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FOREIoN.
LATER FROM ENGLAND.

bringing papers Two days IN advance Of
crcy,ous sdvicoa-
A letter from an eminent English
banker has been received in this CITY.
vhich quotes . letter from Hottiuguer
4 Co, the great Paris bankers. of the
Bank Of tho United States, and known
10 be adverse TO the American Indem-
nity Bill. in which letter they express
ed a confident opinion that the indem-
nifty would DO passed by the Chambers
in very few days.
Sir Howard Douglass. well known n
few years since as the Governor Of one
Of the British American provinces, has
been appointed Lord High Commits
sioner Of the Ionian Islands-a mca-
sure which, it is said. has given univcr-
sal satisfaction. The General COM
bines every qualification for the inn
portant office which he is destined TO fill.
Brave in the field, and wise in the
council. he has already proved his a
bilihes for governing in other climates.
Hi, private virtues give new lustre TO
his public merits, and afford additional
weight and importance TO his individu-
al character. The gallant Baronet,
who has nearly recovered from the
severe accident he met with at Liver
pool. was TO quit England with his
family, for Corfu. on the 2Sth Of
March.
The London papers confirm The re-
port Of the appointment as Ambassa-
dor to Russia Of the brother Of Lord
Aberdeen.
Lord Stuart de Rothesay has been
appointed Ambassadors to the Sublime
Porte, in the room Of Lord Ponsonby.
the latter being, We believe, the only
British Statesman who has ever tho
roughly comprehended the Turkish
question in all its bearings.
The bank Of England has declared
dividend Of four per cent. payable
On the 9Th of April.
BY the premature death Of Sir Pc
Ser Parker, Bart, at the early age OF p,
the baronetcy Parker Of Rapping-
eourn, county Of Essex, Conferred
on Sir Peter Parker. Admiral Of the
feet, 1882 has become extinct, the
deceased's two brothers having died
before him. The father of the late la
mented young baronct, Capt. Sir Peter
Parker, r N. was mortality wounded
whilst commanding a party Of sea-
men and marines at the storming Of
the American camp, near Baltimore,
August 3D., 1914, and his widow mar
ried Michael Bruce, Esq.
SPAIN.
There has been some fighting be-
tween attachments Of the Queens
troops and the Carlists, and in each
instance the advantage has been with
the former. The new Minister at
War, Valdez, is about to send ell the
regular troops now in Madnd- 10 the
north. and to make the Urban militia
the garrison Of the city.
PORTUGAL.
The sale of the National property
expected soon to take place, and II
Is said that orders for purchasing 2l00,-
OOO worth OF II have arrived from diff
ferent persons in England. Mr.. Greig,
an English engineer, is about to Mac
adamise the road from Lisbon to Gin
tia. The road between Lisbon and
Oporto is also 10 be improved. NJ.
tnere, the new Minister Of the Intc-
rior. has begun his career well with
these Improvements in the means of
communication.
PRUSSIA.
Ministeriah changes are spoken of.
The prince Royal has recently perform
Cd the duties Of Grand Chancellor of
The kingdom. NJ. de Neagler will. il
Is sand, have the portfolio of the interi-
OF and NJ. de Breen will be appoint
cd Supreme President Of Pomerania !;
NJ. Ancillion will replace NJ, de Stein
9Altenstein in the Department Of Pub
ilc worship; Count d'Alvcnslebcn,
Director Of the Finances, will pass to
The Foreign Department, in room Of
d. Ancillion and Count d'Amim
Boisenburg will be Finance Minister.
We are assured that the Cabinet orders
containing these appointments arc
signed.
Hamburg papers were 10 the 10Th Of
March. A letter from Berlin, dated
Mach 10. states that the managers Of
tee public debt have given notice.
That on the 18th Of this month the
amount Of 725,OOO rix dollars, in
Stats Schuldenscheine, being the
whole sum required for the redemp-
ton OF the public debt in the first half
81 1893. will be decided by lot, and
paid of on the lst OF July.
GERMANY.
The news Of the death Of the En-
peror Francis 10 difused all over
Germany. and every where excites
considerable interest as TO what are 20
DO tho views Of has successor. The
Emperor is generally regretted. The
statement Of the EmpeRors ph xsicians,
Baron v. SlipPt ADD Elder V. Rsinan,
relative to the opening Of his body,
has been published i appears that
Various organs were diseased, that os-
siheation had commenced in some
parts. but that the immediate cause Of
has death was Inflammation ofthe lungs,
q The heart, and Of its larger blood
vessels. which was 30 violent and OK