Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-01
with the Hoyas in Madagascar. owing to

with the Hovas in Madagascar, owing to
adverse English influences. On the 18th
news was received that on the 9th French
forces in Madagascar had defeated the
Hovas in a hot engagement.
~ rebellion in Corea was reported, and
the massacre of the Kings son and Minis
tiers. The King fed to the mountains.
From Germany came the news that the
Socialistic attack upon Bismarck's policy
had created great excitement in diplomatic
circles. The charges were that the deficit
of the budget is due to the growing mill
tary expenses and the deprivation of IN
dustries of labor, because of compulsory
military service. Germany, ii developed
on the 18th, had assumed protectorate
over LuderitZ.territory. on the the coast of
Africa, England having refused 10 protect
it. In the Reichstag, on the 10Th, Bismarck
asked for second Dictatorship i'll the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, saying he was
overworked. After a hot debate his re-
quest was denied by 1l9 TO 14l.
The Lords appearing true TO promise
given in the Coalition Cabinet regarding
the franchise BILL Gladstone introduced on
the LIST the redistribution bill providing
that towns of less than $1,000 and small
boroughs shall be merged into counties
that all towns of $1,000 shall be entitled TO
one member England will possess add
tiOnal members and Scotland II. London
will have 81, Liverpool Is, Glasgow 4, Biz
mingham /, Manchester 3, Yorkshire 10
and Lancashire 10 additional members.
The principle of minority representation
was omitted. and this led to the resignation
of Courtney IS Secretary of the Treasury.
The Irish party was pleased that its mem
bership had not been reduced, but feared
the abolition of borough representation
under Is 600 would result in unSeating half
the Parnelltes The party divided on sup
port of the bill The difficulty between the
! Cape Colony and the Beers was adjusted
| \ scheme appeared in the Lords to cstao-
! lish the Confederation of Australasia. The
| Iiberalists were active IN protesting against
| dividingthe constituencies OF slngle-member
wards. England opened negotiations with
| the African Association, with a view to for
NAL recognition. Discontentamongth the Skye
| crotters appeared, and threats of force We're
i made They demanded, however, unceaS-
| inglv reduced rents The Lords passed the
| franchise bill on the 9th, and ii received
| ROYAL assent on the 9th. The country now
! having had time to digest the redistribution
| bill, it became clear that it was the greatest
| advance towards democracy OF any meas
ure offered for upwards of fifty years. This
| bill and the franchise bill give the English
| people something material in the way OF
true representation in the legislative depart
| ment OF the Government. The first bill m
| creases the Commons to go from co. max
| ing it an unnecessarily heavy body, and
| hence unwieldy. Bradlaugh was refused Il
| new trial for miSdemeanor IN voting IN the
! Commons Parliament on the 9th adj
| iourned TO February TO- 1885. On the 18th
! of December a dastardly attempt to blow
up arches of London bridge was made, but
without any success, except to revive the
| dynamite conspiracy excitement and fear.
| The expedition for the relief of Gordon was
making rapid progress up the Nile when
| our review closed.
In Mexico the settlement of the English
debt was accomplished. President Diaz
! consented to it only, as he declared, " for
| the sake Of the credit OF Mexico The
scenes precedent to the settlement We're
very exciting in Congress, and threatened
| to be revolutionary.
Russian wheat, it was reported to our
! own State Department, is rapidly driving
! American wheat out of the South German
and Swiss markets. Many arrests were
made on the Sd at St. Petersburg of an
archists The Minister of the Interior or
dered all Jews in Odessa, Kietf and other
large cities, on foreign passports, to leave
Russia, except they present special Govern
| IltHl permits. Inc OINlCi CLSiltu CpIlctSl-
nation, and resulted in great hardships.
In Egypt Gordon took Shendy, the rebels
were repuIsed.at SuaNm, and III Mahdi
was disposed to negotiate for peace. The
relief expedition made good progress up the
Nile.
In Ireland a Parnellite was elected Mayor
of Dublin, and a Nationalist Mayor of
| Cork.
In China, hope of peace declined, and the
Government renewed its military and naval
preparations, and sent out twelve men-of-
war TO raise the blockade of Formosa.
Our review closes with glance at tele-
graphic reports to California papers on the
10th, and thus completes an annexation of
chief eyents-mainIy political-in the Old
| Mnrll for n1nn WOW