, 1875-03-06

1t is denied that General Won Moltke's
Illness is serious.
BISMARCK.
LONDON, Feb. Is.
A Berlin despatch to the Da1y Tezegrapb
says Prince Bismarck takes a vacation of
six months at the request of the Emperor.
GREAT BRITAIN AND SPAIN
LONDON, Feb. Is.
In the House of Commons to-day Mr..
Bourke, Under Secretary for the FOREIGN
Department, in reply to an inquiry by Mr..
O'Clery, stated that Instructions would be
sent tonight to Mr.. Layard, the British
Minister at Madrid, to recognize Alfonso as
King Of Spain.
SPAIN.
MADRID, Feb. IA.
King Alfonso has arrived in the city.
The Marquis de Molines, Minister of the
Marine, has been appointed Ambassador to
France. Senior Canovas del Castillo takes
charge of the Marine Department ad interim.
IRELAND.
LONDON, Feb. IA.
Archbishop Cullen, in a pastoral address,,
condemns the mission of The revival preachers,
Moody and Sankey. He says these men seek
to do away with good works and the neces-
sity of baptism, promising salvation by fool
ish sensationalism, without requiring repent
ance.
LONDON, Feb. Is.
In the House of Commons this evening
Mr.. Lopes, acting by the advice of Mr..
Disraeli, apolOgized for and withdrew the
offensive expression be had used In regard
to the Irish home rulers.
SOUTH AFRICA.
LONDON, Fer. IL.
General Wolseley is to be sent to the colony
OF Natal to reorganize the defensive system
and regulate affairs with the natives.
CUBA.
HAVANA, Feb. II.
The Gaceta publishes the following official
resume of military operations in the Cinco-Vil-
las district for the past fortnight
On February 6 the insurgents met with a
repulse in an attack on Fort Ojo del Aqua.
Brigadier General Valera attacked and
dispersed a party of insurgents who had burned
the settlement of Los Chambas.
The enemy are reported to have lost 100
men in the fight and pursuit which ensued.
a Spanish column, numbering 365 men, was
attacked by 400 insurgents, commanded by
GonzaIes, near A~Ianacaz. The fighting was
desperate ON botE sides.
The Spaniards retreated after a loss of $50
killed, wounded and missing.
The loss of the enemy mist have been equal
ly heavy.
The insurgents, on the 18th, set fire to the
Santa Rosa aud Pelay plantations, but the
flames were ~extinguished by the troops, and
the next day a conaagration was prevented
at Yaqua, where several buildings had been
fired.
The torch was also applied to the Santa
Maria and PedrosO plantations, but, the in
Surgents left on the approach of Brigadier Gen
eral Arminam. An engagement followed, in
which thirty-nine insurgents we're killed. The
loss OF the Spaniards is not stated.
Colonel Herrera, with the modified volun-
teers of Colon and Guamutas, had a fight with
the insurgents on the Pedrosa plantation.
He retreated, losing seven killed; the enc
my's loss is unknown.
Captain General COncha is still directing
the campaign in the Cinco-Villas.
The Captain General has ordered 3 more
vigorous enforcement of the censorship.
A staff officer, under the supervision of the
General in charge of the Censor's Office, Is to
carefully examine all news, dispatches or news
paper articles that in any way bear upon the
war, and any persons publishing such article
or despatch without submitting it to the GEN.
sorship will be punished to the full extent of
the law.