Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1884 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

In the British House of Commons, the Marqiiis of Hartington moved an appropriation of £380,000 for the expedition to the Soudan. Henry Labouchere moved to reduce the sum £IOO,OOO. Mr. Gladstone said the Government had no intention of assum ing control of Egypt, but would withdraw the troops at the earliest possible moment. Nineteen suicides have occurred at Monte Carlo since the year opened, on account of losses by gambling, and demands that the play be suppressed are becoming frequent. Anarchists have been storing nitroglycerine on the premises of the Viennese Rothschild. Nellis, who professed to reveal the names of the murderers of the Earl of Leitrim to the police at Greenock, Scotland, has been adjudged insane, and sent to an asylum. In the German Reichstag, the other day, the President announced the death of Lasker and other members, during the recess. A warm discussion ensued, the Progressists thanking ' the American House of Representatives for Its action, and the Conservatives defending Bismarck’s doings. British shipowners are making a loud protest against the Government bill to protect life and property at sea. The objects of the bill are antagonistic to the ideas and interests of the commercial marine. Another conference of Irish leaders will be held at Eastertide to reunite the broken clans. Agitation will again begin in Ireland, and the services of Michael Davitt will be soughy. The object of the new campaign will be the amendment of the Irish land act. The Czar and Emperor William will meet at Darmstadt on the occasion of the marriage of the Duke Sergius to the Princess Elizabeth of Jfesse in June, and will talk over political matters. Bismarck, De Giers, and Prince Orloff, the Russian Minister at Berlin, will be present. Because of the occupation of Merv, Russia will establish a legation at Cabul. Eighty-three persons are under police surveillance in France, being suspected of affiliation with dynamiters. A son of O’Donovan Hossa and a brother of Joe Brady,

executed for the Phoenix Park murders, are in Paris. The Pesth police seized exploeWes foun4 in the mails. The French shareholders of the Suez Canal Company protest strongly against the convention of De Lesseps with the English ship-owners. This angers De Leeseps, who threatens that he will resign the management of the company if the convention is rejected, as he will consider such a rejection a vote of censure. Advices from Tonquin state that Gen. Millot, commander of the French forces, has advanced in the direction of Bac Ninh.