Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1884 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

The condition of affaires in Spain is believed to be worse than at any time since the killing of Gen. Prim in 1680. The situation is one of riots and conspiracies, trade is at a standstill, cholera is raging, the treasury is bankrupt, and a revolution is impending.... China will continue the war against France and will secure 15,000 re-enforcements. Premier Ferrv has abandoned all hopes of a successful issue of the mediation between China and France. , Protests against the proposed increase of the French duty on grain have been made by Russia and the United States. • The rumor is telegraphed from Egypt that the false prophet of the Soudan is dead, and that his army is dispersing... .A Brussels dispatch states that Nicholas Fish, United States Minister to Belgium, has resigned. 1 It is stated by the London Times that business in India has been unsettled by the prospect of a repeal of the law es the United States for the compulsory coinage of silver dollars... The Piimellites expect to be able to return eighty-five members as soon as the redistribution bill goes into effect.... During Novemberßritish imports decreased!

compared with November last year, £5,774,000. The exports for November decreased £2,350,000, compared with November last year... .Austria and Italy are threatening reprisals on French products on account of the law passed by the French Government imposing a tax on imports of grain. Lord Chief Justice Coleridge in pronouncing the decision of the Conrt of Apr peals in the case of Capt Dudley and the mate of the wrecked yacht Mignonette, who killed the boy Parker to keep themselves alive, said that all the Judges agreed that the act of the prisoners amounted to murder, and the conviction must be affirmed.