LATER EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN NEWS.

Southland Times, Issue 1214, 22 February 1870, Page 2

LATER EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN NEWS.

. Sydney, Wednesday Feb. 2. The Bover of the Seas brings 24,000 quarter-sacks flour, andCaliforniaa papers to the 12th December. The steamer G. D. Haskin foundered in the Gulf Stream, and a portion of the crew was drowned. The European news is to the 9th of December. All the Italian bishops, except five, take the oath, of fidelity to the Pope. ■■.'■'■■ . The English Ministers have refused to accept tlie proposed modification of the v commercial treaty between France and England. The reigning Prince of Montenegro has published a protest against Austria occupying his territory. Prussia supports him. The Carlist chief, Pano, was sentenced to death at Madrid. Cialdini is forming a new Italian Ministry. Austria accuses Prussia of fostering. • rebellion in Dalmatia. Complications are feared. . The Emperor of Bussia has conferred the order of St. George on the King of Prussia. ■«• ' The President's message is considered an able document. - Mr Peabody's remains ; were to' leave England; December 12. The Viceroy of Egypt has accepted the conditions imposed by the Sultan's ultimatum. The (Ecumenical Council was opened on December 9th by the Pope. The weather was unfavorable, the rain falling 7 at intervals throughout the day. An enormous crowd filled the Vatican, and lined the streets through which the members of council passed. The "Pope, followed by 700 bishops, proceeded to the hall of council, amid the ringing of bells and the thundering of cannons from the forts St. 1&ngelo and Mont Aventiue. The Pope ia in fine. health. 3?he galleries of the hall of the council were • occupied by the Sovereign Princes now in Some, and by the membera of the corps diplomatique. ,The ceremonies exceeded anything of the kind scan in Borne for the last century. The majority of the French and German bishops oppose the dogma of the Pope's infallibility. The Spanish Government, having pledged itself to President Grant not to use the gunboats detained at New York agaiast any nation at peace with America, the vessels were released. Feb. 5. The Bayonnaise arrived to-day froin^ California. Her files are to the 16th •■- Dec, from which we extract the following items:— . '-/ ' . The Government have decided to place - Tipperary and the city of Londonderry under martial law. The troops in Ireland have been increased to 30,000. Parliament re-assembles on "'January 10th. Mr Peabody left English property to the value of £400,000. The Rinderpest broke out daring the London Agricultural Show, causing much alarm. * English wheat market lower. Bomb, Dec. -14. The Pope has announced that if his death occurs during the sitting of the (Ecumenical Council, the Cardinals alone shall elect his successor. He declares that the right of making propositions to the Council belongs only to him and the Court of Borne, but he permits bishops to make propositions, which must first be submitted to the Council of Bishops named by the Pope. He appoints Cardinals Deresach, Delucca, Casearre, Belio, and Capalli, as officers of the Council. No members are to join in the debate without obtaining the Pope's permission • on the previous night. The regulations have been disapproved of by the majority oif bishops. Four committees have been organised for faith, discipline, orders, and Eastern affairs. • Madbid, Dec. 15. A Carlist. insurrection is reported ok the French frontier. General Prim is reported, as meditating a coup d'etat to,proclaim the Duke of Genoa king. Lisbon, Dec. 15. Political disturbances are agitating Portugal in several quarters. Pabis, Dec. 15. Another change in the Ministry is ex- . pected. . Beblin, Dec. 15. The Emperor opened the Austrian Beigsra'th,' and in his. speech declared the foreign relations of the empire presented a friendly tone. The speech was of a conciliatory character. Dublth", Dec. 14. Two gunsmiths' shops have been entered, and the arms therein taken away. The shopkeepers resisted the burglary, and were fired at, one being killed.