Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-06-15
Foreign News.


There was an animated debate, yesterday, in
the British House OF Lords on the Irish
Church bill. \ motion was ;pade 10 postpone
the consideration of the bill for three months.
The London Times says the week opens
with all the clements OF dramatic situation,
''Thc action is great, the motive great, the
end certain We are Convinced that the E4
will pass to its second reading.
\ great public demonstration was made IN
Dublin last night against the Irish Church
bill 4 shot was fired into the Office Of TIC
| Cork Constitution. No one was injured. There
is no clue to the perpetra,or. y collision oc-
cured in Shanion yesterday between the po-
lice and the mob Three Of the former were
Injured. Several Of ;hc rioters have been ar
rested
4 large number Of secret documents having
reference to the disturbances in Paris have cen
discovered and seized By the authorities. It Is
asserted that these papers prove that tbs
movement was aeitated BY paid agents.
Duke dc Persigncy has written !otter to
NJ. Oliver on the subject OF further liberal re
lorms in Frame. He says the empire and
freedom are not Incompatible. y Just Govern
mcnt can bear the existence OF every liberty.
Baron Iiaussmau, Protect OF the Seine, un'
der whose guidance so many improvements
have been made in Paris, has resigned.
lsmai Pascha, OF Egypt, who is making the
tour of Europe, had pleasant interview with
Napoleon.
Paris is now entirely tranquil.
The official journal in Paris publishes an &C
count and explanation OF the recent dlsturban'
ccS. IL asserts that the Government had re-
ceiyed accurate knowledge beforehand oil what
was to take place, and was thereby enabled TO
take proper and sufficient precautions to pre-
vent the agitation from assuming mole Sc
rious aSpcct. The officers of justice arc IN
possession Of facts which provoked and accom-
| nanicd the outbreaks Il is their duty now 10
| trace the authors TIE journal praises the pa
| thence, iirmnCsS, and moderation OF the troops,
| and congratulatos the Government on the sup
preston of disorder without bloodshcd thus
| fulfilling it, mission for the protection OF HUI
| manly
In the Spanish Constituent Cortcs, on Sat
urlay. Gen. Prim said no king would come for
ward in the present state OF uncertainty
| When the regency was settled there would be
plenty Of candidates He regretted the re-
fusa Of Fernando of Portugal, but thought 1t
was not rrovoclbe
Letters from New Zealand to April ; give
accounts Of the massacre Of three Engllshmcn,
with their wives and families, and forty friend
~ natives, BY Maori, the chici OF the lie kootl,
near Napier, on the east coast OF New Hca-
land. Troops we're dispatched to the settle
| the ruins of the homestead, rlundered and
| burnt The settlers in the country were fee
ing to the towns for protection.
| SCARCITY or GRAIN IN RUSSIA.
| from the Baltic ports contain the very import
| ant news that the Russian Government has en-
| tered the grain markets Of Germany as pur
chaser OF cereals. As Russia is one Of the
| largest grain supplying countries Of the world,
furnishing England more than that country
| obtains from all other sources, including the
| United States, its appearance as arurchascr OF
grain is the more extraordinary. 1t Is not,
however, entirely unprecedented. Last year
the Russians were compelled to buy grain IN
the central European markets.
This exceptional condition OF affairs cannot
bo attributed to defective harvests or short
crops. SO lar as these were concerned the last
two Russian harvests were all that could
be desired But the trouble arises from the
emancipation OF the peasautry. The popula.
ton having been rendered independent, pro-
prie,ors no longer work on the great estates,
the surplus produce OF which rendered Russia
tue GTandiy OF EUROPE. Tic DuHlUcT vi lllCSc
propretors is rapidly increasing under the land
laws, and these persons, now their own mas
tcrS. cultivate only enough corn for the supply
of their own personal wants, and frequently
not even enough. The consequence is that the
area OF grain sown is gradually decreasing
To provide against the consequences Of the i'm
providence ofthe newly emancipatcd seris the
Government is now obliged to store immense
quantties Of grain for the use OF the popu
lation.
The condition OF affairs in Russia must ox-
erlisc some appreciate influence upon the
American breadstuffs trade. England will be
cut off from a portion OF the supplies formerly
obtained from Russia, and must look to the
United States to supply the deficiency. This
can hardly fail to imrart renewed activity to
our exports of brcaIstGff., and may possibly |
cause a fruness, il not all advance in prices
Nae IOrL COD,nicrctaL
How BEDS SHOULD STAND. "A physician !
writes to the Dublin journal Of Medicine IN
support OF the old notion that people sleep |
much better with their heads to the north. lie |
has tyied the experiment in The case OF sick
persons with marked effect, and insists that
there are known to exist great electric currents,
always crossing in one direction around the
earth, and that our nervous systems are IN
some mysterious way connected with this cleo
trlcal agent. Let the beds all head towards
the north mole