Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-07-30

NEWS. OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.

| FOREIGN.
Mr.. Bagley, of the United States, pre-
sented petition to the Earl of Granville
on the 10Th, asking the release of the
American Fenians.
L France and Prussia have recognized the
| Spanish Regency. The Cortes has taken
a recess until October.
| I'M. De Lesseps has officially announced
that the opening of the Suez Canal will
take place on November II.
Hon. Samuel Shellaberger had an inter.
view with the King of Portugal on the
10th, and presented hiscredentials as Min
lister Of the United States.
In the House of Commons on the 10th,
several of1the amendments of the House
of Lords to the Church bill were rejected.
Several Thousand Remington rifles have
been shipped from Havana to arm the
volunteers about to take the field against
the rebels.
An official decree contains the following
appointments to the French Ministry
Minister of the Interior, De- FORBADE La
Roquette; Justice, Duvergier Foreign
Affairs, 8. Auvergne; Finance, Pierre
Msgne; Commerce, Alfred Leroux Pub
lie Works, Gressier; Marine, Admiral
Geneovilly; War, Marshal Mel; Public
Instruction, Bourbeau; President Coun-
Gil of State, Chasseloup.
The first general meeting of the Woman
Franchise Society of England was held
in London, on the 10th. Among the no.
tables present were John Stuart Mill,
Lord Houghton, Hon. James Stansfeld,
Henry Fawcett, Rev. Charles Kingsley,
and Louis Blanc. There were also many
ladies present. Addresses were delivered
and resolutions unanimously adopted in
favor of female suffrage.
The Harvard University crew reached
London on the Goth, in excellent health,
and would Immediately go into training
for their rowing match with the Oxford
crew, which is to come off on the 31st of
August. So fk A8 50 IS
Captain General De Rodas, in view of
the prompt action of the United Sta tes in
arresting filibusters, has issued a decree
annulling Article Of his proclamation of
the 7th instant, relative to the right of
Spanish cruisers to search neutral vessels
in waters near Cuba. so -.'r,& e
In the House of Lords, on the 21st, on a
motion of Earl Granville to restore the
preamble to the Irish Church bill, the
Government was defeated by the follow
ing vote: For. the motion, 95; against it,
173 majority against the Government, 7s.
A petition asking for franchise, signed
by $4,000 women, has been presented in
the House of Commons.
Much excitement existed throughout
Spain on the 21st, and there were. many
arrests of parties fomenting insurrection
against the present Government A plot
for the assassination of Serrsno, Prim and
Rivero had been discovered.
The French Corps Legislatif will meet
on the Goth Of October.
THE old Confederate cruiser Tallahassee
was totally wrecked near Yokohama,
Japan, June II. twenty-five lives were
lost, including the captain, many Of the
crew, and several passengers. ,.s}, s...
The differences between the House of
Lords and Commons, respecting amend
ments to the Irish Church Bill, were com
promised on the 22d, by Lord Cairns, on
the part of the Peers, and Earl, Granville,
on the part of the Commons, and the
two Houses subsequently agreed to the
compromise. J.f- e. .yz-s.r
Two citizens of the United States,
named Printable and Cabias, who had been
in Cuban prison since February, and
Senior Gutierrez, Mexican, have been
released through the intercession of the
American Consul General.
s. Hon. John Rose, the Canadian Minister
of Finance, has resigned, and the resigna-
tion is accepted. tesaf al h .,aT
Mail advices from England give details
of the loss of the British ship Blue Jacket,
burned at sea in March last, while on her
way from New Zealand to England. Out
of sixty-nine persons on board only eight
are known to be saved.
The cargo of the Grapeshot has been
confiscated at Jamaica, by the British au-
sthorities, because of her violation of the
neutrality laws.
Another dreadful colliery explosion oc-
Cured at St. Helena, a small place few
miles east of Liverpool, on the 21st. Over
fifty persons were killed outright, and
sixty injured.
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DOMESTIC.
The Secretary of the Society of the
Army of the Tennessee officially announces
that the fourth reunion of the society