Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-18
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Great Britain.
RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
LONDON, Aug. ia railway accident oc-
CURED last night at Wolverhampton, in Stat
fordshire, twelve miles from Birmingham.
Thirty persons were more or less seriously in
iured.
SENTENCED.
Dobson, the American convicted of scuttling
a British ship, was sentenced to-day to fifteen
months imprisonment.
PARLIAMENT.
In the house of lords to-day the queens as
sent 10 the army regulation bill was announced
In the house of commons, ViscCunt Enfield,
under secretary for foreign affairs, said that a
searching investigation had been ordered into
the facts of the recent murder of six English
men in Peru.
Mr., Gladstone spoke at length in defence of
the action of the police at the Dublin meeting of
the 18th instant, in reply to remark from Mr..
Mcguire, member for Cork, and others.
Finally division of the house was called for,
and resulted in majority of fifty-two in favor
of the course of the government in the suppress
sion of the Dublin meeting.
VICTORIA.
Queen Victoria, who left London several DAYS
since, and passed day or two at the palace of
Hollywood, arrived at Belmont to-day. She will
shortly visit the duke and duchess OF Argyll, at
lnverary castle.
Ireland.
IRISH HOSPITALITY.
DUBLIN, Aug. IA deputation of French
citizens, appointed to visit Ireland and to thank
the people of that country for the id given for
the relief of wounded French soldiers during
the war with Prussia, has arrived. The people
OF Dublin are wild with excitement, and the
roads leading to the stopping place of the
Frenchmen became impossible because of the
crowds, Wednesday night the city bands per-
fOrunp1 SspHiY Dt,nrr ,oI 90,
hotel where the Frenchmen were stopping and
played American, Irish and French national
airs also Fenian tunes. There was no inter
ference by the police. The deputation reached
ShelbOrnc hotel at three o'clock, and in response
to the calls of the people came out on the bal
cony. Martin, a member of parliament, made
an address to the crowd. The son of Marshal
Mcmahon also arrived with the deputation, and
was loudly cheered by the thousands of people
assembled His reception was worthy of a
king. Many houses are illuminated tonight,
and the enthusiasm of the people continues eX-
ccedingly great
France.
THEIRS HAS A MAJORITY.
PARIS, Aug 17.-lt has been positively ascer-
tanned that the majority Of the assembly will
support, in a slightly modified form, the propo-
sition made by Rivet on behalf of the left centre
on Saturday last, comforting the presidency for
three years on Theirs.
Ponyer Quertier, minister of finance, has
gone TO Germany for an interview with Bis
mark relative to the evacuation of French ter
ritory by German troops.
LEGISLATIVE MATTERS.
The assembly yesterday refused to consider
motion submitted some time since by Baze pro-
viding for the prolongation of the powers of
both the assembly and President Theirs for two
years, and also for the election of 4 committee
to draw up bill constituting the future govern
ment of France.
THE GAsTE1N CONFERENCE.
The conference now being held at Gastein, be-
tween the emperors of Austria and Germany is
regarded with Indifference in diplomatic circles
here. tits, however, presumed that should an
alliance be entered into between Austria and
Germany as a result of the conference, it would
be likely to lead to 4 similar alliance between
France and Russia.
THEIRS POSITION.
The election committee of the assembly have
reached vote upon the motion made in the as
sembly by Rivet and submitted to their consid-
Grafton for the prolongation of Theirs term of
office to three years, etc, and stand nine in OPP
position and six in favor of the proposition.
UHLRICH's NEW YORK SWORD.
The sword subscribed by the Alsatian resi-
dents of New York for Gen. Uhlrich, the de-
fender of Strasbourg, was presented to the gen
eral to-day. In accepting the gift, Gen. Uhrich
said he would only draw the sword when an at
tempt was made to reconquer the provinces
which had been torn from France by the results
of war.
AN OLD STORY.
The Presse of to-day says the German troops
who occupy the eastern departments still treat
the inhabitants in the most eXaSperating man
ner,
Germany.
RELATIONS WITH FRANCE.
BERLIN, Aug. T.-Count Won Arnim, the
German ambassador at Brussels, and one of the
commissioners appointed to settle the Franco
German treaty of peace, has left for Frankfort
where he will resume financial regulations with
delegates appointed by the French 90 Jernment,
in order to expedite the evacuation of the
French provinces, now occupied by German
troops
DIPLOMATIC.
In view of the conference at Gastein, and the
probable reviyicaton of the eastern question, it
is semi-otficially stated that the relations at
present existing between the governments of
Germany and Austria are of the most harmo-
NOUS and peaceful character. 1t is also stated
that the final settlement Of the Frankfort nego-
tation is considered urgent, and the eyacua-
ton of the occupied districts and forts OF France
will proceed as the obligations Of France to
Germany are duly met and fulfilled, and as the
disturbances and provocation which have arisen
in Strasbourg and other cities in the occupied
provinces, endangering the peace off the country,
are discontinued.
Italy.
FLOODS.
ROME, Aug. 1.-THE Emo river having been
swelled to a food by the melting of the SHOWS
in the Apennines has overflowed its banks in
many places, causing great destruction to crops.
Poland.
CHOLERA.
SUwALKI, Aug. 17.-The cases of cholera are
decreasing in this town, whose population does
not exceed six thousand, about one-half of whom
are Jews. There have been four hundred and
forty-three cases of the disease, eighty-three of
which were fatal.
Weather Record.