CONTINENTAL NEWS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume 42, Issue I, 28 November 1868, Page 3

CONTINENTAL NEWS.

'• PA»iS r Qct.,-9th.j • I The r Frenohjpjiper& j(n^icipa£od r a * fivil war in Spain, Itivly^lias appointed a TVHnister'to TVfe&fco, who* will also represent Prance. Queen Isabella has issued a protest against the Spanish' Pevolutron, asserting that her right to the throne is not injured by it, and the acts of tho Junta are not,binding. The Italian Primet Minister is en route for Paris, to negotiaty relative to concessions by France. Thd Royal Family of France went to -Biarrifz, to meet the Queen cf. Spain. The report of the reduction- of thePrn-" ssian army is contradicted. War agitation is creating great excitement in J&Ya-ce and Germany. France and Italy and the newFrench AUianco negotiations with Spain are progressing towards a panic. Napoleon's speach at Chalons is said to indicati war. Mai>bip, October sth. The Constituent Assembly are being elected. Perfect order prevails. Madoz waa elected President of the Junta, but he resigned. Aguirro succeeds. Serrano is appointed General-in-Chief. Kovjilisched died on the Ist, from wounds received ia an engagement wi,th Serrano. General Cologne, of the Royalist army ia arxeste J and awaits trial iv the Fort of Santon: . citizens occupy the guard hou.*; g and posts about Madrid. Pezuella has fled to France. The Queen tool: ;ill the L'iwy.v jewels and regalia, and 28 millions of reals. The Barcelona populace publicly burned the portrait of laabella. Bassoli • is appointed by the populace to command in Catalonia. The Prince is opposed to tli-j Republic. The diplomatic relations of t)io Great Powers in Europe with Spa 11 are to remain in statu q-w Vienna, October sth. M. Deak, the Hungarian statesman, has been entertained at a banquet.' £u~ address was also presented to loin by t'tu - ambassadors of foreign powji 3. CopiiNUAGEX, October oth. The King says that the; negotiations, with the Prussian Government on rhu Schleswig-Holstaiu question ara, thus ftr, without results. Denmark desires peaca with Prussia. The ratification of the salo of St. Thomas and other Danish West Indian Islands to thj United States "v postponed for one your. Berlin, October sth. King William ia reviewing the fleet afe Kiel. Count Bismarck ha 3 been ordered to London for his health. Th.3 Prussian army is to be reduced. ' New Youk, October 9th. A torchl-ght procession of Democrats took place on the sch, when about 90,000 persons marched in the procession. Tho propeller Perseverance was burnt on Laku Ontario, on the 6th. Twenty lives went lost. A disturbance between whites and blacks occurred in Louisiana . Two whites and live blacks were killed. It arose from the cow-hiding 01 a wLite editor. Tfi<J'lnternal Revenue investigation resulted in the discharge of Commissioner Rollin3 and tte Deputy. The principal wifcnesa was arrested for perjury. General M'Lel- [ lan was enthusiastically received in Phila- | delphia. A steam- tuj exploded in a dock at New York on the Bth. Two persons were killed and eight wounded. The National Convention of the French Canadians was held ab Springfield, Mass., on the Bth. Resolutions denouncing tho new Confederation and coercion of Nova Scotia, and favoring annexation to the United States, or formation of a Republic, were passed. The English Government have, so far, baffled all opposition. Tho closest attachment exists with the Phila- ' delphia Club. The Spanish Minister 1 , al Washington, is still recognised by tho United States a3 tlfe" Spanish, representative . The returns from Connecticut shu vr that the Republicans are m a majority. That State goes with Grant in the Prudential election. George Francis Train ha 3 been nominated by the Fifth Congressional Diairiot for Coagre33,»