, 1879-11-20
FOREIGN NEWS.
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PAR1s, Nov. 9.-Marshal Canrobort, Bon
apartist, was to-day elected senator from the
department OF Lorichaute. Gufrey, repub-
lican, was elected senator from the depart
ment of Hauntes Alpes. ies s.n .s-taa
@"' "' Distress in ireland.
The Irish local government has made a
special report to the imperial government
respecting the state Of affairs in Ireland.
The report says that the potato crop is ev-
erywhere deficient and inferior, and this,
combined with the absence OF peat fuel ow-
ing to rain, is regarded as the leading cause
otthe distress, which is expected to culmi-
nate during the Winter and Spring. Pau
sperism is greatly increasing, especially in
Ulster. '''' s'A'"a 't'
t45lt Vintage In France. Al ..ai g.
a, PARIS. Nov. 9.-The Moniteur vinicole
estimates that the results Of the vintage in
nine departments of the southeast, compare
favorably with those Of last year. The def
cheney varying from one.third to one.tenth
in the departments of the south and central
regions, and over one-half in nine depart
ments of the western region, about two
thirds in ten departments of the north and
central regions and nearly two-thirds in ten
departments OF the northeastern. In the
northwestern region the deficiency is even
worse. The loss in champagne by failure Of
vintage. is Estimated at 10000, 900 francs.
Russian Newspapers Gagged. is1
( BERLIN, Nov. 11.-The editors of all the
principal newspapers in st. Petersburg have
recently been summoned to a press bureau
of,the ministry Of the interior and ri-.ructed
with reference to the, conduct lc cir re,
spective papers. They were inf h,ed that
frequent complaints have been re- ced from
Lividia that articles in the St. y tersburg
press interfered with the imperial policy, and
therefore they must not continue in the same
strain. Neither Germany nor Hun
gary, nor the relations of Russia with either
of these two powers nor France, must be
discussed. England must be discussed, but
judiciously. These rules will be continued
until the emperor return to St. Petersburg,
almonth hence. The Russian government
PROPOSES to establish o new official newspa-
per TO influence public opinion kilograms
reporting recent interview between Bea-
consGeld and Schouvaloif, Russian ambassa-
dor to England, were suppressed. s ,AJa
ff& Abdel lkader Dead. ..t ,,,.
PARIS, Nov. 1l.-Abdel Kader, famous
Algerian chief, died at Damascus, aged ~.
Russia Jealous OfEngiRnd. 835 u
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 1l,r-All Russian
papers have articles upon the latest steps ia.
ken il Constantinople by the British gov
eminent, and in certain circles an uneasy
feeling lis generating. The Golos says
That in the event of England attempting to
violate Turkish independence, and at the
same time to infringe on the vital interest OF
| Russia, a collision between the powers
would be more convenient for the latter on the
| confines OF Asia Minor than in the pth Of
! Central Asia. ,.
| The Sick Man is sicker.
! CoNsTANTINoPLE, Nov. Il.-There is grave
reason to fear that the reckless, dogged and
( passive resistance which has hitherto BAT
lied all efforts OF the British ambassador to
Turkey viii be prolonged, and that the copn
try will continue to sink gradually, as it hal
been doing the last twelve months; until
catastrophe produces radical change in the
situation.
Road Open.
LONDON, Nov. 12.-Col. Macpherson re
ports that the country beyond Kho and Cabu
is open and the road easy.
Election.
The Sheffield Daily Telegraph reports Ed
ward Slanhope, under Secretary OF STATE
for India, as saying, during q speech q
Horn Castle, that parliament might last till
this time next year, but in all probability ii
was very near its end, and he took the op-
portunity Of advising his hearers to prepar,
for an election at an early date.
Marriage Festivities
MADR1D, Nov. l2.-Preparatons have be-
gan for the reception OF the Archduches
Marie Christine a: railway stations on In