LATE SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Southland Times, Issue 902, 19 February 1868, Page 5

LATE SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

London, 10th January. The Home Secretary has instructed the mayors of fifty towns throughout the kingdom to enrol special constables, to prevent any posnible Fenian disturbances. An armed band of Fenians attacked one of the Martello towers near Queenstown, in Ireland, and carried away a quantity of arms and ammunition. Reports have been received from Massowah to the effect that chains of the Abyssinian, captives had been removed, and that there is a chance of their release. It is also rumored that the insurgent chief Shoa has surrounded the town of Magdala with his forces. Five Fenians have robbed a gunsmith's shop at Cork, and in open day seized revolvers and a quantity of ammunition. Bight leading Fenians have been arrested in Wales. London, 11th January. The Egyptians have resolved to dispatch a mission* to Abyssinia, notwithstanding the remonstrances of the British Government; The editors of seventeen Paris journals have been prosecuted for illegal reports of the debates in the Legislative Assembly. The Fenians Burke and Caasey have been committed for trial at Warwick Assizes. '. | The Q-overnment are prosecuting the proprietors of the Dublin newspaper* The Irishman' for seditious libel. The French journals attribute to England a design upon Abyssinia. London, 14th January. The Australian mail of the. 28th November was delivered in London on 13th January. . Sir Robert Napier arrive^ at Anneiley

Bay, to take command of the Abyssinian forces, on the 4th inst., and immediately proceeded to the front. The revenue for the quarter ending December amounts to £17,500,000. Extraordinary precautions have been taken at Woolwich Arsenal, in consequence of a threatened attack by the Fenians. Extraordinary activity is manifested by the secret organisation in Ireland. An extensive gunpowder robbery hat taken place near Cork. Great military preparations are being made both at Cork and Dublin, to counteract the movements of the Fenians, and reinforcements have been despatched from England to those cities. The eruption of Vesuvius is increasing most alarmingly. There is still considerable political uneasiness pervading the great States of the Continent. The French Chambers rejected the interpretation of the debates concerning which the French Press has been prosecuted. Indications of a friendly understanding between France and, Prussia are daily manifested. The Italian Parliament hasre-assembled. General Menabrea strongly urged concord on the part of the representatives of the nation. He stated that the perils which menaced Italy are chiefly those of a financial character. "We take the following items from the " Argus" telegram : — The latest intelligence as to the postal service is more favorable as regards the arrangements of the sailing dates for the the Australian mails than is shown by the last time table. The outward mails for China and Australia leave seven days later than the dates in the time table. The homeward Australian mails will leave one day earlier. The first outward mail to Australia on the new plan will leave Southampton on the 21st March. The first homeward mail from Australia will leave Sydney on the 28th March, thus avoiding any delay of the steamers at Ceylon, and shortening the intervals for replies between Australia and London. As to the Victorian crisis, the home papers state that political affairs in Victoria demand immediate attention in England, owing to the dead-lock and the dodgery of the Government in the evasion of the law. They speak highly ot the conduct of the Upper House. The latest expedient of Governor Sutton, after the Council had rejected two Appropriation Bills, in dissolving the Legislative Assembly, is condemned. They also state that the Ministerial speeches indicated revolution against the Constitution. Governor Sutton's endeavors to restore peace are not thought favorably of. The general opinion is that he has held too much with the Ministry. The Darling grant of £20,000 is considered a blunder in Fngland. The Emperor's speech affirms Mb constant desire to maintain the best relations with all powers. Faversham powder-mills have exploded ; eleven lives were lost. Fenian alarms are spreading. Attempts have been made to blow up "Worcester Town Hall. The Oriental Bank invite tenders for a Sydney loan of £758,000. Thirty thousand special constables have been enrolled in London to suppress Fenianism. Ail the Government buildings are strictly guarded. Great agitation prevails. A proclamation against Fenian processions has been issued. The Government have discovered many Fenian plots to attack the armouries, dockyards, banks, churches, gasworks, etc. The police force is very largely increased, and the military are held in readiness to act at any moment. The Abyssinian expedition has met with success. The natives are giving supplies, and the chiefs are rendering assistance; but dangers and troubles are ahead. Much political uneasiness prevails on the Continent of Europe. Paris advices state that the Emperor Napoleon hat received the representative of the Germanic Confederation, exchanging assurances of friendship. The "Times " opposes " intervention respecting the affairs of Afghanistan. The Ministerial crisis in Portugal is over. A new Ministry has been formed. Telegrams from New fork state that Congress has passed a vote thanking Mr Sheridan aud censuring President Johnson for removing him, and also ordering the Committee of Foreign Affairs to take immediate action as to the maltreatment of American citizens in Ireland. The Egyptians *re objecting to the invasion of Abyssinia. An amnesty has been proclaimed in favor of Garibaldi. The French troops have all left Borne. Sympathetic addresses have been sent to the Pope from London and Dublin. An extensive Mazzinian conspiracy has been discovered in Italy. The proposed conference on the Boman question has not yet sat. President Johnson declares that military rule continues in the South, and a standing army will be required to maintain the supremacy of the General Government. The brutal criue of the Fenians in causing the loss of six lives is condemned throughout the country. Assurances ot support to the Government have been sent in from all quarters to crush Fenianism. The police are all armed, and the soldiery ready for prompt action. In future the law will be strictly enforced. The Abyssinian expedition has been warmly debated in the House of Lords. The Earl of Ellenborough declared against the war, because the state of Europe was such that it would be improvident to involve England in a distant war when a near one might be expected. Obituaby.— Mr Melbyn Prower, Archdeacon Greenall, Colonel Lowther, M. P.; Mr Charles Gray, the Bey Archdeacon Philareto, Vm. Emund Molyneux, Mr Penaaet, professor/at Canterbury, M.B. • and Mr E, Charles;