EUROPEAN NEWS, TO SEPTEMBER 26.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XII, Issue 739, 7 December 1859, Page 3

EUROPEAN NEWS, TO SEPTEMBER 26.

The Malta arrived at Kangaroo Island on Nov. 11th, and at Sydney oilthe lGfth. The < Sydney Morning Herald' publishes the following' telegraphic summaries, which give an index to the news.

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.. ; London, September 19.—Owing to the partial Is -reck of the Northam, in the lied Sea, Australian July mails did not arrive in London till the 14th just. They are damaged by sea water. The three great domestic topics of the month have been the case of Doctor Smothurst, the -Metropolitan building strike, and the terrible disaster on board the Great Eastern. ■' '

Doctor Smethurst, although found guilty by a jury, has been reprieved. v the French and= English Governments have concerted measures for exacting retribution from the Chinese;-- Troops are already in motion. The Great Eastern-had left the Thames, and made her first experimental trip with great success as to speed, when a steam explosion took place by which five men were killed, but did little damage to the vessel. -.

Lord Clyde retires from the command of the Indian army at the close of the year, being succeeded by General Sir Hugh Rose. The King of the Belgians has gone to visit Louis Napoleon at Biarritz—the meeting occasions much curiosity. '

Deputations from Tuscany, Modena, and Parma have been received by the King of Sardinia, who expressed his;'concurrency in their desire.for annexation and his determination to support it before the great Powers. 7 - All proceedings in Central Italy have been marked with tranquillity and order. * . The French Minister at Rome has advised the Pope to_ give up the temporal sovereignty of theßomana.

The French official journal states that the restoration of the dynasty in" the States of Central Italy is a condition sine quanoii of the Treaty''of Villa Franca. This announcement has not altered the demand of the Duchies for annexation to Sardinia.

Conferences ati Zurich"have been suspended; The general amnesty, granted by the Emperor Louis Napoleon, has been extended to the Press, •with reference to past warnings' and offences, but. there is to be no extension of Liberty of Press in France.

It is saicT that the coast defences of France are to be immediately strengthened. The military force has been increased at Lille Chalons. • ■'■ .

It is" believed on the continent that a European Congress will be held. Schamyli the herb of Circassia, has been taken prisoner and sent'to Sty Petersburg. ■' The differences between Spain and Morocco have ended in a declaration of war on the part of Spain. A project of law for the fortification of Antwerp has been carried in Belgium. It has excited much discussion in Frances • ,

The occurrence of' another boundary dispute between England and the United States is anticipated. .; '-.■'■:'■•■

The :itmericans- have taken possession, of an island \^hich cominah^ds the entrance to'"Eraser's Eivier2 ;"''C■'■.:■•■':'./.■;/'::'1.1' '■'■'/ '■'■'' "■"'■■': " "; '"'. ''■

The following names appear in the obituary of themonth;:— ; . ,

Mr. Leigh-Hunt, Lord James Stewart, the Eight Rev; Bishop Carr, Sir C. F; ;Armanby, Archdeacon Hardwickj-Sir'James Grant, Bart., Mr. Brunei, the eminent; engineer jMajpr-General Sir H.Eyre.

[Fromi another Correspondent.] The Doncaster ::St. Eeger has been won by Gamester.: ".'■;' '". r.''"":':';'\.':'■■•':' ' :-

Mr. Brunei, the eminent engineer of the Great Eastern, is dead. It is supposed his illness was partly caused, and' his death hastened by anxiety relative to his stupendous undertaking. The new Legislatures in Central Italy were tranquil and orderly..; . ' The Paris' Conference is resumed for the consideration of Prince Couzas'double election, but not as President. It is generally believed on the contineat that a European Congress will be, held; An inquiry has been instituted by Sir H. Bulwer into, the conduct of an lonian captain of a British ship who nearly ran down the caique'of the Sultan. Many of the builders put on strike are returning to their work, and have sighed a declaration against Trade Societies, but.the strike still continues. The Irish Catholic Hierarchy have ultimately declared against the mixed system of National Education. ■■ • ■

[From another, correspondent.]

The Zurich conferences Lave been broken up from the incapability of the plenipotentiaries _to carry out the stipulations of the treaty of Villa 'Franca—-the stumbling-block being the return of the Archdukes to their sovereignties. Austria demands their restoration according to the treaty; but as Parma, Modena, and Tuscany, have declared for annexations to Sardinia, France will, not force their late sovereigns upon them.' It is said that the Emperors of France and Austria ■will have another meeting.. Deputations from Tuscany, Modena, and Parma have been received at Turin, when the formal annexations^ of the Duchies were offered to the King of Sardinia, but Victor .Emmanuel neither ', adopted nor rejected them, merely replying that fortified by such a demonstration of feeling on the part of, Italy he would represent and protect their interests at the European Congress to be held with the view of settling the Centrality Question. Austria will not admit; the Duchies to be annexed to Sardinia—pride forbids, and it will be remembered she gave, up Lombardy not fco Sardinia, but to Trance, for similar feelings. The result will perhaps be the erection of central; Italy into a new kingdom under Prince Napoleon. Austria has formally requested France to carry out the stipulations in the matter of the restoration of the sovereigns of the Duchies but at the same time declares that if possible she would prefer their being under the sway of Prince Napoleon, in , preference to Victor -Emmanuel. Some such decision it is probable that Congress will recommend. War. with China has recommenced, France will send 12,000 troops. England will reinforce her own squadron in China-by several steam and sailing frigates. For their earlier despatch the coast guardsmen will be called upon to volunteer. These measures are rendered necessary by the resistance of the Chinese at Pieho, and the refusal to carry out the late treaty, w,hich stipulates for the residence of Ambassadors from France and England at Pekin, and these to have direct communication with the Emperor. , * A conspiracy to assassinate.the Sultan of Turkey has been discovered.- Sbme ; hundreds of arrests have been made. .

As the Archdukes will not be, restored, Austria has made great concessions to the, Protestant ■Church in England, Sclavonia, and Crotia. A movement is on foot in Germany for reform. A new German. Union is desired to replace the Frankfort diet. The people at Eomagna have ■declared in favour of annexation to Sardinia.

The Pope is seriously ill, and all audiences with Mm are suspended. : A meeting, between the Emperor of the French and the King of Belgium is about to be held. The subject of deliberations are matter of mere conjecture, " '"'' " ' "'" '' ;"

lho > proposals to fortify Antwerp arc said fco have given offence to the French Government, who will send.an army of observation to tho frontier, it it is carried out. "'',.,

The Emporpr of Morocco is dead, and a successor is proclaimed.

Mr. R..G. Wymlham Herbert has been appointed, secretary to Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor of Queensland, and will for a time fill the office of Colonial Secretary. ; . Kossuth has returned to England disgusted with political strife.

The Pope of Rome has applied to Spain for assistance to keep his subjects in subjection. The Great Eastern steamship safely passed down the river, proving remarkably fast and easy. When off- Hastings, a fearful explosion took place in one of the boilers, through inattention to the stop-cock of the outer jacket or cylinder to one of the chimneys. Five men were killed, and several badly wounded. x Thore was an inquiry at Weymouth into the case!

Nothing has been done in the matter of Dr. Smethurst beyond a reprieve. The P.ana'O.'s steamship Northam, from Australia, which was said to have been totally wrecked in the Red Sea on 20fch August near Jeddah, has been got off without muchdamage and returned to Bombay.

An extraordinary religious movement is going on in the North of Ireland. Drunkenness, ribald language, and bad conduct, have ceased, and men leave work in the.middle of the day to attend the prayer meetings. The Inter-colonial Royal .Mail Steam Company have declared a dividend of 7-| per cent. English and Australian Copper Mining Company, a dividend of. 2s. 6d, per share. Money is easy, 2\ per cent. Consols, 95f to .§. Trade generally very quiet.

[By Submarine telegraph via the Red Sea.] Aden, October 2nd; ' _ ' London, September 26th; ' _ Captain M'Clintock has returned from his expedition to the Arctic Ocean with decisive proofs of Sir John Franklin's death.

The strike among the building operatives in London is likely to terminate in a compromise. ' A revolution has-taken place at Costa Rica. A European Congress is to be held at Brussels. Venetia is to be placed under Archduke Maximilian. • ■•«■'

The French army is to be reduced in consequence of the coasts being fortified. Consols 95f. The money market is unchanged. Australian securities are firm. Tallow, 575. 9d.