GENERAL SUMMARY.

Southland Times, Issue 744, 1 November 1867, Page 3

GENERAL SUMMARY.

The Queen's health is good. Her Majesty lias gone to Scotland. The Earl of Belmore was gazetted Governor and Coinrnander-in- Chief of New South Wales on August 23. The Prince and Princess of "Wales are at Wiesbaden. The Princess does not recover, but the papers say " that circumstance does not appear to interfere with the personal enjoyments of her Royal husband at the fashionable German Baths." The Solicitor- General has been knighted, and is now Sir Charles Jasper Selwyn. Henry Thompson, the eminent surgeon, has been knighted. The visit of the Emperor to Salzburg has had a disastrous effect on the European bourses, notwithstanding the Emperor's repeated protests at Arras and Lille that he means peace. Intelligence from Athens affirms that the Cretan rebellion is sustained; that from Constantinople says that it is crushed. In America the excitement as to the next Presidential election has already | commenced. No parties yet know who j their nominees will be* Mormonism seems to be collapsing. Brigham Young has been excommunicating sundry persons. i Gold has been discovered near Utah. The Mormons are leaving their country in. thousands. The Emperor of Austria has given 100,000 florins to the Burgomaster of Frankfort towards restoring the Cathedral. The French Minister of "War has issued orders to strike off the rolls all men belonging to the guard and line whose term of service expires during 1869, and to place them on the reserve. * Cholera broke out in Malta on August 26 ; at Eome, Palermo, and Messina it is increasing- fearfully. The death of the sister of Cardinal Antonelli and of the Princess of Partanna is announced. The Puke of Wellington is printing the whole body of his father's papers, but not for publication. [By Atlantic Telegraph, via !New York.] September 10. The correspondence respecting the Alabama case has been published. Mr John Bright and Mr Beales still urge agitation for the ballot as the next step. A congress of the leading democrats of Europe will be held in Vienna ; Victor Hugo, Louis Blanc, Jules Favre, and Garibaldi will be present. The Reform League of Dublin held a large and orderly meeting on the 4th. Great sympathy was expressed for the Fenians. The Warwick Races commenced on the 3rd. The Heathcote Stakes was won by Peri ; the Leamington by Beeswing. A diminutive schooner yacht, belonging to Mr John-T. Ford, sailed from Baltimore to France, and arrived in the English Channel safely on the Ist, -when Bhe capsized, All hands but one were lost,

j The Bullion in the Bank of England ori I August 5 was found tc have increased | half a million. The rest exceeds circulation. The Eitual Commission have prepared their report, which advocates a middle course. Fbance; September 10. The Emperor arrived at e Amiens on the 30th ultimo, and was enthusiastically received. He said that it was certain that the peace of Europe would not be disturbed. Baron Moustier, in a circular despatch to the representatives of France at European Courts, declares the Salzburg conference a pledge for the maintenance of peace. M. Drouyn de Lhuys will probably soon replace M. Moustier as Minister of Foreign Affairs. La JPatrie says that the soundings for ths Anglo-French American. Telegraph Cable are complete. The cable from Brest*to St Pierre and Miguelon, thence along the coast of New Brunswick and the shores of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, is to be commenced in May. The Great Eastern is to be employed to lay it. Beklin, September 10. The Liberals carried the elections for the North G-erman Parliament in the large towns of the Confederation. The action of the Senate indicates a desire to accept the Salzburg conference as a guarantee of peace. Baron You Voicke, an eminent Prussian statesman, has been appointed President of the G-overnment of Hanover. G-rand Dute Frederick. "William, at the opening of the Baden diet in Carlsruhe, spoke in favor of the union of Baden with the States of North G-ermany. Vienna, September 10. The Presse says that the G-overnment of the United States da concluding negotiations with Copenhagen for the purchase of Danish possessions in the West Indies, including St. Thomas, St. Croix, and St. John, for eight million dollars, in gold. Bavaria and Wurtemburg decline to join a South G-erman Confederation under the leadership of Austria. Baron Von Beust has reorganised the Council of Ministers. Prince Charles Von Anerspeig will preside. Dr John H. Berger will be Minister of Justice ; and M. G-eskia, Minister of Interior; M. Herbert, Minister of Public Instruction. Ettssia, September 10. Admiral Farragut has received an ovation. The American excursionists to Holy Land have been warmly welcomed by the Emperor and Empress ati;he Crimea. Madrid, September 10. Orders have been sent to Admiral Nunez to return with the Spanish fleet in the Pacific to Spain. All vessels touching at Spanish ports hailing from the TJnited States are to be subject to strict quarantine. The insurrection continues, though the Goveninent is gaining ground. Martial law has been proclaimed in New Castle. The cry of the revolutionists is " Prim and Liberty." A severe encounter took place near Arragon. Three hundred Eoyalists were killed. The desertions from the Spanish army are on a large scale. Constantinople (no date.) Ministers annonnce in a circular note that the war in Canadia is' over. Eeforma in the administration are promised. London, Sept. 10. Doncaster races commenced on the 9 th. Filly Stakes won by Athena. Glasgow Stakes by Donald Bane. Champagne Stakes by Virtue. Fitzwilliam Stakes by Friponier. Yorkshire Handicap by Seville. v Hatannah, September 10. The Florida and Cuba cable has been successfully laid. Communication between Havannah and the TJnited States is now perfect. Heavy rain storms have damaged the crops. The vomito is moderating. The finances are in a miserable condition. General Buez is reported 1 to be organizing an expedition at Curacjoa against Cabralo. —-•- Mexico (no date). Maximilian's body has not yet been sent to Vera Cruz. Santa Anna is Btill confined in San Juan D'Ulloa. General Ohoran was shot on August 21. Carlos Miramon, brother to the Miramon who was shot with Maximilian, is in the mountains at Sierra Gorda with 2600 men. G-eneral Marquez has not yet been captured. The people are tired of the bloodthirsty rule of Juarez. G-eneral Porpirio Diaz is now the popular man. Mexico is on the verge of another revolution, ' There is no mony ia the country, and the wmy ia unpaid.

New Yobk, Sept., 11. The yellow fever is sweeping off hundreds at G-aTvastor, Indianopolis, New Orleans, Penacola, and the dry Portugaa. Grold, 143| , firm. London, September 11. Consuls, for money 94 9-16. The speech made by the Grand Duke of Baden at the opening of the Diet at Carlsruhe has given rise to great uneasiness. Political combinations" are feared. The tranquility of Europe is threatened. Dr Lewis Desive Meron, the celebrated French publicist, is dead. The Bank rate remains at 2 per cent. The G-overnment securities of the Australian colonies have been in some demand, and prices have improved. The quotations of August 31 were : — New Zealand 5 per cent., 94£ to 95^ ; 6 per cent. (1891), 109 to 110 (March and September) ; 6 per cent., (1891), 107 ito 108| (June and December) ; 6 per cent. (1891), 106 to 108 (January and July). New South Wales Government : — 5 per cent. (1871-76), 96 to 98 (January and July); 5 per cent. 1888-95), 93 to 94; 5 per cent. (1867-75) 98 to 99, reduced by annaul withdrawals.