Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1886 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

It has been officially announced that ths Marquis of Londonderry has been appointed viceroy of Ireland, and Lord Iddesleigh secretary of state for foreign affairs. The rest of the cabinet has been announced as follows: Secretary for War, the Rt.-Hon, William Henry Smith; First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord George Hamilton ; Lord High Chancellor, Lord Halsbury; Secretary for India, the Rt<Hoh, Frederick Arthur Stanley ; Lord President of the Council, Viscount Ci'anbrook ; President of the Local Government 'Board, the Rt.-Hon. Henry Chaplin; President of the Board of - Trade, the Rt.-Hon. Henry Stanhope; PostmastepGeueral, Lord John Manners; First Commissioner of/Works, the Rt.-Hon. David Plunkett; Sir R, E, Webster ; Lord Chancellor Of Ireland, Lord Ashbourne; Home Secretary, Lord George Hamilton; Chief Secretary for Ireland. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach. Lord Ashbourne has been intrusted with the work of drafting a scheme for the re form of Irish administration. A private committee, including Lord Hartington, Mr, Goschen, Sir Henry James, and Mr. Chamberlain, will co-operate with Lord; Ashbourne. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Lord Randolph Churchill, and Lord Salisbury' are preparing a Ideal government bill for Ireland.™* - Chinese pirates recently attacked a Dutch steamship bound for killing the captain, first mate,'and chief engineer. For those who were taken prisoners the pirates demand a ransom of $15,000... ,M. De Lesseps presented a voluminous report at the annual meeting of the Panama Canal shareholders, held in Paris, in which he reiterated the roseate views hitherto expressed byhim as to the ultiniate success of the enterprise, and that in the near future. A London dispatch says: The Cabinet announcements made heretofore unofficially are all officially confirmed, except that the Right Hon. Cecil Raikes, instead of Lord John Manners, becomes Postmaster General.” The former declined to accept the office of Home Secretary, which Lord Salisbury pressed him to take. The following additional Ministerial appointments are announced: Home Secretary, Hinrv Matthews. Q. C.; Secretary for Scotland, the Right Hon. Arthur Balfour; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Lord John Manners ; Patronage Secretary to the Treasury, Mr. A. Akers-Ilpuglas ; Attorney General of Ireland, the Right Hon. Hugh Holmes. Q. C.; Solicitor General of Ireland, John Gregory Gibson, Q, C. The perils of-African exploration are illustrated in a Berlin cablegram. Herr Fischer reached Wanga. north of Pangani, after a journey of thirty-two days, in which he lost one-fourth of the 23(1 natives accompanying him from disease, starvation,, or wounds in battle. Herr Schwarz.has' also ..terminated his researches in .ths Camaroons because of the hostility of the natives. Franz Liszt, the famous musical composer, died at Beyrouth, Germany, aged 75 years. W hen he died only his daughter Richard 'Wagner s widow) and his physicians were with him. He died in his daughter’s arms aj midnight, after twelve hours of great suffering... .Damala, ex-husband of, Sara Bernhardt, joined the Spanish lace, smugglers, was arrested, and subsequently released by the Parisian authorities. .. .The socialist propaganda is active in Germany, and a general strike is ex-/ pected early in the coming winter.. . .Herr Leibknecht, the socialist deputy, will lecture in the United States this winter under

the auspices of the National Labor League of America on “German Socialism".. The Welsh members of the English House of Commons propose to forma national party on the same lines as the Pamellite party Tne London silver market is demoralized. The metal is refused by the banks at 42 pence per ounce... .The Dnke of Argyll’s daughter will many Mr. James Bailie Hamilton, of Massachusetts De Lesseps’ loan, for the Panama Canal is assured. .. Forged Bank of England notes ranging inr denomination from £lO to £IOO are in circulation.... A Madagascar loan of $10,000,000 is about to be issued in London.——-