LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

West Coast Times, Issue 575, 29 July 1867, Page 4

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

[BY ATLANTIC CABLE.]

New York, June ll.>

The Italian Parliament has rejected the plan of-, the Minister of Finance for raising a loan based on the proceeds of a Church property tax. Two Fenians from the United States have been arrested in Ireland. An English expedition has sailed for Africa, in search of Dr Livingstone. Lord Menck has been appointed ! Viceroy of the newly created dominion of Canada. Prussia refuses to comply with Napoleon's desire' that it would not agree to arm the fortress of Radstadt. The trial of John H. Surratt has commenced. Twenty-nine buildings were destroyed by fire in Petroleum Centre, Pennsyl- ' vania, on July 4. A grand military review took place at the Champ de Mars on July 6 ; 80,000 men were under arms. The Czar and his two sons, the King of Prussia, Crown Prince of Russia, Grand Duchess Maria, Princess Royal of Prussia, Princess Victoria, granddaughter to the Queen, the Prince Imperial of France, and the brother of the Tycoon of Japan were present, besides five hundred thousand spectators. B

At Ascot races, on June 4, the Prince of Wales stakes were won by Vauban ; eight horses started. On June 5 thirty horses started for the Royal Cup, which was won by Jasper. On June" 6 ten ran for the Ascot Gold Cup, which was won by Lecturer.

St Petersburg advices of June 10 state that the Imperial Government has issued a proclamation extending a general pardon to all Poles engaged in the last insurrection in Russian Poland.

Vienna advices of June 10 state that the Austrian Government has ordered the fortification of the capital, and that the work has been commenced.

The Emperor Francis Joseph was crowned King of Hungary at Pesth on June 8. All powers having diplomatic relations with Austria' were represented, with the exception of the United States and Prussia,

Advices from Berliu, of June 10, state that Count Bismarck has requested that he may be relieved from the cares of office, immediately after the adoption of the Federal Constitution by the North German States. The King has complied with the request.

A plan of a Zollverein for all Germany, including the states of South Germany, as well as those comprised in the North German "confederation has been formed.

The_ Chamber of Deputies of the Grand Duchy of Hesse have voted in favor of entering the North German confederation.

Advices from Athens, of June 10, state that the information received from the scene of the recent military operations in the Island of Crete, confirms previous reports to the effect that the Turks had been everywhere badly defeated, and that the Cretan insurgents have been uniformly successful in every encounter with the forces, which, under the command of Omar Pasha, were intended and expected to speedily crush out and destroy the revolutionists.

By way of Constantinople, under date of June 10, it is stated that the Bulgarians and Servians are in a state of revolt. Military forces have been despatched to reduce them to a state of subjection.

The Sultan has at last consented to submit the affairs of Crete to a commission of the European powers. The latest date from New York is June 11, noon. A great fire- occurred at Tariffoille, Connecticut, on June 10 ; Harford carpet mills were entirely destroyed, and 700 persons thrown out of employment. The loss is over 1,000,000 dols.

President Johnson has returned to Washington, and is reported quite indisposed. Gold is at 137£.

A painful sensation Las been created in Ike village of Bucknell, Shropshire, by the determined suicide of the Rev. J. R. Coope, the vicar of the parish, The rev. gentleman, after spending the evening with his family, retired to the bathroom, where he remained so long a time that the family and servants went to bed. At midnight, however, his son, becoming alarmed at his continued seclusion, went to the .bathroom door and knocked, but received no answer. He attempted to enter, but found the door was locked, and ultimately, with the assistance of the butler, he broke open the door, and found his father lying on the floor with a fearful gash in his throat, and a razor covered with blood underneath. The rev. gentleman had for some months past appeared to bo in unusually low spirits, but the cause of his depression was not known to his family. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity. Mr Coope was in his 64th year, and had been connected with the parish of Bucknell for upwards of thirty years.