English and Foreign.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XI, Issue 668, 2 April 1859, Page 2

English and Foreign.

By the Maripoaa we have Hobart Town papers containing further details of the European news brought by the Monica, which we give below. It appears that the Monica left Liverpool on the 30th December, and brings news therefore only to the 29th of that month. IRELAND AND AMEBICA. The' Dublin Freeman's Journal/ of this morning (Wednesday 24th) -announces that his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant has appointed half-past; ten o'clock on Thursday to receive the deputation ' appointed at the late meeting to present the reso- j lution adopted on that occasion in favor of a postal packet station at Galway. ! SPAIN. ...'.. j Madrid, Dec. 26. —The"' Gazette' publishes a I royal decree^ which removes in the most honorable i terms, M. Vigodet from the post of Captain-General of the Marine at Cadiz. He is replaced by M. Bastillo. AUSTRIAN ITALY. Accounts from Venice state that the Archduke ; Maxiinillian has just adopted two important mea- j sures. . The first authorises the mints of Milan , and Venice to issue. monthly 300,000 florins in zwahsigers of foreign manufacture (the circulation of which has hitherto been prohibited) in exchange for new Austrian money of a corresponding value. The second is intended for the convenience of the working classes, and directs the distribution among the district commissaries of as large a quantity as possible of copper money, in order to operate an exchange at par with the old pieces of 6 centimes; . THE EAST. Constantinople, Dec. 22.—Dhami Pasha and Mahmoud Pasha, sons-in-law of the Pasha, formerly Minister for Foreign Affairs, again form part of the Great Council. ■•.: The difference that existed between the Governor of Rhodes and the British Consul has been arranged. The telegraphic wire between Bagdad and Constantinople is laid down. Typhus fever is raging at Kerkouk. Belgrade, Dec. 22.—The Senate has revoked its resolution of Friday last, concerning the recall of Prince Alexander. The Skoupschina is preparing a petition to the Porte in favor of Milosch. The army is now also favorably disposed towards the latter. A deputation has been sent to Prince Milosch. DANTJBIAIT PBINCIPALITIES. The.' Brussels Journal' reports that the Cabinet, with Austria and the Porte, have.expressed a wish for the re-assembling of the Paris Conferences, but .that the other Powers object to any precipitate action in the affairs of the United Principalities. GEEECE. Le Nord complains that the Greek Cabinet has unjustly taken out of the hands of the Chamber the discussion of financial questions, by the nomination of a commission of finance, not a single member of which (says Le Nord) has the requisite special experience. ■■•• "■ "" ;' ' FRANCE. ' The' Times' Paris correspondent says—"The Societe Commerciale Industrielle is making steady progress. It will begin with a capital of 80,000,000 francs, of which 40,000,000 will be at once paid up. The President to be named by the Emperor, and to have the right of veto. It has no connection with the Credit Mobilier. ; , THE MONTALEMBERT APPEAL CASE. The.' Moniteur' of Thursday contains a brief resume of the appeal of Count Montalembert to the Cqur Imperiale against the judgment of the Tribunal of Correctional Police. It dismisses the proceedings in fifteen lines, including the names of the counsel for the defence, and the cause of; the appeal, and then adds the formal finding of the Court (upwards of a column of verbiage,) the last passages of which run thus :— " Considering that he is acquitted on one of the ; offences charged, it becomes proper to reduce the penalty pronounced against Count de Montalem- " The Court has dismissed and dismisses the appeal : "Reduces to three months the imprisonment pronounced upon Count de Montalembert: " Upholds the fine of 3000 francs pronounced by the first Judges; condemns the Count de Montalembert to.the cost of the first trial and of the appeal; and fixes the period of one year as the personal imprisonment which may be inflicted for the recovery, of the said fine and the costs." The Paris correspondent of the ' Morning Advertiser,' speaking of the incidents of the trial, says:—" Berryer's speech was in itself a splendid oration. It would have refreshed those who have suffered by recent changes in France to have seen M. Dupin crouching' under the withering sneers of his-former friend and colleague, and M. Chaix d'Est Ange cowering under the lash so ruthlessly administered to him. And when Berryer referred, to the men whose change of opinion coincided with the change of fortnne—a charge which must have come home to the business and bosoms of many— the poor procureur monopolised the insinuation, took it all to himself, and attempted to refute it, so true it is that the thief cloth fear each bush an officer. The citation of Prince Louis Napoleon's letter from Ham, rejecting an amnesty as a decision (an insult) was one of the most telling points in Berryer's speech. Our English manners and habits little accustom us to the strong scene which followed the delivery of the verdict. M. Montalembert rushed into M. Dufaure's arms, hugged and. kissed him, not as a Frenchwoman kisses you when she puts her lips to your forehead, as a reward for bon bons or cashmere which you have bought her, but right down hearty smacking kisses were administered by the client, and requited by. the. advocate with interest. Then came the turn of M. de Falloux; you might have heard thesmacking of the various lips on the bearded faces of the recipients in the corridor of the gloomy Temple of Justice. I forgot to mention one of the most salient points in Berryer's speech, where he alluded to the pardon having been granted in honor of the 2nd December. His attack on the Emperor was severe but richly merited. He must indeed have a dark soul who drew up the note in the ' Moniteur' and could thus mingle irony' with generosity." RUSSIA. . . A St. Petersburg despatch says the Dowager Empress is 60 ..much improved that no further bulletin will-be issued. A communication from St. Petersburg states that, after a protracted struggle, .that section of. the general commission on the abolition of serfdom which advoejited the most out-and-out measures has obtained the victory over the other, and that therefore the report of the commission will be suoh as the Emperor desires. A letter from Warsaw of the 12th says, that the committee charged to draw up the regulations for the future relations of nobles and peasants in Russian Poland, has just terminated its task. In Poland the peasants are frees in their persons, and consequently all that has to bo done is to transform the corvee (forced labour) into a pecuniary charge or rent. Each peasant is to be allowed a portion of land not less than three acres, and not more than twenty, and the houses and 6 other buildings on it are to be regarded as his property ; bivt ho is not to sell, sublet, or divide the land, nor.acquire or rent other lands without the consent of the owner. For this he is to pay a rent, to .be fixed by mutual agreement, and as'long"aa tho rout is .regularly

paid ho cannot be disposewed of the property: in I case, however, he falls into arrears two years, the M land may be tajien. from him,,, It is thought that ?' the Emperor of Huaaia will sanction this scheme. H* ' ■■ ■ ■"■■■:'■■ vovtVOkh. -■'.; I A letter from Lisbon aays that an opposition m deputy, Mr. Barros, having moved in the chamber for all the documents relative to the Charles. Georges question, the Government had declared that there were some which it was not expedient to publish. In consequence of this, the opposition press has been full of invective against the Government for being, as ifc says, wanting j n patriotism and energy. The municipality of Lisbon has resigned, in conseqdencfl of some misunderstanding with the Ministers about an alleged impossibility of raising funds sufficient for lha public works which are to be undertaken. They had in a petition to the King complained that the Ministers had: not only neglected their remon. Btrances, but had not treated' them with proper respect.— Express. ; ; ,'"•'. ITALY." Turin, Dec. 21.—Information of unpleasant ff occurrences, significant of the alarming discontent | there prevailing, continues to reach us from Lorn. ?| bardy. At Pavia there is great fermentation among s| the students, and a professor of veterinary science I was stabbed to death in that town towards the | end of the last week. The only plausible cause alleged for the crime is, that he was suspected by the students of being a spy. On the walls in the town are seen various seditious inscriptions. At Genoa a policeman ha 3 been apprehended on suspicion of having inflicted,'in the disturbance of the 10th instant,-the wounds from which an unfortunate mason afterwards ;• died. Only . one other person received injury in the! scuffle in question, and that other was but slightly hurt.— Times Correspondent: TtmKEY. Letters from Pera report that the Grand Vizier refused to carry out the reforms promised by Faed Pasha at Paris. AH Pasha had tendered his re.«ig. nation, and Itiza Pasha was preparing to follow him into retirement. Faed Pasha: had- not yet accepted the office of Grand Vizier.: The'Caimacans repudiated the blame attached to the conference, and had sent in a memorial in their justification, accompanied by a threat of resignation.— Globe.