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Show j NIGHT REPORT. forek;.. Madrid, H. The cure of Santa Cruz, who lead; a Carliit band. treauSpani-h troops who fall into his hands with great cruelty. H recently reed several sev-eral prisoners with such etover.ty that they died fr.m the erTecis. The as-sembly has approved the bill granting amnesty to oilenders against the iiwr regulating the new-paper press in Porto Kico. It is reported that a reaction has set in among the radicals in favor ol an , in-divjitjle in-divjitjle .republic. a opp:-i to the federal system. Figueras expresses fear that tho people of Barcelona are determined deter-mined to stand by their proclamation of & federal republic- 8f Icccll&neotia. Rome, 14. Amadeus haa formally re-assumed tho rights of an Italian citizen. citi-zen. Tlie ngltfh SUntiterlal Traable. London, 14, 11, p. m, Disraeli is still reluctant to assume tne task of forming a new government. It was positively asserted at the club this sfiernon, that one thing is setlled, namely, if the Conservatives Con-servatives take oifice Disraeli will inform in-form the Queen to-morrow that it is impossible lor him form a ministry and will suggest that the responsibility be entrusted to Earl Derby who has the support of the old line Whigs. In the reform club the general belief 13 that the chances for the return of tho Conservatives Con-servatives to power are sinking, and that Gladstone io a few days, will withdraw with-draw his resignation. At the cat-met counsels, held Wednesday and Thursday, Thurs-day, C-ladsione repealed 'y expressed tho wish to retire into private life, and his colleagues used every argument in their power to dissuade him from the purpose. Cable special, London, 14. Earl Derby is trying to form a cabinet to be composed of himself as premier, Disraeli Dis-raeli as chancellor of the exchequer, Ward Hnnt as home secretary, sir Stafford Staf-ford INorthcoto as secretary for India, Gathorne Hardy as foreign secretary, the marquis of Salisbury as president of , tho council, and Cairns as lord chancellor. chan-cellor. Derby's success is doubtful. doubt-ful. If he fails, lord Granvillo with a scratch cabinet will come in and end with an appeal to the country. |