April.
25. Protest of the Turkish Government against a new loan contracted by the Khedive of Egypt.
29. Discovery by the French police of a plot against the life of the
Emperor.May.
5. Opening of the Brazilian Chambers by the Emperor.
7. Close of the session of the German Zollverein Parliament by the King of Prussia.
8. National vote throughout France on the plebiscite submitted by the Emperor, resulting in 7,138,367 votes given in its favour, and 1,518,385 against it.
8. Republican rising at Catanzaro, Italy, suppressed by the troops.
9. Riots in Paris, and erection of numerous barricades.
12. Prorogation of the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada.
14. Political disturbances at Naples, and close of the University by order of the Government.
15. Opening of the Congress of the Argentine Confederation.
16. Reconstruction of the French Cabinet, in the appointment of new Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Public Instruction.
17. Refusal of Marshal Espartero to accept the Crown of Spain.
19. Military revolt at Lisbon, led by Marshal Saldanha, who, having invaded the royal palace, dismisses the Ministry, and forms a new Cabinet.
19. Resignation of the entire Danish Ministry after an adverse vote in the Folkething.
21. Declaration of the Emperor Napoléon to a deputation from the Legislative Body expressing 'thanks to the nation which, for the fourth time during twenty-two years, has given me a striking proof of its confidence.'
25. Fenian raid into Canada, repulsed without loss by volunteer troops.
26. Closing of the North German Parliament by the King of Prussia, who declares that 'the North German Confederation, in developing its internal institutions and its national treaty alliances with South Germany, is perfecting the strength of the German people, not to the greater danger, but to the more powerful support of universal peace.'
31. Rejection by the Spanish Cortes of a proposal for the election of a
king by universal suffrage.