LATEST SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
Loxdok, June 27. Resignation of the Ministers has been accepted by the Queen, and the Earl of Derby sent for to Windsor. June 28. Lord Derby has not yet formed a Ministry. • A second battle has been fought in Bohemia, in which the Prussians were defeated with great loss, leaving a large number of dead and wounded on the field. An armistice was refused by the Austrians. Discount remains at ten per cent. June 29th. Another battle has been fought in Bohemia, in which the Prussians were victorious.
The Hanoverian army surrendered to the Prussians.
The Italians have abandoned their position on the Po, in order to concentrate their army.
July 2. The Austrians have been defeaied in Bohemia. The Great Eastern has sailed with the Atlantic cable. July 3.
Lord Derby has succeeded in forming a Ministry.
The new Ministry are constituted as follows :— Premier, the Earl of Derby ; Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr Disraeli ; Foreign Secretary, Lord Stanley; Home Secretary, Mr Walpole ; Colonial Secretary, Lord Caernarvon ; War Secretary, Colonel Peel ; First Lord of the Almiralty, Sir John Pakington ; Secretary for India, Lord Cranbourne ; Lord Chancellor, Lord Chelmsford; President of Board of Trade, Sir Stafford Northcote ; Attorney General, Sir Hugh Cairns; Solicitor Geucral, Mr Bovill.
Lord John Manners, Secretary for Ireland.
Great Reform Meeting held in Trafalgar Square.
The Consolidated Bank has been reopened. Bank Discount still 1 0 per cent. Policy of Bank Directors still warmly canvassed. Consols, 86 J. The Oriental Mercantile Bank of Hindostan announces that after Decem-' ber next, its branches will not buy or sell bills exceeding four months' currency. July 4th.
It is reported that auother great battle has been fought, in which the Prussians were again victorious. The Austrians, who numbered 40,000 men, were in full retreat. July sth. The Austrians have ceded Venetia to France, and accepted the mediation of Napoleon to conclude terras of peace. The French Emperor sent communications to Italy and Prussia to treat for au armistice. The Princess Helena was married today. July 6. Napoleon's propositions for an armistice remain unanswered.
The cession of Venetia to France has caused great discontent throughout Italy.
Garibaldi was defeated and wounded in an attack on the Austrian forces. July 9. The Prussian Government have rejected the proposition of Austria for an armistice. The Italians have resumed operations. The Prussians continue to advance in Bohemia.
General Cialdini has crossed the Po, the Austrians retreating before him. July 10. Bank rates remain unaltered. Commercial confidence is slowly improving.
July U. It is reported that the Austrians have commenced the evacuation of Venetia, after several repulses by the Italian troops.
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West Coast Times, Issue 283, 20 August 1866, Page 2
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