LATEST SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Southland Times, Issue 870, 23 December 1867, Page 2

LATEST SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

London, Nov. 19. Parliament was opened to-day. The following is a summary of the Queen's speech: — " In consequence of King Theodoras, of Abyssinia, continuing to hold several English subjects prisoners, some of whom were especially accredited by the English Government, no alternative was left but peremptorily to demand their liberation, this demand being supported by adequate forces. An expeditionary army had accordingly been despatched, for the purpose of securing their liberation only. The Queen relied on the full support and co-operation of Parliament. " Her Majesty continued to receive the friendly assurances of foreign powers, and considered there was no reason to apprehend any disturbance of the existing peace in Europe. " The Queen trusted that the Emperor Napoleon would soon be enabled to withdraw the French troops recently sent to Borne. "Her Majesty regretted that Fenianism had assumed an organised character, and that deeds of violence had been perpetrated in England; but the Queen relied on the firm administration of the law and the loyalty of her subjects. (^ "In the course of the present session reform bills for Scotland and Ireland, an education bill, and other important measures, would be submitted." Great uneasiness is felt in England about the Fenians. The disturbance in the Papal States is over. The French troops landed at Civita Vecchia, and occupied Eome. The Italian troops did not support Garibaldi's volunteers. The Garibaldians were successful in three or four affairs with Papal troop s _ i but they were Biabseguently "attacked

three miles from Rome by Papal and French troops combined, and were defeated, with the loss of three thousand killed and wounded. The French chassepot rifle was found a Tery effective weapon. Menotti G-aribaldt has retired from the contest. The volunteers are disbanding, and the FreLch will abandon Rome as soon as the place is secured. The Pope has bestowed his blessing on France. The Italian troops have retired from the Papal territory. Mons. Magne succeeds Mons. l<ould as Finance Minister of France. The Prussian Chambers have been opened. The King made a pacific speech, to the effect that Prussia was not called upon to interfere in the Italian question with the view to diminish the temporal power of the Pope. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's tender was the only one received for the India and China mails. Its terms will be made known at the meeting on the 6th December. No dividend will be declared. Tortola, the most important of the Virgin Islands, in the "West Indies, has been submerged, and 10,000 lives have been lost. The leading London merchants have memorialised the Government to guarantee the India Telegraph Company. The Queen is at "Windsor. M'G-uire, the Fenian, ha 3 been pardoned. Five others captured in Manchester have been ordered for execution on, the 3rd of December. The Bank of England's rote reserve increased £494,5000 for the week. Mr Crosbie Ward is dead. Napoleon suggests the convocation of a European conference. Its object and the time and place of meeting are not Btated, but it is supposed to relate to Italy. Wool is a penny lower. Discount 1£ per cent, to 2 per cent. Consuls on the sth November were at 94i to 94f . New South Wales five per cents, 97 to 99 ; Victoria six per cents, January and July, 110^ to 111^. Tallow would advance but for the large Australian supplies which have been received. Arrived. — White Rose, Sir John Lawrence, Essex, and Ben Lomond.