LATEST FROM EUROPE.

Evening Star, Issue 3855, 2 July 1875, Page 2

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

(Per Hero, at Auckland.) London, June 24. The Pope, replying to a deputation from Roman nobles, on the anniversary of his coronation, sa ; d that the rumors of his reconciliation with the Italian Government were unde* serving of mention. The Torres Straits mail has been delivered. In the case of the Colonial Bank of Victoria v. fitter-shank, an appeal to the Privy Council, the plaintiffs sued upon two promissory notes given by the defendant in favor of Donald Fergusson and A. Stack pole, and discounted by the Bank. The defence was that Mr Burnes, manager of the Bank, had waived plaintiffs’ right to recover the amount of the bills. To this it was answered that the manager had no authority to abandon the claimjSof the bank to any property that belonged to ‘it. The Court held that the manager had power to bind the bank, and a verdict was returned for the defendant. The decision of the Victorian Supreme Court was sustained and the appeal dismissed, with costs. The French Assembly passed the second reading of the Public Works Bill. A German note cordially thanks Belgiufti for the Duchesne investigation, and also for supplementary penal legislation. The Suez mail arrived at Adelaide on the 24th. By the winding up of the Australian Direct Navigation Company great distress was inflicted on emigrants who had paid thrir passage money #nd broken up their homos. Mr John Bemiutii, the agent of the company, has answered several more summons"!? at the Mansion House. Donations have been received for the sufferers. Mr Bennett paid L7OO out of his own pocket in satisfaction of the emigrants’ claims. The sixth company of Royal Engineers has been ordered to embark for Fiji, Three hundred agricultural laborers sailed on the sth inst. for New Zealand, During April, 13,2i8 passengers left Liverpool in fifty-two vessels, which shows a decrease of 2,535, compared with the corresponding month of last year. The first four months of 1871 show a decrease of 4.995. Parliament is beginning to excite national dissatisfaction. Half the session is over, and the public business is disgracefully in arrears. Few of the Civil Service estimates have been passed ; the Budget discussion has been postponed till after the Whitsuntide holidays, and scarcely any of the Ministerial Legislative promises have been fulfilled. The Press laments the degeneracy of the House of Commons, and severely rebukes the Premier for his indolent indifference and bad leadership throughout the past month. The House has been the theatre of scandalous scenes, personal squabbling, questions of privilege, and the sudden exclusion of strangers at the dictate of certain impulsive Irishmen. Mr Parnell, a Home Ruler, has been elected for Meath by 1j771 votes against 192 for Napier, the Conservative candidate. Mr Whitworth, a Manchester manufacturer, has been returned for Kilkenny by a large majority over Mr G-ray, son of the late Sir John Gray, and Mr Marum, both Home Rulers. Mr Tilett htEh been unseated for Norwich after a day’s trial, revealing cases of treating by unautborised ? artisans, of which he was personally unaware, t has been decided not to defend the seat. The Duke of Buckingham has accepted the Governorship of Madras. The Earl of Pembroke retires from the Under-Seoretaryship of War on account of illhealth. Cardinal Manning, although suffering from prostration from over-exertion since his return from Rome, at the close of April opened a Franciscan Church in Chester. In the course of the ceremony, _ his Eminence deplored the spread of rationalism and scepticism. At the luncheon subsequently, in proposing the health of the Queen, he spoke in high praise of the purity *f the Court. Lord Francis Godolphin Osborne, second son of the late Duke of Leeds, has been received into the Romish Church. The reconstructed Alexandra Palace was opened on May 1 with great eclat. The strike of cotton-spinners at Blackburn has been amicably settled, and the anticipated lock-out averted. The anniversary meetings of the religious and benevolent societies show an unflagging interest on the part of the Christian public, and their financial statements prove them to be growing actively popular. All Europe has been profoundly agitated by apprehensions of war. The German Empire, instead of being a guarantee of peace, is the cause of constant disquietude. The restlessness is twofold—fear of Ultramontane intrigues, and of the resuscitation of France, bent upon vengeance which engenders the suspicions of neighboring States and provokes irritable demands which cannot be comp’ied with by the other Governments. The Press, let loose, sow discord, excite suspicion, and inflame the national hatred. The ‘ Times ’ last week published a Paris letter oxposing the German designs, which produced a profound sensation throughout Europe, and roused the ire of the Berlin journalists, in anticipation of the meeting of the Emperors. The) ‘Times’s’ leading article, while acquit* ting the bulk of the Gorman people of a design so detestable, solemnly warned the war party that a criminal attempt to crush France into a second rate power would alarm and alienate every nation, and probably array an international league against the general enemy. The meeting of the Emperors, and the conference between Bismarck and GortsohahaS were followed by a calmer feeling. The tran; quillising assurances of Mr Bourke, UnderSecretaiy for Foreign Affairs, in the House of Commons, and the moderate tone of the German Press, have induced the belief that peace will not be disturbed for the present. France. The editors of the * Union ’ and * Pays ’ fought a duel with swords near the frontier of Lorraine. The quarrel arose out of a dispute respecting recent executions by Don < 'ados. Riots were exoited by certain passages in a drama called “Cromwell,” performed here, and further representations were forbidden. INDIA AND THE EAST. Cetlon, June 6. Colonel Hamilton, while pursuing daooitaa near Peyne, was shot through the heart, and Mr Davidson, , the district-superintendent and orderly, was wounded. By a collision on the Ganges State Railway twelve lives were lost and ten persons severely injured. The Baroda affair has been peaceably settled by the selection of young Rhandeish as Prince. The plague rages in Persia. Native ladits have been admitted as medical students at Calcutta. Affairs with Burmah are still in an unsettled state, but it u believed the King is quite un-

prepared for war, and cannot persist in an annoying attitude towards the British Govern meat. ibe Russians are busy projecting railway extension to Central Asia It is said that Russia will soon be in a position to threaten Afghanistan through Herat, if so inclined. Trade with Tartary and China is on the decline. A host of newspaper correspondents, including Dr Russell, for the * Times,’ and Mr Archibald Forbes, for the ‘Daily News,’ are* expected -to accompany the Prince of Wales. A great influx of visitors is also anticipated. _ It is rumored that the Australian Colonies will unitedly request that they may be favored with a visit of the Prince of Wales and the flying squadron while in the East. Jf a visit were paid via Singapore and Hong Kong, the heir-apparent would carry Home a proper idea of the British Eastern Australian possessions.