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Show fcjuwml n ill 1 miM im iti win :rarnr-ui u.tfSKi The Eritisn political campaign, v?Blc& for weeks has been too ?uil to arouse the slightest popular Jiterest, has at lftjgth suspended until midwinter. The queen's speech at the prorogation is much n'tore significant than usuaL It contains an important intimation regarding re-garding the strained relations with the Frenoh republic, -which caused the greatest great-est alarm in the foreign office a fetf days previous. French aggression in west Africa had recently become so threatening that I England was almost forced to the conclusion con-clusion that it was intended to be an open affront The news has at length come that the French troops occupied Kumassi, the capital of Ashanti, last month, and it is believed that the English Eng-lish government possesses information of a still bolder invasion of British territory. ter-ritory. Now that parliament has adjourned ad-journed the country will be deprived of Official news of this and other foreign complications during the remainder of the year. New York Sua'a London |