LATER ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL NEWS.

Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2088, 14 January 1870, Page 2

LATER ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL NEWS.

The brig Crown from California to Auckland 1 brings papers to November 12. The following are the most iinpoftant items of information i-~ London, Nov. 6. A four-oared match race for L‘2oo has been arranged to take place on the Tyne on Nov, 17. After the race on the Thames to-day, Sadler of the Thames crew, exasperated by defeat, shamefully abused and struck Walter Brown, the American oarsman. Friends interfered, and prevented the quarrel from proceeding any further. The first of the four-oared races between the Thames and Tyne crews, for L2OO, was rowed to-day, over the Thames course, from Putney to Mortlake. The race was won by the Tyne, by three lengths. Nov. 7. Sip Roderick Murchison publishes an extract from Rev. Mr Kirk's letter as follows: — ll We may in p cr that before this Dr Livingstone has satisfied himself whether any South African waters flow into Lake Albert Nyanza. If this determination is arrived at, he will have solved the problem of African geography. ” The Queen opened the now bridge and viaduct to-day with State ceremonies. Crowds thronged the streets, and the houses in the neighborhood were gaily decorated. Nov. 9. The inaugural banquet of the Lord Mayor of London took place tq-qight at Guildhall, Members of the Ministry, Foreign Ambassadors, and a large and distinguished company were present, Mr Gladstone responded to the toast of “Her Majesty’s Ministers” in a long speech. He returned thanks for the honor, and said the good feeling of citizens towards tbe Government was owing to the indications of the common sentiments pervading the land. Referring to Ireland, pQ said it was melancholy to be compelled to confess that an island that we had governed 700 years bad not fulfilled the first conditions of a civilized community—not yet been brought into harmony with our laws and institutions. Society there is politically diseased. We see a people of noble capacity and quick susceptibilities, whose hearts in many cases do not beat with a warm attachment to sister countries, .and who do in all respects yield to the authority of the laws which wo gladly recognise on this side of the Channel, \\ hile expressing the deepest pain at the condition of affairs in Ireland, he said the Ministry would continue to labor to give all Ireland the strength and unity which a considerable part of the island now enjoys. In regard to thq foreign policy, it would be idle to say that this" Department has no small interest for England. Impertinent interference wo shall always avoid as meddlesome, and an ambitious desire for influence we shall always forswear; but the sentiment of true brotherhood for those countries with which we are united by so many ties, every country is hound to cultivate, and should not venture to renounce. Happily wo are dissuaded from prosecuting quarrels with the world, having none to proiecute. But the friendly assistance of England, though not obtruded, is always ready when sought for, and has

had no small influence In allaying the disturbances and composing the differences which have and might have arisen in various parts of the world. Walter Brown, American oarsman, was enthusiastically received at Newcastle, and commences training immediately for a sculling match recently arranged with llenforth, the champion of England, Nov. 10. The Central Fenian Amnesty Committee ask all Irishmen to abstain from the use of tobacco until the Fenian prisoners are released. The ohjent of making this request is to reduce the revenue of the Government, and at the same time provide means for keeping up the amnesty agitation. The Suez correspondent of the ‘ ■ London News ” regrets that the opening of the canal had not been delayed a few months. He fears the passage of tho larger ships will not be free from risks, and states that the granite pillars of the viaduct are badly cracked, but thinks the injury not sufficient to prevent traffic. A further advance in discount by the Bank of England is probable. The London Times reports that the Irish land question is a matter of great difficulty ; but if the Ministry are unable to cope with it, what must be said of their courage and statesmanship ? They are strong beyond all experience: the rational feeling is more advanced than the temper of Parliament. In a resolution by the Ministry in support of a thorough, searching, workmanlike attempt to cure the long-standing evil of Irish discontent the Government have the power, if only their courage is equal to their power ; high fortunes are before them if their minds are equal to their fortunes. Edinburgh, Nov. 10. M. Faradal, an eminent French journalist, delivered a lecture here last night, in which he made the following pointed allusion to tho political situation of France. He said centralisation bad lately been the tendency of the public men of France, but that policy has lost credit ; ’tis felt that tho Executive is too powerful; its privileges must be cur? tailed; liberty must be given to the boroughs, and departments mnst be freed from the arbitrary rule of Prefects. He also thought neighboring departments should quite in members of tho Senate. .Dublin, Nov, 10. Archbishop Cullen, in a pastoral latter just issued, exhorts all meiqbers of societies similar to the Fenian organisation to abandon them. He adverts to the evils sustained by Spain and Italy through the actions of such societies. Spain, Nov. 10. Mafcadero asserted that the Filibusters had their headquarters in Paris aud London, with ramifications at Madrid ; that they made a business of disseminating telegraph reports calculated to injure Spanish interests in Cuba. He desired that despatches be immediately telegraphed to Capt. General De Rodas, assuring him that Spain will maintain her honor everywhere. Minister Racrera replied that Spain would sustain and defend herself at home and abroad. Her sovereignty in the colonies, as well as on the continent, would be maintained aud vindicated. He informed the Cortes that he had just received an official telegram from Havana, announcing the insurrection in Cuba diminishing. It is rumored that a letter has been received by tho Government from General Dulce exposing intrigues of high personages with the Duke Montpensier. A letter also warns the Government that the Unionists will appeal to amis if the Duke is accepted as the candidate for the throne. Reports from Lisbon state that the Moderates, who fled there from Spain, are purchasing arms and making other preparations for rising in their interests in Spain. Up to the present moment 154 Deputies of the Cories have personally pledged themselves to vote for the Duke of Genoa for King. Twenty-four others, now absent' have agreed in writing to support 'his claims." The Spanish merchants have volunteered to send 10,000 troops to Cuba. Paris, Nov. 7Despatches from Florence announce that King Victor Emmanuel is dying. Prince and Princess Napoleon have been summoned to his bedside, and have left for Florence. The Archbishop of Paris has issued a pastoral letter on the (Ecumenical Council. He maintains that the French concordat is opposed to any decision on the question of the infallibility of the Pope without discussion. New York, Nov. 9. A Mormon temple will be erected here daring the coming year—to cost half a million—as a hoiiS’e of reception for Mormpq emigrants from Europe, and as a resting p'aco for travelling brethren in the United States, The volcano of Perce, in the interior of Columbia, has had a violent eruption, and two or three villages are reported destroyed, with all the inhabitants. Soon after the eruption, the river Congo, at the town of Poplan, fifteen miles from the volcano, rose quite high, and quantities of lava floated quickly by, strewn with the dead bodies of the people. The next day the river was quite Ary, "