SUMMARY OF LATEST TELEGRAMS FROM DECEMBER 12, TO JANUARY 9.

Grey River Argus, Volume V, Issue 328, 20 February 1868, Page 3

SUMMARY OF LATEST TELEGRAMS FROM DECEMBER 12, TO JANUARY 9.

The Australian mails were delivered in London on the 13th and 18th December. Her Majesty continues in good health, ' and also the Prince and Princess of Wales. Fenian alarms are spreading throughout the kingdom. gSfc-'j The Martello Tower near Queenstown, and a gunsmith's shop in Cork have been plundered. Attempts have been made to blow up Worcester Town Hall. In London 3000 special constables have been enrolled. All the Government buildings are Btrictly guarded, and great alarm prevails, Proclamations were issued against the carrying out of funeral processions in honor of the executed Fenians. The English Government have dis^ covered many plots to attack armories, dockyards, banks, churches, gas works, &c, and the police force has been very largely increased throughout the country, while the military are held in readiness to act at any moment. Reinforcements of trpopa have been dispatched to Ireland. Great precautions have been taken to prevent surprise at Woolwich arsenal. Burke and Oasey have been committed for trial. The Government have received assurances of support in crus<hin.g Fenianism from all quarters ; in future "the law will be strictly enforced. In Dublin, the leaders, of the funeral processions have be.en apprehended, and committed for trial. An attempt was made on December 13, to blow up the, Clerkenwell Hoy.so of Detention, with the object of releasing

Fenian prisoners. The attempt failed, but a portion of the court-yard wall was destroyed, and also a number ff houses on the opposite side of the street. 140 persons were buried in the ruins, and a large number killed. Seven persons were arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the outrage. The Fuversham Powder Mills have exploded, and eleven lives lost. The Oriental Bank has invited tenders for Sydney loans of L 758,000. The Abyssinian Expedition h:is been largely debated in the House of Lords. The Earl of Ellensborongh declared against the war, because the state of Europe was such that it would bo imprudent to involve England in a distant war when a nearer one might be expected. The expedition itself is progressing favorably. The natives are giving supplies, and the chiefs are rendering assistance. The liberation of the captives is considered probable, their chains have been removed. The Egyptians object to the expedition.