GENERAL SUMMARY.

Southland Times, Issue 1009, 24 August 1868, Page 3

GENERAL SUMMARY.

London, July 2nd. The Queen's health is good. Risk Allah gained a verdict for £960 damages against the " Daily Telegraph." King Theodore's crown, robes, and spoil are to be exhibited at Kensington. His son is in England. ! Mr Disraeli has been entertained with splendor by the Merchant Taylors' Company. The French Senate has adopted a Bill sanctioning the loan for the Suez Canal Company. Q'he Papal Allocution caused much irritation in Austria. The Municipal Council of Vienna protests against any pretension of the Papal Government to interfere in the domestic i legislation of Foreign Powers. Similar protests are expected from all parts of the country. Austrian journals condemn the position taken by the Pope. Some recommend that the Papal Nuncio be dismissed, and the Austrian Embassy recalled from Rome. Luther's monument has been unveiled at "Worms. The Queen sent a telegram expressing congratulations. In the French Legislative Body the financial statement has been made, showing a deficiency of 300,000,000 francs, with a floating debt of 962,000,000. The Harvest prospects in England were encouraging. The Paris Journals say that Germany is menancing General Dolce. The Austro-Boumanian differences on the Jewish question are sattled, the Roumanian Government having yielded to the Austrian demands. The Queen of Portugal has arrived in Spain. ■ At a meeting of the Panama Company there was a loss shown of £64,896. The revolution in Japan has received a fresh impetus. Twelve of the most powerful Daimios having combined against the Mikado. The Reform measure in the House of Lords has been advanced. The Prince Alexander Georgewich and family are excluded from succession to the throne of Servia. A brother-in-law of the Prince has been executed, for complicity in the assassination of Prince Michael. Serrano and other high officials of the Spanish army have been arrested on a charge of conspiracy against the Queen's throne, in favor of Duke de Montpensier. The laying of the new Telegraphic Cable to Cuba has proved a failure. Tht Cholera has appeared in Havanna. The Pacific Mail, 97£. Gold, 140|. London, July Bth. Sir Robert Napier arrived in London on the 2nd inst. Both Houses of Parliament tendered him a vote of thanks unanimously ; and the Common Council of the City of London presented him with a sword, of the value of two hundred j guineas, and the freedom of the City. ! General Napier was at "Windsor Castle I on the third, the guest of Queen Victoria. ! In the House of Lords on the sth inst.. i Lord Stratheden presented a petition ! from the people of Nova Scotia againsi the Canadian Dominion, and praying , Parliament to allow them to leave the ', new Confederation. I The new Reform Franchise Boundarj j Bill was passed in Committee. • Sir Morton Peto has passed througl ! ! the Court of Bankruptcy, and been dis 1 • charged. 1 ; In the House of Lords, on the 7th inst • I the English Reform Bill and the Scotcl [ \ Reform Bill were read a third time, ai^j ■ the Irish Reform Bill was passed ii 1 Committee. k The Newmarket Races took placa oi > the 7th July. Stakes— H. Saville' ' Ryshworth first ; Duke of Newcastle' 1 Filly, by Newcastle, out of Penzanc* B second; J. Dawson's De Vere, thirc r Six started. Time, one minute fiftee ■" seconds. c On the Bth a race was run for fiv f hundred soverigns. Lord Glasgow's br. c ■* by Young Melbourne, out of Miss Saral ; fc | came in first ; the Marquis of Hastings s Bassilla second ; and the Duke of Nev ! > castle's Martyr third. °- Mr John Bright has visited Irelam 3 - He was enthusiastically received. >f Samuel Lover, the Irish novelist ar c poet, died on the Bth instant, at an a< a vanced age. Pabis, July Bth. In the Corps Legislatif, the third d bate on, the Budget was resumed.

'brilliant speech was made by M. Theirs, the burden of which was that peace, liberty, and good management, were the only cure for the present finaucial difficulty. M. Magne, Minister of Finance, informed the Members that a further loan was needed to meet the army expenditure. The discussion of the budget was continued on the 4th by M. Jules Favre. He said that France and the neighboring Powers desired peace, and the Government of the Emperor must decide whether its policy should be for peace or war. M. Rouher replied that on this financial j i question the attack of the Opposition was ! • weak. A -strong army he declared was a pledge of peace. By her acts, France would preserve peace and independence. But all nations must ever be prepared for ! "War. France had no hidden designs, but ', she could not consent to a disarmament, , I for no confidence could be placed in the j I fraternity of nations. j I M. Rouher, in closing the debate, said j •' that the Emperor's. Government accepted the idea of German Unity, and recognised the rights of nationalities. The only war possbile for France was one in defence of her territory, her honor, or her influence. In the Corps Legislatif, on the 6th inst., Marshal Neil declared that in 1867 France would have been unable to cope with her neighbors j but now her power was such that none of them could compete with her. In his speech on the following day, Marshal Neil defended the Government from the charge of extravagance in its expenditure for the army. The Paris journals again begin to complain of the menacing tone of the German Press. It is reported that furloughs are to be granted to all rank and file of the Fifth Corpß d'Armee. Vienna, July 8. The Austrian Government has initiated the work of disarming by issuing leave of absence to thirty-six thousand men in the standing army. London, July 8. Despatches from Madrid indicate a renewal of serious political troubles in Spain. The movement had been preconcerted, and had for its object the placing Don Antonio, instead of the Duke de Montpensier, at the head of the Government. The Duke has been requested to leave the country. Additional arrests continue to be made in all parts of Spain. Mr George Bancroft, the American Minister to Berlin, has had an interview with the Duke of Wurtemberg, and presented his credentials from the United States. The Government is ready to ratify the Naturalisation Treaty with the United States.