, 1879-12-25
FOREIGN NEWS.
Ministerial Victory in France.

Ministerial Victory in France.
| PARIS, Dec. THE ministerial majority
| of 22l yesterday consisted OF 80 members OF
, the left center, the entire group of 152 pure
left, and 80 advanced or Gambettest left.
Brisson is among these last. The minority
of 81 comprised 60 Bonapartists, 20 royalists
and radicals, llaspail. Girardin, Tullandier
and s others. Allowing for 13 absentees on
leave, there were 200 neutrals, about 20 roy
alists, 80 Bonapartsts and 150 advanced
Republicans present. 1t seems that these last
were beginning to vote against the cabinet,
when they perceived that q portion Of the
right were doing the same, whereupon they
cancelled their votes not wishing to defeat
the cabinet by coalition with The reaction
aries.
shipping the ObcIisk.
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Dec. L-Preparations
for the shipment OF the obelisk to New York
are attrac ing great crowds OF people, and
the proper position has been watched and
excite the interest Of travellers and officials
and of the lower classes.
Irish ASiIAtOrs.
DUBLIN, Dec. THE court of the queen S
bench to-day granted an application of the
crown that if the grand jury of Sligo found
true bills against Davitt, DAILY and Killen,
accused of sedition. tie indictments should
be removed for trial to Dublin.
More Fun in Ireland.
New YORK, Dec. S.-A Heralds special
cable gives some of the details of the meet
ing at Castlebar, Martin Mcdonnell pre-
sided. He asked the crowd in the name OF
God not to let the OConnc- Don again rep
resent them in Parliament. During Nc
Donnell's speech, John Neatly, Fenian
from Balla, who was on the platform, cried
out to the crowd, "Shove these reporters
away, shut them up" The response was
yell, followed Immediately by rush. For
moment it seemed as il the reporters and
constables would be swept oil the ground,
but the latter raised their guns to their hips
and presented them toward the peopl,, who
fell back. Parnell made an effective .eech a..
He claimed that rents which the la tlords
got for the past year or two did mo- come
from the soil but from America.
De Lesseps AZ AspinwaIl.
ST. HAsEAcBE, Dec S.-De Lesseps, the
promoter of the Panama ship canal scheme.
has sailed for Aspinwall.
KtnG John Marches Oh.
CAIRO, Dec. 6.-Information from Mas
sowah represents that King John is march
ing forward with the main body of the
Abyssinian army and forty guns. It is
said he Is determined 10 occuny the districts
| OF Seminar and Jalaboo in the Blue Nile
territory. He declares that European inter
yention will not prevent him enforcing his
Just claims, including an indemnity for past
Egyptian wrongs.
Another GunpOwder Plot.
BERLIN, Dec. 8.-Close to Odessa railway
station. three mines filled with gunpowder
and nitro giycerine have been discovered.
Wintyr in Europe.
! LONDON, Dec. 9.-The severe weather con-
tinues in Great Britain aud on the couti.
nent Heavy snow falls are reported through
| out Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and
from Paris, Madrid, Brussels, Florence, Bo-
logna, Milan, Genoa, Venice, Verona and
Eome. At Nantes the river Levere is frozen.
The municipality Of Paris has voted 500, 900
francs for the relief Of the poor.
SOldierS Decorated.
LONDON, Dec 0.-Qleen Victoria today
at Windsor Castle received officers and men
who distinguished themselves iu the Zulu
"'A4f hHN NNiAlNAIti VIC fiClOElb OfObS anu
| other decorations or one corporal and three
privaie9 Rurkes Drift, Garrison, Guard,
Newdgne, CTealock, Preson and other
South Aircan commanders attended the Ger.
| enony.
Russia Seeks Policy
a Vienna correspondent states that nd
vices have been received from st. Peters
burg that full meeting of the imperial
council will be held to-day to examine into
the internal situation in Russia and deter
mine upon policy to be adopted. 1t is be
lieved the decision will be of momentuous
importance for Russia and the whole Of Eu-
rope.
DcspOIic RUSSIA.
BERLIN, Dee. lO.-AnOther number OF the
now revolutionary journal entitled The vii
OF the People has been distributed in st
| Petersburg and other parts OF Russia. Thi