Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1883 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

The steamer Agnes Jack_ was wrecked of Swansea, Wales, the crew, thirteen in number, all being drowned Michael Davitt says if Gladstone would deal a legislative blow at landlordism his name would be venerated by generations of those relieved from oppression. Five men were arrested in Craughwe 1, Ireland, on the charge of having murdered a man named Doherty in 1881. The prisoners were taken to Galway. The arrests were made on the evidence of an Informer. A conference of tenant farmers held at Belfast on the land question passed resolutions in favor of the amendment to the Land act,and urged that lease-holders be admitted to its benefits and the purchase clauses be altered so as to afford greater facilities to farmers in acquiring the possession of land.

Two prisoners in Kilmainham jail, Dublin, have been identified as tbe Phoenix Park murderers, and the car on which they rode has been recognized. An excited debate was had in the French Chamber of Deputies on the proposition to exclude all members of former reigning from France and its possessions. It was brought to an abrupt close by the sudden sickness of the new Premier, M. Fallieres, who fainted in the Chamber. At a London meeting to devise means to relieve distress in Ireland, O'Donnell, M P., said the British Government had “millions to spare for bayoneting Egyptians, but none for relief works.” De Giers, Russian Foreign Minister, has issued a circular stating that his personal interviews with the Foreign Secretaries of Germany, Austria aud Italy lead him to believe the peace of Europe is assured. Cetewayo was reinstated King of Zululand, in presence of 5,000 of hflj countrymen. The Ansonia, an Italian steamer, was wrecked off the coast of Tripoli, twenty of the crew being drowned. A special cablegram to Redpath's . Weekly maintains that the Irish Executive Is manufacturing evidence against the alleged conspirators Imprisoned at Dublin, and points out the conflicting stories of the “informers.” Paravinci & Co., the great iron firm at Basle, Switzerland, have failed for several million franca

The French Chamber of Deputies passed Fabre's bill prohibiting Princes from filling any civil or military post, empowering the President to decree their expulsion, and fixing a penalty of from one to five years’ rimprisonmenP for violation of such decree. It was stated in the Chamber that the Orleanist Princes would be placed on the retired list, and a proposition to cashier those holding army positions was voted down by a large majority. The end of the matter will probably be that the will use his powers under the bill to expel Plon-Plon, who can well be spared, and that the Orleanist Princes will be free to remain in France if they choose to do so.