GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 521, 11 September 1871, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

July 22. —Thornton, British Minister, Washington, sailed for Europe. Attempts w«ro made to get up a filibustering expedition from Canada for Cuba, but discovered at Montreal. Several volunteer in officers were arrested. A successful landing of arms and Volunteers from New' York: made Cuba. The imurrection is going on, though, only desultory fighting taking place. The' Spanish Cortes were to put down insurrectionary movements at any cost. News reoeived via London :—Great earth' quake in Phillipine Islands : 200 . persops swallowed up on one island—Carriquien, j July 24.- Additional details of famine in Persia. People resorting to cannibalism by wholesale, and whole district* being depopulated.

The Pope announces that the right to dethrone kings will not hereafter be exercised by the Holy See. Elections to Lower Canadian Legislature resulted in returning 45 Administration to 20 Opposition representatives. The opposition to treaty of Washington in Canadais dying j out, under the impression that it is. usfeless. Governor Itbbinsoh, of Princ<y Edward .Island, declines to call sossion of Colonial Legislature to consider the treaty, as mo Act. of the coldnies; co\ild prereftt the treaty going-; into'e&bct, it>'ha'ving ibeeli:certified; both iiii Washington and Loudon, and it is to acconi--phshed lact. i■ : j |:■: 11 Augusts'—Paris.-—Courts' martial for the* trial of Communists prisoners convened.. The Count of Paris and Countess ;< dinedt with tlio Duke do Broglie,' new Miniaftti'oi' Foreign A flairs at Paris, it is suid, wit.lt the approbation of the French Government. . Orangemen »nd Oatliolics preparing far at grand riot in Londonderry on Aug. 12. A loiter alleged to have been written by the Czar to the Empress Eugenic immediately after the battle of Sedan, offering to inter> vene for France on a basis of integrity off French territory, is published. It appears thaL the insurrection iv Paris and the flig&fc of the Empress only prevented the intervention. ,; .

August 6. — Paris-, journals report that itffairs in, Algeria, ire-unsatisfactory. Insurrection urisupMissed. 'Some of the French Generals refuse /to obeyorders. The General in command tteeatensrtd'resign.

: Princo Humbert■;fbiF1 Italy about to visit EnglahbV Last eveniaj£ tho friends of the amnesty to Fenian prisoners attempted to hold a meeting in Dublin, in spite of a prohibitian of the Mayorj and a riot ensued, in which the crowd were dispersed, by the police, and forty to sixty were badly~ wounded. The riot lasted three hours.' The military under arms, but not called out. .. ■. -'V i

Great fire on Mission First and Tremontstreets, Sari Francisco, July 12. : Meohanics' MUIb, Gtorrett's Brass Foundry, and .other factories destroyed. Loss, 250,000 dollars ; and 200 mon thrown out of employment. The most of the parties burnt-out hare alreody resumed work.

The French war steamers Magenta, Magnanime, and Revanche^ ordered to Tie ready at Toulon, in anticipation of possible complications in the East. " ". ■"" / ; \r" Fullpartioulars' of the first battle between the Coreans and American squadron received, and a despatch announcing the capture of forts next day with over 450 guns. The Coreans suffered heavy loss ; Americans trifling.

Colonel Yon Smidtt commenced work on the tunnel through Sierra, Nevada Mountains, which will permit a passage for Pacific railway road trains and canal for bringing waters from Lake Tahoe to Sacramento and San Francisco. The tunnel will save a 1000 feet ascent for trains, seven miles distance, and thirty miles of snow sheds.

Mechanics' Industrial Fair, San Francisco, opens August 8. The attendance promises to be very large. The sale of the Californian and Pacific Railway to the Central Pacific Railway Company is confirmed. Projected new line fr.mi San Francisco to Salt Lake -will not therefore be built. The different Southern Pacific Railway Companies are consolidating and work on the line from Texas to California will soon be commenced. The Northern Pacific Railway (American) being pushed forward as fast as possible.

Great apprehension, almost amounting to panic excitement in London, on account of the cholera progressing steadily through Russia towards Western Kurope.

Dr. Dollinger emphatically snubs the Protestant sympathisers with his movement, declaring in v letter for circulation in America, that he does not desire to create a schism in the Catholic Church, but only to prevent it falling into error. . • ; - , ■