EUROPEAN NEWS

North Otago Times, Volume 1, Issue 5, 24 March 1864, Page 6

EUROPEAN NEWS

France — The French Government, with the concurrence of the Federal Council, will Bend a Commissioner to the canton of Ticino, who -Hill watch the proceedings of the judicial inquiry concerning the eonspmitor Trabucco, imphcated in the intended attempt on the life of the Emperor Napoleon. In two out of the three elections which have just taken place in the French provinces, the government have been defeated ; m the third their candidate was returned by a large majority. It is worthy of observation that in the latter the government abstained from all interference, while in the two former they brought the tvhole weight of their influence to .bear in favor of then- candidate. Swlden- and Norwyy. — The threatened occupation of Scbleswig has given a great unpnlse to the movement m f«n our of Denmark throughout Sweden and Norn a). Addresses have been \oted, committees are bemg formed for collecting subscriptions, volunteers are euhbted, and mihtar\ armaments are continued with increased aetiwly in both countries. A royal proclamation has been losued, convening an extraordinary session of the Norwegian Storthing for March 14. In Sweden, the king, m virtue of the constitution, can himself make war without the authority of the Swedish Diet Moreover, the latter bod) , before the closing of the session, had \oted c vtraordniary credits for armaments. Dlnmark, Jan. 22.— 1n the sittmg of the Lundfthmg to-day the President of the Council made the iollow nig declaration .—. — "1 he Conventions of 1851 and 1852 contain the rights a* well as the engagements of Denmark, among which is the point that there does not exist any State of Schlesw ig-llolstein. What do we struggle for" To prevent an invasion of Schlt »w lg by foreign troops, and to expel them should the} , nevertheless, eutor it. The fortune of war will decide what will happen afterwards. It. would be a am to trace a programme before the war is over, but we are determined not to allow a binglo German soldier to cross the Eider." Duke Charles of Glueksburg, elder brother to the King of Denmark, has refused the oath of allegiance, under the follow nig circumstances: — In November last the Duke, with other landed proprietors of Sehleswig, refused to take the oath of allegiance to the King Sub&equentl) to thiß refusal ho -n as induced whde in Copenhagen to feign a document containing the required oatli, undir the piomise that no proceedings should be taken against the other persons who had refused in conjunction with liny to take the oath. On {hiding, however, that the promise was not kept, Duke Charles asked that the document should be returned to him. This having been done, ho 'ijWro^ed it, thus virtually refusing the oath.