LATEST SPECIAL TELEGRAM.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume III, Issue 167, 25 March 1864, Page 2

LATEST SPECIAL TELEGRAM.

London, Jan. 29. The Duke of Newcastle contemplates resigning after Parliament meets. Probably his successor will be Lord Wodehouse. Earl Bussell’s resignation is reported by the “ Standard,” and denied by the “ Post.’ War in Schleswig is imminent. Austrian and Prussian forces are advancing on the Eider. The Danish ambassadpr lias been withdrawn from Vienna, 20,000 British troops are promised to assist Denmark. The weather was favorable for entrenchments. France refused active co-opera-tion, beingjantagonistic to English Government of Germany (?) the policy of the English Government in Germany. This causes much joy in Paris. The Meditterranean fleet is to be augumented. The Channel fleet is ordered to rendezvous. Lincoln’s nomination is assured. The Confederates have been largely reinforced. Lougstreet is in a strong position in Knoxville Virginia. Bands constantly alarm the Federals. J udgment has been given ,against the British Government in the case of the Alexandria, and the question has been removed to the Lords. The remove Cairncross case in Scotland has come to an end, M’Millan not wishing to proceed further. The Prince of Wales’ son will be called the Duke of Cornwall. Mr. Youl despatched in the Norfolk, free of freight, a large quantity of salmon trout to Victoria. The Clara, convict ship, sailed from Spiteheod for Portland and Swan River, Western Australia, with 98 men, sentenced to long terms of imprisonment, mostly for life, or highway robberies with violence. The English Channel fleet has been recalled and is to be strengthened immediately. Additional vessels are to be placed in commission and ordered to join forthwith. The workmen in the Royal Arsenals have been increased, and the daily journals speak of war as certain. Several regiments, amounting in the aggregate to 20,000 men, have been ordei'ed to be in readiness to embark at a moment’s notice. Their destition is supposed to bo Denmark. Public feeling is strongly in favor of interver tion. The Dictator, iron-clad, the largest vessel in the world, was succesfully launched at New York. Masimi ian still hesitates to accept the Mexican throne. Lancashire mills are closing. Fran ceis losing gold. Consols 90 i".