Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-27
Foreign News.

The excitement III IJllSlanu oSoooAoA' -
The Feuian movements still continues. Inc
authorizes are exceedingly wakeful, and ar.
rests are made every day. A man named
Michael Gould was captured while in the act
of nesting sedtious handbill on the Mansion
Honse, information has reached the Gov
eminent that Thomas Simon, the 8! e IN OF
Of the Island Of Alderney, was Identified with
the Fenians. He was yesterday promptly APP
nrehepded and sent to prison to await trial.
Considerable feeling was created by the re-
cent resolutions of the y. S. House Of Repre-
sentatiyes declaring the sympathy OF the ma
t;on with the Fenians The journals # Ion
don have editorials on this subject, and severely
crit;cse this expression OF unfrendly feeling
toward England. A very silly rumor is current
in different parts Of the continent, and has
been extensively printed, to the effect that the
Prussian Government has secured the use u
the u, s. navy in case Of war.
The French Government has issued an OIL
eial note, addressed to the projects OF the seve-
raj departments of foance, announcing the
new army law, and arguing, that instead OF
being war measure, it is plege OF continued
peace Ten of the public newspapers OF Paris
have been fined a thousand francs each, 1or
printing illegal reports of the proceedings OF
the Corps Legi>la'if. ,s
The Journal OF St Petersburg has an article
ii reply to assertions made by some OF the
Paris newspapers rclillVe TO the attitude ana
intention Of the Imperial Government, partl-
cularly toward the East The journal says
the en- pirc of Ru sin :, great and powerful,
and as strong in lis resources as is France AT
the same time it is ~ ither her wish nor her
nolicy to seek to ,Aulll her frontiers, but, on
I to 1n9 Mt
as to insure continuance of her progress. =
She hears no i!!-will or hate to the other pow
ers of Europe, but does not wish to see any one
Of them claim particular preponderance 10 the
Influencing of its affairs, nor will Russia allow
others to arrogate such position: The article
concludes with the assertion that whatever
power precipitates war in Europe justnow, will
insure for itself and deserve the execratlon of
history in future.
The Duke A'brecht, in command Of the
Austrian army, has been or iered to prepare
and make ready to take the field
A dispatch from Madrid says: News has
been received from the provinces OF Arragon
and Catalonia that speedy rising is antlclpat-
ed in favor of the eldest son of Don juan
The widow of Don Carlos has sent forty million
reals to aid the Instruction.
Dispatches have been received, giving &C
counts Of quite serious anti ministerial riots IN
Prague The latest kilograms; however, an
nounce the suppression Of the disorder VII bout
bloodshed.
The latest dispa ches received from Amnesty
Bay and Scnape 10 Abyssinia, show that the
British forces have as yet made no advances
beyond the latter point. Intelligence OF the
condition Of the British captives has been re
ceived in camp at Senape. They were at Mag.
do!a alive and well, and were carefully guarded
to prevent escape 1t was feared by many that
they would be msssacred as soon as King Thee
dorus heard Of the approach Of the expedition,
but no ,hrea: ening demonstrations against their
lives had been made, and their treatment as
prisoners remained unchanged.
The London Observer asserts that by the last
dispatches exchanged between Lord Stanley
and Secretary Seward on the Alabama claims,
the correspondence is finally closed.
In the lover House of the Danish Paria-
ment, the committee appointed to consider the
provisions Of the treaty, about the West India
islands. aud examine the details OF TIE negotla-
tons between the Danish and y. S. Govern
ments mae favorable report. This was de-
hated during tn" later part Of the week in Sc
crct session. On Saturday, the doors OF the
Chamber were thrown open, and alter speech
from the President, closing the debate, the
vote was taken, and the treaty of transfer Was
ratified without dissenting voice. The treaty
now goes to the upper House for final action in
that body.