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(OondttiMd from th* " Duly Timti," of August 19.) GENERAL SUMMARY. ;' \ \ ' Lom>ok, July '2nd. ThtQue^irY health is good; - -•-••• Risk Allah gained a verdict for £960 damages against the " Daily Telegraph." King Theodore's .crown, robes and spoil are to be .exhibited at Kensington. His •on is in England,! * .. The French Senate has adopted a bill sanctioning the loan for the Suez Canal Company. r " i' The Papal allocution caused much irrfc iation in Austria. The Municipal Council of Vienna protests against any pretension of the Papal Government to interfere in the domestic legislation of Foreign Powers.- Similar protests are expected from allparts of the country. Austrian journals jcondemn the position taken by the Pope. Some recomniend that .the Papai Nuncio be dismissed, and the Austrian Embassy re-, called trom Rome. Luther's monument has been unveiled at Worms. The Queen sent a telegram expressing congratulations. -- In the French Legislative Body the financial statement has been made, showing :i'id«fioiincTi.f 300,000,000 frank*, with a floating debt of 962,000,000 francs. The 1 ftarvest prospects in England irere •WWmwing, L■_ , . / . The .fans journals say that German/ k menacing General Dolce. ; Tlfe" Aiutro-Roumanian differences on v the question are settled, the -^ RoAsaanian Government having yielded *» the, Austrian demands. / meeting <rf the Panama Company, a loss shown of £64,896. • - f MLfStolution in Japan ha*. received a ftj^Hwetus. Twelve of the most oombij&d against -The Befomv measure in th* House of
The Prince Alexander Georgewich and family are excluded from succession to.the throne of Servia. A brother-in-law of the Prince has been executed, for complicity in the assaasina- : Serrano and other high officials of the' Spanish army have been arrested' on a charge of conspiracy against the Queen's throne, in favor of Duke da Montpensier. The laying of the new telegraphic cable to Cuba has proved a failure. Cholera has appeared in Havana. Loicdon, July Bth. Sir : Robert Napier arrived in London on the tod instant. Both Houses of Parliament tendered him a vote of thanks Unanimously; and the Common Council of the City of London presented him with a sword, of the. value of two hundred guineas, and the freedom of the City. General Napier was at Windsor Castle ! on the 3rd, the guest of Queen Victoria. i In the House of Lords on the sth inst., Lord Stratheden presented a petition from the people of Nova Scotia against the Canadian Dominion, and praying Parliament to allow them to leave the new Confederation. Sir Morton Peto has passed through the Court of Bankruptcy, and been discharged . Mr. John Bright has visited Ireland. He was enthusiastically received. Samuel Lover, the Irish novelist and poet, died on the $th instant, at an advanoed age. Pabm, July Bth. In the Corps Legitlatif , tht third debate on the budget was resumed. A brilliant speech was made by M. Thiers, the burden of which was that peace, liberty, and good management, were the only cure for the present financial difficulty. M. Magne, Minister of Finance, informed the members that a further loan was needed to meet the army expenditure . ' ; The discussion of the Budget waa continued on the 4th by M. Jules Favre. He said that France and the neighboring Powers desired peace, and the Government of the Emperor must decide whether its policyshould be for peace or war. M. Rouher replied that on this financial question the attack of the opposition was weak. A strong army he declared was a pledge of peace. By her acts, France would preserve peace and independence. But all nations must ever be prepared.for war. France had no hidden designs, but she could not consent to a disarmament, for no confidence could be put in the fraternity of nations. M. Rouher, in closing the debate, said that the Emperor's Government accepted the idea of German unity, and recognised the rights of nationalities. The only war possible for France was one in defence of her territory, her honor, or hep influence. la the Corps LegisUtif, on the 6th instant, MamhalNeil declared that in 1867 France would have been unable to cope with her neighbors ; but now her power was such that none of them could compete with her. In his speech on the following day, Marshal Neil defended the Government from the charge of extravagance in its expenditure for the army. The Paris journals again begin to com- | plain of the menacing tone of the German press. « It is reported that furloughs are to be granted to all rank and file of the 6th Corps d'Armee. Vuwxa, Jttly Bth. . The Austrian Government has initiated the work of disarming by issuing leave of absence to thirty-six thousand men in the standing army. LoKDoir, July Bth. Despatches from Madrid indicate a renewal of serious political troubles in Spain. The movement had been preconcerted, and had fur its object the placing Don Antonia, instead of the Duke de j Montpensier, at the head of the Govern- j ment. The Duke has been requested to j leave the country. Additional arrests j continue to be made in. all parts of Spain. ; ,Mr. George Bancroft, the American Minister to Berlin, has had an interview with the Duke of Wurtemberg, and presented his credentials from the United State*". , , . - AMERICA. J N«w York, July tth . St. John's Episcopal Church in Buffalo, N.Y., was burned on the night of the | 4th, by the explosion of a sky rocket in { the steeple. The new legislatures of Georgia, Louisiana, and South Carolina, have completed their organisation.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 28, 22 August 1868, Page 3
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