EUROPEAN NEWS
TO AUGUST 14. (java cable.) (Per s.s. OTAGO at the BLUFF.) Sir James Fergusson resigned his Governorship. Escape of Marshall Bazaine.
London, August 11. Bazaine escaped from his confinement on Sunday night by a vessel supposed to be bound for Italy. In a circular despatch Prince Bismarck proposes to European Powers the recognition of the Spanish Government. The Northumberland has arrived. The Macgregor has reached San Francisco with the Australian mails.
Sir James Fergusson has resigned the Governorship of New Zealand. The Marquis of Normandy (Governor of Queensland) succeeds him.
August 14. England and France recognise the Spanish Government.
Bazaine’s escape was planned by his wife. He descended the cliffs by a rope ladder, and was conveyed away by a vessel waiting. The officials connected with the fortress have been placed under surveillance.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume II, Issue 200, 29 August 1874, Page 2
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