CONTINENTAL TELEGRAMS.

Colonist, Volume III, Issue 269, 18 May 1860, Page 2

CONTINENTAL TELEGRAMS.

. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuters office this evening (March 19):— SPAIN. •Madrid, March 18. It is asserted the Generals Prim, Rios, Olano, and Lubold have been raised to the dignity of Grandees of the first class. PORTUGAL. Lisbon, March 18tH.. . The Minister of Marine is-dead. The Cortes has authorised the free exportation of wheat and barley, until the 30th of June next. . , • •--■•' ITALY. : -;/... Turin; March'l9th. A note from the. Government of Tuscany, addressed to - Europe, explains the reasons why the vote by universal suffrage renders the annexation of Tuscany to Piedmont necessary. FRANCE.' " ' ..Paris',-March 19th. Thg judgment of the Court has been' given in the case against Bishop Dupanloup_ The Bishop was proceeded against by the heirs of Monseignear Rousseau, a former bishop, of Orleans, in the time of Louis the Fifteenth, and the charge was the defamation of that Bishop's character by Bishop Dupanloup, in a published letter. The Sieck newspaper had also complaints against the defendant. . /; The complaints of the Steele have been rejected, on the ground of their being unfounded. The complaint made by the .heirs of Bishop Rousseau has also been rejected, the laws not making the defamation of a dead person actionable. BAVARIA. Munich, March 19. The news from the Stuttgar'der Beohachter that the French ambassador at Munich had already spoken a cession of the Palatinate to France, has been officially contradicted*

N.B.—The above telegrams have not yet been published in the London papers. (From the Home Neios^March .'l9',) _ - TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. A vote has been taken by Ballot and Universal Suffrage in the Italian Duchies and the Romagna on the question of," Annexation to Piedmont or a separate kingdom." An enormous majority have declared for annexation. King Victor Emmanuel has accepted the annexation of Parma, Modena, and Romagna. He will to-day accept that of Tuscany. It is understood that a Bull of Excommunication will be issued against King Victor Emmanuel^on the publication of the decree of annexation. At the opening of the French Chambers, the Emperor avowed his intention to claim the French side of the Alps, in the resettlement of Italy. ;_., . v The cession of Savoy and Nice to France has been agreed to by Sardinia. • Switzerland has protested against the annexation of Savoy. ; France has declined to negotiate the cession of Chablais' and Faucigny to Switzerland. Austria is said to have tendered her support to Switzerland and Prussia in certain eventualities in Savoy and on the Rhine. The English Cabinet has communicated to ,the European Powers its objections to the French annexation of Savoy and Nice. The. project of annexation is strongly disapproved by nearly all parties in England. The Holy See, in-reply to France, has refused to regard the Papal patrimony as apolitical question. '. The French Minister ofthe Interior has instructed- the' Prefects of Departments to prohibit al publications tending to agitation on the Roman question; and to report to the- State all such .addresses from the pulpit. , , The French Minister of Public Instruction has "issued a circular to the archbishops and bishops, warning them against the violent course adopted by the clergy in reference to the Pope. The conditions of peace demanded of Morocco by Spain were rejected by, the Moors, and hostilities were resumed. The Moors have again made proposals for. peace. Extensive constitutional-reforms, enlarging the representation of the people, are being carried into effect in Austria. The Budget has been carried by a large majority. An address to the Throne thanking her Majesty for the Treaty with France has been agreed to by the Lords and Commons.

Three Reform Bills, for England, Ireland, and Scotland, have been brought forward by Ministers. They have been generally well received throughout the country. . " , A meeting of merchants and others has been held in London against the new registration tax on imports and exports.

*^ A protest against interference with' his temporal power has been presented to the Pope by a body of English Roman Catholics. The Major of St. John's, New Brunswick, . has protested against the equalisation of the duties on foreign and colonial timber; • to which Mr. Gladstone replies that it will not produce the disastrous results anticipated. The sum of £11,000 was collected for the Pope on one Sunday in the Roman Catholic Churches of Dublin. The Attorney-General has brought in* a bill lor the amendment and consolidation of the bankruptcy laws. Mr. George Cubit has been elected for West Surrey, and Mr. Padmore for Worcester. Mr. Deasy, the new Attorney-General for Ireland, has been returned for Cork by a large majority. He was opposed by the Ultramontane party. A subscription is being made to defray his expenses. The Hon. Stuart A. Donaldson, late Colonial Secretary in New South Wales, is a candidate for the representation of Leeds. It is .finally decided that Lord Elgin shall proceed on a second. mission to China. The freedom of the city of London'has been presented to Lord Elgin, on account oi his services to commerce. . . Her Majesty has received 2500 officers of the Volunteers, at ¥ lev6e. The Duke of Cambridge presided afterwards at a Volunteer dinner, which was followed by a ball. It has been resolved at a meeting of the Great Ship Company to increase the capital of the company by £100,000. The Bank Rate stands at 4 per cent. Money market very tight. The Share Markets close depressed and sensitive, owing to the state of. foreign politics. Consols, 94|. To New Zealand we report five clearances, four from London and one from Leith. The following names appear in the obituary of the month. Miscellaneous: Mr. Henry Drummond, M.P.—Sir John Barker Mill—Colonel C. W. Elwood—the Rev. Cannon Canning— . Hon. G. F. Yelverton—Lord Southwell — Capt. G. Loggan—Sir. R. C. Hill, C.B.— Countess Granville—Baron Watson.

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