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Waikato Times, Volume V, Issue 266, 24 January 1874, Page 2

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Tho Part Offloo durtioi ities having abbreviate 1 by yno half llio interval hitherto interposed between, despatch of mails, wo have to offer* record of only a fortnight of European yicidejls. Some t€ tli««e f h/>f cvj£r, bnye *bun&«->$ wVTWt, tint foremost, oome the detail* the eituntmn in JVaroo. In our last issue we tneptvoQ.e'd, as the Jatgit j m of nesr«,/btt the (Jomte de C\\tmfoos'bnd ."profloimtfd,' t.vi had (Jono^BO in a way which effectually put »n end Jo •i 1 the hops* of the MonarohiMs. Whether tlie latier had i«-fn eotnewhit k*pt in tho dark an to the real quantify oi i.jKCftHion which at on* time tlio Comtc may have been ad-Tn<-(i, by Li> cocles,n«tic directors, to accord, or whether the Moi .%)llii.l leader* hnd simply endeavoured to mystify the mtio , m the hope of thus obtai in* power, to he afterwards used au libitum, i* not yrt completely clem 1 The character of tuc Child of i(f iracle forbid* us to believe, that he was i c.itiPuiously i arty to deception. But when his real eenti- : rtienis 1 nd to be procla mcd this %-iub done without reseivc lie reused to give up the white, fl-i? He would not be the lr.rit!m<ite.Kiti£ of r revolution. He would not sucrifico his ho* .our. lie would have nothing to say to conditions or enrantees. He would wut nnlil L'ranoo slioull recognise the truth involved in these words, " I am the indtipcnsable pilot, the only oni? capable of gui.liii{ tlii* ship into port, becfui-o I have musion ami authority to that end." After th, w of course nothing more rould bo dona, in a direot mnnner, towards tho r*«to**iMon of the heir of the Bourbons. But the so-called Conservative party tfere not without resources. They wcie resolved at all events to fight tho Radical', and they determined that h strong Government of Order should be formed, but out of which might come something of a dynastic kind. They decided in asking the Assembly to confirm Marsha] MacMahon in hia position as Olnel of the Stnte, and to give him ten jean of »*oy T^.c Marshal adopted their views, and when tbp Assembly met, hi« m«*Bs«a'» ""i' deliceied It referred to the liberation cf the soil, and to tho eon«rnafion of peace. It observed that the sovereign power of tho Assembly remained intact. The Mai«l al proceeded to «=ay t <at it might be better to maintain existing institution-! than to see k to b nl tho future indefinitely. But the Assembly must permit one whom it had elected to an honour n>t of Ins own seeking to speak irankiy. Tho Government lacked two essential conditions, vitality and authority. Whit he wished society to sco wm the establishment of a strong and durable executive. From that Moment until the time at which «c write a fierce political struggle has been going on. Demand was mndo for tho ten years, »nd for tho appointment of a committee to examine- the Constitutional bills that were to be presented. The debates were marked by spirit. Tlie first rent trial of strength w«« on the question whether the ten ye.H'b' propojd and the bills should be referred to tho same committee On ballot, it was seen on how very narrow a margin the Monarchists had been building their hopes They triumphed, on a vital question, by a majority so small that had it been obtained by an English Premier on an lm ortant question, he would have resigned. In a house of 710 the Minister* won by a majority of 10 only. It was by the aid of eueh a power as this that the* had thought to set a Bourbon on the throne of France. The fight is still going on. The ' bureaux ' had to elect a committee of fifteen to take the schemes into consideration The electors gnvo seren on each side, and the fifteenth gentleman, with tlie casting vote, has betn on object of intense solicitude- He 13 understood to have Riven his lot to the Left. In this case the Miniitirs are defeated. It is stated that Marshall McMahon liivine taV*n his position, maintains It with imhtnr> stcadl neott, declines to discuss any conditions uniil he shall be placed in possession of the power he lias demanded, and, moreover, he recommends the party to 10-e no time in obtnining that power for him. The Left Centre, which represents the commercial mind of F^rnee, is, as usual, timid, and inclined to voto anything that will prevf-njt disturbance to business, but the Left is made of sterner stuff, and meets the stubbornness of tho Bight « i'h stern defiance. On a menaced motion about the postponed elections, M. Leon Say, who was to bring it forward, lias given way at the instance of the Government, and i« much abusud by his more fiorv ! allies. Othrr foreign matters aroof comparatively email interest, 1 nnri may be included in a lingJe paragraph. The Biizatne I trial hai- proceeded so far that tho docuraentaij evidence ib exhausted, but as to the duration of the case no estimate can be formed. The im-ression thin far is that with etery desire to convict the Marshal the. court has not made much progress towards that end. In Prusuia Cqunt Bismarck has rmimrd his office of Minister, and the elections to the Diet give him so powerful a majority that he will be able to carry out «11 his nnti-ultnunontnne policy. Ho has not, 'however, unnonnrod any new legislation in this direction, and the Liberals aro somewhat disappointed. Italy has been doing homige to the memory of CftAour.to whom a splendid wormmpnt han heon frected m Turin, and this the JCir.g and all tho notable* havo inaugurated. Prom Spam reports of Carliit victones come on one day to be flatly contradicted on the next, find this has notably been the coto in reference to a cnitt Chi'list triumph in Natarra, which turns out to have been a signal defeat of the Royalists. The Guvernn}£nt makes little progress at Carfagena r but seems to relyon "tnV rebels destroying one anoth'cr. In Cuba, however, an nppoM*a pojicy '»»« prevailed, and a blockade-runner ha.vuie heen raptured; the officers were at once put to death, and it in slated that eighty other executions have taken place The Americans aie remonstrating on tlpe matter, their locus ttxndi being that many of the 'filibusters' are citizens of the Stptw. In cruising after slavers, S|u.b-Lifutenapt Marcus M'Caijsland, of Tier Majrsty's snip Daphne, has been mnrdered by natives near Zanzibar. Bool's crews of the Daphne and the Briton have destjojed tbp riHsces harbouring t(ie murderers, find have killed cpyertlof tho inhabitants. Somewhat of a aensation has been created by s warning which hni been given to England to beware of Tut ley. Tho idea has a repellent clement. Turkey, for whoso sake we fought the most trying eoe.tly war since 18J5. Turkey, whoie strong frit nd and patron England has over been. Sit it is not the leat truo that tho T,urks are supposed to meditate tlie cntirj conouest of tho Arabs, and th«t powerful 'oriTß arc draliiig with the dweller) by the Jled Sea. The future of Adep will bo a dark one, it is thought, if the Sultan be not checked. Wo havo go little real information as to what has bees done or ii going to be done, that we can say no more than that the alarm note has bi en sounded, and that it i» being echoed from the watch 'ton era of our journals. The church oi the Holy Trinity, Nottingham, took fire on November 2by the overheating of ti c flues. It had reeenth undergone extensive repairs, and was only just reopened. The fire was discovered by the vicar, who qi.i'tly informed the prea<he>*, tho Bishop of Nottingham, who suddenly dismissed lit ongregntton by cn.rmg the atmosphere was too "\ot, and he hoped they would retire. This cool action saved a panic, and probably ram/ iitcs.