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at once despatched to the Emperor Napoleon , then at the Chalons camp , and his Majesty returned a congratulatory reply . No case of cholera has occurred at Gibraltar during the last few days , and the Sanitary Council declares the port to be now free from infection . In Barcelona and Valencia the disease only shows itself to the most insignificant extent . The news from Madrid indicates a possible change of
Ministry , Queen Christina being , it is said , at work for the purpose of bringing into power Espartero , with Prim as Minister of War . Humours as to a possible interview between the Emperor Napoleon and the Queen of Spain are renewed . The Spanish Ministry had replied in spirited terms to a protest of Austria against the recognition of Italy . What is perhaps of
more importance for the future of Spain herself , new iron mines have been discovered in the neighbourhood of Irun , for the working of which a special line of railway is to be constructed . The yield , it is estimated , will be 100 , 000 tons per annum The railway from Cordova to Malaga had been opened with great ceremony . The convention between
Austria and Prussia with regard to the disposal of the Duchies has been signed . The Emperor of Austria paid a visit to the Duke of Oldenburg , a fact which is regarded as of some significance when the Duke ' s pretensions are considered . The Emperor and Empress of the French passed Monday night at Lucerne , and are expected to return to France immediately . It
is believed in Paris that as soon as the Emperor returns from Switzerland Prince Napoleon and his wife and family will journey thither and take up their residence at the Prince's beautiful chateau , on the Swiss shore of the Lake of Geneva . Some people believe , however , that previous to tho departure of the Prince a friendly interview Avill take place between him and the Emperor , and that the question of the presidentship
of the Universal Exhibition , resigned by the former , will bo finally settled . There is some talk of an interview at Baden between the Emperor of the French and the King of Prussia . A telegram from Salzburg states that Austria and Prussia have as yet arrived at no definitive solution of the question of succession to the ducal throne of Schleswig-Holstein . We
should think not indeed , nor is it likely that Austria and Prussia will be in any great haste to bring about a settlement which must deprive them of some at least of the comforts and advantages of . possession . It is stated that the probabilities of the Grand Duke of Oldenburg becoming Sovereign of tho Duchies are very small . So , indeed , are the Grand Duke's
claims to the sovereignty . Some disturbances have taken place in Catalonia . Seditious cries were raised for the Carlist party , but energetic measures were promptly taken , and order Avas re-established . Are the Prussians to govern in Schleswi g or in Holstein P The reports which have reached London assign Schleswig to Pnissia and Holstein to Austria , which prima facie
looks an unlikely arrangement . The German papers generall y report the thing the other way , and give the duchy which has the port of Kiel to Prussia . So , too , affirms : the Brussels ndependance , and the majority of the French papers are of the same opinion . The intelligence conveyed to London was , however , distinct and emphatic , and it was more than once repeated .
A very short time must quite settle the question . The Spanish papers are emphatic in assuring the public that the expected meeting between Queen Isabella and the Emperor and Empress of the French will be purely of a friendl y nature , and will have no political significance whatever . AMERICA . —By the arrival of tho Scotia we have news from New York to the morning of the 9 tb . President Johnson's health is reported to be fully restored . The Government of the United States has instructed the military authorities in
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Texas to continue to observe strict neutrality in the contest between Imperialists and Republicans in Mexico . Coloured garrisons have been placed in the principal interior towns of South Carolina . Money is reported to be easy . Gold 114 ? r . Stocks dull . Sir Narcisse Belloau has been appointed Premier of Canada , and Mr . John Macdonald has been added to the Cabinet . The Canadian Parliament assembled on the Sth ,
when the Governor-General in his opening speech expressed a hope that the provinces would adopt the Confederation scheme . General Grant had visited Quebec and Montreal , and had proceeded to Toronto , Another unsuccessful attempt has been made to kidnap George N . Sanders , the Confederate refugee . The detailed news by the Scotia refers mainly
to the preparations in the various States for the election of State conventions . General Merritt's division of cavalry had reached Austin in Texas from Sbrcveport . Provisional Governor Hamilton , of Texas , in a proclamation , admonishes the Texans to to dispel the prevalent delusion that slavery still exists . General Palmer of Kentucky had addressed to President Johnson an
explanatory letter with regard to the position of slavery in Kentucky . Ho says that in order to relieve the towns into Avhich the negroes were flocking , he was obliged to grant them passes to cross the river into Ohio . He estimates that there are more than 50 , 000 slaves left out of the 250 , 000 at thp beginning of the war . The emancipated negroes in various
localities were adopting measures to bring their claims to the suffrage before the people . A call for a national convention , to settle the question was being extensively circulated in
South-Eastern Virginia . By the Tarifa we have later intelligence from New York . It is very brief , being confined to a statement that the Shenandoah , which has been continuing to burn and destroy United States vessels in the Pacific , notwithstanding the orders sent by Mr . Mason , had , before leaving Australia , shipped there 1 , 200 tons of coal , and taken a new commander in the shape of a lieutenant of an English steamer , who
abandoned his native legitimate avocation to direct the operations of this piratical cruiser . President Johnson appears to be resolute in his intention to carry out his reconstruction policy , and no doubt this determination would be strengthened by such demonstrations as the rebel leaders have been making in North Carolina . The Federal army is being shorn of its huge
proportions with marvellous rapidity . Since May last 700 , 000 men have been mustered out of the service , leaving on the pay-rolls about 330 , 000 . In Maine a republican convention has been held , at which resolutions were passed favourable to negro suffrage , and making the abolition of slavery a condition to the admission of the Southern States into the Union ; also urging
the prompt trial and punishment of Mr . Davis . Iu Kentucky the military controlled the elections , driving the opposition voters from tho polls . A collision on Lake Huron has occasioned the loss of a hundred lives . INDIA , Cirou , & c . —We have a telegram dated Shanghai , July 22 nd . There is no political news , but the ship UadraJcon had been burnt , and the Lalla HooTcli had been lost . The export of tea up to the date named was twenty-six millions of pounds' Aveight .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
* * * All communications to be addressed to 19 , Salisburystreet , Strand , London , W . C . G . —We are obliged for tho communication , ' which shall appear in our next . W . A . —Never in our recollection . B . H . —Yes , by the W . M . only .
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at once despatched to the Emperor Napoleon , then at the Chalons camp , and his Majesty returned a congratulatory reply . No case of cholera has occurred at Gibraltar during the last few days , and the Sanitary Council declares the port to be now free from infection . In Barcelona and Valencia the disease only shows itself to the most insignificant extent . The news from Madrid indicates a possible change of
Ministry , Queen Christina being , it is said , at work for the purpose of bringing into power Espartero , with Prim as Minister of War . Humours as to a possible interview between the Emperor Napoleon and the Queen of Spain are renewed . The Spanish Ministry had replied in spirited terms to a protest of Austria against the recognition of Italy . What is perhaps of
more importance for the future of Spain herself , new iron mines have been discovered in the neighbourhood of Irun , for the working of which a special line of railway is to be constructed . The yield , it is estimated , will be 100 , 000 tons per annum The railway from Cordova to Malaga had been opened with great ceremony . The convention between
Austria and Prussia with regard to the disposal of the Duchies has been signed . The Emperor of Austria paid a visit to the Duke of Oldenburg , a fact which is regarded as of some significance when the Duke ' s pretensions are considered . The Emperor and Empress of the French passed Monday night at Lucerne , and are expected to return to France immediately . It
is believed in Paris that as soon as the Emperor returns from Switzerland Prince Napoleon and his wife and family will journey thither and take up their residence at the Prince's beautiful chateau , on the Swiss shore of the Lake of Geneva . Some people believe , however , that previous to tho departure of the Prince a friendly interview Avill take place between him and the Emperor , and that the question of the presidentship
of the Universal Exhibition , resigned by the former , will bo finally settled . There is some talk of an interview at Baden between the Emperor of the French and the King of Prussia . A telegram from Salzburg states that Austria and Prussia have as yet arrived at no definitive solution of the question of succession to the ducal throne of Schleswig-Holstein . We
should think not indeed , nor is it likely that Austria and Prussia will be in any great haste to bring about a settlement which must deprive them of some at least of the comforts and advantages of . possession . It is stated that the probabilities of the Grand Duke of Oldenburg becoming Sovereign of tho Duchies are very small . So , indeed , are the Grand Duke's
claims to the sovereignty . Some disturbances have taken place in Catalonia . Seditious cries were raised for the Carlist party , but energetic measures were promptly taken , and order Avas re-established . Are the Prussians to govern in Schleswi g or in Holstein P The reports which have reached London assign Schleswig to Pnissia and Holstein to Austria , which prima facie
looks an unlikely arrangement . The German papers generall y report the thing the other way , and give the duchy which has the port of Kiel to Prussia . So , too , affirms : the Brussels ndependance , and the majority of the French papers are of the same opinion . The intelligence conveyed to London was , however , distinct and emphatic , and it was more than once repeated .
A very short time must quite settle the question . The Spanish papers are emphatic in assuring the public that the expected meeting between Queen Isabella and the Emperor and Empress of the French will be purely of a friendl y nature , and will have no political significance whatever . AMERICA . —By the arrival of tho Scotia we have news from New York to the morning of the 9 tb . President Johnson's health is reported to be fully restored . The Government of the United States has instructed the military authorities in
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Texas to continue to observe strict neutrality in the contest between Imperialists and Republicans in Mexico . Coloured garrisons have been placed in the principal interior towns of South Carolina . Money is reported to be easy . Gold 114 ? r . Stocks dull . Sir Narcisse Belloau has been appointed Premier of Canada , and Mr . John Macdonald has been added to the Cabinet . The Canadian Parliament assembled on the Sth ,
when the Governor-General in his opening speech expressed a hope that the provinces would adopt the Confederation scheme . General Grant had visited Quebec and Montreal , and had proceeded to Toronto , Another unsuccessful attempt has been made to kidnap George N . Sanders , the Confederate refugee . The detailed news by the Scotia refers mainly
to the preparations in the various States for the election of State conventions . General Merritt's division of cavalry had reached Austin in Texas from Sbrcveport . Provisional Governor Hamilton , of Texas , in a proclamation , admonishes the Texans to to dispel the prevalent delusion that slavery still exists . General Palmer of Kentucky had addressed to President Johnson an
explanatory letter with regard to the position of slavery in Kentucky . Ho says that in order to relieve the towns into Avhich the negroes were flocking , he was obliged to grant them passes to cross the river into Ohio . He estimates that there are more than 50 , 000 slaves left out of the 250 , 000 at thp beginning of the war . The emancipated negroes in various
localities were adopting measures to bring their claims to the suffrage before the people . A call for a national convention , to settle the question was being extensively circulated in
South-Eastern Virginia . By the Tarifa we have later intelligence from New York . It is very brief , being confined to a statement that the Shenandoah , which has been continuing to burn and destroy United States vessels in the Pacific , notwithstanding the orders sent by Mr . Mason , had , before leaving Australia , shipped there 1 , 200 tons of coal , and taken a new commander in the shape of a lieutenant of an English steamer , who
abandoned his native legitimate avocation to direct the operations of this piratical cruiser . President Johnson appears to be resolute in his intention to carry out his reconstruction policy , and no doubt this determination would be strengthened by such demonstrations as the rebel leaders have been making in North Carolina . The Federal army is being shorn of its huge
proportions with marvellous rapidity . Since May last 700 , 000 men have been mustered out of the service , leaving on the pay-rolls about 330 , 000 . In Maine a republican convention has been held , at which resolutions were passed favourable to negro suffrage , and making the abolition of slavery a condition to the admission of the Southern States into the Union ; also urging
the prompt trial and punishment of Mr . Davis . Iu Kentucky the military controlled the elections , driving the opposition voters from tho polls . A collision on Lake Huron has occasioned the loss of a hundred lives . INDIA , Cirou , & c . —We have a telegram dated Shanghai , July 22 nd . There is no political news , but the ship UadraJcon had been burnt , and the Lalla HooTcli had been lost . The export of tea up to the date named was twenty-six millions of pounds' Aveight .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
* * * All communications to be addressed to 19 , Salisburystreet , Strand , London , W . C . G . —We are obliged for tho communication , ' which shall appear in our next . W . A . —Never in our recollection . B . H . —Yes , by the W . M . only .