Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-12-15
Foreign Intelligence.

AT Canton, China, another riot occurred
on the 9th, and a Christian chapel was de-
stroyed, but no one was injured. Soldiers
dis persed the mob.
A FIRE on the 9th destroyed the Belgian
Legislative Chambers in Brussels. Many
fremen were injured, and it was reported
that several grenaliers were killed by fall
ing walls.
A TELEGRAM of the 9th states that the
recent fire in Constantinople swept away
six hundred houses, four synagogues and
a Greek Church. Thousands of people were
made homeless and destitute.
ADvICES of the 9th from Toronto. Can.
say that the recent explosion by which
street-car was damaged was caused by
boys placing fog signal on the track, and
not by dynamite, as previously reported.
AT Brussels on the 7th firemen were still
playing on the ruins of the Parliament
House. The damage was estimated at l2,-
100000 francs. The original constitution
of Belgium was burned.
AN attempt was made on the 7th by the
Anarchists of Paris to hold meeting in
front of the Bourse. but they were dis
persed by cavalry.
THE Swiss Republic has elected Welti
(LiberaD President, and Sceenck (Radi-
CALI Nice-President.
to Principe, Cuba, were killed few days
ago by the civil guard of the Province for
creating great disturbances.
A sK1FF capsized on the 7th in Notre
Dame Bay, Newfoundland, and Henry
Warford, his wife, child and two nephews,
were drowned.
THE strike of the coilery boys at York
shire, Eng, has enforced idleness upon
1900 men.
A POPULAR teacher at Irkutsk was ar
rested few days ago, and shot within
twenty-four hours, for striking the Gov
ernor of Eastern Siberia.
THE Hill tribes of Egypt, near Suakim,
recently attacked and cut to pieces force
of five hundred black troops and two hun
dred Bashi- Bazouks. Only fifty men es-
capel, half OF whom were officers.
THAT France and China would become
engaged in war was on the oh believed to
be inevitable. Both powers were making
extensive preparations, and France, it was
said, had chartered several English mer
chant vessels to take arms and ammuni-
tions of war to Tonuuin.
LONDON advices of the Sth say that the
French fleet had bombarded and destroyed
Marawelta and other towns on the east
coast of Madagascar
ACTIVE negotiations have been opened
at Madrid with the United States Govern
mcnt for reciprocal concessions beneficial
to trade between Cuba and the United
States.
RESOLUTIONS were recently adopted by
the Austrian Federal Conference condemn
! ing the landing of French convicts in New
| Guinea and protesting against the pur-
| chase of land in the island until British
sovereignty has been established over it,
TORONTO (Can.) advices of the 10th state
| that a sail-boat containing seven dccom-
| posed bodies had drifted ashore at Helce
! Island. They were believed to be the re-
| mains of Captain Quick and several sons,
| who left two weeks before for a trip around
! the island.
| Four inches of snow was reported a,
| Saltillo, Mex, the l0th. The occur
! renee was unprecedented, and greatly
! alarmed the more superstitlous and
! ignorant Mexicans. 1t also stated
| that snow was four feet deep in the mount
! ain gorges of Monterey.
! QUEEN VICTORIA has made Tennyson,
! the poet-laureate, Il Baron.