GERMANY.

Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 36, 23 July 1872, Page 2

GERMANY.

17th Jnne. The Reich stadt, after seven hoars' debate, passed a Bill the second reading, depriving* Jesuits of the rights of citizenship. The division was IS3 to 10 L Serious troubles from labor movement are feared.

A Treat/ has been signed giving Germany working control of the Luxembourg railway except for munitions of wf r. The Mritisli Embassy p esented Emperor "Willinm, arbitrator under treaty, with the anHwer on the San .Juan boundary case. The American Minister presented the application. General liendelstein, who directed the Lo'iibatdrncnt of Slia.sbou'rg, is dead. FKANCK. Thiers proposed gradual evacuation of l'Vance as the instalments of the indemnity are paid. The proposition was accepted, provided the whole amuuut be discharged by March. Wi. The Assembly has refused to authorise- the reduction of army service from live to three years. Marshall Vaillant is dead. ITALY. Fearful floods have taken place. The river Vo has ri.sen and destroyed 700 people. The Pope has sent an important circular to the representative of foreign powers. Contents not yet published. .SPAIN. A new cabinet hns been formed by General Cordova. Zonilla is premier. The King adjourned the Cortes as the insurrection vvaw still alarming. GHNKHAL STLMMATJY. The Persian famine is worse than ever. Livingstone has been found alive and well, lie refused to leave the country till the intended explorations are completed. The International Exhibition was opened nl Copenhagen on the loth June by the King Cholera has appeared in the -Black .Sen ports.

AMERICA. The Hoaion Jubilee opened on tlie 17th .Tiiiu*. 'I'llere was u chorus of IU,UOU voices. The orchestra was composed of 1,000 instruji oiiLh. A genci-al strike of mechanics and laborers is in progress in New York. They demand seven hours work and increased pay. (Jeiirrni iSickle-H luis boen l'ecalled from •Spain. No successor will he appointed till matters in controversy are settled. Congress adjourned on tlie I lth. The Republicans have nominated Orant for riv.sid.nt.

Henry Wilson, Vice-Secretary of the Treasury, has notilied that the new loans will 1»! d> Lr'red o;i aecomn of the delicate relations lieiweeii and America. Mii'.diry a.id naval movements alonu , tJiu (In! I >'o.st iiulieale sus|>iciou of liMiible with Spam, The Government, l'egard nuf..vouri.h;y lie H.ilish proposal to ailjourn 1 he ( i..-.iiev;i arbitration. Slokcs , trial foi shooting , J''isk will com-niem-e on llie H'th. SA.N ITxANCISCO. June. Wool ?S on.lnal — -']() to 3"> cents for irood io c<llllllloll. ( 'lioice, HI to 4:') cents. Suioks lariii 1 . Wheal, l.7o>iols. to l.DOVlils. per '.vulal. Liveipool wheat market, 12s Gd to J'Js cd. LATEST. The spread of small-pox is causing great alarm in British Columbia. The steamer Trince Alfred lias been quarantined. A dispute has taken place in Victoria as to whether the City, Provincial, ov Dominion Covernmeuts have the right to regulate quarantine. The steamer Idaho from Esqumanlt ran on chain rocks. The steamer California bound for vSitka has been wrecked. The passengers in both cases were saved. The Washington correspondent of the " Alt-a California," under date the 19th, says that the Government will not object to the postponement of the deliberation, au.i thinks that America will loose nothing by giving (»reat Britain no pretext to withdraw from fie arbitration. No extra session of the Assembly will be called, and no information was to hand to warrant the supposition that the cltbrts .being- mado to adjust matters will be inelTeeinal.

Thy strikes in the Eastern States are subsiding. At the piano-makers' meeting the resumption- of work was strongly urged. Singer's sewing-machine workmen and the siitjar-refiners arc still out, also the workmen on Central railway. It is expected that German influence will be largely ielt at the next election of a Pope. The Pope has addressed a letter to Cardinal Autone'li, deploring the suppression of Italian convents. He denounces it as a violation of International law. He declares that it.is only his regard for the highest interests prevents his leaving Rome. Reconciliation is impossible and a conflict between the Holy See and the Italian Government is inevitable. The Pope says he cannot submit to such usurpations, and requests Autonelli to protest against them with foreign powers. A telegram dated June 10, referring'to the boat-race between England and America, says that the AtaJauta crew entered into the race under most unfavorable circumstances. The race took place just after a storm, the water

being , in consequence rougii and lampy The tide was running very strong. Jt was halfpast 0 when the race commenced. 'J 'he Ataiania crew won the toss,and chore the Surrey (side of the river. The English crew got a length ahead in the first two hundred yards, anil soon increased the gap to a length and a half, and although the Americans made desperate efforts to recover their loss and partially siicceded, their strength soon began to fail, and in spite of their having rowed the race out pluukily, the English crew won easily by twenty lengths. The course of four miles two furlongs was rowed in nineteen minutes two Feeonds . The boiler of a Spanish steamer exploded nt Marseilles. 44 passengers and 11 of Hie crew were killed. The steamer caught fire; the fire spread to the dock and several hundreds of bales of cotton were destroyed. The Annual presentation of prizes to the scholars attending the li;mii!ton I district School will take place in tiie school-room, on .Saturday, the 29th hist., at six p.m. Ten, will be provided , for the children at 4.'30 The children will give recitations and several gentlemen will deliver addresses. An admission fee of la will he charged. The fund thus obtained will be applied to the purchase of hooks and other necessaries.

' The " New Zealand Homoeopathic Gazette" ' recently issued,and published by Mr. J. A. Pond, j Queeu-strcef, contains a lengthy article upon small-pox and its treatment, together with a large amount of interesting reading relative to homcepathy. We make the following- extract, which will probably prove of general , interest at the present time :—" Experience \ has abundantly shown that the spread of small-pox cannot always be prevented by even i the strictest and most careful quarantine, ' lifMien it is useless to exile such patients from all human society, although it is undoubtedly proper that all. urmececsary intrusions should ibe avoided Above all let the patient enjoy 1 abundance of pure air. The access'of fresh air not only affords the surest gunrantee of a successful result, but is likewise the most 1 effectual means of preventing the further i spread of the disease."