Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-12
FOREIGN.

FOREIGN.
According to dispatches from Cape Coast
Castle, received in London on the LIST, twelve
ambassadors from the Ashantees had arrived
n the British camp suing for peace. Sir Gar
net Wolseley replied that he would only treat
with the King himself at Coomassie.
There were fftyAix Parliamentary elections
in England during The week ending January
81, resulting in the return of twenty-five
Liberals and thirty-one Conservatives. On
the I'd inst. twenty six Conservatives and thir-
teen Liberals were elected. There had been
considerable rioting in various parts of the
Kingdom, particularly in Sheffield. The floor
of a factory in Bury, Lancashire, where Lib
eral meeting was being held, gave way on the
I'd, and precipitated large number of people
to the storybelow. Six persons were killed
and large number injured.
A Madrid dispatch of the I'd says that Spain
had recalled her diplomatic representatives
from Berlin and other European capitals.
According to a special cable dispatch of the
Sd Russia refuses to send goods to the ex-
hibition in Philadelphia, in 1876, on the ground
that it is a private affair.
Archbishop Ledochowski, the recalcitrant
Catholic Bishop, was arrested ON the Sd by
order of the German Government and sent to
Ostrowo, in the province of Posen, there
to be imprisoned, in accordance with
the sentence of the court. His offense con-
sists, in the first place, in refusing to
pay heed to the laws passed last May
placing the ecclesiastics of Germany
under the regulation of the State. This DISC
bedience subjected him to fine, and his refusal
to pay the fine brought upon him the confisca-
ton of all his property except his household
goods. In all these proceedings he has been
upheld by the Pope, whom alone he recog-
nized as his superior. Finally the resignation
of the Archbishop was demanded, and this
he, acting under the orders of his Papal chief,
also declined to give.
The elections in England on the Sd resulted
in loss of fifteen seats to the Liberals, the
Conservatives thus acquiring thirty votes in
the House of Commons. Gladstone had been
reelected in Greenwich. His vote this year is
5,96S, against $3.50 in 1868. Further riotous
proceedings are reported in different localities
According to specials from Berlin on the 4th
alarming reports were current concerning the
relations between Germany and France.
A late London dispatch announces the death
of Professor Anderson, the well-known con-
jurer.
A Calcutta dispatch of the 5th says the
famine in India was increasing, and it was
estimated that 10000 natives were already
severely distressed.
The session of the German ReichsJag was
opened at Berlin on the 5th with a speech from
the throne, delivered by the Imperial Commits
siorer. The speech concludes with the assur-
ance that all the nations of Europe are re-
solved to preserve peace.
Several more riots are reported at the cleo
tions in Great Britain on the 5th. At Willen-
hall several persons were fatally injured. At
Handy one man was killed and many Others
were wounded. At Askeaton, Limerick
County, Ireland, firearms were freely used,
and three men were killed. Serious disturb
ances occurred in other localities
A dispatch was received in London on the
9Th from the commander of the Ashantee ex-
petition, announcing that all the white pris-
oners held by the Ashantees had been deliver
ed to him, and that the King had accepted his
terms for cessation of hostilities, and had
agreed to pay an indemnity of 10000
General Sickles took his final leave of the
Spanish Government on the 9th, and placed
Secretary Adee in charge of the legation.
NJ Buffet has been reelected President Of
the French Assembly.
A collision of trains occurred on the Great
Western Railway, in England, on the evening
of the 18th, and several persons were killed
or injured.
A London telegram of the morning of tht
9TH gives report that Gladstone, being as
sured of majority in Parliament against him
had sent in his resignation to the Queen.