Show FOREIGN london the majority of the later elections have been in favor of the conservatives who always had a disproportionate strength in the counties their gain in the present instances are also undoubtedly attributed largely to the indifference of the liberals w who h 0 have been rendered careless by t the tho h e heavy majority they secured during the t h e first week of the elections in t the h e manufacturing districts there has been a spirit of orange organization elicited against the candidates who favored establishment disestablishment dis the entrance of this element into the strife in some quarters led to mob law and intimidation the voters are charged with this responsibility for these excesses the liberal party have suffered so verely severely ae from them that it jt has become almost a unit in favor of voting by ballot much indignation is caused among british ship owners by a rumor that the alabama treaty will not allow the claims of englishmen based on the decision of the american prize courts to be reopened before the commission the shipping gazette says such a provision is contrary to the prece precedents deits established by the americans themselves and excludes claims undoubted undoubtedly well founded and declares that if this report is true the convention is a capitulation which parliament will never sanction A writer in the observer takes the same views on the subject and discusses it at length citing many authorities condou london A madrid dispatch says the popular subscriptions to the national loan now amount to reals apprehensions of bloodshed in spain are increasing and it is thought that a collusion between the monarch ests and republicans will be the inevitable result of the present excited political contest vienna the austrian government has fitted out and dispatched from oriente an expedition to sail around the world it is ader under the command of Shur zer zar the objects of the enterprise are to introduce the products of austrian industry to distant markets and extend the commerce of the empire the expedition is under special instructions to visit the principal ports of china aud japan and will proceed thence to california and ivill will cruise elong clong the south american coast the lisbon mail steamer from rio eio says the brazilians Brazi lians had sent a column of twelve thousand men across the gran i chaco forest to at villeta in the flank general capios was awaiting the result of this flank movement to attack the river batteries with his iron dads aads london the timea comments on the he rapid pro progress kress iress of the pacific railroad foad and commends the enterprise of the americans in overcoming obstacles heretofore deemed insurmountable it explains the influence this great project will exercise on the commerce of the world paris hale the american minister to S dain pain is here consulting the medical fraternity relative to his failing health london 2 A great scull race on the rhames jT hames today to day between jos saddler ud harry kelly kelty resulted in the defeat of saddler by four lengths weather one nine fine immense crowd in attendance cairo calro ill III samuel holliday odthe of the firm of holliday bros broa died today to day i london it is reported that disraeli i has as gone to windsor to tender his resignation nation london 2 prime minister disraeli has published an address a announcing and defending the resignation of the ministry he reviews the progress of the resolves in favor of the disestablish anent of the irish churchard chur church chand and says that believing the country could not sanction sueh guch a measure the government awaited ed the election for the holding of which lil all expedition was used but the result shows that the ministry cannot command the respect of the house of com inions therefore they feel it due to their awn honor and the policy supported by them not to continue unnecessarily in mice office a single day deeming it more consistent with the attitude they hold ind and the convenience of public business ind and the influence of their party to resign at it once instead of awaiting the meeting of a parliament in which they must be in the minority while taking this gourse bourse course they do not modify their copin ions tons which are more than ever confirm enthat Glad stones proposition is wrong in principle and probably impracticable which even if practicable would e disastrous to the nation they are ready to support reform in the church charch af f ireland but still omer oner resistance to IP policy enunciated by gladstone filera gilera y f TO SEVERAL t QUESTIONS IN RELATION rei eer atlon TO THE HISTORY AND DOCTRINE OP or THE LATTER LAITER DAY SAINTS AND THE settlement AND PROGRESS OF UTAH TERRITORY BY OEO GEO A SMITH continued pacific isles in october 1843 Elders loah rogers addison pratt ben F drouard and Knowlton F started h n a mission to the pacific isles elder B lewis paid their passage as donation to the mission K F hanks lied of consumption and was buried burled in he sea the other three rea cheu cheo the solety islands and were in es j ab Ib lishing the gospel and baptizing up ards of twelve hundred of the natives iders siders james S brown alva hanks nit Mit taker and others subsequently t to these islands and continued maeir their labors with commendable zeal tad iad nd uniform success until the establish lent tent of the french protectorate after 1 thich the french authorities expelled lle ile I 1 ie elders from the islands and pro them from ever returning ad zid compelled the native converts to is continue their worship this occur sd td in the year 1851 notwithstanding the constant scenes persecution and the distress incident cereto which the saints in illinois en ired after the return of the twelve om england elders were constantly int nt to preside over the conferences lengthen reng then and encourage the native iders and extend the work of the ministry ini stry elder wilford Wilfor dWoodruff woodruff went to boeng engi i ind nd in 1844 and presided over the brit 1 ti ft mission upon hearing of the exo is ot of fth the e church from nauvoo he re arned n e d in 1846 when elders oraon orson byde tyde de I 1 P P pratt and john taylor ere re sent to england they returned my I 1 y in 1817 1847 to council bluffs where i ey y found the saints encamped at the october conference in 1849 several of ahe twelve apostles and other elders eldera were sent on missions france elder john taylor visited paris and established a small branch of the church and had the book of mormon translated into the tho french language and published an edition of the same but the stringency of the lawa prohibited public meetings and measurably tied his hands he also published a volume of a periodical entitled etoile du deseret the work was continued in france by elders C E bolton boiton and L E bertrand Ber until the latter was prohibited by the prefect of police from preaching the gospel or attending meetings elder taylor also visited hamburg and procured the translation and bubli 1 cati n bof of the book of mormon an fn in th the e german language and a few numbers of pamphlet ofa a amphlett entitled zions zions panier 11 in ermany germany the mission was continued by elder daniel carn cam until expelled by the authorities of the free city of ham burg subsequently elders geo 0 biser riser J F fc and geo mayer mayor were imprisoned and expelled the confederation for attempting to preach switzerland and italy Elder Lorenzo snow proceeded to switzerland and italy and established branches of the church and published the book of mormon in thoi thol the italian tallan language also pamphlet pamphlets in the italian and french languages in these labors he be was assisted by elder joseph toronto from utah and elders T B H stenhouse and jabez woodward of odthe the british mission elder stenhouse published a periodical entitled ele ile le Reflect eur in french subsequently the swiss mission was continued by elders daniel tyler and john L smith elder tyler commenced the publication of the dars teller in the german language langua which was continued by elder jobst johnl sinith smith on his bis first mission on his last mission elder smith published the reform in the german he also translated and published in the french language elder marriage and morals in a utah an edition of the book of mormon in german was also published publish ed from the stereotype plates some of the cantons would not allow publishing but allowed preaching others prohibited pro preaching prea but would allow publishing and anu soine would not allow either scandinavia narla naria eldera erastus snow arrived in copenhagen denmark in june 1850 and in september a branch of the church was organized which numbered fifty members elder snow was accompanied by eider elder P 0 hanson and john E foragren forsgren the latter proceeded to sweden and endeavored to introduce the work thore there but was summarily banished lu ila 1851 elder snow had the book of mormon translate tra naia nala i and commenced the publication of the scandinavian din avian star he also baptized and ordained three mechanics from iceland and sent them to their native land to preach the gospel in february 1852 the book of doctrine and covenants and a large edition of the hymn hyon book we republished also a pamphlet of fifty pages entitled A voice from the land la of zion gaiu chiti chili in 1851 elders P P pratt and rufus eufus alien allen went on a mission to chili chill where they remained several months not having the opportunity of even eyen teaching in private except in it violation of the most moat rigid laws they were obliged to return to call cail California fornia where Elder eider Pratt continued to preach and publish until he returned to utah australia in 1840 elder george A smith ordained lym bvm wm barreta an eldar elder at burslem england EA gland glaud and set him apart to a mission to south australia elder barrett proceeded thither and commenced teaching the principles of the gospel and was enabled to sow the good seed which afterwards bore fruit elders john murdoch and C W wandell arrived in sydney Sydni py australia allai in october 1851 and commenced to preach and publish concerning the lat ter day work and in january 1852 organized a branch of the church in sydney and published a pamphlet on the tho persecutions endured by the latter lader day saints and a periodical entitled Zion ziona s watchman eiders elders agustus farnham wm hyde Burr Frost and others landed at sydney early in 1853 these missionaries extended their labors to van biemans Di emans emane land and new zealand and continued the publication of zions watchman Match man prussia in january 1853 elders orson spencer and jacob houtz arrived in berlin prussia but found thatis that it was impossible to preach or publish the truth of the latter day work in consequence of religious these elders wrote to the kings min ister lster of public worship for permission to preach but were immediately siim summoned before the police court and catechised catechi sed as to the object of their mis eion they were ordered to leave the kingdom next morning under penalty of tran Gi bratter elders edward stevenson and N T porter arrived in gibralter in march 1853 and were immediately summoned to appear before the police and establish their right to remain on the rock dock elder potter was required ed to leave but elder stevenson having been born there maintained his right to remain but the governor forbade his preaching mormonism he however remained over a year and baptized several amidst threats prohibitions and constant opposition he also endeavored to open up the work in spain but was not permitted by the authorities hindustan hindostan Hind elders N V jones robert skelton S A woolley wm fotheringham richard bichard ballantyne truman leonard amos M musser robert owen and wm F carter arrived in calcutta and held a conference there april 1853 the missionaries extended weir mein labors throughout india as the way opened but finding the destitute of honesty and integrity insomuch that when converted and baptized they would for fon a few pice jola joia any othar other re legion and finding the Europ europeans eans bans so aristocratic aristocratic that th they ey were hardly approachable proa chable chabie they left the country after having traveled to all the principal stations in india where frequently they were ordered out of cantonments canton ments and had to leepin in the open air exposed to that sickly climate to poisonous reptiles and to wild beasts elder wm willes from england had traveled up the ganges and visited simla and elder H findlay fr from m the british britch mission labored in bombay bombay and the adjacent country china elders hosea stout chapman duncan and james lewis were sent to china they reached hong kong april ri 27 53 but ow owing ng to the revolution s spreading re in through that country t they ey were ere unable to go elsewhere the I 1 habitants inhabitants told them that they had not time to talka religion the way soon opened for them to return to san fransisco which they did in august siam slam the missionaries sent in the fall of 1852 to siam slam finding findan g it impossible to ship thither from san an Frans erans fransisco isdo iseo accompanied the anee missionaries to calcutta where in consequence of the war in burmah they learned that the overland route to siam was interrupted when elders chauncey W west anu and albert dewey concluded to go goto to ceylon and luddington and levi savage to 60 slam siam am by way of of birmah oey ody ceylon Cey ion loh the ceylon missionaries encountered much opposition partly caused by the circulation of a abarge large number of tracts from europe colgain containing ng misrepresentations and lies at galle the newspapers advised the peo pie not to 0 o receive 1 into their hauses lest leat they ty should become partakers par takers of their evil deeds which counsel was implicitly obeyed the missionaries had an introduction to a gentleman living at columbo seventy miles distant alid and proceeded edea thither thit heri herl elder dewey sacrificed his watch to get a little something to eat on their return they passed through thirty saven bowns towns ani and witnessed the immoral practices and social degradation of the inhabitants who practice poly pois polyandry andr audr y they visited high ind and low priest and people but they would neither open their dwors for preaching nor feed the missionaries without being well paid elder savage remained in birmah nearly two years without being able t to establish a branch elder ludde luddington to agton proceeded to bangkok siam where he was stoned and rejected south africa in 1853 elders eldera jesse haven william walker and L 1 I smith arrived at the cape of good hope tha the first three meetings held in cape town were broken up by rioters elderk eldera smith and walker went into the country where they obtained a foothold and commenced to baptize elder haven remained and preached amid much opposition and raised up a branch atif if the church elder walker proceeded to fort beaufort and baptized several elder smith labored around fort elizabeth and organized a small conference sandwich isles in the fall of 1850 a number of elders were sent to t the he sandwich islands after laboring till j april 1851 the president tes ident of the mission and others concluded to leave butel but elder geo Q cannon and several elders remained and after acquiring the ian language baptized hundreds elder cannon translated and nned published an edi tion of the book of the hawaiian language 1 P west indies elder aaron F farr darwin chardson richardson Ei jesse turpin and A B lambson landed at jamaica in the west indies jan loth 1853 they called upon the american consul mr harrison who advised them to hire hire a hall and announce 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