LATEST EUROPEAN NEWS.

Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 188, 16 May 1872, Page 3

LATEST EUROPEAN NEWS.

We take the following items from the Sydney Morning Herald , of the 27th of April. Lat<-r telegraphic news is to hand, but these items have not yet been published : London. —March 4 : A Times dispatch from Berlin says it is thought in that city that the decision of the Emperor William as arbitrator in the San Juan boundary dispute between the English and American Governments, will be adverse to England.—March 4 : Copies of the American case in full, as submitted to the Geneva Boaid of Arbitration, will be distributed to both Houses of Parliament on Saturday. Paris. —March 4 : In the Assembly there was a sioimy debate on the bill imposing penalties on members, of the International Society. Deputy Tolain made a lengthy speech in defence of the society. Janvier de la Motto, cx-Prcfect of the Department of Eure, whose trial at Rouen on the charge of mis-appropriating funds for the relief of France has excited so much attention, was to-day acquitted and honourably discharged. London. —March 5: John Bright has written a letter to the Income Tax Association, in which he declares that only in a reduction of Government expenditure can lie see a chance for the abolition of the odious tax. He despairs of the creation of real economical parties, anil advises withholding of confidence from a Government which cannot govern without taking seventy millions annually from the nation’s industry. Sir Charles Mordaunt has applied for the appointment of a medical practitioner to examine into the sanity of Lady Mordaunt. Berlin. —March 5 : The Emperor, on Saturday last, made final distributions of donations to generals distinguished by their service in the late war. Vienna. — March 5 : It has been ascertained from an official source that Austria has made no offer of asylum to the Pope ; and the reports that his Holiness intends to leave Rome are discredited here. Paris. —March 0 : In the Assembly today, the report of the committee confirming the election of Eouhcr, from Corsica, was agreed to. Delate was continued on the bill imposing penalties for connection with the International Society. Louis Blanc declared that the passage of such a mea-ure would throw France back three ( enturies. M. Santon, editor af the Corsaire, fouglit a duel to-day with M. bert, of the Pays. The latter was twice Wounded,

Berlin. March 6: The donations granted by'Emperor' William, on the anniversary of the entry into Paris, have given rise to much comment, on account of the largeness of the sums disposed of. It is said that Prince Frederick Charles, Generals Von Moltke, Von Boon, and Manteuffel, and the Duke of Bav.aria received each three hundred thousand thalers; General Goeben and Minister Delbruck two hundred thousand; and twelve others one hundred and fifty thousand thalers each, and Generals Fabrice and Blumcnthal and others were proportionally remembered. London. —March 6: The Queen has presented her groom, John Brown, with a gold medal, and granted him an annuity of £2OOO for his promptness in arresting O’Conner, when lie assaulted her Majesty. The marriage of the Marquis of Bute will take place in April.—March 7 : All the journals this morning approve of the result of the Tichborne case. The trial of the claimant on a charge of perjury will take place in April. The Board of the French Atlantic Cable Company yesterday resolved today another cable to America, which will be under the management of the present cable combination. An unfounded rumour prevails that the Marquis of Bute and Baron Rivers are the hail for the claimant to the Tichborne estate. It is believed, however, that the reports are started to affect the value of the Tichborne bonds. The Times , in an article on the Alabama claims to-day, infers from the admission of the Press of the United States that Americans now acknowledge the extravagant demand for indirect damages, although they have shown no.disposition to have them withdrawn. The Times says, if a fifth of the claim for losses by the transfer of the American commercial marine to the British ling is not abandoned, England will declare the reference to the Geneva tribunal inadmissahie, which course is approved by English statesmen and jurists. In reply to an inquiry by Mr Kinnaird in the House of Commons to-night, Viscount Enfield, Under-Secretary for the Foreign Department, stated I hat ihe Government had no knowledge of the Pope’s intention to leave Rome, and that the Pope had made no application to England to place Malta, or any other portion of the British dominions, at his disposal. March 8: 'The Medical Commission find O’Connor, the assailant of the Queen, sane, hut an enthusiastic Fenian. (/Connor says that he used an unloaded pistol because he only wanted to frighten the Queen to sign his document. Her death would bring the Prince of Wales to the throne—an event the prisoner does not desire. Paris— March 8; The payment of two milliards of the war indemnity, with interest to date on the remaining three milliards, was completed yesterday, at Strasbourg. This gives France the entire control of six Departments, in which she is allowed to maintain as large a military force as slit wishes. Troops are concentrating in and around Paris as a precaution against trouble on the 18th instant, the anniversary of the Communist insurrection. Emigration from Alsace to Algeria is increasing. Berlin —March 8 : The Government Ims just discovered that the Pope has secretly appointed the Archbishop of Posen Primate of Poland. This Primary has been long extinct, since Poland was a Kingdom. Ouo function of the Primate was to act as Regent in case of the death or absence of the sovereign. oAMERICAN NEWS.

Washington. —March 8 : The House Committee on Commerce decided to report favourably on tlie bill granting a subsidy of balf-a-million per annum to Webb’s Australian line of steamers. The House Committee on Commerce lias been considering for several weeks measures looking to the revival of the canying trade, and have concluded their report. Several propositions for the action of the House Bill, emanating from the Secretary of the Treasury, have been changed to allow the tonnage bounty per annum, for five years, 15 dollars per (on for iron and 12 dollars for wooden steamships, and 12 dollars for sailing vessels. It is doubtful whether any subsidy measures will pass this session. Cincinnati. —March 7 : Six steamboats, most of them partly loaded, were burned at the landing at half-past 12 this morning. The loss cannot be definitely ascertained ; probably, 200,000 to 250,000 dollars. Washington. —March 4 : The New York Custom-house Investigation Committee re-assembled this morning. It was resolved to ask the Senate to appropriate 10,000 dollars to pay for printing the testimony.