The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-01-03
BY STEAMER.
The Reform Questiou-Thc Confeder-
alton scheme-New hine of Steamers
The Affairs OF the pope-subscriP-
sion. In the Quebec Sufferers Closed

lions TO the Quebec Sufferers Closed.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-The steamers
pereire. from Havre and Brest the 22d,
18th cfyy9 u RSs@HRn H5S ns91FFd'hamRtGp
pool, 10Th, Queentown, Goth and Arago
and Louisiana, from Liverpool, arrived
to-day.
The news is partly anticipated by
cable.
1t is reported that the Cabinet is con-
sidering the plan for the whole ques
ton of reform for the next session OF Par
lament.
The Ramsley explosion is found to
have been Occasioned hy leaving off
the top of the b!acksmith's safety lamp,
the fame of which must have ignitcd
the gas. He had gone down to shoe the
horses and was found with his head
blown off.
A report of the loss of the s Gamer
Golden Fleece, with all on board, was
wicked hoax.
Arrangements for the confederation
of the British provinces of North Amer
lea have been settled aud will he intro
ducel at the next session of Parliament.
The Imperial guarantee Is raised t.
f4,0OO,oO0 sterling. An International
line to connect the Grand Trunk rail-
road with Halifax can be completed III
two weeks.
The health of Napoleon is good.
The annexation committee of the
Prussian Deputies had ratified Il treaty
by which the Duke of Oidtuhurg O.
nounccd his claim to Holsticn shiussen
and accepted instead small portion oi
Holstien territory and Il million thalcrs
A line Of steamers between Germany
via. southampton, aud the United State
is sanctioned 10y the PruSsian Govern.
ment, aud is to nave the influence and
support of Bismark. Each of the seven
steamers is TO be capable of carrying
one hundred first, one hundred second
and six hundred third class passengers
together with one hundred tons OF
freight.
The chief points of the Italian propo-
sition to the Pope are believed to be Us
follows: Florence is to be the capital OF
Italy; the Cardinals to be created
Princes of the Kingdom, and their pres
ent salaries guaranteed; the inhabitants
Of the Pontiticial territory to declare by
vote whether they will become Italian
subjects or Roman, under the jurisdic-
tion of the Pope, and Rome to be an in
dependent city, under the absolute con-
troll of the Pope; the Pope to acknowl-
edge Victor Emanuel King of Italy, and
to crown him rs such at Florence. This
arrangement is to be only binding du-
ring the Pontifcate of the present
Pope. #I.F.
The assertion is made on high author
q ity that the leading powers OF Europe,
except Russia, have resolved to. take
measures for the reservation of the
Holy See. The representatives of Prus-
sis and the United States are among
the most determined supporters.
The French ambassador has declared
that France would hold Italy response
BILE for amy violation of the temporal
power.
HALIFAX, Jan. 1.-The steamer China,
from Liverpool Saturday, December %,
and Queenstown 23d, arrived here this
morning.
No further Fenian arrests of impor-
lance occurred up to the Chinas de-
parture.
The total subscription in England to
the fund for the relief of the sufferers
i by the great fire at Quebec, reached
10000 ponnds. and it had been resolved
to close the subscription lists.