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AMU VA h OP TIIE ENGLISH MAIL v VIA {JAN FRANCISCO. 1 ■ SUICIDE OF WALTER MONT- .• lE. LIVINGSTONE GREAT RIOT IN DUBLIN. COLLIERY EXPLOSION IN CATTLE DISEASE. THE SPREAD OF CHOLERA. THE IN SURRECTION IN ALGERIA. CARLIST RlbioiG IN SPAIN. - DISTURBANCES IN ITALY. R A VAGES OF THE CHOLER A INTURKEY AinD RUSSIA. ' 1
BEPOBTEI? DEVOLUTION IN
MEXICO.
New Plymouth Oct. 14 The Nevada arrived at ; Auckland this day.
INGL.ISH SUMMARY.
The Queen is still indisposed. Walter Montgomery was married on August 20 to an American lady. He committed suicide on, September 2 The is no reason for the same. It is rumored that the Marquis of Lome will be appointed GovertiorGeueral of India. The -British Consul at Zauzibar has written to say that ; Dr. Livingstone is slowly making his way homeward. Subscription lists have been opened in Jmi•_l:tiid to relieve the Persians. The famine is now over, but very great distress now prevails.
A ii-onster demonstration was held in tlie P.'.cenix Park, Dublin, at which 10,000 persons were present. Resolutions demanding tire release of Fenian prisoners were adopted. The police attacked the cr« wd, using their staves. A general melee ensued, and some fifty constables -received more or less injury. Women participated in the riot, which to have been premiditated.
&000 engineers have demanded a reduction in the hours of labor.
There-has been a general strike among the colliers in Northumberland. A strike for higher wages has also oc urrcd among the workmen in Sheffield, Bradford and London.
It is proposed to introduce foreign workmen.
The Marquis of Ijansdowne has been appointed' Viceroy of Ireland. A terrible explosion occurred in a coal mine in New ' Lancashire. Fif-y persons were buried aiivie. The neighborhood of the disaster is thronged with the relatives of the victim?, and scene is of the most heartreudiug description. . , , .18,000 persons; emigrated .Ironi the Mersey in A ugust last, to the United States.
The foot and inoutli disease is making dreadful ravages amongst cattle in England. , The meat is at famine prices. Jersey isappointed quarantine ground to prevent the spread of cholera. The deputation from France to thank thp-pieopltf of.Kugla'nd and Ireland for aid duriug the war \yas enthusiastically received, throughout all parts of the kingdom. . , , _ The, Killomena yacht was capsized near . Malta, and eleven persons drowned.
FIIANCE. Sept. 10. In the Assembly the vote to continue Thiers s Government was carried by 523 against 3i, LOJ members declining to vote. M. Thiers has been eonejrjitulate'l h-v the Europe: e Po\ve~s and the Pope. Ferre and two Communists have been sentenced to death ; one has been imprisoned for lite, and four transported. . , J h<;' Assembly are considering -the proposition o Rending the Communists to Bay: A p oposal-has been made by some French speculators to settle them in
Mexico, which fias bean. re'terre.*' to ;i Otf min i ttee. b t'.tii e' Ash e m I> I y It in reported tnai since the annexa-. tion of Strasburg to Germanv 23,000 of the inhabitants have migrated from French ports to A merica. The third instalment of the war in* demnity has been pfiid. A commission has b sen,appointed t»> investigate the cajritua i>ns ! in tue lat war, tommcßciiig with tfedair Bazaint sa 3' a he was compelled to su re ider because his ammunition j was finished. LATEST TR LEO RAMS. The latest news from' Algeria report.* that the insurrection is subdued. ' ac> D'Autnale, son' of Louif Puillippe, has been appoin r ed J .*overnoi' General of Algeria by M Thiers The number of deaths in Paris in one v e k was 9 A3. -Typhoid lev.er is becoming an epidemic. rite: evacuation by the {-Jennan is to be completed by October 1.
GERMANY
A treaty of alliance, offfi'isive and defensive, with Italy and Prussia has. been signed. . „
Cholera prevails in several German Provinces. ]ji one village in Kast Prussia, out of a population of four !i undred and seventy-nine, eighty nine eases occurred,- forty-six of winch terminated fatal Iv.
The anniversary o! the surrender of Sedan was celebrated throughout Germany by festivities of a patriotic character.
The North German Bishops have commenced a Secret C inference to consider the doujnn of Infallibility. Count A nna, the Catholic representative ot Bavaria to koine, is favorable to tire infallibility drawn, and Dr. Dollinger being re?a|jpo in ted.
The Emperors of Germany and Aus tria have again met at JSalsbourij, and went to Munich to see the King of Bavaria, l'he meeting was of a fr.endlv character. SPAIN". King Amadeus ha* been taking a tour through the Spanisa provinces. He has become very popular. Tne Carlists threaten further hostilities. Five columns of troops have been despatched against them. The Empress Kuirenie is expected on a two months' visit to Spain. rr alt. Violent demonstrations have taken place in.the streets of Rome. Drunken crowds rushed through the city, shouting against the priests. . The soldiers dispersed them.
NapoleOnism is spreading, lhe A Ifieri Society threaten to burn down the Vatican. Precautions have been taken against crime, and, should anarchy increase, .the residence ot the Pope will be protected by the flags of foreign ambassadors. A Conference was held at G-astien between A ustria and Prussia. Import tant principles ot policy agreed on, including measures for the maintenance ot peace. In consequence of this measure Russia is making vast preparations for war.
; ; AUSTRIA.. Serious fire at Trieste occasioned bv explosion of petroleum, and causing great damage. lhe Conference settled the Roumanian difficulty satisfactorily. fearful misery prevails in the south ot Hungary, inconsequence of the flooding ot extensive tracts of land. TURKET. Ali Pasha, Grand Vizier, is dead, and Mahomed Pasha has been appointed his successor. At labrez, two nundred and fortvnine deaths have occurred from cholera, the average number being about twentv dO v ay. Christians and Mussulmen are encamped in the mountains., ;-v-, Busiuess is .stopped, and "the army has been disbanded.
Dreadful storms and inundations have occurred.
C z?ir, ;in ref"erepr-e to the.interview of delejrates of Alliance, fiat compliance with some of their requests would involve the abrogation of the laws of the Empire. No foreign intervention would be permit'ed.
Cholera rn/nn? iri aTI the principal districts. At Kiev, one hundred and fifty deaths ape reported daily. rfrand demonstrations of the Scln»nn:c rn<*e were held in Poland, in '•ommemorntion of the anniversary of tho dismemberment of the kingdom. T ; e Tfussian a-itborities regarded tlie celebration with suspicion, as evidence of an intended outbreak. AMERICA, Another revolution has broken out ; n Mexico, headed by DiazC?). Several American vessels have been seized by the Mexicans. The inland of St. Thomas has been visited br a hurricane. 6000 bouses destroyed, and 600 persons killed. 0-rp->t fire at St. "Domingo. Almost whole of the Pijcrta P'a'a des, T.oss, 80.000 dollars. The President ami Superintendent of He Staten Ts'and Perry Company have b«cn committed for manslaughter, in consequence of the late steamboat .n. The trial is already announced. . LATEST. London, Sept. 14. Thirty-five thousand colliers and iron workers in Monmouthshire threateii to strike unless ten per cent, advance on wages is granted. The abscess of the Queen was opened on the 4th of September. It is now healing satisfactorily.
Tt has been decided at Salsbours* to aunpre«s the International Society? The Mont Cenis tunnel was opened successfully, trains pausing: through. At BuWost, on September I2th,the neoole of Ihe city were excited at a, fnlse fenort that the Jews had sacrificed a Christian child, and ail attack was therefore made on their market place.
COMKEftCTAL.
London. Au<?. 31.
Wool very firm, with good demand. Holders disinclined to sell, except at an advanced rate.
The manufactories are at work night and day to complete orders. Flax. 25*. pef* ton advafice; good demand. Hides. ?• per cent, advance. Tallow, closing prices: sheep, 445. beef, 425.
Ne*v York. Wool less active, hut prices firm. Sales :—New Zealand, 40,000" lbs., at 521; Australia, 2600 lbs., at Flax dull. A slight advance in other fibres.; 9to 10 cents, currency per lb.
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