i two or three weeks liabilities, of ;the firms’that ihhve Stopped payment will amount to! twenty, "millions', of dollars. Over fifty*, thousand people in this city afe out of employment: • Charles* Dickens is nowgivingreadictgs in l this city, and is creating, an immense amount" of : enthusiasm among the'people/ Tickets are selling/rom to 'to {hfear; bim. l i ./

- A fight! had* occurred fin - -Broad way between-the'leaders of; two"*rival, negro bands/ WhichJresulted.in; the death, of ohe-bf tbeparties and wounding of the other. ,

Mrs Boone, a very talented woman, and the' widow of an actor;? yesterday poisoned herself and her;four children, because she could not obtain the necessaries of life for them; and was too proud to beg or- allow, her children to do it. They are not yet dead, but the lives of "all are despaired of.

; (The accounts from*; the Southern States represent that the greatest distress ; is prevailing there" among all the poor white classes, and to be added to’ this there is a fear that there will be a* * general ; rising ■of t the negroes against the whites on Ist January. : In several* of -the*Southern States military precautions are already being taken to prevent any such rising.

i; CANADA. A religious crusade is now in progress : in 'Canada: and: large numbers oi Catholics are volunteering there for the Pdpe’k&rmy^ih-Rome, Mr Waddington, residing in .Van** couver*s]lsland, is. at Ottawa, to pro mote-the. scheme* of' opening! .up,;communication. overland with British ; Columbia..! .. .It -is proposed to, open ajline of land and water carriage, from the headr of Lake Superior to the Pacific Ocean.; !I;his,,it is ; shown,, can be accomplished at a moderate expenditure. WEST INDIES. ■' . the give reports v ‘pfJ continued hurricanes and shocks of earthquakes there, cahsing ;great.destruction, of property and spreading .terror and- dismay in' all directionß.(. J V.’..''' ’" 5 • •, * O, -,^^e„ > pe.qpte;p^li.''.Thoiiifui yotes ,pf the apmexation J of' that islandto, ' ahd the King of Denmark has prepared a proIslands, taking leave of them oh their it is. expected "that this proclamation wifi hf‘read' to them on the - Ist 'of Jianumy.''';' 1 "-;:'’ '" , ' i \' %yaha, dDed; 7, 1 1§67. ' _ Thd Spanish mail'steamier from”C&- , 4 ' has ihriyed with hetsrs latter port' to the thidmaU, wd Haive the .cohfirma‘tidn of the iepor tied'' 'earthiquakes 'ion iiNdyehilier 18 and the popiilatiOphhtiltiie 23rd. The cohsteirby the : shocks' wasaw- / k aU 1 tiih edifices ! in v St: John’s more ibr 'deiss damaged^. but no person’is ''so .^announced. . One'of the shocks lasted for. twelve 86bptid8, ; " J ahd 1 wasfelt ih bther parts jbf thb island, "i..No ~shocks, however, l^eln^b^ms'wlbd , .ii^ Ji amv;ed kf St Thomas by the schooner Andulasian .repbrt'ithat tteislandbf ■ 5 St. ; Martin ha<l r nearly; kn’d thkt; of St. Bartholomew Had been almbst ’ l V' ; "7"' y;t ' 1 ' A terrible; earthquakesliockoccuiTed, at';Poftoitico oh the'istihst;' Atfone: J at church ' l lihh^igceheiybich i^^^^^mpstiypifiahle, s ';; The: 'peb-: ;• Vew.tiieart-

tinued . on that island, and one hundred and fourteen shocks had been felt duringthe course of,eight days. ;.;,Some buildings,; are Jrepqried: as having been thrown; down by the. . violence of the^shocksi'-•' ; v . f /. ' ... „>l7 iS ‘ l■■ ' ; Late advices‘from ? the, Eiyer, Plate; state that Paraguay has taken ’theii offensivnin the;,war on? the Parana, and in .their first .attack carried? the:, Braziliancamp by storm,; i with) a, loss tp the ; allies ofi; fotir i thpusand . killed, wounded, and taken prisoners. [, ■ • .-n-i i.v '' MEXICO..\ v; ’ '' ' ' : The news from Mexico is not very encouraging. * Pobberies .continue .to be : frequent j and., organized l>ands of brigandsoare spreading, terror, .all over that unhappy country.:. ■ The body of the late. Emperor Maximilian has been delivered; up to.admiral Tegethoff. Prince, Salih Salmandi the rest of the prisoners have been .set free..' ■ ' The troops, with coolies and elephants, are being despatched to Abyssinia. The men are supplied with the Snider rifle.

A Bombay native merchant has bequeathed .£IOO,OOO sterling for educational purposes. f ; Dr. Norman McLeod has arrived at Bombay; . • ;. f! A Bombay native merchant, .bankrupt, whose debts exceed half-a-million sterling, was sentenced to be imprisoned for three months. His certificate was suspended for a year. The Burmese treaty has been, published. It gives general satisfaction.

Vessels of 600;(?) tons : have passed through the Suez canal. The net revenue of India.shows an increase of 13.000,000 rupees, or £1.300,000.

CHINA. The Imperial troops have been severely repulsed by the rebels in North China. - The Imperial generalissimo intends to invite the aid of-the foreigners to.suppress the A powder magazine has exploded at Hankow, killing several' hundred Chinamen. A ) destructive fire also occurred, ; destroying several hundred Chinese • houses.--' j Several European firms suffered.: Insurances had been effected.to.the extent 0f.§500,000. H.M.S; Bouncer has destroyed .three piratical; villages;near Hong Kong. ;,: : JAPAN. ’ ; V< ; . The land allotted to the Europeans at Osaka (the new treaty, port) is insufficient in extents It ] is’, presumed that the object, is to drive the foreigners to the'higher ports, where; plenty of land has bieen set aside.; The ing of Jeddo is considered doußtfu); 1 ; A. large British and American lias Assembled,pending the opening of the treaty ports: ; " v. •> * ■■■■■■■ t. FRANCE. ' ' ‘• ;i ‘ Paris, lOth Decembers A long debate on the question of occupy ing Rome has takeri place in the Corps ; Lejgislatif.‘ ” ".ia? Thiers, in & long speech, defended, the policy' of the government in priseW* of'lthe He bhatacterized _ Genei-af Garibaldi as the falcon"with whibh Italy hunts. On the Liberal side MM. Simon and Gubrohlt made jjpfeeches; in’• Which they attacked the Itaipin policy ;Jif the Government, and condemned intervention, M. Julies ; Favre delivered ■ a brilliant speech against the poliby of the J Government. He attacked the French .intervention in the, affairs of Italy, and' the sending of ,fhe expedition to Rome as A violation of justice, Whd aaV ifijurous to the; inof France. ; He 1 declared ’that this:’;uterference'' hy; foree f hukHhe jeaiuise; which :, it Was ; clesigned ,to help, ai(d involved the, Goyernment 5 in cbmjplicatiohs, to ‘ escape ~ iffoin wliibh it j obliged; ’to .persist In h pjbiicy ij of error: tb the, general, !i of the cbuhtry.' 'ftßanffirig all the J r ®fPO“sihility in so grave, a ! he said the Goyernteent should have first consulted ■the; i LegißlatiireJ ! 1 J l ‘ : ' ! j ’"^nistiar jobber’inbhle Ipolicy of sbe Bu unity! bf lteily was, s^rahi^ < -but'''^^^n£l

the extreme of , taking possession of Borne by force. At the conclusion of the debate M. Favre’s motion for interpellation of the Government in regard to Italian affairs was rejected, by the Chamber .lit is thought, that the scbemo.oi; a Conference, for the settlement of question willofie,/defeated By; the speech, of Minister Rouher, which indicates that the French Government has already prejudged the 'whole case. It is inferred ; from the, tenor of the speech that French Emperor has adopted; a policy on the Homan question which coincides with the views... and clesires of the Clerical party. ; TJbisixnpres’sion is strengthened by the / tone *of the French . press / since } the 'speech*'’ was delivered ;:,lho Liberal journals qre greatiy dissatkfiedj .while the Clerical organs,seem pleased and jubilant/ A Ministerial crisis is anticipated. : All the French troops have left Rome.., ’ , / ' tf ,. Minister Rouher has made , some official explanations in regard to the old. Luxemburg dispute. Re . affirms that the first suggestion for a change of frontier came last year from Prussia, and declares that since the settlement of the controversy which followed, by the London Conference. France has entertained no thought of territorial extension by negotiation or conquest. Prince, Napoleon is about to leave Paris for 'Monza, in Northern Italj, where he will .meet his father in law, King.yictorEmanuel. ' ' ITALY. ' / / Florence, 10th December. ' The Italian Parliament; was opened on the 6th. Prime Minister Menabrea, in a speech on the occasion, justified,-the action of the Governnfent in arresting Garibaldi,- and suppressing nis'illegal attempt.at invasion; but declared it was as inconsistent for temporal power to exist at Rome, as it would be for Foreign-Power to hold possession of the city of Paris. , : ; The/speech of the French Minister of. State. M. Rouher, in which ,he said that Italy should not ,'take forcible possession of Rome, gaye rise to an angry debate in the Italian Chamber Deputies on Thursday. Prime Minister Menabrea informed , the House that he had asked the. French Governmeat for explanations of the speech, and .expected to receive a.reply from Paris by Monday/ ' He, added that Italy could. only . gain possession of Rome with the concurrent consent of France . and the other- European Powers.; that it would be . impossible to Achieve that; object by fcjrce.. : At. the end of,the debate, a vote vyas taken, and. the. Government . was sustained by the majority of the members. ; Count. jjjanza of Pisa ; was chosen President of the .Chamber of Deputies majority. ; The Italian Government has.gfao : ted a universal amnesty to the adherents of General Garibaldi. The Office,, has ordered 300,b00'Chassepot/rifles.

. . The fortifications of Civita.Vecchia are' strengthened and altered so that a garrison of r Papal troops can bold .the’' city ite gate for the return of thei ,Frehch troops; should jtfie safety bf i’ope herbafter require it. In ; addition to these precautiohs, Civita Vfecchia S' to. be placbd in ilirect telei graphic communication with Todlbn, and’fpr this purposb n'su'bmarihe:ba:bie has’ biehii ordered^which: will ; hb ; laid as teaches Toulbn.; ' ! Garibaldi is still a. at where it ie'stated he" is treated with great heverify 1 , to' ‘ induce'iiim to go to:America;“'The*'physicians‘’shnt by Government recommend ; his removal c to { Caprera, on acbounit 'of 'his had- health! * ! lt iis ! asserted ; tbat°he will bb fried; r!^. f ’ Thp Pope 'accepts' ;th'e : Confererice; and of the i’''/’!'" 3 f }L 'f • J An eriiptien'bf Vesuvius' iti going on; ; , t Vr ' irvM> • i . U';.i;!:T!

’’jf, ■' \ BerUii', 1 1XJth’ Deeenaher.'; ‘ 'Thie s -PrussSaih thaf UebhhatdcVwili he‘ ap;l*** 1 ’; H .The - ,'D'eputiel Itransfer:': the fFbtefgn' of 4PteSsia'jlo I 'thb German ''confi^tibhi'?^ :t3 ' Important changes ’ in" the existing

tariff rates of the Zollverein are contemplated.-. * /The private treaties indemnifying the displaced princes of Hanover and the othey provinces annexed by Prussia vyere to*day approved by the Diet. Droyse, the inventor of - the needle gun, is dead. The private property of the King of Hanover has been vested in the Crown of Prussia until the former relinquishes all claim to Hanover. AUSTRIA. ' , 1 Vienna, 10th December. , Count.Criyelli, the Envoy of Austria to Rome, has notified the Pope that the legislation of, the Reichsraath must proceed in its course, even in antagonism to the Concordat, should the Holy Father refuse to release the Emperor ,Francis Joseph from the obligations of a treaty made before he became constitutional monarch. GREECE. According to the latest intelligence an interview had lately taken place at Vienna between King George of Greece and Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria, the latter having specially telegraphed to St. Petersburg to that effect. King George and Queen Olga were received with great honors at the Austrian Capital, and the Austrian Grand Cordon of the Crown was conferred by the Emperor upon Prince Ypsilanti, the Grecian Ambassador at Vienna and Berlin. The Prince subsequently escorted the King and Queen of Greece to Venice, where an interview took place, with the King of Italy, who came there to meet them. King George expressed with much feeling his. thanks to Victor, Emmanuel for the sympathy of the Italian people in behalf of the Cretans, and for gener ously placing Italian men-of*war at the disposal of Cretan families in their exodus to Greece proper. Prussian, Russian, and French frigates have also lately been in Cretan waters, for the same purpose. Much admiration has been expressed by the Courts ol Berlin and St. Petersburg, and in Prussia and Russia generally, at the heroic determination of the Cretan people hot to lay down their arms until they have achieved . their independence. '

BELGIUM AND A defensive alliance has been arrived at between Belgium and Holland. It is rumored that the Dutch are alarmed at the designs of Bismarck. The Empress Charlotte is visited daily by the King and Queen of Belgium. The unfortunate Empress is greatly improved in health of mind and body. i' ' ; RUSSIA AND TURKEY. Russia, France, Prussia, and Italy have agreed to a joint declaration of non-intervention, as regards the Christian in Turkey. : The Grand Yizier has issued a proclamation to the Cretans, declaring the amnesty over and the time arrived . for the reorganisation of the island. . ' '