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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 207, 4 September 1867, Page 2

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London, July H. Ishmael Pacha, Viceroy of Egypt, arrived in London on the Bth iust., aad is at present the guest of the Earl of Derby. He has accepted an invitation from the Emperor of Austria to visit him at Vienna. The British Government has oidered a detachment of regular troops to Abyssinia, to compel King Theodorus to release the British captives. la the redistribution of seats in Parliament, the Government concedes one additional,, seat each to Birmingham, Manchester, and Leeds. The estate of Sir Morton Peto has been put in bankruptcy. j Small parties of Feniaus are said to be J secretly drilling in Wieklow, Ireland. Several arrests have been made. Londou, July 9. In the House of Lords Earl Derby strongly denounced the action of the Juarez Government in executing the Emperor Maximilian. « It is believed that Great Britain will suspend all diplomatic relations with Mexico, and the Government have postponed the grand review which was to have taken place in Hyde Park, in consequence of that event. All the Courts of Europe are in deep mourning for the death of Maximilian, for whose body an Austrian fleet was to be immediately dispatched to Vera Cruz. Paris, July 8. The French Press express great horror at the execution of Maximilian, and speeches have beeu made in the Corps Legislatif denouncing it as a "crime against civilisation" and a " murder." France has discontinued all political intercourse with Mexico. It is said that Napoleon charges the Church party with j having caused the death of Maximilian. Messrs Vanderbrock Bros., prominent American bankers in Paris, have failed. Lord Lyons has entered on his duties as British Ambassador at Paris. " It is repot ted that Napoleon has ordered the disarming of 34,000 troops. The French Government has granted a concession to the new Franco-American Telegraph Compauy to lay a cable from Brest to the American coast. The Emperor Francis- Joseph will visit Paris in September. Berlin, July 9. The States of the North German Confederation have accepted the tariff proposed by Prussia. Arrangements are said to have been perfected for a conference between the King of Prussia and the Sovereigns of the South German States at an early date. July 3. The celebration of the anniversary of the battle of Sadowa took place at Potsdam, near Berlin; a grand review took place and presentation of colors. Florence, July 3. The Italian Minister of Finance has resigned his portfolio. In the Italian Chamber of Deputies yesterday, Bixio declared that Austria and other powers were preparing a treaty containing clauses hostile to the policy of Italy. St. Petersburgls, July 3. The Czar returned to the capital on the let, and waa enthusiastically received. London, July 10. An important diplomatic note from the Russian Cabinet iv regard to Ireland, has been published. It is addressed to the Ambassadors of Russia at London, Paris, and Washington. They are requested to call the attentions of the Governments to, which they are accredited to the existing

state of affairs in Ireland, and to represent that in the opinion of. the Russian Cabinet the condif'on of Ireland invites a joint inquiry on Ihe part of Russia, France, and the United States, in conjunction with Great Britain- • Mr W. Scholefield, M.P., is dead. The distribution of the prizes at the Paris Exhibition took place to-day, aad was the grandest pageant ever -witnessed in that city. The Sultan was present, and 18,500 prizes were distributed amongst 60,000 exhibitors. The Czar received a gold medal for pure horses, and Napoleon himself a gold medal for a model dwellinghouse, handed to him by the Prince Imperial, amidst loud cheers. New York, July 10. Late intelligence from Mexico state that the Emperor Maximilian and Generals Miramon and Mejia were tried by court-martial on the 14th ult., and sentenced to be executed on the 19th, on the morning of which day they were shot at a short distance from the city of Queretaro. The people evinced the deepest sympathy with the illustrious captives. All three met their fate bravely, the last words of the Emperor being "Poor Carlotta," alluding to his wife. Miramon and Mejia were killed by the first volley, but when the Emperor fell, he was not quite dead, and there was considerable quivering of the muscles. Two soldiers were then called out, who shot him in the side. The victims were not bound or blindfolded. The Emperor spoke at some length, and concluded by expressing the hope that his blood would stop the effusion of blood in the country. The Prussian Minister made a last but ineffectual appeal in the name of humanity and honor in behalf of the victims, on the very morning of the executions. General Santa Anna has been taken by force by the Liberals from the deck of the United States steamer Virginia, carried into the interior, and shot on 25th June. Mexico is now in a complete state of anarchy and demoralisation. The new Government of Canada was inaugurated on the Ist July, when Lord Monck took the oath of office as GovernorGeueral. A resolution expressing gratification" at the downfall of Maximilian, offered in the Lower House of the American Congress, had been refused ?nd strongly denounced. It is said that the U. S. frigate Susquehanna has been ordered to proceed to Mexico to demand Santa Anna's body, dead or alive, and to insist on an apology,