Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1865-11-10
Foreign Intelligence.

steamer with dates to the 21st are occu-
pied to a great extent with topics grow
ing out of the death Of Lord Palmerston
The London Times of the goth reviews
the pretensions of four statesmen to the
Premiership-Lords Russell, Clarendon,
Granville and Mr.. Gladstone. Of the
first it says-"He has received the high
est honors the crown can bestow, and bis
aspirations may be fairly satisfied.
Clarendon is declared to have given " no
proof that he possesses those sympathiea
with English ideas and habits, without
which no minister can be popular" On
the principle of choosing safe man,
Lord Granville, says the Times, would
have the best chance of success; but il
continues" 1t cannot be denied that the
expectations, if not the confidence, of The
country wait upon Mr.. Gladstone; it is
TO men of the present and not an expir-
ing generation that the country must look
for its leader"
The intelligence Of Palmerston's death
was received with general expressions OF
roget by the French and continental
papers.
The Catholic Primate OF ireland, Rev.
DR.. Cullen, has issued long address, in
which he seYerly condemns Fenianism.
He, however, does not deny that Ireland
has many causes of grievances, and
says:
But are we, then, never to seek for
the redress Of grievances Are we to
sit in silence, like Mabomedan fatalists,
under the lash Of the oppressor, without
complaining, or without seeking for JUS
tice !? Certainly not. Nothing is more
conformable to reason and religion than
to expose our sufferings to those in pow
er, and TO call on them for relief.
If the people of Ireland were fairly
dealt with. revolutions and conspiracies.
Whiteboys and Fenians, would no long.
er be heard of; the people would be
happy and peaceable, and a source Of
strength to the empire at large it would
not be necessary to increase the military
and police and to double the taxation
A dozen or more arrests of suspected
Feniaus had taken place, and the utmost
vigilance is exercised Oh the part of the
authorities,
Another meeting had been held by the
holders OF the Confederate cotton loan.
The amount of bonds in circulation was
stated at 924,518,S00. A committee
had submitted the question of the legal
status OF the bond holders to Mr.. Flem>
ing. q. c.. who argued it to their salts
faction, for he held that ifthe rebel States
bad not lost their existence as indie
pendent States before the contraction of
the loan, the United States have taken
the property subject to the charge of the
loan.
1t is stated in Paris that Austria, act
ing on the suggestion Of the French Gov
eminent, has sanctioned the annual en-
rollment of 1000 men for the service OF
the Emperor Macmillan, and that this
change Of policy on the part of the
Emperor Francis Joseph has given great
satisfaction at ST. Cloud,
We do not learn that the cholera has
appeared to any extent in Eugland. The
Liverpool Mercury says:
"AccountS received from Spain repre-
sent the frontier towns of that country as
crowded with the families of those who
have fed from Madrid. Many of these
parties have carried the cholera with
them, and as cons quence the disease
has made its appearance in new districts,
and several fatal cases are reported.
Many OF the Inhabitants of Paris have
the example set them in Mad
rid, and have fed from their homes TO
escape the cholera, which is committing
sad havoc in certain districts of the
French capital. The number of deaths
in that city on Saturday was $40, and on
the following day 375; still the Paris
correspondent of the Morning Star as,
serts that { the epidemic is decidedly on
the wane,' and he has no doubt that in
few days those who have left Paris in
alarm will return, and the French capital
will assume its wonted gay and active
appearance"