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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 25, 1866

From Europe.

London, December 16.—Evening. A report is current to-day that Stephens had arrived in England, was traced to Norfolk, and the police had arrested him.

The Message Abroad. LONDON, Dec. 18. The message of the President, which has just been received in full by mail, is the general topic of discussion by the public and press. It is argued that the President rather weakens the strength of the Alabama claims by the manner in which he treats the Fenian question, but that portion of the message which refers to the finances is highly spoken of.

France. The report comes from the continent that the condition of the French fortifications on the frontier of Germany is being looked after, and that their strength is likely to be materially increased.

Austrian Troubles. VIENNA, Dec. 18. It is said that the Austrian government, having failed in their efforts to reconcile the variances between the different races within the Empire, will leave them to effect a solution of the subject for themselves.

Cholera in Turkey. The following letter has been received at the Department of State Legation of the United States of America:

CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 15, 1866. Hon. W. H. Seward, Secretary of State:

Sir:—I regret to be obliged to announce the re-appearance of cholera at Constantinople. It broke out a few days ago at Artopora, a neighboring village on the Bosphorus, and out of twelve cases in that locality up to this date, eight have terminated fatally. Four cases, and two deaths, have also occurred at the arsenal on the Golden Horn, from whence it extended itself in the summer of 1865, over the whole city. One death of apoplectic or foudroyant cholera is reported from Itchok. The disease at present threatens to take an epidemic form. If it should become epidemical, it must be very fatal, as the winter here is generally of a rude temperature, and much suffering exists in consequence among the population, the great bulk of which live in miserable tenements, and are scantily clad, and illy provided with the necessaries of life. It is to be hoped we are not to witness a repetition of the horrors of 1865, when 5,000 people were swept off in one week by this scourge of humanity.

I am very respectfully your obedient servant, E. Joy Morris.

Surratt. LA VALLETTA, MALTA, Dec. 18. The United States man-of-war Senator has left here for Alexandria, Egypt, where she will take on board the assassin Surratt, and immediately sail for America.

Florence, December 16. The Italian Parliament has been opened by Victor Emanuel. He delivered a speech in which he congratulated the people of Italy on their delivery from the British yoke, and their union under one government. He says he will respect the Pope’s territory and independence. He expresses a hope that the question between His Holiness and Italy will be settled with satisfaction to all parties.

The King, in his speech, alluded to Napoleon with whom the relations of Italy were excellent. The withdrawal of the French troops from Rome had cemented the alliance, and he hoped that all difficulties in the way of a United Italy would be removed by the moderation of the Italian people and the foresight of the Pope. This done, Italy would become, in fact, a leading nation in Europe. The speech was much applauded.