The Jasper weekly courier., 1874-01-30
FOREIGN.


majority in the late Spanish Cortes, held on
Jan. Is, vote Of confidence in Senior CASTELAR,
was adopted, and he was requested TO prepare
a manifesto TO the nation.
4 Madrid dispatch says that the iron-clad
Numancia has been delivered To a Spanish
frigate. The insurgent chiefs, Contreras,
Ferrez and Galvez, have been sent To the cap
ital of Algeria, and other Cartagenian refu-
gees have been immured in the forts and bar
racks Of Oran and Mersel-kcbir.
report from Havana states that Col. Es-
perda, with $50 men. had had an engagement
with the insurgents near Molcnz. The fight
ing lasted six or seven hours, and at the close
Col. Esperda retreated before the superior
numbers of the enemy. His loss was four
officers and sixteen priyate> killed, and four
teen officers and fifty privates wounded. The
insurgcnt loss could not be ascertained.
A Berlin dispatch of Jan. l6 quotes an ex-
tract from the North German gazette. say
ing: If the policy of France is made sub
seryient 10 the temporal aims Of the Papacy,
the peace of Europe will be compromised
There was an exciting scene in the German
Landtag on Jan. 16. Herr Mollinckrodt. an
Ultramontanc Deputy. quoted passage from
recent work of General La Marmora. alleg-
ing that Bismarck, in 1866. discussed the ces-
sion 10 France Of a portion Of the Rhcnish
territory. Whereupon Prince Bismarck arose
and pronounced the statement an audacious
and malicious falsehood.
A Consistory was held at Rome. on Jan. 1G,
when the final ceremonies Of installation OF
the recently appointed cardinals were cele-
hrated and a number Of bishops were ap-
pointed.
4 conflict has broken out between Saliva
dor and Honduras. Marshal Ganzoes. who
commands the Salvador troops, summoned
the Honduras garrison at Amapala TO sur
render. They refused, and 4 fight followed,
when the garrison was overcome. with con-
siderable loss of killed and wounded on both
sides.
The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived
at It. Petersburg on Jan. 10.
BY the burning Of the Canada Pacific Rail-
road offices at Ottawa. on Jan. 10, all the
plans and ted-notes connected with the Pa
cific surveys were lost II is said that mil
lion dollars will not replace them.
A Madrid dispatch Of Jan. Is says that Cen
eral Dominique has been appointed 10 COM
mand the Central army. operating against the
Carlists The publication Of three more news
papers in the city had been suspended by the
Government.
A London telegram Of Jan ~ reports the
loss of the ship Minnehaha. from Calao for
Dublin. off Sicily Islands. Ten Of her crew
were drowned.
The International Postal Coi.gress will
meet at Bcrne, switzerland, on the 1lth Of
October, 1874.
by the sinking Of the steamer Zeonane in
the port Of Baslia. Corsica, recently, nineteen
persons were drowned.
A Madrid dispatch Of Jan. 81 says that Gen.
Dominquez. Of the head central army, has
opened the campaign against the Carlists in
Valencia. The Carlist forces have withdrawn
from santander
A deputation Of English workingmen,
headed by Joseph Arch, recently waited upon
Mr.. Gladstone and urged the propriety Of ex-
tending the elective franchise to agricultural
laborers. Mr.. Gladstone expressed himself
a. i'm favor of their object. but advised them
to be patient. pointing to the magnitude and
weightiness of the measure and the brief du-
ration Of Parliament.
Prof Goodwin Smith, in a recent speech at
an educational meeting i'm Manchester, ex-
planned and commended the common-school
system of the United States.
The London Times publishes the substance
Of a note from Prince Bismarck, which nolds
the French Government accountable for the
violence Of the Ultramontane press in France.
n..t a. ls.al
for the 9Th Of February.
A. II. Hoffman Of Fallersleben. popular
German poet died Jan. 81. aged -.
In the French Assembly, on the 2lst, the
Lefl submitted an Interpolation of the Gov
ernment regarding its treatment Of the press,
which. after violent debate, was laid on the
table by majority Of 700. After the close Of
the Assembly. Deputy IIacngins sent NJ.
Gambctta a challenge TO fight duel.