LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XXVIII, Issue 40, 19 May 1869, Page 4

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

London, April 10. Severe gales have occurred in the English Channel. In Spain, a strong discussion has taken place in the Cortes, on the form of Government and election of a King. Due de Moiitpensier is probably a candidate. A loan of £25,000,000 has 'been proposed. The amnesty for political offences has been postponed, in consequence of conspiracy and out- 1 breaks. 1 A bill authorising the Queen to create four ; j life peerages annually for distinguished ser- j : vices, the totnl number of such peerages not • ] to exceed twenty-eight, has been read a < second time. I -

Maharajah Dhuleep Singh has been gazetted a Magistrate for the County of 1 Suffolk. Don Celestina Olozagna, First Secretary 1 of the Spanish Chambers, has been killed in a duel. The insurgents are completely . vanquished. The dispute between France and Bel- ; gium is in a fair way of settlement. A • fortnight since affairs looked exceedingly warlike. [ The Belgian Chambers have abolished the newspaper stamp duty. The Portuguese Government has decreed ■ the abolition of slavery throughout their dominions. j 1 Agrarian outrages have been committed! in Ireland. At the Cape of Good Hope, a tract of country 400 miles long and 150 miles broad, . has been utterly destroyed by fire. The German Parliament has adopted a motion in favour of responsible federal > Ministers, notwithstanding Bismarck's opposition. The British Consul has been recalled from i Formosa, his proceedings there being condemned. ', The demonstrations held in Trafalgar Square, in honour of the late Ernest Jones, were a failure. l An agitation is in progress for the release of the American citizens imprisoned in England for Fenianism. A speedy settlement of ■ the Alabama differences is still thought not > improbable. Mr. Bright has written strongly to Mr. Sumner on the subject. i The Eepublicans have carried the Con1 necticut election. Matley has been selected to fill the post ' of American Minister in England. , Eeverdy . Johnson has announced his resignation. The latest Atlantic Cable Telegrams state [ that Congress proposes modifying the Tenure of Office Act. The House of Eepresenta- . tives had adjourned, authorizing the President to recognize the independence of Cuba when a Eepublican Government is estab- . Jished. The Legislature of Newfoundland has passed a resolution In favour of confederation. The Hudson Bay Company have ac1 cepted the proposals made by the Government for the surrender of their territory. 1 Paraguayan news is conflicting. Lopez 1 is a fugitive, but the people still cling to him.