Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-08-10
Foreign News.


+ Ever ham, in he British II. Use 1l
Lords, ADD Mr.. Bentick, in the House of Com
mcas, yesterday evening c'us,n at h rc
! quest Of lie Government, to refrain irouI call,
log attention to the Eastern question, for which
they hal nulic.s Gu the paper. lle Govern
mrnl $ r.Gu-st is based 10 the conviction, is
stated b. Sir Stafford Norhcoe Chancellor
of tho Exchtque in the House Of Commons,
tha! discussion low would be disaIyan!aseous
to he public service.
Mr. B)uIke, Under Secretary for the Foreign
Department, ia reply to j question said There
has been no negotiation between E1slanii ard
Austria regarding the mobilization Of Austrian
troops in case t1umanIa or SerVla participate
10 hnstilities or Russians cutter Setyia. The
Government knows OF 10 direct negotiation be,
tween the Gar aad the Su'tar; therefore. there
is no ground for protest | do not know that
Austria has communicated with Russia or
Turkey on the subject.
The Earl OF Beaconsield, acknowledging
Lord E7elsiam' i courtesy 10 Withdrawing his
notice relative to the Eastern question, said -
when this cruel aud destructive war com.
mcnced her Msjastys Government announced
that it should adort policy of strict ncutraty
Oh condition that british Interests were not in.
pcrllpd. Russia has returned an answer which
think AIN authorized in describing as concIi.
atory and friendly to the communication ia
Which VIC defined what we considered to be our
Interests. The Government has no reason to
doubt that Russia will honorably observe the
conditions which were the subject of that cor
respondeuc,. But whatever be the case the
maintenance OF those conditions is the policy Of
Tho British Government.
The Marquis Of Salisbury, Secretary for In
ll, announced. in the course OF debate on the
Indian Loan bill, that the prospects in the fam
iar districts were not quite so gloomy as tuey
we're fortnight ago, as there had been heavy
rainfall. Still, it was to be feared that consld.
cradle aud aggravated distress must continue
for some months.
The Paris Francois denies that oyertures havo
been made 10 H. Dulaure with q. view TO his
forming a Cabinet of Cancellation.
A Berlin dispatch says Col. projevalski re-
ports to the Russian Government that the
Chinese forces have captured Toerun and Tur-
fan. and are cow advancing upon karafar,
which has been evacuated by the kashgarlns.
Col. praievaiski predicts a speedy dissolution
of The Kashgarau Kingdom.
Dispatches from liaytl contain Information Of
tie death Of eX President Dominguez, and OF
the serious illness of President Canal, Domir-
guez died in exile at Kingston. Jamaica, June
oath last, aged seventy. seven. The remains OF
thrco generals who were shot under Domn-
guez's authority have recently been exhumod
by the Government for the purpose of receiving
honorable burial, attended by imposing cere-
lnon;as. The Illness Of President Canal Causes
no incooslerable uneasiness and anxiety
throughout the Republic in consequence both
OF ia long continuance and fear that he would
ultimately feel obliged TO make voyage 10 Eu.
rope, but, owiug to the advice oil an American
physician, under whose chief care he ia at pres
emf he is prevailed upon to be treated at home.
This decision may ba looked upon as fortunate
for the Republic. liable as it is to undergo 20,
ltical disturbance Ell every such change.
LONDON, Aug. l0--rhc electoral campaign
On the part Of the French Government daily
becomes more active and oppressive.
Hackers OF newspapers at Compiegne were
recently required to furnish lists Of tho news
papers then served to customers. The officials
then suppressed the delivery Of the Steele,
Nineteenth Century. Presse, Republique Fran
cais, National Ben, Public Petil Rcpublique
franchise and Petit Journal all republican
journals. Two clubs at Aries have been closed,
charged with being political assemblages. The
Paris poaa have forbidden the street sale OF
photographs Of III. Theirs. The offence of
speaking rsultiDgly Of President NlacM ahone
10 the streets Is now becoming the subject OF
1aiiv rtioD hnfOrn the courts