LATEST TELEGRAMS. FROM JANUARY 28 TO FEBRUARY, 21.

Southland Times, Issue 923, 27 March 1868, Page 3

LATEST TELEGRAMS. FROM JANUARY 28 TO FEBRUARY, 21.

Tranquility has been restored in Cork, after various Fenian roits. Twenty thousand .irishmen residing in London have presented an address of loyalty and devotion to the Queen. The French Senate has passed an army bill. t ■ ./ ' ; : ; The "Moniteur" states that the attitude of the Great Powers shows a concurrence of conciliatory and peaceful symptoms. France has arranged with Eussia for a dissolution of the commercial treaty of Mecklenburg. ' The side of Mount Vesuvius has given way during the eruptions. Numerous houses have been buried. Mullany has turned Queen's evidence, and basdisclosed a Fenian plot to seize the Bank of England. Parliament re-assembled on the 14th of February. Mr Disradi has introduced a bill to establish a new tribunal for the prevention of bribery at elections, composed of three lawyers. The measure is strongly opposed. * G-overnment lias introduced a bill suspending the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland until the 18th of March of next year. The Eeform Bill for Scotland, which has been introduced, provides for seven new members. Larger representation is claimed. The Eeform Bill for Ireland is promised on the 9th of March. Lord Derby is seriously indisposed, and his condition excites great uneasiness. Should Lord Derby die or resign, Lord Stanley is regarded as his successor in the Premiership. Sir Stafford Northcote states that Egypt has afforded every facility for the Abyssinian Expedition. It is rumored that President Johnson intends to demand a. settlement ef the Alabama claims. , . ;

Earl Russell has written & letter concerning his resignation of the' leadership of the Liberals, and recommending Mi Gladstone as his successor. . Lennan has been acquitted of the charge of murder, found guilty of high treason, and sentenced to fifteen year's penal servitude. The Earl of Mayo is mentioned as the successor of Sir John Lawrence as Viceroy of India. Sir Eobert Napier started for Attegerat, Abyssinia, on the 4th. of February, •for which place a majority of the Magdala "advance force was en route. Colonel Phayre was making rapid progress with roads beyond. Attegerat. Water and grass were abundant. The country is level. The chief, Kassay, received Major Grant with great honor, and it was expected that he would meet Sir. Robert Napier at Attegerat. The rebels 1 were opposing Theodorus's march to Magdala. ' He had precipitately returned, leaving the ! road open. Stores were rapidly arriving: j News had been received from the captives, stating that they were in good health. It was considered doubtful whether the chief Gobazyz would attack Bang Theodorus. ; Advices from Zoulla, dated January 14th, state that King Theodorus was between Wadela and Dalanta, near Magdala. The rebels were in his front. Gobazyz also was in the neighborhood. An engagement was believed to be imminent. Gobazyz had sent a friendly message to Sir R. Napier. It is asserted on reliable authority that the Viceroy intends to withdraw the greater part of the Egyptian troops from Abyssinia, leaving only a few men at Mussowah. It is said that 238 vessels have been chartered in Calcutta, Suez, England, and Bombay, for the Abyssinian expedition. The freight alone, without coal, costs £392,000 monthly.