Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-07
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lIisrnlInucouS Foreign News.

miscellaneous Foreign News.
Ia, l.andon Observer publishes the follow
,ps u rfinial form I'VE have reason to DO
hava that France within the last Jew days a.
requested information ron tho British Foreign
OI{iaa AZ ~ whether Eagiand contemplated aoy
action With respe,t to Esypt, and that asSur'
sue.s have been given in reply that none was
contemplated.
A Cabinet Council has been summoned Tor
Monday. There is some talk OF dlssoiutlon
| u tarllamt Mt IN consequence OF tho hopiess Oh
visions IA the Cabinet, but there IS nothiog
| more than corj :eture. The anl.war aHitation
| lhrnus hout the ceuatrr Is on the increase, OUT
seems confined pretty closely w'h'n party Hoes.
Aiyicss from The CITY OF Mexico 10 pecemoir
81, have been received Secretary Of State RI.
nero is spckau Of rs Minister of ForeiGn kalA
tons On account Of his intimate acQaalnlanec
with the American people. The friends Of VT
larts, however, oppose him on this very STouod.
| prssidsu. n,aE apparently couots % close 81
snce with the United Ststes. Railroads srr
| 10 be be constructed from the City Of MsX,e I"
Morslia, from Cetaya 10 PsmilIss, and from
Ometusco to Psckucs. y convcy contalDlog
thirty thousand dollars 10 silver was lately
| robbed w;thiu the district Of Mexico. The
steamship Gig OF New York is reported 10
haYe carried one hundred thoussrd dollars IN
part psymeot of the M:xcsu indemnity on the
! last tr 2.
! Cubsu has been sentenced to death for set
iior ire to the International Hotel at Port au
PRICE,. The Spanish Consul and the commau
der 0. a Spaush irigate have lnteTteeed 70 pre-,
vent bis txecu:ioa. The Haytien Government
is firm in the resolution to carry out the SEN
tenca, aod Is met BY threat to lombard Port
au Prise, in retaliation. \ mao OF war has
! been dispatched from Jamaica to protect Bit
lsu Interests
The Siamse are putting their army, forts and
ships 10 6ghtiug order IN anticipation of trouble
With Cbioa. The lice harvest has been u uch
better than was expected, aud several ships had
arrived in Bangkok awaiting cargoes, as 1t was
expected the embargo against the expectation
OF rice would be raised at the end of December.
The Mexican Minister at Madrid, has signed
treaty by Hbichitbe naturalization of Spanish
subjects as Mexicao cliz.Es since 1875 is de.
cIared void.
| Victor Emmanuel is reported as very sick,
having been attacked 90 Saturday with peurisy.
| general Graut has arrived a. Alexandria. ADD
rou there Henry NJ Stanley, the African ex'
plotor, started yesterday for Frauca.
| Lord Roseberry is 10 marty daughter OF
the Baron de Rothscbil.
\ number Of American citgans who had
taken possession OF Morans Keys, ependency
| of Jamaica, claiming to have discovered the
| Keys and established Baltimore guano com.
paDy, 10 spite of the warong of the United
| States Consul and the Jamaica officials, have
0eeu driven of By II. B. NJ. steamship Blauch
aud taken to Kingston. The Americans protest
against this aerioD.
Iute:lisence from Japao reports that 50, l64
of The Sarsuma rebels were tried. 295 were &C
| quilted. s. 81 pariooed, 20 Eaed, III we're de.
pri7ed OF rauk, 1913 were imprisoned and ~
were decapi,aed. This lenity is most uuusuai,
AID is highly Commended by foreigners ADD
| natives
A cab broke through the ice % the outskirts
| of Halifax, Saturday, night. Two young wo-
| meo, Flora Mcdonald and Ida Bouteier, and
John Wilson, the driver Of the vehicle, we're
| drowned.
The Pacific Steam Navigation CompuOy lost
their steamship, the Atscama, November 80,
at the mouth Of the Copeapo river, 90 the cosst
of Chill. II all it is estimated l0l persons
were drowned and % saved. The ship at the
time vas on Der voyage from Valparaiso 10
Calao. commanded by Capt. Lsmbirtb, and
| we'll Differed. Mr. Kennedy, agent for the com.
paDy at ChanaraI, was returning from VaIpa-
raise % bis wedding trip. He managed to
| fasten life bel. Oh bis bride, and threw him-
self with her 10 the water, bat spar fell, strlk.
| Jog the lady the neck. and causing instant
death. The husband afterwards reached the
| share, AID the body CT the bride was washed
upon The beach. No explanation Of satisfac.
| tory character is offered regarding the cause OF
| this disaster. The rock was we'll koo|D, dark.
ness had Just come o., aud at such az carly
bou., when every one was a::lr, It seems almost
| iccom prehepsbc.
LONDON, jar. THE Manchester Guardian
cf this morning. has dispatch from its London
correspondent stating that it is reported that
tie Earl Of Car0arVou, Secretary Of State tJr
the colou;=s il tie British Ministry, has re.
signed.
TIE Liverpool! Posts Loodon correspondent
teIegrsphs as fo.lo%s THE opinion is gaining
eroucd that general election 81 members OF
Par!!sneo: is near AID that the coa::ETsuTe
managers are already preparing therefor. The
secretaries OF the differed: conservative asscc.a
t!oos have been 10 ,o"o durlog tie pes: weak
co5su.:iDs With various members of tie Co..
er5n=1t. Tley report strongly 10 tAvor CT
diss0u:;o1.'
ROME, Jan. 1-Ncoo-kiog Victor En-.
manual passed comparatively quiet night, but
ii: fever c31si1u:s to increase with further eS.
tcosioc Of the p!eurisy.
Washington News.
TIE Treasury DEPARTMENT ha1 10 cootemp.