The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-09-29
Foreign News.
ENGLAND.


LONDON, September 23.-Charles
Dickens opened the Winter Sessions
of Medland Institute at Birmingham
last evening with a pleasant speech
After reviewing the history Of the In
stitutiOn, and offering advice for the
| future management, he touched on
other subjects. The present, be said,
was a materialistic age. His political
1 creed could be summed up in two ar
! ticles-his faith in the people govern
I ing was infntissimal; his faith a the
! people being governed was illimitable.
LONDON, September 28- Arch
| bishop Cullen in reply to a deputation
bearing an address from citizens of
Wexford, Ireland, said that by mod
Grating their demands, and not by in
teriering with the legitimate rights of
any class of institutions, tenants would
enjoy the results of their labor in au-
disturbed tranquility.
LONDON, Sept. 28.-The Times, in
an article oa the situation IN France
says: The coincidence of the Empe-
ror's sickness and reeenstruction Of
the Government is Austria's mister
tune. The energies of the Emperor
cannot be well spared at such crisis.
The reforms came, unfortunately,
while the Emperor Is iHcapacitated,
and at time when he is most re-
quired. The speculations of the peo-
pie on the uncertainties and OppOrtu-
mites of the future-are so encouraged,
and augment the public quietude Ii
the crisis had occurred ten years ago,
the Emperor could have brought to
the work the energies he carried into
the Italian campaign. If the expert
ment had been successful, France
would now possess a. generation OF
statesmen With soEne parliamentary
The Only question is, was the pros
pect of success so clear then as 10
Justify preci pitatIOns instead of post
poning the trial. The present peril,
serious In any case, Is aggravated by
the EmpeFoF's enfeebled health, but
peril of the same kind has been the
prospect of the Government for the
past two generations. cFRT.s, -
LONDON, Sept. 28.-Lord Westburv
has declined the appointment to the
Bench on the Court of Appeals,
The first October meeting com
menee6 to-day at New Market The
triennial produce stakes were won by
Mystic; the Buckingham stakes by
King Craft Hopeful.
FRANCE.
PARIS, Sept. 27.-It is said Father
Hyacinthe, will be defended in the
Council By the Bishops Of Avignon,
Rheims, Chalons, and Bayeux.
PARIS, September 28.-The recent
murder of an entire family still re-
mains in mystery. The story pub
lished yesterday that the body of the
father had also been found is not
true.
PORTUGAL. -
LISBON, Sept. %. The King Of
Portugal publicly contradicted the
rumor of his candidature for the
throne of Spain. He says he was born
native of Portugal and will die
native. u ~suIo3
SPAIN.
MADRID, Sept. 2S.-The troubles
at Barcelona have bsep quelled, and
the city is tranquil. One hundred
and twenty-six persons were arrested
for completely. Many escaped, aud
the fugitlves destroyed the telegraph
wires aud railroad tracks TO prevent
capture Troops have been sent In
pursuit and TO protect the laborers
engaged in repairing telegraphs and
railroads..
Reinforeements for the Spanish
army in Cuba sailed from Cadiz to-
day. -
ITALY.
FLORENCE, September % = King
Victor Emanuel and the diplomatic
body, at Florence, will 20 to Venice
to receive the Empress of the French
on her way to the East. te -.
LISBON, Sept. %. - The Cardinal
Emanuel Bento Rodriques, Patriarch
of Lisbon, is dead.
The King of Portugal, in a letter,
denies that he had any intention of
abdicating in order to accept the
throne of Spain.