NEWS BY THE MAIL.

West Coast Times, Issue 393, 28 December 1866, Page 2

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

(FEOJI THE SYDNEY MOHNING HEBALD, DEC. 20.)

London, Saturday, October 13. A trades Union outrage of the most diabolical kind was perpetrated last Monday evening, between live and six o'clock, at Sheffield, by the h.»uae of a man named Thomas Fearuyhough being blown up. Fearnyhough is a saw-grinder, and not a member of the Saw-grinders' Union. At aboat half-past five in the morning Fearnyliough and his family were awakened by a loud report, and immediately afterwards their house was shaken as if by an earthquake, and it seemed as if it was falling down. They immediately rushed out of their beds, and on hastening down stairs they found that thu wall of their sittingroom had been blown from the house to the other side of a passage which leads to the yards of several of the houses in the row. They also found that in their bedrooms the ceilings had parted from the walls, and that the piaster of both the walls and the ceiling 3 had been removed. All tbe symptoms of a ♦' trade outrage " were present, aud an examination of the premises confirmed the truth of the conclusion. In the cellar the fragmentß of an " infernal machine " were found. The grate had been forced open, and a metal can, tightly wrapped with cord to increase the force of the explosion, and containing about 21b of powder, had been thrown into the cellar. It was exploded in the usual manner by a fuze, which was probably Jong enough to enable the assassins to fly from the neighborhood before the explosion took place. The destruction i-> so complete that the escape of the inmates of the house seems marvellous. The house behind, occupied by a family of seven persons, named Jopson, was also seriously damaged, bit no one was injured. The explosion was heard at a considerable distance, and crowds of persons flocked te the scene. Great synipafcuv was noaaifwted for jretrnyboagh *ud hu family,

and the utmost horror and detestation o f the perpetrat »rs of the crim •. The chief constable visited the scene at an early hour and took possession of the fragments of the exploded can. It seemed that the man Pearnyhough is a aaw grinder, in tbe employment of Messrs Butsher <fc Co., and. up to twelve months aj»o he was a member of the baw Grinder*' Union. Circumstances took ulace which induced him to leave the union, and since that time, with the exception of one occasion, he has shown a dete'rrainatidu to go on in his own way. He states that several months a.?o some negotiations took place witti the view of bis re-admission into the society, but that the sum which was demanded (Ll3) as the price was too large, and he broke off the treaty. Since that tirao he has lived in appiehension that an attempt would be made to injure him. This cruel and dastardly act has aroused an enormous amount of indignation in Sheffield and far aud near.

The King of Holland is said to have resolved not to give way to the pretensions of the King of Prussia' in the question of the Duchy of Luxembourg. Hi-. Majesty has issued a proclamat on to the effect that is impossible to govern tbe country with a Second Chamber constituted like the o ne just dissolved, as the divisions between that Chamber and the Government occasion constant changes in the Ministry. He ther fore invites all electors to take part in the ball >ting for new representatives to the Chamber to take place on the 30th instant. M The Chamber of_ Deputies of "WurtenU burg have passed d bill of indemnify to the Government for concluding the Treaty of Peace with Prussia. The draught of the address of the Chamber of Deputies says :—: —

We seek in vain in the North German Confedeiation guarantees for progress, liberty, or the protection of right. Alihough far from entertaining any feeling of hostility towards Prussia, an.l while repelling the idea of any permanent separation between Northertl and Southern Germany, we yet are .forced td condemn any wish on fcuep"artdf the Po'utherii States to form part of the North German Confederation at so early a period as the present. We aim at the formation of a South German Conle leracy, but should this not be possible we would desire at least the union of the military organisations of the Southern States.

„ The law incorporating Frankfort inth. Prussia was promulgated at Frankfort, oji Monday, with milch ceremony ; and bn'the same day the Royal patent,, taking formal possession of Electoral Hes9e for the Prussian Crown was solemnly promulgated at Capel ; and on the same day also the formal ceremony of incorporating Nassau with the Prussian Monarchy took place at Wiesbaden. The Prussian Royui patent, taking formal possession of Hanover, waa promulgated in the capital on the previous SaSurday (Saturday lust). Th< King of Hanov. t has, with full reservation of his rights, which he intends to support in every way, absolved his subjects from their oath of allegiance to him. It is at last said, but not officially announced, that the negotiations for peace between Saxqsy an # l Pr.u-.sia haye, heed concluded. The modem fortress of Koh'igi stein has been ceded to Prussia, and the Saxon army is to be placed uuder Prussian control. , ■ , His Majesty the .Emperor of Austri^ has formally resigned hli title b'f King ol Lombardy and Venetia.

The Anstro Italian Treaty of Peace was ratified by It;«ly, last Saturday, and by Austria on Thursday, when the iron <-rown of Lombardy was handed over to the.lta? lian General in command. Tl?e fuU>wing. are the principal conditions of the treaty; The mutual exchange of all prisoners of war. Austria consents fco the union of Venetia with Italy. The frontiers to be ceded to Italy are those which constituted the administrative frontiers of Venetia while under Austrian dominion. The amount of the debt assumed by Italy is 35,000;000 of florins; payable by eleven instalments within a period of twenty-three months. The Monte Loin-bardo-Venetian is transferred to Italy with its actual assets and liabilities. Its assets are 3,500,000 florins, an I its liabilities 66,000,000 florins. With regard to the Venetian Bailways, until a further arrangement is arrived at, the revenues of ihe railways to the north and south of the Alps will be allowed.- to accumulate in orler to calculate the gross revenue "which should serve as a basis for the valuation of the kilometric guarantee. The contracting parties engage to prepare a convention, in which the railway company would take part, for the separation of the Northern from the So\ithern railways, and for the completion of tho unfinished railway. The Venetians residing in Austi'ia are to have the right of preserving their Austrian natio : nality. All objects of art, as -well as tbe archives belonging to Venetia, will be restored, without exception. The Iron Crown of Lombardy will also be given up to Italy. The treaties which formerly subsisted between Austria and Sardinia will again come into force for one year, during which period fi-toh arrangements can he concluded. The private property belonging to the Italian ex-Princes which has. been sequestrated by the Italian Government is to be restored, with the reservation of the rights of the State, or one-third. A complete amnesty will be accorded by both Austria and Italy to all persons condemned for political offences, to deserters from either army, and to persons compromised by their political conduct. The conclusion of the treaty has been received with gieat satisfaction in Austria. The semi-official "Vienna Journal." speaks of it as a joyful event, expresses' a wish that all bitter teeling, should be expelled from tbe hearts of the Italians, aud that they should learn how much their interests, if properly understood, lie in cultivating a neighborly feeling towards Austria ; and concludes by saying : — " In the future we should consider the renewal of an offensive alliance between Italy and Prussia as a menacing, unnatural, tnd unjustifiable proceeding." The formal surrender of Venetia to the Italian Government took place on Monday last, and on Wednesday the Austrian garrison evacuated Peschiera. O/i the following day they quitted Mantua, and the surrender of Legnago, Verona, Palmanova, Venice, and finally the province entire of Venetia was to follow in succession. . . The last obstacle to the recognition of Prince Charles, of Hohenzollern, as Hospodar of the Danubian Principalities, will be speedily removed by his personal presence at Constantinople. The revolution in Candia has not been suppressed, out on the contrary the Turkish and Egyptian forces havo sustained successive defeats. 1 Apprehensions are entertained at Constantinople of an immediate rising of the Christian population of Theesaly and Epirus. " , The Asiatic Banking Company has stopped payment, m consequence of ,a severe pressure upon it at Bombay, where its assets ai» locked up in heavy advances to Hindoo merchants who have lately failed. -

la America the preliminary movement far the Presidential election exhibits a more bitter feeiing between the opposing parties Ihan ever.

In Mexico the Emperor has signified bif iufomtion not to abandon the country.

Saturday, October 20. Her Majesty Queen Victoria is greatly improved fn health and spirits, and takes more interest in all that is going on around her. Her melancholy is disappearing, and although not yet cheerful, she is no longer mournful. Her Majesty opened the Aberdeen Waterworks in person on Tuesday last, at noon. The Queen of Denmark, the Princess Thyrer, and Prince Waldemar arrived in England last Saturday, and were met at Dover by the Prince of Wales. His Boyal Hiphness has . been invited and has accepted an irvitation from the Emperor or Russia to be present at the marriage of the Prhvess Dagmar, at St Petersburg, to the present heir apparent to the Russian Ci'own. His R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, on Thur.-day, inaugurated, at Glasgow the equestrian statue erected in memory of the late Prince Consort.

An official return gives our ironclad fleet afloat at 30 iron-p!ated ships, besides four building, and four fl ating batteries, and now being, or ordered to be built, 36 nonarmour plated vessels of war. A banquet was given last Thursday, by the Council of the United North American Association, to the delegates from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, at present in this country. The Earl of Carnarvon, in reply to the health of her Majesty's Ministers, bore testimony to the unity of purpose by which all colonial Ministers in this country are actuated in regard to the Colonies.

• Some Fenian combustible fluids have lately been seized at Liverpool, of the most destructive character, the purpose of which has evidently heen to destroy the cotton in that port Several experiments have been made to show the dangerous character of the fluid. A little poured upon some cottoa and s'lks quickly broke out into a flame, even after having (the cotton, &c.) been placed under water for a week. A reward of LSOO, to be increased to L.IOOO, lias been offered for the discovery , pf the perpetrators of the trade outrage a! j Sheffield, but at present without result. The Reform demonstration at Glasgow duly took place last Tuesday, commencing with a monster trades' procession. Six platforms were erected, at which resolutions were passed protesting againstthe system of representation in Pailiament, by which the people are compelled to obey laws in. the making of which they have no vofre. ■ , An evening meeting was held in the City |3ali, at which Mr Bright was present, ■when resolutions in. conformity with the objects of the motemerit wer* passed. The health of the Kmperor Napoleon is very much improved by his sojourn at Biarritz. M. Thouvenal, who has been connected with the French Foreign Office for the la->t twenty *six years, is dead. The Rifle meeting of the Belgian Tir has been most successful ; and our volunteers, upwards of a thousand in number, hsive been most nobly received and entertained by the King, the Government, and the municipal authorities, by dinners, pbbiir. mcc.ings, reviews, &c. The ceremonies coxtnenced last Friday ; and on the following day the best shot was by an jjnglish volunteer of the Ist Surrey Hifles. His Majesty entertained the principal officers at a dinner. On Monday the Lord Ifayor of London arrived, and was re- • Caived with great distinction. A meeting of persons representing all parts of Northern Schleswig had been held, for the immediate formation of an association to oppose any division of Schleswigi -. The Pi ussian Governor of ScMeswig lias prohiiMted subscri tibns by the Danish inhabitants for the purchase of a wedding present to the Piincess Dagmar. Last week's news of the peace negotiations between Prussia and Saxony having been settled is confirmed. The King of Prussia has notified his intention of assuming the title of the " Emperor of Germany." After the ratification of the treaty of peace between Austria and Italy, the Italian General banded over to the Austrian Governor the sum of 87£ millions liie, being the amount of tbe Italian indemnit), and received in exchange the iron crown of Hungary. The Italian troops entered Verona on Tuesday, and yesterday would enter Venice. All political prisoners have been set at liberty. A Spanii-h frigate has arrived at Civita Vecchin, to take on board the ex-royal family of Naples. Her arrival gave rise to the report that she was there for the purpose of receiving tbe Pope. The marriage of the Czarewitch is fixed for the end of this month.

The insurrection in Candia may be said to have ceased, if the news to hand is correct. The leaders of the insurgents, it is said, have sent a deputation to the Pacha, offering to enter into negotiation for submission to the Turkish authorities, on the condiiion that a conference, to be held f< r that purpose, be in the presence of the Consuls of France, England, and Russia. These terms have been accepted, it is said, aUo by the Pacha, who in terms offers an azr.nesty in full to the insurgents on their submitting to the Turkish authorities. From America the accounts s>how that

the friends of Mr Johnson have urged him

to modify his policy, and thereby counteract to some extent the success of his opponents enemies. Santa Anna (Mexican) has accepted an invitation from Roberts, to be presented to the Fenians at a picnic. A meeting has been held at Victoria, Vancouver's Island, when it was announced that the Government intended to introduce

a resolution, petitioning the Home Government for a Responsible Government for __the_coluny, and for a reciprocity treaty with the Ututed States, and that in case this application iailod in its object, the Queen would be asked to arrange for the annexation of the colony to the United States. The anniversary of Mexican Independence Las been celebrated with great pomp at Mexico— capitol.

Friday, October 26. The " Times" has every day this week contained numerous letters and a powerful

" Leader," on the subject of v Ritualism," which it has termed " pernicious nonsense." This has called down upon it a large amount of disapprobation on the one side, and of approbation on the other. The Emperor of the French has left Biarritz much improved in health. The Princess Dagmar was received into the Greek Church on Wednesday, and received the n^me of Maria Feodorowna. She was betrothed yesterday. Prince Charles has been warmly received by the Sultan The Plebiscite in Ven«tia has been unanimous.

Mr Oswald Curtis has offered Limself as a candidate for the Superintendency &f Nelßon, / on the resignation of that office by M* Saunders. He declines to apologise for preseu jj n g himself in the absence of any formal requisition calling npon him to do so, " as his political experience leads him to attach bat a moderate vnhie to such documents."

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