Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-07-27
FROM EUROPE.
Great Britain.

THE BALLOT PROJECT.
LONDON, July Pa portion of the proposed
billproyiding for holding of elections by ballot
has been abandoned by the government II is
believed that if the bill was passed in its original
form, as was at first intended il would lead to
a protracted debate, and the government has
therefore abandoned a portion of il with the in
tentiOn of bringing the present session of par
Lament to an early close.
THE LATEST FENIAN SCARE.
LIVERPOOL, July 26.-The police, yesterday,
seized large quantity of arms which arrived in
this city, destined for Fenian purposes 1t is
conjectured that it was the intention of the
agents of the brotherhood to ship arms to some
port in Ireland. The authorities are now thor
ougnly on the alert. large force of detec-
tives are in the suspected parts of the city and
along the wharves, to prevent the possibility of
shipment OF arms. Ii is thought that the Fe-
man agents have already succeeded in shipping
large quantities of arms and ammunition with
out discovery, and that the brotherhood are con-
templating some fresh movements on larger
scale than before attempted.
SIGHT SEEING.
LONDON, July 26.-rhe emperor and empress
OF Brazil to-day paid visit to the shipbuilding
yard of John Laird, Birkenhead, opposite Liver
pool.
France.
ALL SORTS OF PARIS DISPATCHES.
PARIS. July 26.-The Journal dies Debats
makes sharp attack upon the financial meas
ures put forward by the government, and pro-
poses Il substitution therefor of an income tax.
The pope has, in letter just published, eX-
tended his warm congratulations to Monseigneur
Gulbert, upon his elevation to the archbishopric
of Paris.
Theirs has induced Bismarck to consent to the
evacuation of the Paris forts still held by the
German troops, and of the entire departments of
Seine and Seine-et-Ose, on or before the 81st of
August.
Germany.
GOOD MOVE
BERLIN, July 26.-The separate ministerial
department for Catholic affairs has been done
away with, in consequence of difficulties origi-
mating in decisions of the late ecumenical
council
Spain.
TRIUMPH OF THE LIBERAL PARTY.
LONDON, July 26.-The latest development as
to the Spanish ministry is that Senior Gorilla
announced in the cortes yesterday that the
members of the cabinet are all progressionists.
This implies that the combination formed by
Marshal Serrano has really failed TO cohere,
and that new ministry, formed entirely from
the liberal element of Spanish politics, has been
formed by Senior Gorilla.
Ldter.-The following is a complete list of
the new ministry just formed by Gorilla, all of
whom have been sworn into office: President
Of Council and Minister of Interior, Reuse
Gorilla; Minister of War, Lieut. General Fer
uC JuSllCcj MUS
Finance, Gomez; Marine, Beranger; Works,
Madraz; Foreign Affairs, P. NJ. Sagosta; Colo
MES, Admiral Malcampo. Gorilla declares that
all the ministry are members of the progress
siOnist party, and will follow the policy inaug-
urated in the September revolution. There has
been no difficulty in the formation of the cab
met since the resignation of Serrano.
Asia.
THE EASTERN PLAGUE.
LONDON, July 26.-The English consul at
Taberas announces that he has received the
most heart-rending details of the famine in
Persia. Special dispatches from Constantine
pie say that the famine in Persia is causing
dreadful havoc. The deaths in the province OF
Klorassanil average three hundred daily, and so
great is the distress that the dead bodies of the
victims are devoured by the survivors, and men,
women and children are in some cases killed to
render the supply of food more abundant. The
plague has also appeared among the Persians,
and the Turkish government has been COM
PEELED by the exigency of the situation to draw
sanitary Gordon along the bordeE of its do
minionS.
DISTURBANCES AT CANTON.
HONG KONG, July 26.-Disturbances have Oc-
CURED in Canton, and British gunboat has
been dispatched there for the protection of the
English and other foreign residents Of the place.