New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-23
FOREIGN.
The Canal Question in Parliament,

LONDON, February 22.-In the Suez cana
debate, Lowe and Gladstone criticised the
TRANSACTION. Gladstone pointed out the
great ri-k Eugla ran BY abandoning her
portion u champion OF the interests OF
Europe to become the champion of her own
| thought the discussion showed unmistaka-
bly, that if Mr.. Gladstone had been in office
the shares would not have been purchased.
He did not recommend the purchase es y
| financial investment but as a political
measure calculated to strengthen tbs eIn-
piro. The vote vas agreed to.
Disastrous Floods.
The Daily Ne,cs special from Vienna an.
| nounces the occurrence of disastrous
floods in the provinces If Upper Austria
and Moravia. One hundred and twenty
houses have been destroyed.
A New Submarine Cable.
The submarine cable between Sydney
and New Zealand has been successfully
laid and is opened for traffic.
Detained.
The steamer Franconia is detained for liz
quiry into the Strath Clyde disaster.
Foreign Relations.
In the House of Commons the govern
ment stated that negotiations were pro-
crossing with the South American States
for extradition treaties; also, that the gov
ernment was not recognizing the es cii.iVo
right of France to fish at Newfoundland.
Work for the Great Powers.
Berlin dispatch to the Times says ~,
great powers are endeavoring to ;r'lnc,
Servia and Montenegro to prevent thelc
subjects from joining the insurgents.
The Election in France.
The Paris dispatch of the Standard says
NJ Rouher is elected in ROm. Pascal Du =
prat is defeated in the Landes by the Bona
partst Delaborde. Victor LeFranc. who
was Minister of the Interior under Theirs,
is returned fl ON Monte De Marsan. Among
the Bonapartists elected are The Duo De
Mcucty and Jtnver La Mnt,, the noto-
,'o pref.ct ol shs department of the
lure during the empire.
The Chamber OF Deputies.
PARIS, February 22-It is estimated that
when all the elections are held the Chamber
of Deputies will stand about as follows
Republicans $50, Bonapartlsts 100, the re-
mainder being of various monarchist and
constitutionalist shades.
The Election.
Jules Ferry is elected in the vesges. 1t
is believed second election will he neces-
| sary in Ajaccio, neither Prince Napoleon
nor NJ Rouher having an absolute majority.
NJ. Buffet polled at Miercourt 695S votes,
to S566 for his opponent, and at Castel
Sarrasin he received 1914 and his opponent
1854 votes.
The formation of a new Cabinet by M.
Dufaure is inevitable
The last of the election returns are now
in. The members elect are classified as
follows: Republicans, 1893; conservative
republicans, seventy-fve Bonapartists,
sixty -four; legitimists, twenty-six; con-
servatives, twenty-fOur; constitution lists,
| twenty; radicals, seventeen. Second bal
lots in LOG districts are necessary. 1t is
expected that when all the elections are
decided the Republicans will have 2S3
seats; of these it is estimated the left will
hold l56, and the extreme left lightweight,
so these sections united will have working
majority in the Chamber without the assist
ance of the left centre. The leaders of the
left centre are much concerned at the pros
pect.
the Chamber of Deputies instead of the
Senate, in order to moderate the zeal of the
Republicans
The Bien PubHque announces that Du =
faure will form a new ministry.
1t is not yet known to whom President
Mac Mahon will trust the formation OF a new
Cabinet.
The Republque Francaise, Gambet.
organ, of to-day, says that the Buff 'sl
net will have to render an aoc".u. =, .r
| country of its administratie, .ta.5
| fairs and declares that any ..1 a-
| stitution, except In Re- l -ar s-..
| is now impossible.
Republican papers colauol, ugys .,
| calm and tranquil -4s4ass H. w..sl
country ASSOCIATE tt7-f v1~ "srrt,
| ideas.
| 1t is state .is-. M2.a. .-
called on M. Duis--- &C. .ofe .,.ss of the
Ministry OF the Z 'i"r ,au meeting of
I, tua Cham oers
NJ. Buffet resigned ,u The gro,
/ was no longer possessed Of
thority to conduct the admins.
1t is said M Dufaure advised
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