The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-10-16
FOREIGN NEWS.
ENGLAND.
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England.
Disastrous inundations have occurred in
Leicestershire and Warwickshire by heavy
rains on the 9Th and 9th. Immense property
was damaged and some lives lest.
The experiment of taking peaches from
New York to Liverpool in box on deck ar.
ranged on the Allegre!i refrigerator plan,
was success.
Stanley, the African explorer sent out by
the London Telegraph and New York Herald
nearly two years ago to complete the work
commenced by Livingstone, has finally been
heard from IN two long letters. He has been
exploring the coasts of Lake Niyanza, the
largest inland sea lying under the equator
and hitherto almost unknown, and in an ex.
tremely readable way describes infinitely
what he saw.
Gold continues to be shipped from London
to New York.
The "Sacred Order of United Irishmen
Redivivi" is a new name for Feniansm,
which is said to be enlisting large numbers
OF recruits in Ireland
The Mark Lane Express notes the general
bad condition and shortness of the new wheat
crop, says prices are going up, and then men.
tons the receipt of wheat from India, which
is unprecedented The quality is low, but if
the shipment pays, the supply will be un,
limited.
The cause of Don Carlos being hopelessly
lost, hundreds of his followers are daily
seeking refuge in France Gen. Saballs has
escaped to Switzerland. Don Carlos de.
nounces him as a traitor and has ordered him
to be shot whenever found.
The trouble between King Alfonso and the
Pope continues. Rome insists on the con.
cordat, which prohibits any religious worship
in Spain but that of the Roman Catholic
church, while the constitution to which AL.
fonso has sworn fealty sanctions a qualified
religious liberation in Spain.
turkey,
The Herzigovenian instruction may be re-
garded as suppressed. Prince Milan, OF Ser
via, after resignation of his ministry, be-
fore organizing new one, took vote OF his
skuptchina, or legislative council, on the
question of peace or war, and the vote was
largely for peace. Upon this Servia and the
porte came to friendly terms, and the Herzeg.
govinians are left helpless.
The sublime porte, in Its financial straits,
has decided to pay half the interest OF the
Turkish national debt for the next four years
with interest bonds instead of hard cash. The
great powers" look upon this as reputation,
and are exchanging ideas" on the subject
Germany.
The Karlshof hotel in Berlin, the finest in
Germany, was totally destroyed by fire on the
18th.
The Emperor William started on his jour
ney to Italy on Monday.
Italy.
ROME, Oct. 11-Cardinal McCloskey will
leave the city to morrow. He goes to Paris.
He will afterward visit Cardinal Manning,
at London, and Cardinal CHllen, ia Ireland.
He has ordered here splendid marble altar
for the Roman Catholic cathedral of New
York, to cost $4NOO0
Italy will appoint committee of Italrns
resident in America to act at the Centennial ex-
hibition at Philadelphia. The pope will
send two mosslcs,, representing the Madonna,
by Raphael, and St. Agnes, by Gaetilli.
China.
The threatened rupture between England
and China has blown over. An edict has ap.
peared IN the Gazette, at Pekin, enjoining the
proper treatment of foreigners. The Inpor.
tant points that the English minister de-
mands, however, including the punishment
of the Margary murderers, are still in abey
ance The prospects are not now so favor
able for an ultimate settlement
Afghanistan,