IMPORTANT ENGLISH NEWS

Wairarapa Standard, Volume II, Issue 60, 22 February 1868, Page 3

IMPORTANT ENGLISH NEWS

We have to acknowledge a copy of the “Independent Extra” containing the latest telegrams of the English news via suex which we give below. The extra was brought to us by Hastwells Coachman.

The mail a.irived in the Bluff on Monday last but the news could not come sooner as telegraph communication was interrupted in several places. The news from Dec, 26 to Jan, 9th, Ahe Australian Mails were delivered in London on the 43th and 19th December.

Her Majesty continues in good health, also the Prince and Princess of Wales.

Fenian alarms are spreading. The Martello Tower near Queenstown and a gunsmith’s shop in Cork have been plundered. Attempts have been made to blow up Worcester Town Hall.

Thirty thousand special constables have been enrolled in London. All Government buildings are strictly guarded. Great agitation prevails. Proclamations against funeral processions to honor dead Fenians have been issued.

The Government have discovered many plots to attack armouries, dockyards, banks churches, gas works, &c. Police force very largely increased through England. The Military are ready to act at any moment. A reinforcement of troops has been despatched to Ireland. Great precautions have been taken at Woolwich.

Burke and Casey have been committed for trial at Warwick.

Assurances to support the Government have been sent from all quarters to crush Fenianism. In future the law will be strictly enforced. The leaders in the Dublin funeral procession have been apprehended, and committed for trial.

The attempt to blow up the House of Detention at Clerkenwell was made on the 13th December. The object was the release of prisoners; a portion of the Gourt-yard wall was destroyed, and a number of houses on the opposite side of the street, 140 persons were buried in the ruins, and a number killed. Seven , persons have been arrested on suspicion.

The last quarter’s revenue of the United Kingdom is £l7, 500,000. Faversham Powder Mills liave exploded, and eleven lives were lost. The Oriental Bank invited tenders for a Sydney loan of £758,000. The Abyssinian expedition has been largely debated in the House of Lords. The Earl of Ellenborough declared against the war, because the present state of Europe was such that it would be imprudent to involve England in a distant war when a near one might be expected. The expedition itself is progressing favorably. The natives are giving supplies, and the chiefs are rendering assistance. The liberation of the captives is considered probable; their chains have been removed. The Egyptians object to the expedition. The latest telegrams state that the Italian Government have supended payment of the Italian quota of the Pontifical debt.

The Italian Parliament has been porogued.

General Minebras reconstucting the Ministry. An Amnesty has been proclaimed in favor of Garibaldi.

Sympathetic addresses have been sent to the Pope from Londin and Dublin.

The French troops have all left Rome, and an extensive Mazzenian conspiracy has been discovered in Italy. > The proposed Conference on the Roman question has not yet assembled. Her von Benot is framing a special ministry for the whole Austrain Empire. Much political unecsiness prevails on the Continent of Europe. Paris advices state that the Emperor Napoleon has received the representatives of the Germanic Confederation, and exchanged assurances of frendship. The “ Times” eposes intervention .respecting the affair of Affghanistan.

WOOL REPORT. The last sales shew a slight decrease on former prices. The total number of bales catalogued is 199,535. Markets gennerally are ve.iry quiet. A want of confidence generally prevails. The supply of foreign wool is abundent.

LATEST ■SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. London, January 10. The new German ambassador has been welcomed cordially by Napoleon. The Emperor’s speech affirms a constant desire to maintain the best relations with all powers. The Italian Ministerial crisis continues. A New Cobinet has been formed.