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New Zealand Herald, Volume III, Issue 892, 22 September 1866, Page 7

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1 ' Fit Oil SYDNEY, ' WITH TIIK ENGLISH TiiLIiGIIAMS, PER • MA Pit AS.' NEWS TO AUGUST 15. Great Battle at Ladowa—The Austrians Defeated. Naval Battle in the Adriatic. Armistice of 4 Weeks Accepted. Cessation of Hostilities between Austria, Prussia, and Italy. France demands the Rhine Provinces. The Atlantic Cable Successfully Laid, and in working order. Sculler's Match won by Henry Kelly. Cholera Raging in London. Commercial Confidence Restored ' Frightful Famine in India. [The following appeared iu our no 'ond edition of yesterday]. 11.M.5.5. -He! ipse, (':i])t ;i in Freomant h\ "v----rived in harbour vesterJiiy, ;Uier :i i l run of (i} s chip. \\ r o have to Ward Room Oflk'crs for Jute files of Iney papers, containing the July English telegrams. ] The Madras arrived at Sydnev with the 1 mail at 1.30 p.m. on Thursday the 13th I instant. o 11.M.5.3. Challenger arrived :it Sydney y at -A p.m. on tlic 12th. having been tele- ' graphed oil' Cape Otway on the afternoon * of Sunday, tho flth. She was to leave for s here on the 19th. " The s.s. Auckland was to leave with tho mail for this port at noon on tho 17th, and J. is therefore due on Sunday. t' I [From the Sjj,lnn/ Khvj O-myc's °j ' Sound Tcliyrnp/iic Co'.iivxponth'u/.' ' j. Adelaide, Sunday, p.m. TV,a Alexandra, Captain Brown, arrived at Cii. n- p let* l'ier at 1.30 p.m. The passage to King Ocorpu's c Sound occupied upv.'ards of ninety hours, The t Bombay left the Sound far G-ahe at ~ p.m. on tho •Ith instant. p The Madras arrived at tho Sound at 1 p.m. oil thou 3rd instant. She left Gallo at 7 p m. oil the 21st. c August, and is to sail for Melbourne at midnight on b the /ith. Captain Nelson, mail agent; Mr. Gardener, 1 purser. F PASSENGERS. 11 For Sydney.—Mrs. Roehfort and child, Mrs. n Cousin apd two children, Mrs. Qi'ler, Mrs Taylor, r Messrs. Barnard, .Levi, P. Huchan, Kvans, Cohen, t Miscroif, Philips, Butler, Sweeney, Macintosh, and t Hull. ( For Melbourne.—Mr. and Mrs. M'Kinlcy, Messrs. i Robertson and Martin. f For Adelaide.—Mr. nope. f For Western Australia.—Dr. Dickie. I ' s TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. ] The war in Europe is ende.l, and peace concluded, t i Austria cedes Venetia to France, ceases to be of t the Germanic Confederation, and pays part of tho t 1 expenses of tho war. The laßt tremendous battle between Austria and t Prussia took, place at and is Called tho c Battle of Lalowa ; half a million of soldiers were r engaged for twelve hours, and fifty thousand wero J killed and wounded. The IteHans were defeated by tho Austrian*, < Gar.baldi s volunteers being irio(lkip-,,r A great naval engagement of Austrian and Ilaliar. J fleets of iron-clads took place. lioth sides claim the t Yictory. Great riota and excitement occurred in London t through tljaaction of tho Kefnnn League. Amass j reform demonstration took pla-ce in Myde Park, t which was suppressed by tho Govcnmont, but not i without loss of life and many persons injured. ] The Atlantic cable lias been successfully laid. Cholera is raging in London. B J he Bank rato of discount is 10 per %nt| Con^ls merit* 13lrmmgbp -' m Banking Company stopped pay- 1 There have been several salps of wool at advanced rates, and a great demand ; an increase of 2J per lb. is expected at the next sains. Australian tallow ii Is. lower, and there is little business doing. P. Y. 0. is quoted at 435. (id. to -13s. ad. Colonial sperm oil, £123 pur ton ; common oil, £113 10s.; Sydney coeoanut, lis; and' for linseed and rape oil there have been large sales ut advanced prices. The exportß for tho month > how.s n gross tot'il of 3 £1,125,365 against $1,:!9!\77S for the procodin» 1 month. Tho riecreane is owing to the falling off of ] 1 shipments to Adelaide und New Zoalaud I ' 1 ! GENERAL SUMMARY. j i ™ , ~ , r London, 2Gth Jul v. iho Australian May mails wero delivered' in < London on the 14th aud 10th July. f _ '.1 he Queen i B in perfect heahh, and taking more 1 interest in public affairs. ; lhe 1 rinee of Wales narrowly escaped serious 1 injury by "icing unhorsed in fiotten How. s Tho Princess Louise of Hesso givy birth to a < daughter on July 28th, ] '1 ho Marquis Abpreom wub sworn Lord-Lieutenant < of Ireland on July liOth. f Sir John Blackburne was appointed Lord Chan- < cellor. ] bir Hugh Tio'C has been Taised to the Peerage. ■ i Earl Derby announced the foreign policy 'of the ] Government on the 9th July. 'l'hev would en- 1 deavour to preserve peace and not become mixed 1 with any particular allianceß, nor should tho English Government interfere in internal affairs of foreign nations, or make use of menaces unless intendin" "to t follow them up by action. Stiict neutrality is to be 1 observed in Continental hfl'airo, and congratulates t Parliament on the re-establishment of a good under- 1 standing between Kngland aud the United States, < end approving'bf Canadian loyalty in resisting 1 Funianism, dwelling specially on the friendship of < the United states in suppressing that conspiracy. i England haß bean visited: by a fearful thunderstorm. A fatal collision occuied in the Fnghsh Channel < between H. M. tliip Amazon aud the steamer Osprey. i both vessels gunk, but only Dine "were drowned. 1

The Monarch of the Sens n • , . i. Buppos,:,! tol l ave founder-d. - r ' nlne PM " . ham; wiih t, ; e s t ( ~ Gre>i - Hie l'criivian army. ' ' iot At Wiinblndon, the i Sc f .t,.h'iq,,ht „™', i .* T « . f(mi ( ,on Knii. Ills - 0;, ' nUI •"jjljUL. .1,/cuus Uiu polivcf'th.M.avai not the °t) (' 10 that it was high with ° B advisors J - )ttrl, "S,? ,rt "ocd..tUe law. to suit lhs Alrami"- riou in w ,ro suppre,sn.l . C having! refused pen'mission ~ui ,'ft ' to storm th« the police. ° P " Kuv, ro w.av r,..;,u15,..l by demit im^r 0 '""i", in SMtluu-h dtiiotmc 11 e.probability of a volcanic e.uptionv " °) 1 1 a fcuriri ' between France. Th d have he:*n ~ onnitonc "m C l '^ L * ru / n is rapidiv inweaVin'ff'' iho scullersr race betwe.m viho Kn-lish clmmriioii.-.-FTenr; Ko'ly ami the American.. champion, .1 allies Hauul., f,r I, w ;l s voh>wily htOJ) bi'iit H-itriOAV at. thu sinftuul'iji Ail intercolonial railway hetw.-im -liaiifav and Quebec is under considcrarion' by ti.o Hritish G ca'err I mont. r''•.'j'.;.;*;. 1 """ 1 '"0 1 OJ?JJQ.\RY Ilr. AVilfo-,. foinu'riy Houu'ii C'ath. lie • ,p H°ba.t luwn ! J ji'rofessor PnH ' '.■-r Antlumv t.-uller. Marquis of . l.amdown,., Karl of Lanefand tor„uo;h, Sauvuel ArayMird^iiiatl^Uiticiaii^ouStess' U\v.igc r I uluurlic AMI3RICA ew LI k, J11! v 12th Jvfon e 1? abundanf. • . . ' y. vtold, 110, Floyr dull. ■; J he receipts of eo:k'n-durin ; ;.th6 la>.t thvco davs,' : 4-2 M) bales. ■ : ... sK'hr;M"°" v : ;" Petroleum is depri-sst d. " < . * 'es.,!n'ion in : i'av.mr of iiccoviliiij; bcliiji'i-cnt . nghts t.. the J'Vi.iaiis was moved in the iiouse of 1 lieprßscntativos and ivj 'Cied;,. ,Tl-,.-. I-;, ,ii sii Govern- - mc.iit ,s srriiiTiirliug yiowly, iitid t!irrc:ilave beori no ! I jie genera! teeli.ng^ towards' •' ingtisli uiferects'.■ No nt;\vs of lniforiance lias been rcccivcd. tVoiii ilexico. ■; i i." COZS'IIMINL'Vr. Nine battles between tlio JViie&iaiis. ahir.:\astiviariß 4 have, been lought, iu which tli.Q former ■ always ■ victorious. Goueritl ■ Von ; .Mo!ke, wlso'. commanded ' the PriHsian army, [loured/down • iii. two gra»d di- i visions through Hoheniia—one division heir.''- led by '' the Crown Prince (the husband of tlio IVine'ras Koyal'. \ of Hngland), and tho other'v nyS'VlVinee' i Ct arlrs. A Rfeat battle took«p' aeeSat p wi:ich the Austrians wero-det'ati'dSiudAfcniShi&k,'l upon the.Klu. After th.e hattle i; tK; ; - AuVtnahsceded : i' the Province of V>.Ketia to;Pran.-e, wifh:t'he>iew.':!;of making \ enice Fioach ti iriforv.' This' was considcred by tlie Italians a? an insuit^aiHl^thev^^erßJ maddened liy thn i eN-ion, 'as tiie laire tor tho posses. sion. of \ ei.icc by tho was , , . : : i " Terms of peace have >e.-n' framed,' w):i: ii in volve i»| th.o of a new Gerrnsinic CoiVO-'deration ,' 1 fiv.li.i wiiicli AustrU isj. Occluded:? ! /J j the formation of a unicn Of. North .Germany' u.-ulrr' 5 Prussia, with South GermanyVbyaitlos'annexatipnVia-? 'i'l other (jiiai ters ; nnxl the r.-tentioVi cil'.th.i Kliye, duchies with the .xceplif ii of North Schleswig,' which f is? to be rc«si rc I to PtnTark 1 The Prussian armyin. trememlous force approached Vienna';'and. g cliul.ed, I'nii following' are the lit-isc te!.;gra;i!s on £ the subjcot :—| f Preliminaries of I'ea;. . —Piris;,!u!v A 'dt'i- ~ patch tr nr. tho Minist«r~'olat-hft^iitenw '® op tb.isi ailerreaoM tliV''it*ruef ■' cepted tilts pveliininaries of peaci), aiid'Avi's lUhnift.idf by tho Prussian !'l.;nip ;'e:iti;iri.>s ..as-ornb'.ed at tie.' . Prussian lleacl Quartern tu : liegociate an armirticc. . s" A definite reply from J t ilv isi: expeeted ;ibi{V«tKntJ £ power has already admitiol in'pihicipieitlieShasiaiof i negotiations. - r-3 The p'reliniinavieH of peace proposed:;by ivPrussair and approved by France, ara—ihat Austria, is t>. " recognise the d's.9olutten of. the : former Gonnau " bunds, rmd tlic organisation ofja & from which ehu wiiukl-he > Germany to tbrm a union under military lind diplo-- ?' matio direction of PiHi-ssia^aiiU fe l(iiivo' ,^)pti'onnl:f i th"e' ■' formation of a union of South Germany, as iin-.tprle--,' pendent international between these two unions—the ann'exatiQiKby. ; ;Prus-' 'v Sia of the Elbe Duchies, with?the ? exciJjHioutoiy hoX if: Danish portion of —a part pjivnienc b v Austria of the Prussian war expenses/and thoTmiiin-, T ; tenance of tho integrity of. Austria, with tho ■except ;; i t.ion of N'enetia. 'I'heso'. ! conditions " Were feu.bmi tte'd : ' i by Franco to Austria, to thepoint, oxclftding her from the , (Jijra auio l ';„,,f,.j era Hon to be re-organjsed b>* I'vussia A part from tUo 3 demands subniite.d ''V sia to. Austria", the former $ power laUirif a to ;( about l,o!.^o w , lnhlbllantai " I'ariH, July 2 t.—^Tt;iiss;aSswtcdf;6hVeliable^ thority that Austria ha.s.;Co'nanit';'dyto..aebedeito.the,! [ prppc-sit;o.n of Fiance to retire!;'from'tho\'(4ermiitiiQ':.' | Confederation, and to recognise. the.reconstruction;i;of< 5. that body, in which she will takb , no ! 'p;irt'.'j3..j(V : pja';V ." The Pourse has shown symptbms'ijofJexciteihentjmV consequenco of a note in the 3)on flitir TOspecttno.thes armistice^—rentes closed at ;ui1f.^3207,' or' (!2c/ hiwlier. thun yesterday. Tho" armutieejair;agreed;!to'oii the? r : 22nd is tt> last fivo days, and commenoL't', hotwoen tho Prussians und Austrians at noon " (From the 7V.»! «.). ' , 'r' yy ,::i;i ' Tho fivo days' . two Powers consent to take into consideration the ;; preliminaries of peiiee, tlie niain pointorwhich is the, J exclusion of Austria from th.e German oohto.derati6n| Peace liiaj' therefore tie looked' lipoh'fas'n virtually ' concluded. The armistice of last Sunday cad not , come one day too soon to savo fAustria from a final catastrophe. On that day!two'; : Prusstan;divisions . are said to have defeated an Aus'riari forctf of :}i>;0001 .; men before l'resburg, and the conquerors had advanced ! ! to a distance of less than • two-miles frpiii< the'eity;; which co'jld hardly havo : failcd to fall into , th*:ii*. ' hands, when the announcement reached them thatv'a trucp had been decided on, vrhiclli compel ed tlie; PrussiattH to :'all back to tho the terms of the agreement for a suspeiisioiVoft bosti-| J litjes, at St.amflen. In the South,, the Alediea Dn:v , sion of tho Italian army, which, corning up f-'roiji Ha-< : ; sano and BellunO, liiid gained tho entrance of the 1 Valsiiu' llllo ftt Prftmolano, forced its way through tlie defiles of that valley as fiir as Borgo and Servico, storming the Austrian positions by splendid fighting and invading the A.tistrian Tyrol territory to within ' about ten miles of Trent. . Yet one clay more of such ■ a contest and the Italians would hav-o found themselves in full possession of the Southern Tyrol, and the Prussians masters of the passes of the Danube at ' Presburg and Krems, would have threatened Vienna on the east and west, und. oil both sides of the great river. The combatants are now resting on their vsiriois positions, and there are well-grounded ' that the tnuo may be prolonged into an ar-ini-tiri', and this again ripen into ■ a definite peace From, tho suspension of .hostilities, however, Bavaria, Wurtembej £", aiid tho Other South-ft'ostem States are excluded. Florence, Jiiiy 2ith,—The official Gnzotio ttujes fbat the proposals of tho fimperer' have been acceptqcl by the Courts of Yienpa and. Berlin as the basis of an armistice. Prussia had conimuriicat d. to the Italian Govern luent her conditional acceptance of. proposals for itri courao Imping bgeri taken upon tlio belief of refoiving the . consent of the Italian Government, in accordance. wi;h a mutual eiigagement entered into between Prussia and Italy. In coiiseqiii-nfe of this engHgeiiient, Italy declared her rfea iiiiess to. suspend hostilities, for eight days on coadition of reciprocal conduct on the part of Austria. During this period negotiations will, be

i L ? n y'V' cd ora<ir an aimistice may be cont eluded and conditions .'arranged for an honorable peace. PARIS, m, - July 25th, Kyeninir. lhe Ji?iti/inr i!u Stiir stitea tiiat Au'-tria did not acct*.j > C v.-;i Ji. u t i .;i 1Q Ural h.-sitaHou the basis of peace in\o I" l g. ear >t S iciificeaa her influence in the U-ennan conteacl-^t.i.oo. H.\(!A(i M KXT.S BETWEEJST THE AUSTRIAN' ITALIAN FLEETS. Vienna, July 51. ■i ester-.lay morping the Italian fleet, composed of twenty-five ships, the ram Alfjndatore, and twenty-two iron-clad frigates, was attacked off toe i.s.,and of by the Austriansqu-idron, under command of Admiral Xeggetliof, Iu the, courso of j ie action, w'.hich was a severe one, a large lialian iron-clad was sunk by tho Austrians ; the iron-dads I<-rdmund aiid Max, and an Italian frigate was' blown, up, nnd all on board these vessels Tiie Ausrriaii liee-of-btittle ship Kaiser was surrounded by four Italian iron-clads, three of which she ran down, and forced tho other back, Osing in the engagement her bowsprit, foremast, and twenty-two killed and eighty-threo woundad. The Austrian licet sustiined very little damage, and was S r'\t i-. , act,9n * A f ter several hours' fi^htin.3,

the . Italian fleet was driven, back to. Ancona, pursuea bj the Austrian squadron, and the island of Ussa (which is situated -off the coast of Dalmatia, in the Adriatic) was thereby relieved. The Italians ma( e tinea atempts to disembark troops near Comnussa,. and each time were successfully repulsed by the garrison. ■■ . . .».■ ■ 1:: cinxA. < Three sections Of telegraphic communication' between China and Australia have been proposed. ' r rr StV 7 0 'yP I ' 0011 oct-ureeii about 250 miles south 0. ff orgk ing ; several ships were dismasted, and great tears entertained for vessels known to be due. ... I ive pirates were sentenced to death for an attack on he Carl Uiesiir. rebels caused great alarm. North Kuhsull is hopelessly lost to China, and Mahamedan rule is established there. .■ ...y 1 , . heen fresh disturbances •at Nan-■ 'I'li'V .suspension of the Agra and iMas.terman's liank cau-eda great excitement at Hongkong, and a run on the other banks. The manager of the Oriental iiank;: cashed tlie paper of the other bank's, and thus •ula.yca tl 1 1> panic. ® Y of tert, are very laree, but there are bhoi-t of silks. • b . , j 1 j' o, u^ Imperialist generals "were treacherously niur-. aeredi by the Viceroy, and the Imperial forces were defeated. .. 'l%vo ij'rerich bishops and seven, priests \\oro biubarously massacred at Corbea. j i pax; dospatc lies gtafo that a convention had been concluded between tho English, Fr.meli, Aineripleuipotentiariea. cclhsion br>tween the Kussians aad Japanese oc.at '.logfthelim, aDd several liussians were ki11ed...,. Iwmt\-three pirate lunks were destroyed in Sanoy. J3ay. INDIA. famine m and th© surrounding districts las lnereifcd feariuily. The Government has. gran- • ed £2,i0,00i) to purchase rice for the -aofferers. '0,000 are fed daily in Calcutta by private charities, tnd 830,000 out ot Cul.cu.tfci. Sickness prevails, and he number of deaths from sheer exhaustion aro rightful." •'-:••• advices state that the next rice crop yi.ll be moat productive. In tho Madr.LH Prrsulencv the famine prevails toL.feirtul ex.tent. Lord Napier visitod the distressed lUtricts, and large sums, have been placed at the dis)o3.il of,the itehel to meet the riM* ~; T n tommeriCi.il matters, confidence is steadily inFruight.g continue low. As money is . asier. more b'asines-s has been dono, und loans uve ■ nbred at, G per cent. ; bank bills, six months la ll jd.' .. lh.. bh.ips C'lap.uicary, Z.enQhia, Ltavernon,' nd lhiinus vore wrecked at thocntranoo to Bombay ardour. ...ihe trci-jht market is depressed, aud ei-eral vessels havo cleaned in ballast; oiw only is alf l.ijided tor Livovpooi. '.■There'"''hayr. heeli tremendous floods.' in India'' fhimagc to public works, and a coil-' . 'pient suspension of traffic 011 several of the railmails wero carried by hunters, olegnipliio intc-rmptiolis are frequent, owin" to fo..falling ..i posts. . p ojSir W. Mansfield lias heen called on to resign i some disclosures in tho case re Captain Jevvis ;5-e -Imposed to scandalise him.. ' " ' |At'i.'cj;loii; v thc depreciation in the value of coffee, \ving tct the l'.nrv'.pean "vvcur, is creating great ht'hi?.. ? l« l t't;.of ]jl:Ui.te.rs to redtioo their estate enditiU'e.' : ' ;;• ' Hilda, timber sliip, hound from Ban goon'' ir Bombay,; tt'as lost; Captaia Wiso'iiis wife/, aiidi' ■ art'hfi.the crew were saved, : : i-yyy- '