The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-08

siderable majority .....T The court-martial at
London in the case of the wreck of her Ma
iesty's ship Megera has closed its delibera-
tons, and rendered a verdictfully acquitting
the captain, Ulcers and crew....A dispatch
from Rome states that the Pope consent
to the conservation of the Church of st.
Suare, which he had hitherto refused be-
cause the church was the private property
of King Victor Emanuel.
THE trial of parties accused of the assas-
sination of Gems. Thomas and Lecompte has
ended. Nineteen prisoners were pronounced
guilty. Verdegnire and seven others were
sentenced to suffer death one TO imprison
ment for life at hard labor, and ten to various
terms of confinement.....The reorganization
OF the French army is making rapid pro-
gre s. By the end Of the year the strongest
strategic positions on the eastern frontier
will be occupied by n completely recon
structed and thoroughly equipped corps dc
araaee....Duc d'Harcourt, the French am
bassador to the Pppal court, states that the
Pope has expressed his intention of leaving
Rome when a bill is passed convoning the
Italian parliament in that city.
THE bark Charles, belonging to Aber-
deem, is reported wrecked and six of her
crew drowned 1.-THE ship Yang Tszee,
from Foo Chow, for New York, was lost on
a reef off the Paracels Islands, in the China
Sea. The captain and four of the crew
were drowned ......It has been decided by
the Legtimist leaders of France to submit
to the Assembly proposal for the restora-
ton of the monarchy, with the Duke de
Chambord as King
THERE was Fenian procession and meet
ing in Cork, Friday night, in honor of the
martyrs Of Manchester, in which some 5000
people took part. The proceedings were
orderly The ship Nonpareil, which eft
Bombay on July IL for New York, foundered
at sea and all but three of her crew were
drowned ..... President Theirs received the
Chinese embassy on Friday. The chief am
bassador expressed a hope that the treaty
relations between France and China would
be maintained, to VIII CHI Theirs replied:
Your government must give proofs that
our missionaries and consuls are respected.
This is absolutely necess ry for the preserva-
ton of peace between France am China"
The Presidents tone was emphatic. The
ambassadors withdrew, deeply impressed.
......A London special says: " A distinguish
ed cardinal authorizes the statement that
the Pope will not leave Rome unless he is
compelled to DO 5 by physical force or per-
sonal violence"
TIE Emperor Of Germany accepts the
position of arbitrator between the United
States and England on the question of the
boundary of Vancouver's Island. Minister
Bancroft will be invited to present to his
Majesty on the 10th of December the mem
orandum in the matter The argument of
the English Government is expected to be
70 fbc E1,nnroy. cbO~flu A
cial dispatch from Alexandria, Egypt, dated
November %, says that a terrible catas-
trophe had occurred in the harbor Of that
port in consequence of a collision between
two steamships carrying passengers and
mails. 7 Q vessels met with great force
the sho,k and sinking resulting in the
death of seyenty-tive Algerian pilgrims by
drowning. The men were overburdened
with gold, the weight of which rendered
their efforts to swim unavailing, indeed i'm
possible..... The publication of the Paris
Roppel has been suspended by orders from
the Government.
a COLLISION occurred Monday night off
the Irish coast between the ships Marmion
and Occola. The latter sunk very soon after
she was struck. Several of her crew cs-
capped by jumping aboard the Marion, but
nIHe men are mlsS!nG ''''.'Jonn lay, united
States Minister to Austria, and Count An
Grassy, Minister of Foreign Affairs, have
signed an international convention between
the United States and Austria guaranteeing
the inviolability of trade marks in the two
countries. Russia has underta ken special
ornaments, on a gigantic scale. She is
forming two fortified camps, each to hold
10000 men. One has been established at
Smolensk, and the other will probably be
located on the Gallicau frontier. These
preparations are believed to be directed
more particularly against Austria, because
the appointment of Count Andrassy is re-
garded as unfavorable to Russia.....A dis
patch from Lucerne, Switzerland, announces
that Count Gorgenti, sor-in-law of ex- Queen
Isabella, of Spain, has committed suicide in
that city,