NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 86, 24 August 1868, Page 203

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

iWE -ba|e to acknowledge the' courtesy of .W. .Adams, of the paddlewhich arrijred on Thursdiy afternoon from Wellington, in f supplying us with copies of th'e Panama Star and Herald, of the 10th and 21st July, from which we compile a summary of European- and foreign intelligence.

r. : |BY MAIL,] ETJKOPEAN INTELLIGENCE.

GREAT BRITAIN - . . • (Prom Langdon. and Sharpe's Express.) Southampton, July 2,1868. The homeward mail per the Atrato ar rived at Plymouth on the 26th ult.

It is said that Parliament will probably be prorogued in the third week of July. The clerical petition in favor of *he disestablishment of the Irish Church has been presented to the House of Lords by Lord Lyttelton. The number of beneficed clergymen who have signed it bears a con siderable proportion of the whole. Among the dignitaries are the Deans of Canterbury and Bristol, the masters of Harrow, Rugby, Winchester, Clifton, and the City of London schools,; the master of St. John’s College, Cambridge ; Professors Kingsley, Maurice, Plumptre and Jowett; and Dr. Maziere Brady. At least a hundred of the petitioners are beneficed clergymen.' A great public meeting, and a very uproarious one as the result proved, has been held in the Guildhall of the City of London, the .object being to afford the citizens at large an opportunity of expressing their sentiments in reference to the bill now before Parliament'for disestablishing and disendowing tbeilrish Church. The conspicuous part taken by the Lord Mayor against the measure ap ears to have given rise to dissatisfaction and adverse comment in various quarters, and an apprehension obtained that it might go forth to the country' that the chief magistrate of the city haid spoken the sentiments of the citizens atlarge upon this important subject ; than which, ic was believed by many; nothing could be more erroneous. It is right at the same time to state that the Lord Mayor Jiassinoo disclaimed his own individual opinions on the matter. Prom beginning, to ;end the factions in the body of the hali. maintained an', unsaemly and in* and the .result was .that discussion;, or, the prevailing feeling of the citizens went,;was rendered useless. ! . The volunteers were, reviewed on the 20th June by the .Q.ueen in Windsor. Park in the. presence of an .immense assemblage of spectators. The number of the citizen soldiers on. the ground was estimated at 27,000. The weathor, which at one time threatened to mar the pageant, fortunately cleared up as the hour of four approached, and the showers which fell at intervals du ring the afternoon only served to refresh the verdure of the grass, and trees, and to allay .the. dust on the roads, thus contributing to the comfort of all concerned. It is .'stated that on .the way to the review at Windsor the Royaltrain which conveyed the Prince and Princess of ,Waie3 hud a narrow escape. It seems that from some cause or other shortly after leaving the titough station the Royal train was by mistake turned on to the up line, and just as it was getting up steam a train of empty carriages was seen coining up on the same line from Windsor. Fortunately the en gine driver in charge of the, Royal. train discovered the mistake and .took steps to rectify it, but only just in. time to save a collision.

An address from: a. body of influential gentlemen having property .in or connected with, the commerce of the .British West India Islands, Has Been presented to ex-. Governor Eyre at Walbrook* house, Walbrook Street City. The address, which was drawn up ia 1866 .and offered to Mr Eyre, but declined by. him on the ground that the prosecutions against him were still pending, was signed, by 240 gentlemen largely interested in the West Indian trade, or" holding property in.our. West Indian colonies. Mr Eyre made a suitable reply to the address. The Queen has sent a , message of congratulation to the King of Prussia'on.the casion of'the .inauguration of the Luthier monument, in which her Majesty jays that Protestant England cordially sympathises with.au. occasion which unites the.Prbtes-, taht 'Princes ‘.and people of Germany; T 7 A . signed .by more than twenty "thousand the' Church, of England, has, bheh presehted By an influentialdeputation to the Arohbishop ptpan ter bury. It communion with JDr.Ob^sccqh^fl^e're* Word pf jQ-od, &o. . His^&fapdjrih.'his re? pff^oldnsp^ta.he of the Ghurch on that matter-had not been .e^^ressejcl^(disltin.clflyi : 'iit khqw thatjtho questidn would receive the immediateattentionofCohvocatiqnVhich to-day; v! - 1 correspQnding::Quarter.of.laßtyearjadef ■:

r a votal decreaseW t £452,000? ; ' On ■ the, other hand We have sh ihcrease oif “./Property Tax, 1 - and £262,078 r in:misoellanebas ifcems—making a : net inorease of £502;677. The net increase on the year is £349,468; '■ ’ : In Parliament leave has been' given to ’ Mr Adderley to bring in a bill tomaka provision , for the appointment of the Lei Relative Council of New Zealand, and to ( remove doubts as to past appointments Mr Clive, in reply to Sir G. Grey, stated that the Irish Church Commissioners had concluded their inquiry; *T6 would be published as soon as some schedules ./wbicli' were of a complicated ; and voluminous character hadbeen revised.. The report would probably be roady in a’ fortnight. • . PRANCE. ‘ The debate on the Budget /commenced on the 22nd June., The year 1867, : the Exhibition year, has proved financially a great disappointment } the receipts less and expenses; greater than: estimated; in short the deficit on the year amounts to 189,000,000 francs (£7,560,000.) / Pissing on to 1868, M. Billault confesses', 3that “ causes .almost identical with those which affected .the budget of 1867,” have “ aggravated the charges on the budget of iSSS/* Military expenses cell for a, supplementary grant of 62,312,842 francs } in all, the liabilities for. 1868 will exceed the assets by 130,332,897 francs. As regards 1869 the estimated deficit is set down at 90,038,333 francs. Thus the united deficits for the three years will amount to. 404,576,897 francs. .The report hopes that this will be reduced at least, in some measure by the ' coming loan.. The floating debt oh the Ist May, 1868, amounted to 1,600,380,000 francs, or £64,000,000. . The Etendard says that it has. been informed on good authority that preparations for recruiting are going on in central Italy, under the direction of Menotti Garibaldi, and that.Ahe Italian : (Government does not take any steps to prevent them. .

. Prince Napoleon has, it is said, written to his/ imperial cousin from "Vienna, that not only the'Sultan but the Austrian Government are desirous that the Preach Emperor should not alter his original in* tention of visiting.Constanfcinople. GERMANY. . The North German Parliament has been closed: by thb King of Prussia. In his speech his Majesty expressed his satisfaction at the results'of the especially at the loan that had been sanctioned for: the deyelppmed.t ; navy and the completaonofthJcoaßt'defehcesr"? 5 -- ' ' GREECE. The youthful Queen Olga of Greece, is iu .au interesting condition, and the Athena journals state that the Hellenic Government is about to send a superior officer tn Western Europe to order for the christening of the expected heir a baptismal font of massive silver, at a cost of 300,000 francs, to be defrayed by subscriptions en tered into by the vario us -communes of the kingdom. The mayor of Athens has already set ..the example by inscribing the., council of that city for 20,000 francs. HUNGARY. „ ;■ : --.i THE ASSASSINATION OP TBIITCE MICHAEL OffSEEVIA. (Prom the Correspondent of the London Times.) •. Pesth, June 13. The impression produced by. the. savage outrage at Belgrade has' thrown into the" background every, other subject. It is felt in ; Hungary almost like., a family tragedy, for Prince Michael was' weit known } he had spent his youth in exile-, at Yienna and in Hungary, where; he,had the fine domain of Jvansa; lie Tiad "married a Hungarian lady, Countess J/ulie Hunyady, who, as you will remember* spent several months in England' a few years ago j he had kept- /up even after his accession to throne, those 'relations “of friendship and intimacy which: dated from the time of his youth ; And by his educak tion arid long sojourn iu civilized countries* he belonged; rather to the Western world, than his own semi-barbarous/omhtry. ' /

Among other civilised tastes / which thePrince had brought back with bird was that for fine parks and gardens. Besides, tire garden attached to his town residence* he bad taken great trouble and/had spared no expense to convert a forest of/consider- : able extent which lies alongside the ohain of hills to the west of Belgrade mto a deefc park. “ Topsliidere,” as the place is cfaUeff, is the favorite -resort /of the population (luring the summer months, when: the fine • trees andthe/cobl river Save, which flows: • at tlie foot,'makedt agreeable.•////////:•'f;>K' 'As on alihost "afternoon, at /this. . season of '.'ilie. vyear*/'pii/ / - Prince, /in: company/ with- his' Konstantinovich, 'and her youirg daughfer Catherine, agirl. of/ about; 16,' was 7 walking about in the park, /when other persons. "They were/weR/k ;; them as /members of /the/ Baddytmovich family—the father/ and/two'isorfs;// The father : was a bankrupt/lawyerfrpn^/S } abtfezi/ / ? had'beeu: ~ u^J^ : frad^freem/areduced'./ij;^ • thu/vtbe; r kind?, nf ygrievance^agamSt'^f sijo. i agSinßt him, and tb whioU/ho attributes/ail : . i 1m further troubles.' ’

making : the rj cußt6 ( moTy Balute; ahd almost as soon as th®y had rpassed' they drew their • revol-’yira:^nd:;flired;;iat^the'-Prihe©-:_and^he ladießfrdm;hehihd/ T TheTPriuce,strucls:by itKe'fypung,.: girl : ;i The, mother i.- SeeirigThe'Prince ' : . the;lprbitrateiiPrincei chitting'vjiina. "about tHethead^an'd^ -bb to .diafisufe him almost, completely. ;■. In ' the meantime Aides-de-camp, one of tracted by the report of the revo.lireirs, ran to the spotj Where they were received by ehotsV'one b£S which birohe young Garachamn’sarm eo badly that it afterwards had tq;Jbe amputated. . Still they, together . the and; other promenaders wlioliad reached the place, succeeded in awestingph fipot the father and one of the aon9. ' .The* qthei escaped, but lias since been also taken;. ' The whcle account sounds more like an episode from the dark ages than a European event of the nineteenth century,; and may servo as a specimen of a race which has always been conspicuous by its savage euergy and, determination;'

The indignation 1 at tlie deed was such that it took a good deal to prevent the people from taking justice into their own hands,'and it was.only when the consideration gained-ground that a more regular proceeding might lead to the discovery of accomplices that the criminals- could be conveyed to the fortress.; Inquiries which have been since prosecuted have led to the arrest of several' persons, and the indignation soon gave way to general grief and consternation. For one moment it was felt that almost anything might be in store not only for the town, but for the whole country. Fortunately the law, which was made when the family of Miiosch acquired their hereditary right'to the Principality, had provided for the case, and ordered that the President of the Senate, the Minister of Justice, and the President of the Supreme Court of Law, should form a Regency in such cases, and two of them, at'any rate, being among the cleverest and best educated Servians, no. time was lost, and'oh the same evening the Regency, consisting of M. Marinovich, President of the Senate, and often employed in confidential missions abroadj M- Lechianin, formerly agent at Constantinople, likewise confidential man of the late Prince ; and M. Petrovich, President of the Supreme Court of Law, constituted themselves into a Regency. * - Having taken, every, precaution to insure the security of the town by confining the military to their barracks, and sending patrols through the streets, they issued next morning a proclamation acquainting the people wil h the tragic end. of the Prince,, and informing them that according to the tenor of the lawj they had formed a Provisional Government, that the Skuotshina would be convoked within thirty days, and that all the functionaries must remain at their posts, and endeavor to keep up the existing state of things as it was left .by the great patriot, Michael Obrenovicb, until the Skuptshina met and made the necessary provisions. In the meantime they exhorted the people and the authorities to maintain public order andsecurity. The proclamation ends with “May God guard our country in this hour 'of a difficult trial.” The prayer has been heard, for, in spite of the great excitement which the event produced, public peace has been nowhere disturbed. The country people flock to the town, and for -the sake of precaution martial law has been .proclaimed. It is only now that -one can see how popular the Prince was, for there has not been a discordant sound mixed with the expression of the universal grief and horror at the deed,'