The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-05-04
FOREIGN NEWS.

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chine would explode. The ring at
tached to the periphery is to aid il
throwing the missile.
The La France says: in view o
the plot just discovered, there is bu
slight probability of amnesty for
the party.
Two persons now In custody a
Bonneville. sends from Rome to the
foreign Office here, a demand from
the French Bishops and their attend
ants in that city, that their votes be
accepted in favor of plebiscite
The last public meeting to discuss
the proposed reforms were held yes
terday. Some disorder but no vio-
leDce.
The soldiers present, made arrests
of persons accused of completely in
the plot against the life of the EN-
peror.
Several houses in Quarter Latin,
were suppressed by the police yester-
day.
The Journal Offciel denounces the
tactics of the revolutionary journals
In seeking to ma ke their readers be-
lieye there has been no conspiracy,
and declares it the duty Of the Gov
ernment to warn the public against
the effect of such editorial tricks.
This Journal adds: This conspiracy
is part of that of last winter, the in
vestigation into which has been so
pTotracted. When the examinations
are terminated, and they soon will be,
the public will know all, and be able
to appreciate the danger in which the
, country has been placed.
Olivier has addressed a letter to
the MOniteur, in which he assures the
editor that the Government will not
fall into the policy of reaction, though
obliged to take oppressive measures
against its enemies. He hopes this
frank answer will dissipate the fears
expressed by the M0niteur.
The Raphael publishes a manifesto
from Garibaldi to the French army,
calling on the soldiers to raise the
flag of revolution.
The police are searching for M.
Ballat, who they say is implicated in
the conspiracy. Ballat was an officer
OF Garibaldi, and a warm friend of
Gustave Flourens.
A maker of bombs was seized by
the police. He explains that they
were ordered for America, and it was
represented they were to be used as
wheels for patent Velocipedes.
8 P. MA serious riot occurred
yesterday at st. Quentin, caused by
the arrest of a member of the Inter
national Society. Two thousand
workmen attacked the National
Guards and gems d'drmes stationed
around the prison. The guards h, Id
the ground though some were wound
ed. The Prefect Commanding GEN.
eral, and Procuror came to their re-
lief with a detachment of regular
troops, when the mob dispersed and
order was restored. To day the Prefect
General held review, at which he
there thanked the troops, and Nation
al Guard, for causing the laws to be
respected.
LONDON, May 3 The Fenians
have been discharged. They were
accused Of secretly enlisting and drill
ing men, but the evidence was in
sufficient.
White, who attempted the life Of
Buxton, was arrested in Paris. A
pistol was found on his person.
The Dublin Freeman denounces
Disraeli's novel. ".Lothaire," for its
gross immortality.
The House of Lords to day passed
the Irish Bankrupt Bill to a second
reading. Lord Northbrook moved
that the bill making a reform In the
War Office be read a second time,
and explained the circumstances of
its passage. In the House of Com
mons Earl Richmond severely criti-
cised the bill. Earl Gray lamented
its failure to arrange a change in the
War Department. The motion for a
second reading was agreed to, and the
House adjourned.
In the House of Commons Mr..
Forester, in answer to an inquiry.
stated that the existing Normal
Schools would meet the demand for
teachers under the proposed Eduoa-
tion Act.
Mr.. Otway Informed the House
that in consequence of an expression
of dissatisfaction of Her Majesty
with the Greek Government, the in
tended visit of the British squadron
in the Mediterranean to Poems had
been countermanded. and that what
other measures the Government pro-
posed to take, it would be premature
to make public.
Mr.. Montselle denied that the Col
onial Government had been informed
of the recruiting for the Red River
expedition from the Papal Reserves
returned to Canada.
Hugh Birly, Of Manchester, moved
for Select Committee on the renew
al of the commercial tre*iy of France.
A long discussion ensued.
Lefevre said he had heard no
complaints of the treaty, except from
ribbon makers. The Inquiry pro-
posed was unnecessary, and would
prove mischievous, because inn
plying discomfort here with the
treaty, and it would alarm France.
Cove, while he disliked an exten-
sion of the system of commercial
treaties, was adverse to a return to
the protection.
The debate became general.
The House divided on Brily's
motion for a select committee, and
the majority against it was SO. Huges
moved that the public schools be
thrown open to dissenters. After a
brief discussion the House adjourned,
without action.
The Pail Mall Gozette has author
ity for denying the truth of the re
port that Bright has resigned.
Dispatches from India report that
a rebellion has broken out among the
Khirgish tribes on the shores of the
Caspian Sea.
A dispatch from Athens states that
Smolaska has been appointed Minis
ter of War. The troops are still
hunting for the survivors of the band
of brigands who murdered the for.