The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-03-24
FOrefRu Affairs.

Foreign Affairs.
LONDON, March 23.-The strike of the cotton
splnners, which commenced at Preston, Is
spreading to other parts OF the country, aud in
Glasgow 1t has become general. Several mills
have partially suspended operations for want OF
hands.
LONDON, March "a, $50 A. M.-(Received at
Philadelphia, March "a, 1'30 A. M.)-The debate
on the bill for the disestablishment of the Irish
Chulch was resumed in the House of Commons
tonight.
MIR. Spencer H. walpole opposed the bill, and
The ODonoghue made tervid speech In its
favor.
Mr. Claiborne Hardy followed, and said the
strength OF the Liberals came from the majori-
ties at the hustings.
Mr.. Gladstone had pledged himself and his
followers to the destruction of all that was
deemed most sacred. The destruction of the
Church was urged by envy and jealousy. He
maintained that the Church had always fulfilled
It's mission.
MIR. Gladstone then rose to conclude the
debate. He reviewed the course of the argument
for and against it, and declared that new
policy was necessary for Ireland, and this was
the first step demanded by the unanimous voice
| of the majority.
Mr.. Gladstone resumed his seat amid deafening
| applause, and the House divided on the motion
that the bill be read second time, with the fol.
| for the government, lis.
The announcement of this result was greatly
cheered in the House, and the cheers Were taken
| up by the people in the lobbes, and the news
| was thus conveyed to an immense crowd outside
the House, who joined in the applause with the
widest enthusiasm. The House. at A. NJ,
adjourned over the holidays till the 1st of April.
LONDON, March 23.-ln the House of Com
mons, the Committee on Mail Service to the
United States, submitted report, refusing to
sanction the contract made by the Government
with the Cunard and lnman steamship lines for
conveying the mails to New York on the present
terms.
PARIS, March 23.-In the Corps Legislatit
| yesterday the army contingent of one hundred
ind hu Cow
voted, and the body adjourned until the 3lst
Madame de Lavallette, wife Of the Minister
| of Foreign Affairs, is dead.
| The French and Belgian journals publish the
| preliminaries of the proposed conference be-
| tween France and Belgium to harmonize their
mutual commercial interests.
MADRID, March 23.-In the Certes PROPOSE
| ton made by NJ Orense to disquallfy persons
| holding office in the State from sitting as re.
| pIesentatiyes in the Assembly was adopted,
| though strongly opposed by the Government.
A pl ocession of two hundred women amarched
through the streets yesterday, to the hall of the
| Cortes, and presented a petition against the
| military consc1iptiOD.
MADRID March 23.-A garde mobile has been
| organized in Andausia, TO enforce the conscrlp
| tion and the collection of taxes.
| HAVANA, March 23.-Advices from Santiago to
| the 18th instant represent that the insurgents
are massing their forces on the south side of the
| island. The inhabitants in that quarter demand
| more troops for their protection. The Havana
| journals are all silent in regard to the move
| mentS OF Government troops ana OF tle 1nSur-
| gent forces. Nothing has been made known for
| some days OF the operations of Count Valma-
| seda and Colonel Lono, or of the rebel Generals
Quesada and Marmol The Dtdrio to-day, in
| leading article, praises the Jesuits, and
| deeply regrets that the socirty was not esta.
blished on the island twenty years ago. All the
journals except the Voz de Cuba are reticent, as
usual, in their accounts of, and comments upon,
the late exciting occurrences.
| HAVANA, March 23-Eyening.-Capiain-G Gene
raj Dulce held to-day grand reye eW OF all the
| regular and volunteer forces in Havana. Dulct
was enthusiastically eheered by the volunteer:
| as he passed slowly along their lines. Troop;
continue to leave for the interior. The Nassau
Herald reports the capture of the American brig
Mary Lowell, at Ragged Island, by the Spanish
man-of war Andalusia. The brig at the time o.
| capture was in the hands of the British custom
house 'ofiicers, on the charge of carrying arms
and supplies to the insurgents in Cuba. The
British war steamer Cherub has sailed from
Nassau for Ragged Island, to investigate tho
affair. The Havana Government is fully ad
yised of the conduct OF the Andalusia.
| NEW YORK, March 23.-The Brazilian Times
of February 22, received by the steamship Mer
| rimac, mentions the arrival OF several general!
from the seat OF war, afflicted with disease o.
| wounds. An expedition into the country from
Asuncion had returned with 1000 starving Para
| guayans. s
Lopez was still in the mountains, and Ministe
| Mcmahon was still with him.
| The Paraguayans who remained when tn
army left were massacred by scouting parties Q
| LopeZs army.
The cholera prevails throughout the Who'll
country.
The iron.cads have been ordered back up tn
| river.
Baron Monas' bank in Montevideo had failed
and temporary suspension by the other ban
} | there caused considerable monetary excitement
Several bridges and much other propert
, | around Pernambuco had been swept away by
| sudden rise in the river.
There has been severe drought in the int
| rior and the inhabitants are flying to the sea
coast for food and water, and large numbers
cattle are dying.
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