Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1885 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

Some apprehension has arisen lest Gladstone should not be'able to participate in the election campaign in England because of catarrh of the throat. Improver ment in the condition of the great debater is, however, said to be rapid . . .Parisian newspapers say that, to avoid a cause of dispute between England and Russia, Prince Bismarck has suggested that Zulficar Pass be made neutral ground .. .An unknown man has been arrested at London for threatening the life of Prfhcess Beatrice, who was married last week. Lord Lonsdale and Sir George Chetswynd, rival aspirants for favor in the. eyes \of Liiy Lapgtry, had a fistic encounter in Rotten Bow, London, which lasted ten minutes, and was witnessed by a large crowd of interested spectators... 4 The ravages of cholera in Spain continue to be appalling. The epidemic is increasing in the provinces of Madrid, Saragossa, Segovia, and Murcia, and has extended to Heresca and Caceres.... Earl Spencer has been complimented in> ! the House of Lords by the Marquis or I Salisbury on the manner in which he fulfilled :his duties as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. .. .It is said that the Russian Government contemplates levying a poll tax upon every foreigner who remains more than a fortnight in the empire... .Emperor \Villiam has appointed Prince Hobenlobe, the Germdn Embassador to France, Goverppr of Alsace-Lorraine. Michael Davitt refuses to stand for Parliament because in entering that Body he would be compelled to swear allegiance to the Queen. In a letter just written to Joseph Chamberlain, the Radical leader, Which marks a final rupture between the two sections of the Nationalist party, Mr. Davitt Says he would be proud to' stand with Mr. Chamberlain on any platform in Ireland.., .Princess Beatrice, youngest daughter of Queen Victoria, was married on the 23d of July, at St. Mildred s Chinch, Whippingham, six miles from Osborne, on the Isle of Wight, to Prince Henry of Batten berg. The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Dean of Windsor officiated at the ceremony. At London a deputation waited upon Col. Frederick Stanley, Secretary for the Colonies, to urge the fulfillment by the Government of the proposed trade conven-

tion between the British West Indies and the United States. Lord Dunraven, on behalf of the Secretary, gave assurances that the colonists’ claims should receive full attention.... Five blocks of buildings in the Batignolles quarter of Paris were consumed by fire, involving a loss of several million francs. One fireman was injured, and several who are missing are believed to have been killed while fighting the flames. Property valued at 500,000 rubles in the Russian town of Klin, near Moscow, was destroyed by an incendiary fire.... Earl Spencer was banqueted in London, at which his policy was strongly commended by John Bright nnd others*