The Dewsbury Chronicle, and West Riding Advertiser. — 1872-06-29 (Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England)

FOREIGN. "  Marshal Serrano's late treatment of the Spanish insurgents does not appear to have'beeh very successful in quelling the recent uprising in that now distracted country. Weakened by the secessions and submission which followed the amnesty, the insurgents were quiet fora time, but it seems that the rebellion was not then effectually stamped gut Some of the ringleaders have since rallied their scattered forces, and fanned the spark of discontent that lingered among them into another flame of open rebellion. On Friday a band, under the command of Saballes, awaited the approach of the Government troops, and on encountering a battalion of Navarre, near Purcallen, a battle ensued. After five hours' hard fighting the insurgents were driven back, but with what loss is not yet known. On Saturday the Emperor of Austria relieved the Commander-in-Chief of the Landwehr forces, Archduke William, from his post at his own request, and appointed the Archduke Ramer his successor.  A cable telegram in the Times reports that a boiler of the\ Ohio Penitentiary, at Columbus, exploded on Friday, killing 25 persons and injuring about 30 others. A frightful accident occurred on Saturday on one of the American railways. It seems the engine of a passenger train, while travelling near Belliville, Lake Ontario, run off the line, and turned over. By the dense volumes of steam which entered the carriages, upwards of 20 persons were scalded to death, and many more it is feared will die from their injuries. A very healthy check it appears is being exercised on the Suez Canal Company, in connection with the increased rates they intended to impose on the traffic passing along the canal. The Porte has given directions to the Khedive to restrain the company from levying increased dues on the gross tonnage of vessels passing through the canal, as they proposed on and after the Ist of July next. An arrangement, therefore, to this effect has yet to be made. _ _ _  President Grant has declared that all that has been done by Mr. Secretary Fish with regard to the Alabama question has been done with his full concurrence.  The negociations between England and Germany, in reference to a literary convention for the abrogation of the antiquated and cumbersome regulations of the literary intercourse of the two countries, and for the establishment of an international copyright, have led to the draft of a treaty being framed by England, which has now been presented to the various Governments of the Federation for their consideration.  Lord Dufferin, the new Governor General of Canada, has arrived in Quebec, and was received by General Bogle, Mr. John MacDonald, and other Ministers. He was warmly welcomed by the people of the ancient capital. A court-martial, sitting at Versailles, condemned to death, on Tuesday, M. Cerfbeer, a captain of the Mobiles of the Meurthe, for having deserted to the enemy before Phalsburg. The negociations between France and Germany appear at length to have assumed a happy condition. According to some few words which Thiers has let drop in the ears of several Deputies it seems that he expects to be able to announce to the Assembly next Monday the satisfactory termination of the negociations repecting the payment of the indemnity. No information is vouchsafed as to what will follow, but it may be reasonably presumed that Prince Bismarck will shortly withdraw his troops from the occupied Departments. Then will poor France have nothing left to remind her of her recent overthrow, save the graves of fallen heroes, the loss of noble sons, the blight of harvest, the prostration of trade, and the impoverishment of the nation in general. The Committee of Enquiry, sitting at Constantinople, appointed to decide upon the best rifle to be introduced into the Turkish army, have declared in favour of the Henry-Martini rifle. According to the Debats, at the present time no majority exists in the French Assembly capable of founding a Government. M. Thiers, it says, is indispensable under the present political circumstances, although it dissents from his financial and commercial opinions. The Department of Agriculture at Washington estimates the American wheat crops at 220,000,000 bushels.  At Hulme, Manchester, on Thursday, a broker named Robinson, attempted to murder his wife, and afterwards cut his own throat.