LATEST EUROPEAN NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 38, 15 February 1870, Page 3

LATEST EUROPEAN NEWS.

(From the Melbourne Argus'). Sydney, Feb. 5. The Bayonnaise, from San Francisco, "brings 530 tons of breadstuff^ and Californian papers of Dec. 16. She left the Miavo, Jean Pierre, and Nereid loading far Australia. The following items are from the files by this opportunity : — London, Dec. 15. The Government have decided to place the County of Tipperary, and the County and City of Londonderry under martial law. The troops in Ireland have been increased to 30,00.0. Parliament re-assembles on Jan. 10. Mr. Peabody left English property of the value £400,000. The rinderpest broke out during the London Agricultural Show, causing much •alarm. English wheat market lower. Dublin, Dec. 14. Two gunsmiths' shops have been entered, and the arms therein taken away The shopkeepers resisted the burglary and were fired at, one being killed. Kome, Dee. 14. The Pope has announced that if his •death occurs during the sittings of the CEcumenical Council, the cardinals alone shall elect his successor. He declares that the rig^ht of making propositions to the council belongs only to him and the Court of Korae, but he permits bishops to make propositions which must first be submitted to the council of bishops named by the Pope. He appoints Cardinals de '. Keisacb, De Luca,- Cuesta, Bilio, and Carafa, as officers of the council. No members are to join in the debate without obtaining the Pope's permission on the previous night. The regulations have been disapproved of by the majority of Bishops. Four committees have been organised for faith, discipline, orders, and Eastern affairs.

Madrid, Dec. 15. A Carlist insurrection ia reported on the French frontier. General Prim ia reported as meditatiug a cowp d\ etat to proclaim the Duke of Geuoa King. Lisbon, Dec. 10. Political disturbances are agitating Portugal in several quarters. Paris, December 15. Another change in the Ministry is expected. 1 Berlin, December 15. The Emperor opened the Austrian Reichsrath, and in his speech declared the foreign relations of the empire presented a friendly tone. The speech was of a conciliatory character.