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Southland Times, Issue 699, 22 July 1867, Page 3

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LONDON, FEOM 28th MAT TO 14th ■■ 5T v- IV.O ;T '■.■ JUNE/- •■'■ '. '• -: • I » ( MK:l)israeli ihatsiwithdrawn.tlie fancy franchises and the compounding clauses are abolisKed.- A'cotinty franchise is settled at <£12. . „ r,- ..- . ; ' telegraphic news from Mexico states that Juarez has captured Queretaro, and taken ]^aximiltian prisoner and ordered Kirn to be shot. , i A further reduction of Bank of England rates of discount is expected. i . . !Ehe latest advices from New York say j that the Judiciary Committee had resolved only to censure President Johnson. . ' ■ The sentence of death passed on Fenians has been commuted to penal servitude for life. - J The latest telegrams announce arrival of the King of Prussia at Paris, acconiT panied by Count Bismark. The Czar ~ of Russia, while riding out with the Emperor Napoleon, in Paris was fired at by a young Pole, but fortunately the pistol burst. Great indignation was expressed., > _The International Congress proposed : ta inquire into the affairs of -Crete. ; The Liverpool cotton market is steady J . The total stock- on 14th- June was 86,0001 bales. ... ■-:■:■ ■ • ".■■- ] Austrian advices "state that the Emperor Francis Joseph has been crowned king, and a general amnesty proclaimed. The cattle plague is extending in; London. ' ' " ';