The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-12-13
NEWS OF the WEEK.
FOREIGN NEWS.

George Henry Lewes, the eminent
English author, and husband of George Eliot,
is dead
The President and the Manager OF
the Bank of Belgium, in Brussels, have been
sentenced, the former TO one and the latter to
fifteen years imprisonment, for defrauding the
bank of s4,OO0,OO0.
The Turkish Ministry has been dis
missed, and an entirely new Cabinet formed.
Another Fenian convict-Tierney
alias O'Connor, has been released from prison
in England and shipped to America
Suleiman Pasha, the well-known
Turkish General, has been sentenced to fifteen
years Imprisonment for alleged irregularities
during the campaign against the Russians.
The Emperor of Germany has re-
turned to Berlin, and assumed the functions OF
his high Office.
The victory of the British forces com
manded by Gen. Roberts over tho Ameer's
troops in Peiwar pass, one of the gates OF AT
ghanistan is represented as a most brilliant
one. The enemy fought desperately, but were
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teen cannon and large amoSnt of ammunition.
The Afghanistan war has been the
,casion of the reassembling of the British
arliament, which met on the 9TH inst The
Queen in her speech says the assurances from
all foreign powers are friendly, and there is
every reason to believe that the arrangements
for the pacification of Europe, made by the
treaty of Berlin, will be satisfactorily carried
out
The West of England Bank, with head
Office at Bristol, has suspended. 1t had cap
ital of s5,0O0,OOO.
1t is now limited that England and
Russia may divide Afghanistan between them
after the naughty Amoer has been subdued
News comes from Cuba that the slaves
in several districts of the island have notified
their owners that, unless they are paid for their
labor, they shall stop work after the LIST OF
January. They claim that under the Amnesty
act they have been most unjustly dealt with
that, while those of THAR class who left plan
tations to join the insurgents have been set free,
those who remained at home are still held in
bondage. On account of this discrimination
they have determined to liberate themselves at
any cost
The cable furnishes the substance of
the reply of the Ameer of Afghanistan to the
ultimatum of the Viceroy of India. 1t con-
cludes with the declaration that he entertains
no enmity toward the British Government;
that he desires to resume his former
friendly relations, and will not resist the
visit of the British mission to CabuL AS the
letter expresses no willingness to comply with
the Viceroy's specific demands the operations
will proceed, if possible, more actively in con-
sequence of the Ameers irresolution, 30 as to
acquire as much as possible before he submits.
The family of the Ameer of Afghan
istan has taken refuge in Turkestan.
Some idea of the horrors of the
Chinese famine may be formed when it is stated
that the enormous number of 100000 people
have died Of starvation, and thousands are
dying every day.
The total liabilities of the collapsed
West of England and South Wales District
Bank, with headquarters at Bristol, England
are 7,500,00b The failure of this bank has
produced the utmost CONSERVATION in South
Wales, and the financial disasters it will entail
are incalculable