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London, England, 1868-10-15 00:00:00

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INTELLIGENCE FROM ABROAD.

• SPAIN.
(1220V0U 11.1MTEle. ACMICT.)
MADRID, Ocr. 14.

The Gazette of to-day contains an 'important
preamble to the new finance measures of Senor
Figuerola. The minister decrees the abolition of
the octroi duties throughout Spain and the adja-
cent islands. To replace this source of income,
which was estimated to produce about 200 millions
annually, a poll tax is to be imposed upon all per-
sons of the age of 14 years and upwards, the said
impost to be classified according to the value of
the houses they inhabit and the grade of their
families. The poor will not be subject t 3 the tax.
The Junta, considering that several municipa-
lities continue to hold ofhce without having taken
any further steps than that of giving in their
adhesion to the government, and this state of
things giving rise to many complaints, • declara-
tion is issued stating that all municipalities must
be elected by universal suffrage. A circular has
been addressed by Senor Sagest*, Minister of the
Interior, to the provincial Juntas, relative to the
provisional appointment of municipal officers and
provincial delegations. A decree has also been
published suppressing the provincial councils and
a section of the council of state in which conten-
tions had arisen.

The resignation of the Spanish ambassador at
the court of Florence has been accepted, and
Senor Valero, the minister at Lisbon, has been
recalled.
(Porz, acs, £XD lei.r.Ax's =UGLIER.)
PARIS, Oor. 14.
The Nation, of Madrid, the organ of the Pro-
greesists, announces itself in favour of a mo-
narchical form of government, and looks upon the
Duke of Edinburgh as the most probable choice of
the people to govern the country. The Bishop of
Tarragona is reported to have pronounced against
the provisional government, and to have placed
himself in an offensive attitude in the country at
the head of 2,000 followers. The Spanish octroi
has been replaced by taxes upon individuals.
(ntox SUE cEirrxxi. ruse, ix Aririgric crux.)
KEW YORK, Ocr. 14, 1 A.m.
News sent from here last night, to the effect
that General Lersundi had proclaimed the provi-
sional government, is incorrect. General Ler-
sundi announces his intention to hold Cuba, irre-
spective of political movements at home, and
devote himself to the preservation of order and
peaoe.

(razotrox wawa's AGINCT.)
MOUNT VESUVIUS.
NAPLES, Oor. 14.
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius is increasing
in intensity; the flow of lava is more copious, and
the dynamic action of the cone more vigorous.
From the arrangements made by Vice-Admiral
Lord Clarence Paget it is believed that the Eng-
lish iron-clad squadron will make some stay at
Naples.

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, Ocr. 14, Errirrso.

The North German Parliament will be opened
on the 4th November, and immediately after the
opening of the session the entire budget for 1869
will be laid before the house. The King of
Prussia will leave Baden Baden on the 20th inst.

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Ocr. 13.

Fuad Pacha leaves to-morrow for Italy, where
he will spend the winter for the restoration of his
health. It is not expected that ho will resume
his official duties for a long time.
A grand military review is announced to take
place on Thursday in presence of the tiultan and
ministers.

(Fors, azz, AND WurAx's

TIM OCCUPATION OF ROME BY TIIE
FRENCH TROOPS.
PARIS, Oar. 14.
The Opinion Nationale asserts that negotiations
between the governments of France and Italy for
the evacuation of Rome by the French troops have
been reopened.

AMERICA.

THE ELECTIONS.
NEW YORK, Oarosza 14.

The Presidential election may now bo considered
as practically decided.
The Republicans have carried Pennsylvania by
15,000 majority, Ohio by 25,000, and Indians by
about 10,000. The number of votes everywhere
has been unprecedentedly large. At the South the
tranquillizing effect of this result is lately to be
very great.
Enormous frauds have been oomniittod by the
Democrats in Philadelphia.—Deily New.