Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-02-19
Foreign News.


Foreign News.
CANADA.-The text of the charter of the
Canadian Pacific Railway is published. 1t
is to connect the seaboard of British Column
bia with the Canadian system of railways
The road is to be commenced during the
present year, and to be completed as early as
1881 The maximum amount of subsidy
guaranteed to the company is thirty mil
lions acres of land and thirty million dol
lars.
ENGLAND The tories continue grumbling
over the treaty of Washington as the most
Illuminating ever entered into by England.
m,tiJn 10 the House o Lords, to the
effect that herea ter all treaties he submitted
{, the Commons before their tinal rat flea
ton, gave rise TO a long and exciting de-
bate on the treaty of Washngt and its
results in course of which Mr.. Gladstone
IA ter characterIzing the motion as a proposal
Tor the greatest constitutional change within
his recollection, said the question was
whether the United States would have taken
anything less lie also expressed the opin-
ION that the power of the Senate over foreign
aft IRIS complicated negotiations and weak
ened the hands OF the government.
A daughter Of Baron RothschiId was mar
lied "Wednesday to Hon. Elliot York, son OF
the Earl of Ilardwlcke.
FRANCE The Committee Of thirty is still
at ork upon what We would call consti-
tuition.
The Deputies of the party of the left in
the National Assembly have adopted reso-
Iutlons congratul ting Spanish Republicans
IL the adoption of the new form OF govern
ment.
Several days mails from Madr id are due
at Paris. Inc report that a meeting Was
recently held at the residence OF the Duke
d Aumale in the Interest of the Duke de
! Montpensier is pronounced unfoundei.
| GERMANY-Bi5marck' s i'll health is sus-
pected by many to result from poisoned let
tiers sent to him.
| AUSTRIA. The exhibition palace at Vienna
Is completed, and goods are beng received
/ The sections assigned t. France, Egypt and
| Turkey are in a remarkable state of forward
ness, and already attract public attention.
! The commits iioner Of { G United States Is
anxOusly awaited, with his architect, II put
| the American secuon into shape for receiv-
! ing goods.
A bill providiug for electoral reform in
Aust Id has received the approval OF the
! f uperor, and Will soon be presented to the
| ReIchsrlth.
The programme OF the Vienna Exhibition
announces that experiments with agrlcultur-
! al machines viii he made on the LeopJlds ri
estate, eighteen miles from Vienna. The 26u
II June Is appplntei f'r the competitive trial
OF mowers, Keepers aud rakes the 4th of
/ I,,ly ftNr.-E ~ ,.lo. nd h.
18th of July, TOR steam pows, sewers and
ndrrows. Horses, oxen and steam will be
provided for the exhibitors on the grounds
SWITZERLAND The Federal Council have
addressed letter to the Papal Charge
d Atf,Ires at Be-ne, denying in sharp man
ner the right of the Pope to dlsmember the
bishoprlcs of Switzerland. The Council also
requ;les B s ,op Mermllod to decide quickly
whether he intends t. obey the Pope or the
Swiss G ,vernment
The Federal Council have decided to expel
Bishop MermLlod from the Canton OF
Geneva.
IrALY.-The Pope gave audience to several
officers of the United States navy, who are
now in Rome 10 the course OF the con-
versation which took place, he asked how he
would be received IN America. rhe officers
replied that the people Of that country
would regard his taking up his residence
among them as a great honor.
The Italian Sen tte has adopted a laudatory
and atfectionase address to Amadeus
Victor Emmanuel did not want his boy t.
leave the Spanish throne.
SPAIN.-Amideus abdicated the 10th and
the Cortes that evening declared the Re
hltn Hho
lni tlo county is tolerabIy quiet.
The snow is 50 deep Ia the neIshborhood
of Madrid that the railroads are biockaded
PORTUGAL -Es-Klns ANA leus and hi:
, family arrived at Llsb IN the l45h, and were
, met by the king and queen of Portugal
, Princess Augusta and the members of the
, cabinet. The Italian emba-sad)r received
: Amadeus. The ex-queeu was weak, aud wal
, carried in a Sc Ian CHAR to the palace. The
: streets through which they passed wer
, crowded. 1t is not known when Amadeu,
will start for Italy Amadeus will lie av
) Lisbon for home as soon as the ex-q Ieen Cal
bear the fatigue of travel.
The ex-king's fat er was opposed to tn
! abdicaton.
10 the Portuguese Chamber of Deputies
debate arose on the recent events in Spain
] Silva said there was reason to expect that tn
changes il neighb BRING country woult
have AN echo 10 Portu gal. The prime min
t ister replied that be saw no danger to tn
country. The idea Of union of Spain wit
t Portugal is gaming strength. The Gazett
] de France says there is party in the Portu
. guese army consr iring in favor of republi
# aud an Iberan upi)n
n BaAzIL.-rhe yellow fever is raging vic
It ently in Rio de Janeiro. The number q
d deaths from the scourge averaged Az per day
t The census of Brazil has just been CON
p!etej. The population Of the Empire
il 10, 00O,O 900. including nearly 1900, 600 slave
and $50 900 aborigines.