ENGLISH NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 95, 25 June 1866, Page 3

ENGLISH NEWS.

By the arrival of the Tararua, we have I aglish news to April 26th. The fate of the Reform Bill and ihe Ministry hangs in suspense. The Government have staked its existence on the bill, the fate of which is decided before now. Mr. Gladstone has addressed meetings in Liverpool in favor of refoi m. Mr. Gladstone was obliged to promise that the moment the second readieg was carried, he would produce a biU for the re-disfvihu-tion of seats, and that though he would not pledge himself to dates, this second measure should be taken up iv earnest, and should be dealt with by the present parh'amest. la reference to the present crisis, says the Home News, votes so valuable that a couniry gentleman, at the poiut of death, inflated his two sons not to be absent from the House when the time for voting came on. The cattle plague, though decreasing, has made its way into places where it had not p"eviously existed. Election committees have been sitting and doing justice. About 19 of the petitions have been heard or withdrawn. Huherto nic liberal party have been the sufferers, 10 liberals having been excluded., and only two conservatives —one of them was turned out on a techuical point. The Nottingham case was the most disgraceful, Sir R. Clifton and Mr. Morley having been unseated for bribery and brutal violance. Princess Mary of Cambridge, is to be married to Prince Teck, son of the Duke of Wurtemburg. Priucess Helena's marriage will be a very quiet affair. The Crown Princess of Prussia has been delivered of another child. The Prince aud Princess of Wales have been enjoying themselves at Sandringham. The Queen has written an admirable letLer to Mr. Peubody, an American benevolent gentleman, and would have offered him a baronetcy or the Bain Cross, but he would not accept the honors. Mr. Thomas Carlyle has delivered an address to ibe sUideutsof Edinburgh, on tde occasion of his inaugmaiiou as Lord RecLor, Mrs. Carlyle died suddedly, a few days after. in cousequence of a IVight she suffered. Marie Ame.'ie. the venerable ex-Queen of the French, ha' 3 been laid by the side of her husband, King Louis Philippe, in the liUle church at Weybridge. JAMAICA. Governor Eyre has been examined at g v eat length. He has expressed his conviction that the conduct of Brigadier-General Nelson was characterised by great humanity. The Governor concurred in the justice of" the sentence aud iv the policy of carrying it into effect, Provost-Marshal Ramsay, who was arrested on a charge of murder, was rearrested at the instance of the AitorueyGeneral. and held to bail in the sum of £500 to answer the charge. The most conflicting statements have been given in evidence respecting Ramsay's conduct. Iv the course of the inquiry 1,000 persons have been examined. The to.'al number of houses destroyed by the troops and special constables during martial law was exactly 1,000. The value of the property destroyed was jg4,436. The following is a list of persons executed, flogged, and imprisoned at Moraut Bay aud other places: —Morant Bay, 189 execuldd, 8 sentenced to death and pardoned, 42 flogged, 3 acquitted and released, 3 imprisoned; total, 245. Marchioneal. 33 executed, 2 flogged and imprisoned. 1 imprisoned; total, 36. Port Antonio, 54 executed. 1 sentenced to death and pardoned, 3 flogged, 58 flogged and imprisoned, 1 acquitted and released, 19 imprisoned; total, 136. Grand total, 276 executed, 9 sentenced to death aud pardoned, 45 flogged, 60 flogged and imprisoned, 4 acquitted and released, 23 imprisoned—4l7. AMERICA. Advices from New York to the evening of April 7, bring the following important items of intelligence : — The Senate had passed the Civil Rights Bill over the President's veto by a vote of 33 to 15, and the House of Eepreseritatives by 122.t0 41 votes. The bill is now law. An animated and excited debate occurred previous to the passing of the bill. Mr. Saulisbury declared that its enforcement would lead to war, bloodshed, and disunion.—A mass meeting

has been held at Washington, emphatically endorsing President Johnson's policy.

Senator Lane had introduced resolutions in the Senate for the admission of Southern members upon certain conditions. He spoke ; n favor of the' President's policy, and declared that the Kepublican party was crumbling to pieces. Every day's postponement of the admission of Southern mc nbers insured the destruction of the Kepublican party.

President Johnson has sent a message to Congress, recommending the modification of the Test Oath of 1862, and also an appropriation for the'owners of the British ship Majicienne, which was captured as a blockade runner.—The Committee on Poreign Affairs have instructed the chairman to report the resolution to send a fleet to the fishing grounds. Mr. Seward is so id to approve the resolution, which is regarded as a precautionary measure. President Johnson has released Captain Serrmes under his oiijinal parole. The Government is said to have issued orders to prepare a flying squadron for duty on the British North American'coast. The various reasous assigned for this are, the assembling of the British West India fleet at Halifax, the Fenian movements, and the effect upon the American fisheries of the termination of the reciprocity treaty. TflE FjiSiANS.—lt was reported in New York that Sir Frederick Bruce has urged the Government to make a public expression of its reprobation of the Fenian movement. Mr. Seward replied that the Fenian movement was certainly of a dangerous, if not a critical nature. So long as its leaders kept within the law the Government would not interfere. If they contravened the law, the Government would issue a proclamation on the subject. 200 Federal troops have arrived at Fort Porter at Buffalo, and more are expected. It is supposed they are sent to enforce respect for the neutrality laws. CANADA. A letter from Montreal states that the Order in Council, calling out 10,000 Volunteers, was approved by the Governor-Gene-ral one afternoon, and next day, at 12 o'clock, 8,000 men were reported by telegraph to head-quarters as fit for duty and ready to march. It is a creditable feat for this colony to have turned out such an army, within 24 hours, well officered, well aimed and fairly drilled. They will Jose no opportunity of giving the Peuiaus a lesson. The President of St. Patrick's Society commands oue of the finest volunteer battalions in the country. The Toronto St. Patrick Society have denounced the Fenian invasion and pledged themselves to defend Canada. The' Irish Canadian Catholics are a thoroughly loyal body. FRANCE. The Paris correspondent of the Standard wiites :—" I can assure you that France is quietly getting an army of observation together. In this age of railways it is not necessary to concentrate a large number of troops, aud subject them to the needless discomfort of the camp or the bivouac. The garrisons of Metz, Thionville, Luneville, Nancy, and Strasburg, are being quietly reiuforced. The reserve is to consist of the Imperial Guard in camp at Chalons. In previous years the troops moved into the camp at the end of May, or the beginning of June ; but now the case is very different. The Ist and 2nd Regiments' of Voltigeurs are to march (hither iv columns of battalions in the course of a few days. The other two regiments of* Voltigeurs, the battalions of Chasseurs a Pied, the regiment of Zouaves, aud the three regiments of Grenadiers, can be transported to the camp by rail in 24 hours. This news may possibly be contradicted, but lean vouch for the orders being given." The evacuation of Mexico by the French his now, it is asserted, been definitely resolved upon, and the date of the departure of the' troops has been fixed by the Emperor Napoleon. They shall evacuate Mexico in ! three detachments ; the first detachment will leave in November, 1866, the second in March. 1867, and the third in November, 1867. The announcement has been received with great satisfaction throughout France.