LATER EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN NEWS.

Southland Times, Issue 1198, 21 January 1870, Page 3

LATER EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN NEWS.

The brig Crown, which arrived al L Auckland from San Francisco on Jan 2 brings English telegrams to Nov. 12. ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL. The Fenian excitement on the subject of the prisoners continued, and the Irish ■ land question was engaging a very large i amount of attention. Cardinal Cvi lee has exhorted all members of Fenian and . other similar societies to abandon the , organizations. Victor Emanuel ia reported to be dying. General Fleurv has been i snt by the Emperor of the French on a mission to St. Petersburg, to induce, it is ) said, the Czar to join with the othei I Great Powers in a general disarmament. | Cholera is raging in the city of Kief, Eussia. Up to Nov. 10, 151 deputies in ; the Cortes had personally pledged them- ■ selves to vote lor the Duke of Genoa for King of Spain. Twenty-tour others had agreed in writing to support his claims. > A Florence telegram, dated Nov. 10, says that the Italian Government reserve the i right to reject decisions of the CE jumenical Council opposed to the laws of the country and spirit of the age. The Suez correspondent of the ADaily News regrets that the opening of the canal had not been delayed for a few months. He fears thafc the passage of the larger ships will not be free from risk. He states that the granite pillars of the viaduct are badly cracked, but he thinks the injury is not sufficient to prevent the traffic. An unknown man was arrested on Nov. 7, prowling around Compeigne ; on being searched, he was found to be armed. He admitted that his intention was to assassinate the Emperor. It is now tolerably certain that the Emperor will spend a portion of the winter at Nice.