EUROPEAN.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 131, 5 December 1885, Page 4

EUROPEAN.

London, November 25.— The French troops in Tonquin, under General Braiks, have captured Langson. There is an increasing opinion that a revival of trade, which has been so depressed lately, is imminent. London, November 25.— The proposals of the Hawaiian Government to America and the European Powers asking for local autonomy relates only to the Marshall, Gilbert, and Caroline Islands. Mr Garrick, Agent-General for Queensland, is on a vieit to Copenhagen on an emigration mission. It is reported that the loss on the Inventions Exhibitions will amount to £16,000. London, November 26. — The weekly returns of the Bank of England give the proportion of reserve to liabilities at 46 per cent, and the total reserve in notes and bullion amounting to £12,900,000. Atto day'swoolsale 7,200 bales were offered, the market being firm up to the present 67,200 bales have been submitted for competition, of which 6,000 have been withdrawn from sale. There are signs of trouble in Spain. The Carlists and adherents of Queen Isabella to uphold their claims, while Senor Kinz Zorilla, the leader of the insurrectionary movement in Spain in August, ISB3, and who subsequenely left the country, is now returning. London, November 2S.~ Germany and England have admitted the claims of Spain to the Caroline Island. The Government electrician is engaged devising a scheme to connect most of the colonies by cable, which will be under the control of the English Government. London, Nov. 29.— Obituary : the Duke of Somerset, aged SO years. London, December 1. — The Orient Company's steamer John Elder had a miraculous escape from running on to the rocks at Ushant, a small island on the French coast, during a heavy fog on Sunday Jast. The John Elder was homeward bound. ( The Marquis of Abergavenny has been invested with tne Order of the Garter, and Sir Julian Pauncefort has been created a ! Knight of the Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George. Hanlan ha 3 issued a challenge to row any i man in the world, the match to come off in America next summer. Sir John Gorrie has been appointed Chief Justice of Trinidad. Madrid, Nov. 25. King Alfonso died of dysentry to day.

Madrid, Nov. 26th.— The bpanish Ministry has resigned, and a Liberal Cabinet is being formed. It is reported that Princess Mercedes, eldest daughter of the late King Alfonso, has been proclaimed Queen of Spain, under the regency of her mother, the Dowager Queen Christina. Madrid, November 27.— The death is announced, at the age of 75, of Marshal Serrano, formerly President of the Spanish

Republic. Madrid, November 30. — The remains of his late Majesty King Alfonso were interred in the Palace of the Escurial yesterday. The funeral ceremony was of an imposing character, and was attended by a large number of people of all degrees.