Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1885 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

Gen. Bkiere de l’lsle, in command of the French squadron in Chinese waters, has been fighting pirates near Hongyen, and has killed 300 Queen Victoria has announced to the British privy council the betrothal of Princess Beatrice to Prinoe Henry.of Battenberg. Shocks of earthquake were again experienced at Albania last night, says a Madrid dispatch of Jan. 3. The town is in ruins. A panic prevails among the inhabitants of Antequera, twenty-eight miles northwest of Malaga, where shocks have already been felt. Earthquake shocks were again felt at Granada, Malaga, Nerja, and Algarrobo at night. The panic among the people is unabated. A number of towns and villages have been completely destroyed, and the inhabitants have, deserted them. Many persons sleep in railway carriages. A royal decree has been issued ordering that a national subscription for the relief of the sufferers be taken up. IT is thought probable that the appointment of Gen. Lewal to succeed Gen. Campenon as the French Minister of War! indicates a change on the part of the Gov-' ernment from the present policy in China to one of energy. It is probable that France will openly declare war against China, and,' if necessary, march against Pekin Large numbers of farmers are joining the English Farm Alliance, and the Welsh League is now in process of formation. ] Parnell promises to support the Nationalist parly in this agitation.... The farmers and land-owners of Northern Italy have formed a league for their protection... .Political circles in London are agitated over a rumor that Germany has already Opened negotiations with the Netherlands for the purchase of the Dutch possessions in New Guinea.... The SL James Gazette asserts that Bismarck suggested the cession to Germany by England of the island of Heligoland,

in return for the withdrawal of Germany’s claims in New Guinea.... Alannis felt in England in regard to Gladstone health; but his friends claim that he is goffering only from overwork... .The French Government has ordered all conscripts absent from home to return and join their regiments. .. .Rochefort declares thait Loinse Michel has become insane after two years of solitary confinement... .Official statistics show that 673 bodies of persons killed by recent earthquake shocks in Spain have been taken from the rivers... .The marriage of. Princess Beatrice to Prince Henry of Battenburg is announced to occur in tha spring.