Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-10-30
FOREIGN NEWS.
Arabi's Defense.

CAIRO, October 2Sth.-Arabi Pashs will
divide his defense into two parts. The first
will comprise the period before the war.
during which he says he acted by orders of
the khediye; second, the time after july
10th, during which be claims he acted by
command of the Sultan. Arabs solicitor Is
about to go to England to take the deposi.
tions of Sir William Gregory. Mr.. Wiiford
Blunt, nj. Minet, and 8 trooper of the Horse
Guards who WAS taken prisoner at Kassassin.
as ihey will bs unable to attend the trial.
The Situation I'm France.
NEW York, October 29sh.-A cable special
from London Of the 2S.h says: The news
which has been received here during the last
few days from various parts of France, not
alone by newspapers, but as well by private
people, whose correspondents have no excuse
for being sensational, seems to afford ground
Tor the belief that serious events are impend-
ing in your sister republic. The Socialists
have been working there for some months
past, preparing In darkness and silence for an
outbreak, and it is supposed that the outrages
that have been perPetrated at Montceau.les-
Mines will ere long be repeated in various
parts Of the country, in all likelihood upon q
larger scale, with the probable result of driv.
ing Grevy from the Presidency and restoring
Gambetta to actual, perhaps elevsting him to
society, his old role. The French Chambers
are altogether too weak to deal with such q
crisis, apparently about to be precipitsted ON
them, and public confidence in the Duclerc
Ministry is all but gone-that is to say, what
little public confidence may have been in.
spired by the formation of the Cabinet. At
ali events in official quarters here it is antici-
pated that the return of Gambetta to the
foremost place in French politics and the
open responsibilities Of power cannot be long
delayed.
Heavy Floods In Austria.
VIENNA, October 2S.h.-Trafhc on the
Botzen and Meran Railway and on the Bot.
zen, Tent and Lavies road is suspended.
Eoth lines between Pusis and Bremen are i'm
passable, all the streams in Brixen district hav-
ing alarmipgiy increased in volume. Bad
news comes from various parts, where dykes
are giving Fears are entertained that
a catastrophe more terrible than that which
lately visited Tyrol is impending. A tele.
gram from Klsgenfurt reports incessant rain
and disastrous floods in Corrinthea. The
brave is rising.
Hoods and Fires.
LONDON, October 2Sth.-Floods along the
Thames are very serious. Windsor is inun.
dated and the water is still rising.
A disastrous fire has occurred at Margate
The Assembly rooms, vicsrage, and one whole
side of Cecil's square are burned loss, $500,
600,
Starvation in Ireland.
DUBLIN, October 2Sth.-Three hundred
people on Tory Island are without food, anG
other portions of the population in Western
Ireland are threatened with starvation.
General wolseley In Ehgland.
LONDON, October 2Sth.-General Sir Gar
, net Wolseley landed at Dover this Afternoon
from Egypt. He was enthusiastically re
| ceived.
The Massacre OF Professor Palmer
Party.
CAIRO. October 2Sth.-Professor Palmer
party was attacked by Bsdouins at midnigh
on the 10th of August. After the two par
ties had exchanged several shots, the Bed
ouins overpowered the English, took tn,
clothes from the bodies of their victims, ant
destroyed all traces Of their work.
The Bey OF TunIs Dead.
| LONDON, October 2Sth.-The Bey of Tuni
is dead. His brother has assumed power.