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Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2751, 11 December 1871, Page 3

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(from oruville’s telegram comranv, REUTER’S AGENTS.) Auckland, December 0. The Nevada arrived at 10 p.m. She brings a largo cargo and 96 passengers. The connecting steamer left San Fransancisco for Honolulu on November 9th—one day late. Further delay was caused by the bursting of four of the Nevada’s boiler tubes, which necessitated her being kept under easy steam. Her dates from San Francisco are to November 9th ; from other parts of America and from England to November Bth. Passengers : For Wellington—Messrs W. H. Webb, John Barton, W. Turnbull, wife, and son, Lille, and J. H. Williamson. For Port Chalmers—Miss Fanny Smith, Messrs G. R. Patten, F, Wentworth, and a number in the steerage. Cargo for the South 15 packages. GENERAL SUMMARY. London, November Sth. At a recent Cabinet me ting held to consider questions relating to the Royal family, the Queen was asked to give her consent to the marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh with a Prussian princess, and also to consent to the establishment of a Regency under the Prince of Wales. She gave a refusal to both propositions, and subsequently refused to affix the Royal signature to a document presented to h r, r. The Cabinet continued the discussion of the Regency question, and a proposition was introduced to appoint a Chancellor to sign documents in the place of the Queen. It is reported that a combination has been formed between the aristocracy and the laboring classes against the manufacturing interest. The English papers discuss the movement. Toe Timrs is not disposed to believe the report. Lord Derby and Mr Disraeli have pledged themselves to the programme of the working men. A letter published iu the Daily Tdeyraph alleged that the signatures)of a number of lords were in the possession of a Mr Russell. Sir Stafford Northcote and several peers deny that any alliance for a new social movement was entered into. They say that all that was done was the giving by some peers of an expression of their willingness to consider the well-being of the working classes. The Mansion House Fund in aid of the sufferers by the Chicago tire amounts to L’40,000. At Manchester L10,0i)0 has been cfllected, and munificent donations have been made in other t nglish towns, as well as in towns on the Continent. The Empcyqr, and ( rown Prince and Princess of - Germany have given liberally to this object, and Lave expressed their sympathy iyith the sufferers. Mr Gladstone addressed 12,000 persons at Greenwich, and was received with great enthusiasm. He said that the present administration had had the longest life of any since 1832, and he believed its vitality lo he ggimpaired. Late mail advipcs show that a financial crisis exists in Great Britain, Bismarck demanding gold for the English subscriptions for loans, and no such amount of gold existing as that demanded by Prussia, The total deposits of gold and silver iu Europe and America are less than L 200,000,00 not half the indemnity. It is proposed to give Bismarck Bank of England notes. It is believed that he wants to hoard the world’s finances, so as to touch England’s vitality through gold. The organisation of the British army is proceeding actively. The regiments are fining brought up to the war standard, and war material is being accumulated in immense quantities. 1 he (jiiy’Ua contains the new regulations for the abolition of the purchase system. The main feature of the regulations is the severe examination to which candidates for commissions will be subjected. The trial of Kelly, at Dublin, is causing excitement. The mob attacked the police, who were escorting him to the court, and one soldier was wounded. The Tichbo ne trial has been resumed before the Court of Queen’s Bench. Early changes in the Ministry, by the elevation of some of the Ministers to the peerage, arc contemplated. The mechanics and laborers employed in the ship-building yard of Mr Laird, at Birkenhead, arc resolved to insist on the adopt on of the nine hours system there. Parliament is prorogued to December 27th. FRANCE. Paris, November 7. The Customs Treaty between France and Germany has been ratified. It provides for the payment of the balance of the indemnity at the rate of 80,000.(i()0 francs (1.3,200,000) every fortnight, until the whole debt is paid. Six of the departments now occupied by the Germans will he evacuated at once, but 30,000 troops will remain in the country until the whole debt is paid. The Court Martial sentenced 91 Communists, and acquitted 9000. Serious trouble has arisen between the North and South German troops stationed at Metz, and several encounters have occurred between members of Prussian and Bavarian regiments. The Algerian troubles arc completely settled. Extensive military establishments arc to be formed round Paris, but the workmen show an indisposition to work, demanding exorbitant wages. M. Thiers, being made a political will, by which he hopes to secure the succession to Casimir Pierre, GERMANY. In opening the Reichstag, the Emperor said the foreign relations of the country were entirely satisfactory, and there was no cause for alarm from any quarter. Strikes in favor of the nine hours movement are becoming more general in various Continental cities, and a congress of workmen has been summoned to he held at Ber11A War Fund Bill has been passed, to on-

-I able the Emperor to act on the offensive or | defensive, untrammelled,,r ! |.. RUSSIA. ■ , •• - ! j A General Order issued by the War Office ■ directs the entire reorganisation of the j army, and calls to arms the whole adult | population of the country. The held forces are estimated at 1,000,000, besides 00 regiments of Cossacks. The Time* says that, during June and July, Russia invaded and annexed the country of Dsonugaria, on the northern slope of the Thian-Shan mountains; a territory twice as large as Ireland, possessing rich mineral and agricultural resources, ant. with a population of two millions. AUSTRIA AND ITALY. The Gastein Conference agreed upon the taking of energetic measures for the repression of the Internationale. Italy refuses to co-operate iu the matter. The Anstrain Ministry resigned at the request of the Emperor and Count \ on Roust has been appointed Austrian Ambassador iu London. The Italian Government contemplates fortifying the Alpine passes. The Cardinals held a meeting, at which they advised the Pope to quit Rome. A Papal allocution has been published, repudiating Italy’s guarantee, and protesting against the invasion of Rome. It also condemns Dr Dollinger and others for warring against the (Ecumenical Council. SPAIN. Further arrests of conspirators have been made at Barcelona, and stores of arms, bombs, and other warlike impliments have been discovered. The International Society has been suspended. A great republican meeting was held in Madrid, at which resolutions were adopted declaring untiring opposition to every form of Government not purely republican. A plot against the Spanish Government has been discovered in Paris, TURKEY. The cholera is again raging in Constantinople, and 00 deaths from this disease have occurred there in two days. AMERICA. The full accounts of the Chicago disaster report that 13,500 buildings were destroyed, and 92,000 persons burned out. Sixty bodies were lying at the Morgue for identification. The latest reports regarding the tcrihle fires in Wisconsin represent the loss of life at 100. The people rushed with their children to the rivers, and many of them were overtaken and roasted alive. The greater porticu of the Arctic whaling fleet, to the number of fnrty-thrco vessels, has been either crushed in the icc or abandoned. The crows, numbering 1200, were picked up by other vessels and conveyed to Honolulu, where tin ir wants were supplied. A large quantity of oil has thus been lost. The insurance companies lost on the Chicago fire 80,000,000 clols., and on the Arctic fleet 2,300,000 dels. The entire town os Manisrc, in Michigan, has been destroyed by fire : 200 houses and six mills have been burned, and the loss _is estimated at 1, 250,000 dollars. In Wincousin also four villages on the Green Bay River have been burnt, with a fearful loss of life. The inhabitants were hu rounded by the flames and 15,0 fugitives were burned alive in a b.qrn. Hundreds of persons were driven into the river, and altogether 500 people arc said to have perished, COMMERCIAL. London, November 7th. The wool sales closed with a further ad- , vanoe of 2d to 3d on washed wools, New Zealand wools, both washed and. greasy, were briskly competed for. The next scries commences on the 23rd November. 33,00(5 halts, including only 40 bales New Zealand, have arrived, and there arc ailoat 25,880 bales, including 5012 hrfles New New Zealand flax i§ flip;. Of 200 bales sold by auction, Canterbury 8.8. fetched L 27 ; B, L2G ; A.B.C, L 24 ; E. M. and G. 8.0., L 27 ; Ashley Gorge, L 29. Erom Dunedin some fetched L2S 15s; 8.11., L2B ss. From Wellington, C. H. 8., L 24 ss: C.A.W. in 0., L 25 5s ; T, L 25. 'fallow is firm at L4B to 1.49. Hides are in good demand at (is. Wellington, December 11. Mr Kempthorno, chief clerk iu the Customs here, died yesterday. Acckalanj), December 0. The Provincial Council have voted LSOO for Industrial Show, to he held in 1872. Caledonians, L 62 10s; Tookcys, 1.40; Thames, LI(S.