GENERAL SUMMARY AND LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 159, 19 January 1867, Page 2

GENERAL SUMMARY AND LATEST TELEGRAMS.

The Australian September mails were delivered in London on the 19th Nov. Her Majesty resides at Windsor, in good health. The Prince of Wales has returned from St Petersburg, ■ where ho l-eceived marked attention from the Emperor. . The Queen has offered the King and Queen of .Hanover St James' Palace for their future residence. Parliament is still iv recess. The great questions before the public are Reform and Feiiiitnisiu. Bright's lectures on Reform aro considered to be uncalled for, as they do not represent the mind of t'.ie bulk of the people. His meetings have been well organised. A grand demonstration of two hundred thousand men is to be held in London behind the Horse Guards, iv favor of Reform. It is rumored that the Chancellor of Exchequer" con templates taking all railways into, the hands of tho Government. He is expected to introduce a moderate Reform Bill. The Fenian movement excites much attention both in America and in Eng land. Active preparations are being made by the Government lo repel the invasion of Ireland or an insurrection; Five regiments have been sent across, and tlie military 'defences strengthened. Peace is restored on the Continent of Europe, and -Prussia is busily engaged consolidating her acquisitions and incorporating them into her dominions. The surrounding States are generally settling down to the new order of things. Austria appears to be inclined to devote herself to gain the devotion of her subjects by conciliation and progressive measures. If compelled by any popular movement, the Pope is resolved to accept the invitation of the British Government to resid.e,-in Malta. . , The Emperor Maximilian is reported to have resigned his untenable throne. The insurrection in Caudia* has been suppressed. : \ ??'""■ .■■ ; Baron RicasoJi, the Prime Minister of Italy, lias issued a -circular: clearly that Italy will' not' interfere with the temporal power, of the Pppe, nor suffer any encroachment of foreigners across her-; frontier, 'relying on the natural decay of the Pope's sovereign power' when 'unsupported' by foreign troops. , . The cattle j>lague is virtually extinct. Messrs Brunei and Co. are surveying ■ Dover Straits in connection with the submarine railway scheme. . Ex-Governor Eyre is to be arraigned the Central Criminal Court on the I- 9 th December. \ The Atlantic cable is in active operation, and the tariff has been reduced one-half. There are rumors that the English and Freiuh Governments will interfere to endthe war iv South America. There is great distress in London in the ship-building -trade. The relations between England and France are most friendly. /. The trades' demonstration in London, 1 passed off quietly. V j The decrease iv the , reserve of the i Bank of -England, notes ou the O'th Dec-; : wa«LU2,OOC, ' /'

Limerick County has been proclaimed under martial law, and further Fenian arrest* have been made in Dublin. The emigration from Ireland continues and is much lamented by the Govern. ; ment, " ; The Malta and Alexandria cable ;haa . • jfe ! broken down. . ''^^U There have been numerous cases of' wilful scuttling of ships in order, to obtain the insurance nnoney. The championship of the Thames was won by Chambers of the Tyne, after a good race,