ARRIVAL OF THE ALICE-CAMERON AT AUCKLAND.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 12, 25 March 1867, Page 68

ARRIVAL OF THE ALICE-CAMERON AT AUCKLAND.

'jr't i!:?'u w .'5 i.-:-LA.TER.,ENGLISH ;a3sd NEWS' ‘j :' barque" Alice’ Cameron,'.'Capt. ’Neatfift*# 'UrAVed' oh' the 8th!; infant, onlji Si i "days- bdi • frdhl jSan-'Frtineiscb, l bnnging dafos: [from' England- 1 td ! the Ist -February,' New Yprkitojtlte-Ist: .‘February, and-San-Francisco to jthe,2nd,x<ebruqryo r/. -We =takc .the following-sum-mary of news from,the Cross of the -9th inst.:—

;E -U R Q-P.EjA N,. N E.W S:

’ : . :k [PER ATLANTIC CA.BLEJ '‘ - ; 'London, January 81. It,is: asserted tjiat -Derby’s. administratiou will il the ; speech:at the re-opening ofParliament.should hot recommend Reform.. r Johh Bright, lias, made a speech at-Rochdale, in which he r said, thatthfe recent reforms announced by'the lEmperor Napoleoh should he interpreted in !a! liberal ■ sense; 'The authority for suspending newspapers!would ;b,3 abandoned; that public meetings pould -.be- held; twenty 'days before election and that the freedom.: of .thekribune would be'restored., , t ,. from; Constantinople announce that twelve'American war vessels were daily expected. The*Porte J has t determined to make.concessions to’the Gretahsi add will - soon appoint: a Christian Governor for’the island; 11 f 1 • -’

•. .-a - r ‘ London,February 1. .. , It,,is. announced :that the ; 'Austrian troops in Mexico will, not leave >vith the. French.' 1 , •- . .Paris, January 30. ■ . Despatches- from the East state that a plot of the Cretan clergy against Mustapha Pasha has beeii discovered.

" *' Tlie' Chiliaii lddh is proving a great success. 'tV .v-rr,-. i; . i .. Paris, Jaimary : 3l. .. ; i : acting for the great Eurqpeiin, Powers, is -eng-aged 'in framing reforms favoring the-interests ofUiiristianity iw Turkey. ; . <; : - Paris,'February'!. r .Tlie Gazette, des Tribunaux, speaks: against; tlie rendition .of 1/amir.inde tq the .British,Government-. -. / -’ - ’ Florence, February 1. ■ Count Barrol has been appointed! .Italian Am. bassadorat'-Vidimal 5 '' 1 ‘- 1 ' 1 .

c ; u - 'AMERICA.' : ' t; V ' :’ Chicago, Febrn'ary 1. v The Senate, after midnight, passed tlie "Tariff BilljDy ,a.'ypte'of:27:tblo. • . , " • : )‘r. ' STARTLING NEWS FROM' lOUISIANA; 1 ■ 1 The'Herald’s New'Orleans special says it is understood : that,; if 'the Legislature 1 -qf Louisiana passes, [the . Bill for- a new! Constitution .’over the Veto;, ; Govern6r iWeils will j issue r liis proclamation declaring .the Convention of 1861 legal, and reasseip.ble r it, The Radicals: fire organising the-gwiid aj-ray of. tlie! Republic , all ovgr the .State,, and a confLict beliweeh isribt’improbdble,*/ ’ " ’ . ' PROCLAMATION BY THf. PRESIDENT.. . ; ! 1 vi , 1 ' , New ibrk, Febfujiry.l.- : , The President has.issjied'a proclamation, under date of Jahuary 27,' which',: after reciting thd law of! 1828, concerning- the ' discriminating 1 duties j tonnage, &c;, imposed on f imports, Concludes:— ; [ satisfectory.,evidence lias been lately, received from His Majesty Kiug:pf the Etawaijan, Islands, .otivsr j duties are imposed in Hawaiian porte] uj?Ru vessels, whofty belonging to citizens of the United Staites, andprodnee, maiaufritifres, and merchahdite imported in the same, 'thah' are levied ’on Hawaiian ‘ships and cargoes -. Now,* therefore;' I,’ President Andrew 1 Johnson, proclaim that so much of the several Acts imposing'discrimiuatihg duties on tomiage- andimports thef Hmted,.-States' are. jftad l shall- be -suspended, so,far ; ;as respects the.yessels of..the,Ha-w-aiian Tdngdqm, [and, produce) manufactures, and merChfindise .imported"in'the! same from the!Haf wainanland-any [other 1 fdreigii 1 country! 3jhis[is tb take eifFect- on the lOth’of December;” : !l ■ .:

! ‘.-o x - 'New York; January 81. i’ -The stcamer-froni (Liverpool, with dates ‘to!the lOth^-ilias.arrived- 1.-:..; t;-'-- -. 'x «v./ -i-Tfie, weather;.continued very-suvere. throughout (travelling, was .greatly impeded. The mqils i .were behind-time. ■ The f .postel t seryice 'bependddl’. Denmark the telegraph we’was'Furied m;sribw-i‘ i: ['.‘ ,: ' 1 '- 1 ,■ '■ !tfßy tbe'‘4Mdrms.pffbpoSed. ! ih f: Frattce;’the Mu}& ters 'are ’ to| personally before the Hhamhers . onoitteasures connected with fdieiri-depaff3n,ents.M • i Thel addresses-ha reply to the s y peeqh jyillbe suppressed..,. ,The questions, to u , the, Monis!- ■”’ r The Italian defeit is f iBh,OQ(i,QOO livres:" [lt is WoddSed’’ r <5) IJ . fak c ihe 11 ' ecclesiastical j'- property v '* u!; > ‘'PnhTO ' Davdhf, S! bf tMingreliaf- lias-voluntarily cededithetsovereignTight'b£ himself and! successors/to Russiajin consideration of ;.l,OD0;00O roubles as,indemnity! v , : . - % bullion, in dJis.:,Bauh;,pf England, has dee^aied'ifigf ! i; '

.'SESCIAI^.DESPATCH. . i h ' 3i . ; LfJ The r presMenJi.to. sent Congress rephes to the - reiblnfibn shdvnng'the [number bf appheations for

luminous documents relatingi-to lMexicpi among themal&tftfr from Seiretary-Seward tb Mnrshjd Roberts, written in December last, in-Which he says the President doesn’t deem it necessary or expedient sit; present to intervene civil contracts between Americans and the Mexican Government; or Americans and Mexicans. This, is in reply to Roberts’complaint that the Juarez Government Charter .to .the Tehuantepec Transit'Company is in) derogation, of a previous contract with Louisianians. " - -’ ■ VI r ’ ’ " i The Senateis engaged on the Bankrupt Bill, and the House on the Senate'Bill to regulate the tenure of office. ’ • .j (The Tribune.complfuns.of the attempted evasionjof the Pacific,Railroad Company, of the condition .of the. lawr' requiring the use of 'American iron, and'calls, on the House 'to kill Sherman’s Amendment to the Tariff Bill allowing the importation of 'British iron. Parties have been in Washington from both ends of the route pushing the measure. . >■ ~ - The, Times’ commercial article says the increase of the freight business of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company may . lead soon to weekly trips, such aii arrangement, being contemplated. ! Five thousand dolkrs. bf Californian State aid bonds (sevens) sold at auction yesterday at 1 dol. 1 cent;- 1 - SOUTH AMERICAN NEWS. ; ‘ "’• New York, February 1. The Herald’s'Panama correspondent says the Panama Railroad Company will probably succeed in buying the. renewal of their charter, when they will begin an extension of their road, .The Herald’s Santiago (Chili) correspondent, January 2nd, says -foreign mediation between the allied Republics and Spain has been definitely rejected. A vigorous prosecution of the war has been determined upon. Mediation on the part of the United States was looked forward to amicably. It was believed that a proposition for adjustment from that quarter .would be accepted. The Chilian Government • had received reliable information that Spain was making every preparation for war, and would reinforce her naval division of Rio Janiero. ’

„ Valparaiso was rapidly becoming' impregnable, and the sillied fleet was being made ready for an expedition. 1 • The finance question was becoming embarassing although specie remained plentiful. The Mehdosa revolution had assumedjalarming proportions, and revolutionary force it was thought must succeed, In that case a general uprising will probably take place, and the war of tne Triple Alliance against Paraguay'would be ingloriously ended. ‘ Nothing had been heard of the United States steamer Lancaster, reported to have foundered off Cape Horn. NEWS EROM BRAZIL. The mail steamer from Rio brings news that the Emporor of Brazil has resolved to increase his army and navy in the event qf war against Paraguay. PROGRESS OE IDEAS IN at.au»xta. Montgomery, January 31. The House of Representatives has passed a f -Bill to ; establish a system of : public schools ' for blacks and whites alike, except that the schools for each shall be separate. LAND MATTERS. , -.. . Washington, January 31, Instructions have been prepared by the Commissioner of the General Land Office to Government registrars,. receivers, and land agents of cities and corporationc, respecting the selection of lands under grant from Congress for railroads. A- GREAT ARMY OE INDIANS ON THE WARPATH. ■ ‘ # Junction, Kansas, January 81. 'A scout just from the West reports that- the Cheyennes and Arapohoe Indians, numbering about 12,000 warriors, are ou the war-path.. UNION PACIEIC RAILROAD. , 4 Junction, Kansas, January 31. This nlace will be the terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad iu tlie coming summer, and great preparations are being made for a heavy business with New Mexico: • 1 . * NEWS EROM ST. LOUIS. St. Louis, January 31. L. A Bimoist, a prominent and very wealthy banker of this city, died at Havana a few days ago, where he had gone for the benefit of bis health. The Merchants’ Exchange of this city has adopted the central. system, to take effect on the Ist March.' • ’ MISCELLANEOUS. New York, February, 1. Philip Johnson, a member ot the Pennsylvania Institute, died last night. General Hancock’s father died at Morristown, Pennsylvania, this morning. ' . Washington advices, from private sources, say there,-is no probability that the tariff, as passed by the Senate,.will be accepted by the House, but it will eventually go to a' Committee of Conference winch will frame substantially new Bill. ii " ■ :•> . MEXICAN NEWS! ! - Galveston, January 31. ; Mejia, of Juarez’s army, as bearer of .despatches to: Washington, has arrived here. The French have ceased to fight the Liberals, and do not interfere "in the battles between the Imperialists and Liberals. The. Liberals r arq gathering in the Valley' of Mexico, and will soon number ten thousand'.'l ’ ‘ 1 '

STORM AND FLOODS' IN OREGON. —SAILING OE J ' " THE' PACIFIC.

" r ' ; ' Portland, January 10. ‘During the past ten days we have had-snow storms- and-rain storms: continually. About a foot of snow lias fallen, but the weather being .warm it rapidly disappeared. The river has risen rapidly, ;the. past three days, and is now higher than at any previous time this winter. The lower wharves are all under wateri

The Pacific is discharging upon the upper dock. She sails to-inorrow at 2 p.m. •“ Portland, February 1. The Wallamet and Columbia are still rising. There was a HSavy rain during the night.