The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-21
Last Nights Dispatches.
FOREIGN NEWS.
RUSSIA.

| Na
ues in Russia between the government and
students at St. Petersburg. On the 1lth
inst several hundred students assembled
before the Czarowitch's palace to present
petition. The Czarowitch being at Sears
koe, Polo, the perfect of police hasteued
to the palace, received the petition and or
dered the crowd to disperse, saying it was
illegal to present petition in such man
ner. On the oath inst the Agence Russe
announced that in consequence of the ilIe-
gal demonstrations by the students of the
school of medicine the authorities had
adopted certain measures for securing or-
der.
The Official Messenger, of st. Peters
burg, of the 18th inst, published com
munication from the government giving
particulars of the agitation among the stu
dents at the academy of medicine and
surgery, caused by news from Charkoff
that the lectures at that university were
temporarily suspended, in consequence of
some opposition on the part of the students
to the new class regulations. The agita-
ton reached climax on the 18th inst,
when the students deputed some of their
colleagues to explain TO the rector that the
disturbances were due to uncertainty
whether the decision had been taken in re-
gard to the petition presented to the Gar.
owitch and to the fact that if such decis-
ion had been taken they were not made
aware of its nature. The deputation was
further instructed to inform the rector
that the disturbances were partly owing to
arrests made on the night of the 10th inst.
The perfect of st. Petersburg, who hap
pened to be with the rector, informed the
students that their action was illegal and
invited them to disperse. The advice was
not followed and half squadron of gems
d'armes were summoned and l42 students
arrested and lodged in the barracks Of the
Life Guards of Moscow.
: A Berlin dispatch says the agitation
J among the students continued. On the
10th inst, a meeting was held to protest
against the violence of the soldiery. The
occurrences against which the students
protested are as follows: The prefect of
, police hadpromised to bring an answer to
J the petition, calling attention to the op-
, preston of the students and requesting
, the liberation OF their colleagues, arrested
} at Charkof, Instead of any reply being
J given the st. Petersburg colleges were
surrounded by 1000 gems 'armes andsCos
} sacks and 200 arrests made. The Cos.
sacks used whips, aud several students
were injured. The draWbridge over the
( Neva was removed to prevent l.G00 stu.
= dents crossing to the south SIDE The
! LichEai halls have been closed. Fresf
! disturbances are expected. Meetings
e within the universities as we'll as outside
are forbidden. The police are ordered t
act with the universities if requested By
the rectors. A proclamation is conspic
uously posted forbidding the carrying o
: arms in ST. Petersburg district except b!
e AFGHAN1sTAN.
Y LONDON, Dec. 2O.-A correspondent
? with Gen. Browne reports that the Brit
: ish are one days march from Jellalabad
He repeats the story Of the Ameer's figh
in more positive form.
: 1t is again reported that the Ameer ha
fed, leaving his son Yakoob Kahn il
= power.
A Paris dispatch says official conhrma
ton has been received that instruction
have been sent to the Russian mission q
Cabul to withdraw
! FRANCE.
;S PARIS, Dec 20.-The FraissiDet Com
. pany has received a telegram aDnouncin
q that nearly all the Byzantine's passenger
are among the saved.
% TEE PARTIzAN ACTION OF BLAINE
\ COMMITTEE.
1t Refuses to ask Hayes for the proof of hi