THE PANAMA MAIL.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 16, 6 May 1867, Page 103

THE PANAMA MAIL.

LATER FROM EUROPE. ' (SoutheraCKWs.) We compilethe following telegraphic Atlantic .cable from the hand by the Panama mail' 5 Moncton,; February 27.—The Directors ©Fithe Atlantic Telegraph Company held a o'a the -2nd of March, to determine what reduction shall be made in 'tollk •; C: Vienna, Febftfary 29:—The Turkish gar*i*onwereonthe Bth withdrawn from the forts inServia. London, February 28—Evening.—A geserai feeling of depression prevails in fi--faandal circles,-and stocks are prostrate. •IlHavre, March I.—The steamer Arago, froraNew York, arrived to-day. ... London, March I.—Consols.dosed at 91 for money; five-twenties, 725. . : 'London, March I.—The bill creating the new Canadian Confederation was read twice in the House of Commons. -Artemus Ward is -dangerously ill at Southampton. His life is despaired of. - Lord Stanley, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, .in answer to an inquiry in the House of Commons to-night, stated that neither Brazil nor Paraguay ever invoked the mediation of England. Consols, 91; five-twenties, 735. Fivetwenties at Paris, 82$; at Frankfort, 76$ Liverpool, March I. are dull! Yenice, March I.—A son of Garibaldi has gone to Candia to help the Cretans. Paris, March 2. ; —A despatch from Yera Cruz fays, communication with the capital is entirely closed, and Maximilian conse3uently has forbidden the transmission of espatches to Europe giving opinions on the state of the country. St. Petersburg, March 2.—The Czar has strongly urged the Porte to cede Candia tp Greece. Berlin, March 3. —Herr Simon has been chosen President of the North German Parliament. The King of Prussia gives a banquet to the members of Parliament. London, March 2.—Consols closed at 91; .five-twenties at 735. . . London, March 2.—The Xmperial Mini*Ters have resigned, for reasons -connected with the reform question. The Reform Bill produced by the Government will be presented to Parliament on the 11th. ; It is reported that despatches have been received here announcing that war has broken out in India. - London, March 4.—Despatches received from Dublin, announce the capture of Colonel o‘Connor, the leader of the late Fenian revolt in Ireland. He'was overtaken at - Athlone, Westmeath county nearly 200 miles from the scene of the insurrection. Five twenties, 735. Breadstuff’s quiet. California wheat firm at 13s 3d. , London, March 4—Eveuing.—Consols closed at 81; five-twenties, 735. Paris, March 4.- Strikes for higher wsgt-s among the operatives of France are Very frequent., The cause is traceable tc the increased price of food.

< Florence, March 4.—Garibaldi promise* to go to Crete and take up arms for the Cretans. Frankfort, March 4— -Evening.—United States Bonds, 76f. Liverpool, March s.—The ship Bosphorus, for Callao for Gibraltar, has arrived at a port in Spain, in distress. London, March s.—The Duke of Rich•mond has declined the Colonial Secretaryship, , and. the Duke of Buckingham lias accepted the position. The Government promises that the province of the Reform Bill which it is preparing for submission to Parliament will be liberal. . Vienna, March s.—The Eastern question is becoming more complicated. Des patches have been reci ived. from the South which indicate a general rising of the Christians throughout Turkey. Paris, March 4.—Bismark to-day came forward before the North German Parliament with a draft for a new Constitution for the Confederation. , New York, March s.—The Herald’s Berlin correspondent chronicles the splendid triumphs of the Liberal Democracy in Germany, at the general election held under universal suffrage. The city returns from Berlin show Bismark, with every General, of the late war. signally defeated by conatituences to which they were nominated. " Brest, March 6.—The steamer St. Lawrencq, from New York, has arrived. • Londonderry, March 6.—Thb steamer Nestorian, from Portland, has arrived. ' ~ - London, March 7—Noon.— Consols for money are 91; five-twenties, 75. 1 Liverpool, March S —Noon.-—Advices from Manchester are unfavourable; BreadStuffs -are firm; J Corn, 37s v 3cL Mixed West -California wheat, 13s 4d. Lard, 50 to ! 60 cents for American produce. AsW ' 34 cents for*potash. • ■ *■ ‘ v•" - London, March ! .—There was a despeirate fight on' Tuesday night ait Xpbbught, iSetoDubUn,.between, the-polipe apd Fenians. Feniie-'iiwi'kigeg gve.

wounded. Eighty prisoners were takeUy and six wagonloads.pffammunition.., .200 prisoners were taken ;ih Dublin in all. : The main, body /of the. Fenians’retired northward .towards, .the; \ mountains, vigorously; pursued by the troops under the Earl of StrathaUan. ( , ‘ ' ■■■)s•■ The; police ’ stationed !at Rilmarnock were attacked by 200 Fenians." repulsed. . Three were killed and fourteen taken prisoners. .. . “V : d! The Police.Barracka at Lonuree (?), near Belfast, were burned. • The Manager of the Union Bsnkj and a Police Messenger, were shot; - / I - Vi The Fenians have plenty of rations. They attacked, and took arms from, the coastguard stationed at Kilb»ha. . „ . At the police stations of Carysfdot aftd Holy Cross there is great excitement; so also, is there at Tipperary. General Leesbn was reported there.. •, It will be noticed that the disaffection is wide-spread. Artemus Ward died at Southampton, bn March 6th. New York, March B.—The correspondent of the Tribune, under date-of Dublin, Fehruary 22, anticipating the late uprising, says:— -

The Fenian organisers claim to have 8,000 sworn men in the county of Kerry. Messages from O’Connor, received by the Brotherhood in Dublin,'state that sup* plies have been sent to Killarney, notwithstanding the extraordinary vigilance of the police. Soldiers are watching the roads and passes with spyglasses. The; favour of the peasantry prevents capture of the p irties employed.. The populace are not likely to co-operate openly, though they are deeply disaffected aud hostile to the Government. The Fenian organization is too attenuated to hold ground arywhere for a day in the face of troops. The failure of Stepher.B to keep his word has paralysed the organization in Dublin. During the last fortnight 150 persons were arrested w Dublin alone, who came across in trading vessels and bp the steamers from Holyhead and Liverpool. Lord Naas,. Secretary of Ireland, in a speech in Parliament, February 21st, denied that there was any great amount of sympathy with Fenianism among the rural population. There was not a single Catholic clergyman who had not exercised all his influence against it. Dr. Moriarty. Bishop of Kerry, preached a sermon near Killarney, in which he said eternity was not long enough, nor hell hot enough, lor punishment of the Fenian leaders. It is understood that the entire garrison for the counties of . Cork, Kerry, and Limerick, are only 3,000. : The Herald says a Fenian messengeV arrived on Wednesday with despatches, for the O! Connor head-quarters Here. He gives a narrative of the uprising in Kerry. The same steamer brought two Fenians nho participated in the- affair at Chester Castle.

The Nelson Colonist of the 26tb ult. contains the following summary ol telegrams received from Wellington on the 25th : Colonel|Nel9on and Lieut. Brand have been committed to take their trial at the coming sessions. A frightful railway accident occurred on the Lancashire and Carlyle Railway, about twenty miles from the latter city. The following changes have been made in the British Cabinet:—The Duke of Richmond has become Colonial Secretary ; Sir J. Pakington, Secretary for War; Sir Stafford Northcote, First Lord of the Admiralty ; and the Right Honorable H. J. Corry, Secretary for the Colonies (Undersecretary?) ~ % C. F. Brown, better known as “Artemus Ward,” is dead. His remains were deposited in Kensal Green on the Bth.' " His illness was a brief one.

London, March-11. —The leaders of the great English Parliament parties have held outride meetings—the Liberals assembling at Mr Gladstone’s London House, and the Ministerialists at Earl Derby’s official residence, Downing-street. At the last-named meeting the Premier declared that this was the last time he should attempt to deal w.th.the question of Reform, and that if he tailed uow he should bid farewell to official life.

An attempt has been made to assassinate the King of Italy, near Milan, which failed.