The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-07
Foreign.

FOTcISH.
A report comes from London that confer
ference has been held at Chisehursi. at which
il was decided that the Empress Eugene and
Prince Napoleon should be the political guar
dams of the Prince Imperial, and therefore d.
rect the movements of the party. 1t IL said
that no manifesto announcing the intentions
of the Bonapartists will be issued. The Prince
Imperial will not be called Napoleon ", but
be known ~ Count PieTefonds. He has
adopted a. his motto: strength, but not
| impotence
The cable brings news of a terrible marine
disaster in the English Channel. The emgrant
| ship Northheet from London for Australia,
with 412 passengers. exclusive of her crew, col
! lided with an unknown steamer, and was cut to
! the waters edge. When the collision happened
panic occurred Oh the Northflcet. The PAS
sengers, who were asleep, rushed from Their
/ berths to every portion of the ship where they
! thought they might be safe, and utterly refused
! to obey the order of thecaptain. That officer,
as a last resort to enforce obedience to his com
mands. was compelled to fire upon the terror
stricken people, One Of them was wounded.
I
obeved the orders of the captain, more of them
would have been saved. The Northtleet was
living at anchor at the time the collision oc-
Cured The cargo consisted of railway iron.
Three hundred and twenty-one persons were
drowned. including the captain of the Inflated
vessel Only 81 persons are known to have
been saved 1t is believed that every other
pcrson who WAS on board has found watcry
| grave. No attention was paid by the steam
| shin to the emigrant vessel after the collision,
and she proceeded OH her course. leaving the
sufferers to their fate. The English Govern
/ ment has ordered preliminary investigation
/ into the disaster.
The Spanish Court goes into mourning nine
DAYS for the death of Napoleon.
The French Assembly has passed bill pre-
scribiug severe penalties for drunkenness.
More arrests Of Internatonals have been
made in France
large public meeting was recently held III
Birmingham, England, to protest against the
African slave trade. Resolutions were adopted
urging her Maiesty's Government to support
the American Government in the demand 1t
makes on Spain for the abolition of slavery IN
! the Antilles.
! great auti-slavery meeting was lately held
! in the ROYAL Thcater Madrid, under the aus
! pices of the Abolition Society. The thcater
was crowded from floor to dome. Brilliant
! speeches were made, and the enthusiasm was
intense.
The committee of the Spanish Cortcs on the
abolition of slavery in Porto Rico estimate
that the indemnity 10 be paid by the State
! to slave-owners in that island will amount TO
10000, 600 reals
Spain has sent fresh reinforcement of
1000 soldiers to Cuba.
1t il rumored that james Gordon Bennett.
of the New York Herald, il about to establish
great London daily on the American plan.
The latest European dates assert that the
most formidable opponent of President Theirs
is neither Gambetta nor Louis Blanc, but NJ.
Jules Dufaure.
Buckingham Palace has been placed at the
disposal of the Shah of Persia for his resi-
dence during his visit to England.
In the Spanish Cortes. the committee on
the abolition of slavery in Porto Rico has de-
clared in favor of granting the owners an aver
age indemnity of $3.50 per slave
Minister Bancroft has returned to Berlin.
Much uneasiness exists in London in conse
quence of the English note to Russia regard
ing the disputed boundary question in Contra
Asia. and a war between England and Russis
il regarded az among the probabilities.
Eugene is about to bid adieu to Chiselhurst
The Count de Chambord has the support OF
seven Orleans Princes for his claim TO be Tia,
rightful King of France.
1t is reported that the Spanish STEAMSHIP
Murllo was the vessel that ran down TIM
Northnect. in the English Channel, aud tina
she. too. went down. with all on board
Louis Napoleon is stated to have been yer,
devout the last two or three years of his life
and to have attended mass every Sabbath ant
holy day with scrupulous care. Before hi
death he made confession and received abso
luton.
The London papers say that from the pos
norton examination in the case Of Napoleon
that while death was the result Of a suddel
shock from the operation twice undergone
added to the severe sufTeringI which followe'
on each OCCASION and all acting upon consti
tutional state already desperate, it WAS not du'
TO any miscarriage Of the operation itself. TIL
disease Of the Kidneys was pronounced to b