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FOREIGN.

On the 2Sth the annual race between the
boat crews Of Oxford and Cambridge Univer-
stiles came Off in London. The Cambridge
boat came In four lengths ahead.
According to a Rome Qtaly) dispatch of the
2Sth, Victor Emmanuel had burned the ad
dresses sent TO him by citizens of Trieste,
which contained disloyal sentiments toward
Austria He had forwarded note to the Aus
tran Government formally disavowing any
sympathy with the address.
The steamer Maliva, with the remains Of DR..
Livingstone arrived Off Sucz, Egypt, on the
night OF the 2Sth.
The French Assembly adjourned on the 10Th
until May II,
According to Madrid dispatch of the Goth
Marshal Serrano had finally been successful,
and the Carlists had been driven beyond Stanta
Guiana. The losses in he battle on the 2Sth
were enormous. Rivera was mortally wound
cd.
The Ashantee heroes were reviewed by the
Queen in Windsor Park on the Both, In the
presence OF the forces. Her Majesty, assisted
by the Princess Of Wales and the Duchess of
Edinburgh made Sir Garnet Wolseley a
Knight Commander Of the Order of the Bath,
and conferred on Lord Clifford the Victoria
Cross.
London dispatches OF the morning Of the
3st ult. say that extensiyes strikes had oc-
cured In the coal and iron districts of En-
gland There was almost a panic in domestic
stocks in consequence.
A report OF the escape Of Henri Rochefort and
some OF his comrades from New Caledonia is
confirmed They put to sea in an open boat,
and after having been three days out were
picked up by Il British sailing vessel and
carried to an Australian port.
From Carlist sources, on the night Of the
S0th, dispatches were received claiming vic
tory in the recent battle before Bilboa The
Republican loss according to this authority
was 1000 killed and wounded Carlist loss
1000 Madrid dispatches of the same date in
sist that the victory was with the Republicans,
and very nearly reverse the figures.
A Calcutta telegram of the 3lst ult, says
that reports from the districts affected by the
famine show great improvement in the con-
dition Of affairs.
In IA Berlin dispatch Of the 1st the death
Peter Andrew Hansen, the German astrono-
mer is announced.
According TO Bayonne dispatch OF the lst
the movement of Marshal Serrano against the
Carlsts before Bilboa was an nglorious fail
ure.
The Ddrio, OF Havana, has recently published
articles advocating the restoration of peace
with the insurgents. Ii was said that these
articles were inspired by the Spanish party,
and that their object was TO prepare the peo-
pie of the island for u manifesto Of the prom
inent Cubans demanding au accommodation
between the so-oalled loyalists and the insur
gents, TO be inauguratcd by a temporary ccs
satlou of hostilities, and followed 10y a formal
treaty of peace The bases of the treaty are
made known, and include a pledge that the
island shall remain united to the crown Of
Spain, that the people shall elect representa-
uNes TO the tortcs, that slavery shall only he
lntertercd with by the consent of owners, and
IN case that emancipation should be decrecd
then the owners Of slaves are to be ipdemui.
fed general pardon viii bc granted for all
political odenses, and all embargoed proprrty
shall bc restored to lis original owners.
a London dispatch Of April ] saws the Re.
publican troops have taken no position n,Ia
by the Carhsts since March .. 4 three DAYS,
armistice, in which Biboa Was not included
had been agreed upon for the burial of the
dead. In the meantime the bombarumcut Of
Bilboa continued.