The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-26
FOREIGN NEWS.
The Proposed Reforms i'm France
The City OF BostOn-The Council NJ
Rome- Ae.

sitting of the Ecumenical Council was
held this morning There was mag
nifcent assembly. The Pope made his
entrance at 9 o'clock. Nearly all the
benches were occupied by that time.
Many bishops heretofore absenting
themselves from the meetings attended
to-day. After the celebration Of mass
the non-voting prelates withdrew The
four first chapters of the First Schema
Defide, condemning rational philoso-
ply and heterodoxy were read aloud
The Seratutors collected the votes,
which were all in the affirmative The
Pope from his throne then announced
and sanctioned the decree Of the Coun-
Gil proceedings, which were highly i'm
I presslve.
LONDON, April 25.-The story of q
projected Fenian insurrectiOn in London
is believed to he hoax, but q large
extra police force is on duty.
News is received that the Greek
brigands being closely pressed by the
troops have cruelty massacred their
English prisoners, and the Italian Sec
retary of the Legation at Athens vas
recently captured.
LONDON, April 2j-lt was the Earl
of Denbigh who toasted the Prince of
Asturias at a banquet in Rome. Owing
to the similarity of names, the Madrid
journals have attributed this unfriendly
action to Lord Derby.
PARIS, April 25.-A reported disaf-
I fection in the party of the Left has been
| healed and the members will all vote
alike.
LONDON, April PA telegram says a
piece of wood drifted ashore on the
northwest coast of Cornwall containing
an inscription in large letters, City Of
Boston, sinking, February llth.'
MADRID, April l5.-The city Journals
mention the continued reception of me-
MORALS from the northeastern provinces
favoring the election Of Espertsro as the
future monarch of Spain.
ROME, April 25.-At the Ecumenical
Council on Sunday six hundred and
sixty-four fathers were present. The
Constitution defide was unanimously
voted 1t contains four charters and
eighteen canOns, as follows: Charter
| lst, five canomS on the Creator; charter
%, four cannOns on Revelations; char
ter Sd, six canonS on Faith; charter 4th,
three canons on Faith and Reason.
PARIS, April 2j.-The Journal Off
cial contains the following circular to
the officers of the civil service, signed
by all the ministers: The Emperor ad-
dresses a solemn appeal TO the nation.
In 1852 he asked power to assure order;
in 1870 he asks power to establish lib
erty. Confident of the title which is his
by reason of eight million suffrages, he
does not surrender the Empire to dis
cussion; he submits TO a vote only It's
! liberal transformation. To vote yes is
to vote for liberty.
The revolutionary parry are secretly
attacking the national sovereignty and
misrepresenting the respect which the
Emperor pays to that sovereignty, IN
thus consulting the people, are not the
true friends of liberty, but in spite Of
these, the masses will march in our
ranks. Can they ignore the fact that to
abstain from voting or to vote no will
be to strengthen those who only COM
bat the transformation of the Empire
in order that they may destroy 1t, and
with 1t the political and social organi-
cation to which France owes her great
ness?
In the name of the public peace and
liberty, in the name Of the Emperor,
we demand of You all, our devoted CO.
laborers, TO unite your efforts with ours.
1t is to the citizens we address our
selves, not as ordering, but as offering
patriotic counsel. Our object is to As
sure to our country a tranquil future to
the end that on the throne as in the hum
blest dwelling we may succeed farther
in peace and quiet.
LONDON, April 25.-A thin slip of
wood about a yard long and painted
blue drifted ashore yesterday near Lig-
ger Bay, on the northwestern coast of
Cornwall, containing the following in
scription in large letters: City of
Boston, sinking, February llth. The
wood bore evidence Of having been
broken in two, and the remainder of the
inscription in consequence lost, except
the letter IN" which followed the
words above given We haven means
of knowing whether this is genuine
message from the missing steamer or
heartless hoax, but the latter is strongly
suspected.
LONDON, April 25.-Mr. Otway, under
the Foreign Secretary, stated In the
House of Commons to-day that the
Government had received dispatches
from Athens confirming the intelligence
of the fate Of the captives in the
hands of the Brigands. The Greek
Government made every effort to save
them, but in vain. Negotiations
having been exhausted, troops moved
against the robbers and drove them to
a tower, near Wapo, where they were
surrounded.
On Friday afternoon offers were
once more made to the brigands, but
were rejected, and at 10 o'clock next
morning an attack was made
on their position. As soon as
the troops commenced to move, MIR.
Herbert and the Secretary Of the ltalian
Legation were taken out by their cap
tors and butchered, and, subsequently,
when the brigands found themselves
hard pressed, Viners and Lloyd were
killed. The troops finally carried the
tower, and the brigands, two of whose
leaders had been mortally wounded,
fed, closely pursued by the soldiers
There are strong hopes that most of the
band will be captured, in which case
they will be summarily dealt with by
| the Greek authorities.