Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1868 — Foreign News. [ARTICLE]

Foreign News.

Madrid, October 15. cities, being all the administrative cities, adhere to tho Junta and monarchical principles. Seven cities the clcygjvatul all denounce religious orders. Tliei meeting of tho Cortez has been fixed i for December 15, so that representaI tives from Cuba aud Porto Kico may : appear. J Madrid, Oct. 10. —The Central 1 Junta have issued a deoree declaring j all children born of slaves after the 17th inst., shall, be free. ~ the Constituent Cortes, tho Spanish colonies are entitled to send four representatives. ■ j Paris* October 17.—The Gaulois newspaper has a report of an attempt to shoot General Prim at Madrid. The attempt was unsuccessful. The would-be assassin was arrested, but was afterward set at liberty by General Prim himself.

Madrid, October 17.—The coinage system of Spain will be radically changed to conform to that of France, Rose d’Oleana, Count of Ahnina, has been appointed Captain General of Cuba. Serrano and Lopete had arrived at Saragossa. They had a triumphant entry, and the widest enthusiasm was manifested. Paris. October 19. —General Prim has addressed a letter to the editor of tile Gaulois, indignantly repelling the charges of personal ambition made against him by that journal. The General disclaims all pretensions to royalty., and declares that ho would rather leave the country than accept the crown. London, October 16.—1 t is understood that the basis' agreed to by Mr. Johnson and Lord Stanley, for the settlement of the Alabama question, is that a mixed commission shall be formed, which will hold its sessions in London, and pass on all claims preferred by English and American citizens; It is reported to-day that the French Government lias furloughed 30,000 men from the army and navy.