New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-01
FOREIGN.


Etaly-HO Business ON london 'ChRuge
| To-day Soverelgns from Bank of
| Paris = Swimming Across the HeIIes-
| p0Ht-Es0vernOr of Havann-Waters 8g
| the Rhine Rising.
| BERLIN, October 3l.-The upper house
| Of the Prussan Diet rejected the country
| reform bill by vote of l43 to 49, This
| was done in the face of the threat from the
ministry that if the measure was defeated
| the goyePHment would dissolve the Diet.
| ROME, October 81, NOon.-Dispatches
| from Turin report no abatement of the
! floods. The damage is beyond calculation
| Ii FeTr8ra alone 40, 900 people are houseless.
| LONDON, October 3l.-To-morrow being
general settling up day, no business will be
| done on Change.
| Noon-The London Banking Association,
| has received 100000 sovereigns from the
| Bank of PARIS, and there is. more coming.
| Hon. Sir Samuel Martin Puisne, baron of
| the Court Of Exchequer, viii probably sue
| ceed Lord Penzance as judge of the Court
| of Probate
The Emperor of Germany has conferred
on HepwOrth Dickson the decoration Of the,
knight Of the Golden Cross.
A letter from the British sl0op of war
Sherwater reports that Lieutenant Moore
and Gunner Mahoney Of that vessel, on
rhe twenty fifth instant, performed the feat
of swimming across the Hellespont, from
Abydos to Zestos.
HAVANA, October 3l.-Riya, PoliticaI
Governor Of Havana, resumed the functions
to-day. Ii is reported that the cholera has
disappeared from Guantanamo.
It is reported that Laroca, captain of vol
unteers and secretary Of the Ultra Club of
Porto Rico, has been banished from Cuba
by the Captain General.
BERLIN October 3I.-The Prussian Cross
Gu=ctte says: THE government has mado
good its threat to appeal to the country ON
the reform bill The present session of the
Diet will be closed at two o'clock Tomorrow
afternoon, when q decree will be read dis
solving that body and ordering elections
for a new Diet which is called to meet on
the twelfth November.
ROME, October 3I.-Dspatchea froma
Turin report 10 abatement of the foods
caused by the overflow of the river Po.
Over 1900 men are at work day and night,
erecting barriers to arrest the further pro-
grcs5 of the water. Damages to property
and crops i'll the provinces of Mantua and
Ferrara are beyond calculation Assistance
is being rapidly forwarded from all points
PARIS, October 3I-The waters of the
river Rhine are rising. The dykes above
the town OF Aries are broken in many places
General DuCrot has issued proclamation
to the troops under his command, exhort-
ing them to remember that never we're
their duties more sacred. An army dis
cipIined, educated and powerful in mum.
berS is needed to check tho progress Of in
ternational enemies, while protecting the,
country from foreign foes
The General says the time may come
when the Germans will regret the rending
of hearts and homes, and tearing fronR
France her dearest children.
MADRID, October 3i.-Trial by impeach-
ment Of members of Sagastas ministry
promises curious disclosures. Senior Sac
gasta has announced his intention of de-
Tending himself al trial.
A private company has made sugges-
ton TO the Spanish government to construct
and maintain aud it's own expense a line 0s
telegraph throughout the country
PARIS, October 3l.-COrsOr Natives gave
banquet at Bordeaux tonight. Speeches
strongly fayoring restoration of the mon
archy were made, and the hope was ex-
pressed that the day would come when
toasts to the health Of king and princess
OF the royal family could be offered.
Count De Gueydon, Governor General of
Algeria, IN a report to the President, states
that the number Of immigrants to the col
0ny during the last three months was 5000,
and of these 500 were from Al8ace and
Lorraine
MADRID, October 3l.-The debate in the
lower house of the CoItes ON military affairs
has terminated in vote agreeing to a cor
tingencY Of O,0O0 men for the army.
The budget committee of the lower house
has approved all bills proposed by tho Mira
lister OF Finance.