Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-11
Foreign News.


ENGLAND.
LONDON, March 9.-The committee appointed
TO receive subscriptions for the sufferers by the
fire in Chicago have published report which
shows that the sums contributed Throughout
England reached total of f162, 900.
The demonstration against the parks regula-
tion bill is to take place at Hyde Park to-mor-
row.
Nj. F. SCudamore, who has immediate charge
of the postal telegraph system of Great Britain,
in a letter to the postmaster general, admits
that he purpoSely delayed dispatches touching
the recent strike Of operators, for the purpose
of preventing the spread of INSTRUMENTATION.
For this he is ready TO submit to whatever
penalty the law may infict, knowing that he is
liable to such penalty The letter concludes as
follows believe that nobody in my position
could hope 10 delay messages secretly. When
messages are withheld, the officer withhold
inc them must follow my example throughout,
make public admission, and incur the risk OF
punishment il justification is impossible. Be
levng thls,l think the public and press have
abundant safeguards for the inyiolahility Of
kilograms"
The Princess of Wales, and Burea Queen Hen
rite OF Belgium, are both announced rs eacieRte.
LONDON. March 10-rhe Observer states that
Secretary FShS reply to Lord Granvlles note
concerning the claim for indirect damages has
been received, and expresses the desire of the
American government for a final amicabe
settlement of the wholequestion. The Observer
adds that neither the British nor the American
government is in favor of reopenng the pro-
ceedinos of the joint high commission
The prince and princess of Wales departed
yesterday for the south of France. A despatch
announces their arrival in Paris, where they will
remain three or four days before proceeding
south.
FRANCE.
PARIS, March 9.-l he tribunal, which has
been sitting at Versailles on the cases of the
parties charged with firing and DESTROYING the
church of st. Louis in Paris during the rcign of
the commune, has brought its abors to an end
Two of the accused were found guilty of ncen-
diariSm. One was sentenced to he executed and
the other to penal serviude for life.
CongratulatOry dispatches have been eX-
changed between President Theirs and the GOV
ernor OF Guadaoupe upon the completion of
Geographic communication between France and
| that island.
lie Temps, to-day, says that the authorities of
| Seville, Span anticipate a revolutionary cut
break in that city soon, and measures are being
| taken TO suppress any demonstration that may
| be nude.
GUnivcrs asserts that a revolutionary plot
| has recently been discovered in Madrid and sew
eral rin9leaderS have been executed.
In the national assembly, to-day, Deputy
| Guaraud questioned the government on the res
| ignatiOn of POnyer Querlier from the ministry
| OF finance. Guaraud made a violent assault
| upon President Theirs, who, he said, prevented
or monarchy; and nothing remained for the
| country but an empire and chaos.
PonYer Quertier defended de La Motto, for teS-
| titYing in whose defense he has been compelled
to withdraw from the ministry. He said dc La
Note, who is charged with approprialing funds
contributed for the relief of French sufferers
while prefectof the department. of the
Eure, was guilty Of Irregularities but
not of embezzlement. Casimr Perier,
late minister of the interior, believed
the prosecution of de La Motto was necessary
for the benefit of public morality. Gambetta
also participated in the debate. The assembly
finally, after most animated debate, passed to
the order of the day.
The assembly committee on the reOrganiza-
ton of the army has resolved to disregard the
suggestions offered by General Cissy, minister
of war
An unfounded report is in circulation in this
city, that the French government has demanded
OF the government at Washington information
relative to the sale OF arms by the United States
during the late war between France and Ger
many.
The charge daffaires of the German empire
in this city, has officially informed Count de
Remusat, minister of foreign affairs, of the par
don by the emperor of all French culprits now
confined in fortresses throughout Germany.
A Berne newspaper says Giuseppe Mazzine is
at IiranO, in Tyrol, making preparations for a
revolutionary invasion of Italy
PARIS, March 10.-Strong efforts are making
TO reconcile the differences between President
liners and the committee of the assembly on the
pill for the control of the press. The committee
is willing to retain in the bill the declaratory
references to the DEGREES by which the present
government was established, ifthe president will
guarantee that the pact of Bordeaux shall be
maintained.
The condition of the national treasury, even
after paving the fourth half mlliard of indemni-
ty, is satisfactory. The minister of finance re.
ports balance of 45OOO0,OOO francs on hand.
Slgnor Mlnghetti, special envoy of tine Italian
government, has left Rome, and is expected
here on Monday. The recall of CheYalier MIRA
is now considered certain,
The Constitutional saws that Count Re-
musat, minister of foreign affairs, has sent
note 20 the Italian cabinet, couched in friendly
terms, requesting an explanation OF the fortif-
cations on the GenOese coast and frontier AS
these works seem directed against the security
of Savoy and Nice.
SPAIN.
MADRID, March "a numcrOusly attended
electoral meeting OF members of the ministerial
party was held in this city to-day, MANY lead
ing unionists and followers of Senior Segos n
were present. The speakers who addressed the
meeting claimed to represent the real Septem-
ter revolutlonsts, and said that in kim ANA
aus was embodied all for which that revolution
was naugurated. There was much enthusiasm
in favor OF the king and constitution Senior
Candau, who was minister of the interior in the
cabinet formed on the 9th of October, 1871, was
one OF the speakers. He declared the coalition
OF the opponents of the government was abom-
Unable. Marshal Serrano who also spoke, SAID
he swore over the corpse of General Prim to up
hold and protect the present dynasty, and he will
not De ioreSworn. He expressed the hope that the
radicals would retraCe the steps which they had
taken, and said he considered the Carlists and
republicans onS enemies of the government
Upon the conclusion of the addresses an elector-
al committee was appointed.
MADRID, Maroh 10.-A coalition against the
government has organized for the coming cleo
tons. 1t has been decided that preliminary
meetln@ OF parties entering into the coalition
shall be held at each district, at which the per-
son having the largest number of votes on the
nrst ballot shall DO nominated as a candidate
Tor the corps. Each party shall adhere to its
own principles.
BELGIUM.
BRUSSELS, March 10.--lt is Stated that all
countries having treaues of commerce with
France decline to entertain proposals for their
modification.