Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-11-17
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

England has proposed a conference at
Constantinople, on the basis of the integrity
and independence OF the Ottoman Empire,
| the powers participating being required to
pledge themselves to renounce selfish OBJ
jects of territorial aggrandlsement. A
Vienna dispatch says Prince Gortschakof
has assented to the proposal.
! The Duchess Of Aosta, ex-Queen Of SPAIN
| Is dead.
| Russia and France have accepted the En-
glish proposal for a conference. Bismarck
declares that he cannot see the utility of
Germany participating in the conference.
Austria awaits the answer Of the other pow
ers.
ALondon dispatch Of the sth reports the
death of Rev. Samuel d. Waddy, D. D., who
was made President OF the Wesleyan Method
ist Conference in 1859
Mexican advices to Oct. 90 have been re-
| ceived. The Congress passed law
granting extraordinary powers to the Presi-
dent The House of Deputies constituted
itself an electoral college and declared the
reelection of Lerdo de Tejardo by a vote of
l3l against 45. De Tejardo has the support
of all the Governors excepting at Oaxaca.
Pronunciados are throwing down their arms
in various directions. Their resources are
all exhausted and final collapse is expect
ed. Oaxaca still gives trouble, but Gen.
Diaz and his followers are compelled to keep
in the mountains and are afraid TO meet the
Government troops.
Sir Thomas White was on the 9th installed
as Lord Mayor of London, with the usual
ceremonies.
Sir Anthony Musgrave, Governor of South
Australia, has been transferred to Jamaica.
A Vienna dispatch of the 9th says that
Montenegro has opened direct negotiations
with the Porte for a prompt conclusion Of
peace.
A Calcutta dispatch Of the 9th says: " The
district of Backergurge was ravished by a
cyclone on Tuesday last. A thousand ma
tive houses were destroyed, the town of
Dowlutkhan was submerged by waves, and
5000 persons are believed to have perished."
The Earl of Beaconsfeld (DisraelD in a
speech at the Lord Mayors banquet on the
9th said, on the Eastern question, while ex-.
pressing hope that e permanent peace
would be secured: If struggle should
come, II must be remembered that there is no
country so prepared for war as England be-
cause there is none whose resources are so
great in righteous cause. England is not
a country which will have to inquire whether
she shall enter into a second or third cam.
psign. II she commences she viii not finish
until right is done"
Minister Washburne has declared himself
satisfied with NJ. Du sommerard's disclaim-
er of the authorship Of the letter slandering
the people Of the United States.
r. 20
the 11th the Gear said Russia would main
tain her demands, and non-acquiescence
would compel her to take up arms. In that
event he reckoued on the support of his
subjects.
An Havana telegram Of the 11th says the
U. s. steamer Franklin, with Tweed on
board, arrived at st. Thomas on the 5th.
A Calcutta dispatch of the 1lth says at
least 10000 persons perished in the cyclone
of Oct. 81. In the town of Burrishal 5000
houses were leveled.
The Porte has raised objections to the pro-
posed conference.
The speech of the Gar produced a most
alarming impression in political circles in
Germany.
Freeman. the Central African explorer, is
dead.
South American advices received on the
18th report revolutions in Peru and Ecuador.
A heavy gale prevailed on the British
coast on the night OF the 1lth aud l2th, and
number shipping disasters are reported.
In a speech at a Liberal banquet at Bristol,
England, on the 18th, Rt. Hon. R. Lowe de-
clared there was imminent probability of
England engaging in a war of which every
Englishman ought to be ashamed. He
thought the proposed conference would lead
to no good.
A St. Petersburg dispatch of the 18th says
all classes Of the people are anxious for war.
All the Russian officers in SerVia have been
ordered home. The Russian journals say
war has been resolved on.
Gen. Campos and his staff left Havana
on the 18th to take the field.