Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1885 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

Mr. Ross Winans, who has gained notoriety by converting a part of Northern S otland into a deer park, was mobbed and stoned last Sunday by irate Caledonians. The Pope is said to have decided to give Laval University at Quebec an importance equal to that of tho American college at Rome, and ecclesiastics can then complete their theological studies on this side of tho Atlantic. An attempt to assassinate Estrupp, the Premier of tho Danish Cabluot, was made at Copenhagen by a young compositor named Rasmussen, who fired two shots from a revolver, neither of which took effect, and was in tho act of shooting a third time when seized by detectives. The English army in India is preparing for tho invasion of Burmah, and King Theebaw is doing his best to make a vigorous defense. The British Privy Council has dismissed the npj.eal of Louis Riel, tho Manitoba rebel, and ho will doubtless mount tile gallows at Regina on November 11. The decision creates great excitement among tho French people of Canada. The English colony in Paris is highly indignant over an article by Rochefort defending the acts of Louis Riel and defaming Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales. The populace of Madrid have become impatient of the dilatory action of the Government on the Caroline Islands question, and fears of an outbreak are entertained. Tho German Legation is still closely guarded. In the Town Hall at Birmingham, England, with a large and enthusiastic audience, Lord Randolph Churchill opened the campaign. He declared that the Conservatives wore not. accountable for the death of Gen. Gordon In the Soudan. He likened the foreign policy of the Liberals to that which caused England to lose part of her American colonies. Remains of a balloon in which Frederic A. Gower attempted to cross from France to England July 18 have been found In the English Channel. Tho balloon was seen to fall into tho sea and float for a long time, but no assistance was given by a sea captain who saw the disaster. The Marquis of Lome, a Liberal candidate for Parliament, undertook to address tho electors of Brentford. His hat was smashed on tho platform, and rotten eggs wee thrown at him until ho left the stand and ran through the streets in the rain to the railway station. He favors free education, local self-government in Ireland, and the principles of the Free Land League. All the European powers have accepted the Porto’s invitation to attend a conference at Constantinople upon tho annexation of Roumeha by Bulgaria. A body of Servian troops have crossed the Bulgarian frontier, and an opposing force has been sent out to meet them. Prince Bonaparte has issued a manifesto urging his friends to uphold th 3 republic of France, as the monarchists are at present too weak,to secure the government, and should not precipitate a revolution. Mr. Bleazby, an extensive land-owner in the county of Cork, Ireland, joined the Parnellitos, and abated his rents 15 per cent, in addition to the reduction of 30 per cent, made by the courts. The Patriotic Union of Dublin has issued a manifesto denouncing the Irish National League, and appealing to the people to maintain the integrity of the empire.