Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-08-01
Arrived.
FOREIGN NEWS.
BY ATLANTIC CABLE.


Collection of Tonnage Dues sus-
aa PARIS, July 81.
months from October 1st, the collection of
tonnage dues from all vessels entering
French ports with cereals. s.,-r-.- s.-e--,
Termination of HostilitIes.
tH s1H t1'f SHANGHAI, July 4.
News from Japan says compromise has
been effected between the Darmions of the
north and south, which will probably lead
to speedy termination of hostilities be-
tween the Mikado and Tycoon.
Parliament PrOrOgued The
...5aa Queens Speech.
aff7 h.ee3 LONDON, July 81.
The session of the Parliament was pro-
rogued to-day. The Queen was not pres
ent and her speech was made by the royal
commission, and read as usual by the Lord
Chancellor. 1t speaks of the foreign rela-
tions OF Great Britain as most friendly and
satisfactory, and says there is no reason to
fear war in Europe. ad S r su
No reference is made to the United States.
The Abyssinian expedition has vindi-
Gated the honor of the crown. The cessa-
ton of attempts at rebellion in ireland rem
ders the further use of the exceptional pow
er granted by the two houses needless.
plies voted for the Government, and con-
graduates them upon the passage of the
Irish and Scotch reform bill, the public
school bill, the bill for the purchase Of tel
egraph wires and others of less important
character. ltAH uil-l ta -.lsI-
The speech also announces that the disso-
luton of Parliament will soon take place,
in order that the people may reap the adj
vantage of the more extended system of
representation recently provided. She is
confident of their fitness for their new du-l
ties and that their voice will be for the per-
petuation of that civil and religious free
dom which are secured to them by the in
stitutions of the nation, and settlement of
the realm. . aI o H s-p5 5t fH2uHC-0
In the Commons, previous to proroga-
ton, the Speaker said he had received
through the United States legation a letter
from Hon.Wm. ii. Seward, accompanying
which was splendid copy of book en-
titled 'sA tribute of the Nations to the
Memory of Abraham Lincoln," a present
from the Congress of the United States to
the House of Commons. 14j 1ar no bsQnl
Lord Stanley moved the thanks of the
House be sent to Congress through Mr..
Seward, and that the book be placed in the
library of the House. The motion was car
ried. 5fls esd .Tfss EaJ- Ia uWe7G le
The Times, in leading editorial, says of
the session, that time only will show if the
leaders shall retain their status in the
change from the old to the new body. Mr..
Bright will find the new House of Com
mons a more congenial audience than in
the days of Palmerston and Gladstone,
whose popularity may yet reach on to a
house elected by one constituency and
doomed to satisfy the requirement. of an
other. The House may be satisfied, in spite
of all short comings, with such work as the
abolition of church rates, the punishment
of electoral corruption, aud the condem-,
nation of political and church abuses.
Troubles i'm Spain.
The pending political troubles in Spain
have resulted in ministerial crisis. 1t is
understood the distinguished liberal states
man Espartero has been summoned to form
a new cabinet, and has gone to Madrid for
that purpose. Discomfort continues to pre-
vail in Spain, and may break, out into
armed insurrection at any moment. Dis
affection is also apparent among officers of
the fleet. - l.-.. .--.....,.-.. ~ . ....
ST. Petersburg. r.-.t
ST.. PETERSBURG, July 81.
Under the preliminary arrangements for
peace made with Backara, the Prussian
troops are to leave the country at once, the
Khan paying the Russian Government half
a million roubles as indemnify for the ex-
penses of the war. -s aF-,.z-a -HL'Iaf