GENERAL SUMMARY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 171, 22 July 1868, Page 2

GENERAL SUMMARY.

London, June 2. The Qneen is at Balmoral, and Mr Disraeli has been censured for not advising her to remain in I^mdon when a political crisis is probable. It is known that the Queen has received warning of intended Fenian outrages at the laying of the first stone of St. Thomas's Hospital. Mr Gladstone's Suspending Bill is considered to be certain of rejection by the "Lords, The disestablishment of the English Church is spoken of. In reply to a question in the House of Commons,, Mr Disraeli said that the Government would not defend Mr Eyre against the Jamaica Committee, but would reserve the right to ask Parliament to indemnify him. Andrew Johnson is still President of the United States. Mr Secretary Stanlon has resigned. Cardinal Andrea is dead. The reserve x>f the Greek army has been called . out. The deputies elected by the insurgent Candiotes to the Greek Chambers have been requested to leave and declined. The Turkish Minister has declared that if the deputies were received he would demand his passport, France, Austria, and England have protested against the admission of the Cretan deputies. The Viceroy of Egypt and suite are on a visit to, Constantinople, Cherif Pacha having been appointed regent in his absence. The Derby was won by Sir J. Hawley's Blue Gown, Baron Rothschild's King Alfred being second, and the Duke of Newcastle's Speculum being third, with 18 others. Time, 2 minutes 43£ seconds. Net value of stakes, £6876. The Oaks were won by Mr Graham's

Formosa, Mr Dawson's Lady Coventry being second, and Mr Padwick's Athena being third. Nine started. A cricket match came off at Kennington Oval, on the 25th May, between 11 Australian aboriginals and 11 gentlemen of Surrey. Score, Surrey Club, Ist innings, 222. Australians, Ist innings, 73, 2nd innings, 132. A severe thunderstorm occurred in London on the 29th May. The Victoria clocktower at Westminster Palace was struck by lightning, but not much injured. One man was killed by lightning at Newington Causeway. BY ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. New York, Joae 5. Mr Buchanan, 15th President of the United States, died at his residence, Wheatland, Pennsylvania, on the Ist of June, of pleuro-pneumonia. The Executive departments were placed in mourning, and all business suspended on the day of the funeral. The War and Navy departments caused military and naval honors to be paid to his remains. General John M. Schofield, the new Secretary of War, took the oaths and assumed the charge of his department on the Ist of June. General M'Leilan's nomination as Minister to England is withdrawn. H. R. Johnston is to be Mr Adams's successor. On Mr Stan ton's retiremont the Senate tendered him a vote of thanks. New York, June 9. The Emperor Napoleon is ill. France has resumed diplomatic relations with the Bey of Tunis. Plans for the reorganisation of the military forces of the Austrian Empire are being gradually carried- into effect. The standing army is to consist of 800,000 men and the Landwehr of 200,000. The Emperor of Austria asserts that he had to make choice of two alternatives, the signing of recent laws hostile to the Concordat, or the abdication of his throne, and he had chosen the former. The weekly statement of the Bank of France shows the amount of bullion in hand at the close of the 4th of June was 1 1 £ millions of francs in excess of the previous week. Negotiations have been commenced on the part of the North German Confederation with the great maritime Powers, including the United States, having for their object the arrangement and perfecting of a uniform system of ship measurement. It will be proposed that the metrical principle be kept in view, and have a preference. The Pope has sent an agent to the United States, to enlist troops there for the Papal service. Garibaldi has written to his friendß and to the authorities in America, entreating them, on behalf of the Liberal party of Italy, to discourage the project. The Nord asserts that an opinion prevails widely in Paris that war will break out in Europe before the close of next autumn. Prince Napoleon has arrived at Vienna, from Baden. He was received by the Emperor Francis Joseph, with whom he held a close consultation. The object of his mission is unknown. The Austrian Chamber of Deputies in the Lower House of Reichsrath had voted the funding of all the different forms of national indebtedness, with the, exception of lottery obligations, at a rate of interest of 5 per cent, per annum, and imposing a heavy tax on coupons. The Emperor of Russia haa issued a ukase, setting free all persons of high birth now exiled to Siberia, and all natives of Russian Poland who are sentenced to less than 20 years' exile. The Etendard advises the Reichsrath not to adopt the proposed heavy tax on coupons. An exciting race took place at Chantilly, on the 7th June, for the Grand Prix de Paris, the gift of the Emperor, and 100,000 francs, for the then three-year-old entire colts and fillies of any breed and any country, added to a sweepstakes of 200 dollars each in gold, the second to receive 2000 dollars in gold, and the third 1000 dolls. Colts to carry 1211bs, fillies 118lbs. Distance about a mile and 7 furlongs. 96 subscribers. The race was won by the Marquis of Hastings's The Earl, Mr M'Chickler's Suzerain being second; Count F. de Lagrange's Nelusko third; Mr Godiug's Vale Royal fourth, and Mr H. Saville's Blueskia fifth, ABYSSINIA. The Secretary of State for India haa

received despatches, dated May 30, from G-teneral Sir R. Napier, stating that he hoped to reach the coast of the Bed Sea, at Zulla, on the Ist of June. He had left Kassai, his faithful native ally, the day before the date of his dispatch. The English captives recently detained by King Theodorus, and released by Sir R. Napier, have arrived at Suez. . The Russian Government is in receipt of intelligence from Central Asia. The victory of the 2nd of May and the capture of Bokhara, are fully confirmed. The reported death of the Emir of Bokhara lacks confirmation. The victorious Russian troops had taken the city of Samarcand. The Emperor and Empress of the French attended an agricultural meeting at Rouen. Eugenie ( ?) proposes a visit to Iceland. Prince Humbert of Italy and the Princess Margherita had arrived at Monza. The Opinione of Florence says that the French troops will shortly be withdrawn from Rome. Carioli had introduced a bill, granting Italian citizenship to Italians seeking to register themselves in any municipality of the Kingdom of Italy, after immigration from Italian countries not limited to the Kingdom. The Ministry intend to carry this out. The Crown Prince of Denmark is betrothed to the Princess Louise of Sweden. A Peace Congress is to be held on a large scale at Berne in September. The Mont Cenis Railway is to be formally opened on the Bth June. In Canada the Fenian excitement continues. Military preparasions on an extensive scale had been made at Montreal, Toronto, and Ottawa.