ENGLISH NEWS.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 10, 10 September 1874, Page 4

ENGLISH NEWS.

T — ; — r "T" : r-v" '„ . The strikes in Scs>tlahd/an& South Staf- ; fprdshire have endedl' : . v '/ ( "'' ; .. ',/.. The atrocities by the. Car list's are exciting : ' profound indignation'; :i z' : : : '" "'. '" ' : > • --■ . / General Garibaldi has recovered from "his iate'.'illbesa. ■ ' " ■" ' ; ■' --"• ''-■'-' ' ;; - ' • , r ,Mr..Newdegates' 'Convent resolution Was "negatived by'2B7 -otea to : '9iS ' ; ' In twenty -five towns .in Ohio over 1Q0: dririkihg'ealoons have ! been closed. : Prosperity is 1 ho jusV scale'; adversity is the' only balance' to weigh frieridsin. A truce" prevails "'at present in 'France between the ; hostile' iruptrialists and Republicans. -■ . ; ■> The Pope has -bestowed the Apostolic Bebedietiou on - the Spanish Republican army. Mr. C. Lewis's" motion to abolish the income-tax was rejected by 139 votes to 38. . The Land Transfer and Registration of Titles Bill has been read a second time. . , , The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh are staying, with the Russian Imperial family aT Jugenticum. There is talk of another attempt to persuade some person to become King of Spain. .; Sir Garnet Wolseley has stepped over the heads of 165 seniors to the rank' of Major General. ■ The Factories Bill, restricting the labour hours of women and children, has passed through Committee. ' ' ," ' ' A new Hampshire graveyard contains a : tombstone : erected to the r memory oi " three Vt wins,'' ' -••,... ■ A fire.at.MUlerstown, Pa,., .began in the Central Hotel, on. April Ist, in which seven persons 10-it their lives. A lamentable tire lias taken place in the Faubourg. St. Antoine, by which 150 poor families have been 'burned out. The American wheat crop is reported to ■ 'be unusually proaiisinjr. There are 8000 acres more under it than usual. . At the London and International Exhibition of 1874, 25,000' samples of all the Portuguese wines will be exhibited. . Grass parks iri some parrs of' Scotland have been 1 let this. year at an increase of 6 to 10 per cent, on the rents of 1&73. Two shipowners • have been fii.d Llso each, snd to be imprisoned for two months, for sending an uusiMWorthv ship to sea. . The betrothal of the Grand Duke of SlreHfz with Princess Beatrice is now spoken of as Expected to take place shortly. According to the 'Cincinnati Gazette' the use of opium as a stimulant is becoming pretty general throughout the United -'States.. Women appear to be more addicted to it than men. The ravages. caused by the Phylloxera va^tatric among the vineyards 'ol Fiance are becoming very serious. "More than 15,0 va;ious remedies have been tried; hut without success The death is recorded, at his resi-lenceiat Dudley, of G<ovee Smith, who executed Palmer and upwards. "of sixty other persons. He was in the seventieth year of hia a g e - ..... The laxity of the French authorities in '; regard to the Carlist movements across the 1 frontier is bitterly denounced by the Spanish Press. Congratulatory telegrams were exchange d between the Queen and tile Emperor of Brazil on the completion of telegraphic connection between Europe and Brazil: There has been a march of agricultural labourers through the Eastern Midland Counties, beginning in Cambridge. They wore blue ribbonp, and some carried flags. There were 40 bands of music. Altogether 5i,000 were present, and Arch was the,principal spokesman. A vine, about 40 years old, near Santa Barbara, Cali ornia, covers an acre . of ' ground, and } ields annually from 10,000, to 12000 lbs of ttra pes. ■ A woman's whiskey war has been commenced in Manchester. About a dozen working. men's wives addressed an attentive crowd on the evils of intemperance. The. French Code permits' marriage with a deceased wife's sister. Napoleon I. urged the liberty on' tbe ground, that it would save' the widovver from the possibility of having two tnotherVin-law. The suicide question continues tp be alarmingly prominent in Paris ; the average per day is about four, and the mania is not confined to either age, sex^ .or social position. Gold is believed to be abundant in tbe kingdom of Ashantee, from the fact that " every little ornament and common pieces of crockery .in Comassie are almost reckr lessly mended and patched with gold.", , India is stated to be at pr= sent teerninjr with impoverished mechanics, railway drivers, clerk 3, and a miscellaneous host, ..who' have been attracted to its shore by the false report of obtaining speedy employment. , r -j . ; The value of the imports , of, wheat from Russia into .England during; the first quarter of this year was less than L 1000,000' —while that of the same' period "last year was more than L2ooo,o6o~ making a falling off of fully one half. . . .- The decrease in the.population of France is attributed to mothers, not.suckliog their infants, aa interfering with the fornier'sjapptarance in society ; hence the infant is giveu to -soma mercenary nurse. The London .streets are now to be watered by a new arid" more economical plan, at. a cost of L23 000. ' Perforated pipes are to be laid in the gutters of the streets,: so that when the water is laid on, it will spurt across ; the roadway. : ' ; . At the feeing markets ia, the. West of Scotland, men experienced, in 'all kinds of farm woris were hired at from Ll2 to Lls' tbe, ha' f year, arid women for' house or field work at LlO. to Lll 10s. A lady, while in' company 'lately,,' attempted to "suppress 7a • sneeze, which brought on a ;kind of. paralysis, causing her •lace to i be drawn, up aud greatly disfigured •, .faint hopes are entertained' of ,he> features ever resuming their natural "appearance. '"' .' By, some .inquiries /recently made by the War Office it transpire?. 1 that no less than 400 old soldiers are still alive who served' in the ' Peninsula war or at Waterloo,---thougb/f he last-mentioned battle was fiftynine years ago. n- ; . , 'A terrible accident lias occurred at Syracuee, Ifew York, cauiirig' considerable.; -loss of life.' During' .a festival held ther.e ,< on June 23. the, floor 6t, f the: /church gave : way, whereby" four.persoriW were killed and . over 100 were injured^ J •" ' un ' : '-' - : ,; >

..Another quarterly review has;,^ade''"itsappeararic'e itf ljolidoUl^traiSWlSfflVftur. I '"' The 1 fire^ojy6jiTau«'H^s^taI fj7 B{inday ! cohtribu i tidrrs *amSUflted?tb' abouVB30;0&ol Theid'iuia^e^bne/ita.the •vitresrin Krarce; ibyfrosfdliiiflttebhudile^oXtJuueJs, *ta&4r }d amount to L8,000,p00. .^.fr,,-., jr„ ] hiDitiye Liquor Bill-, was rejected by 301 votes to 7?;' /' ,, ;«- !> * 1 "-:->! • i»'!.--;wtfvi; j '." A 'novel' watch /has befen'inveritjsd'b'yfa' Swiss- watchriii'k'e'r.' The motive 5 power lis, •. : compressed-air". *.'.' ;■•.. -r,. ? ti> ■■■\rj •+-,; \ ; A lucrative bouquet .yvas recently-thrown to a popular OTtiste^theiflijwCTSjW^re 'bejd' together by. a'-t^yisteti'bau/d'ojf.U^fl'ou^ ! -' Sir Hope .'Grant, is. spoken' 1 of as the.p'ro-:':' hable 'successor of', Lby&'.Napter^a^'Co'm •, marider-ui-Chiefiti indiu;'" ■'■'"' y -' , ;> "nm ' / • A formidable •" ri'Viil; i ./to<;cr4ra'atfcn' v hasi appeared in ;tHe form ofialproj^cf .fbripflfri-/ facaon^suggested-by-,ap;ltahan<nied>Co...; "' ■■ The American /Goyernment .demands' 1 from Spain, an indenjaityjior 1 ' of the VirgioiansV'aud' fof' i lh'e'.k'i:img of* prisoners. . r „„ \ ' 'f s r'- : - •ft is /repb'rted'tKafa'GerWari Officer named, -Hefrman/ has J beeri ;-shitlbyi th'^ Car Hits- arid ' " that' Mr Arthur.Hazefdeh, fan .English hier-, chant, has- be.eu captu.r^d by.the'bi;^andsi '"' -A- tax upon .ediole snails; is n one.7bf ■ tbe'' latest proportions "; .ot/.^th'e /; .^pecuniims Paris authorities. t A gimUar.diit.y , on.'.oys--ters is also cbrittm'plate'd.'^' '' /° T ; "'*,'■/' lli ■«. Mr E. H. Horh.ej : an'old' , yictorianVand. well ' known as the -author of! (Df-iou'and/ other works,' has been: awarded a!, pension, .from the Civil .L stir „ Vl - <:Z.^.. i: , ■ ;: , Fifty thousand, rabbits , , were purchased recently ,in : .France, /tpr,'M.mporta.ti6n'/;int6'Denmark, vt here these little animals bidfaiij? to become extinct. ./ '' !l ' *' / •;>"" ;[ : The' Handel Festival has beeb>celebrat£d most successfully at the' CrysfialiPilace, under: the management of the Sacred i.-fiar. monic Society.; iVlr.-.Sims RiJtjvt's-sang,., ; ' : ■ Two hundred America2j..,piigrinisrbcent]y' bad an intervivw with the/Pop^.., • They'^ gave him L 20,000 and a J box.o'C riu^bts, ■ and the Pope gave' thecri His'bles-ihgr"- ' , - A race beiween two Rußsiah' sU%ai boats, on the river Vol^'a,- resulted in' ai iear!:ul, explosion on one of the boats. ,< Thirty- two livts- were lost, • and .•seven-iy.: persons in-' 1 jured. ' , ////,- ; ; (,i The .publication- of betting' , advertise *■'' ments and lisis is n6»w prbhibjtei}'iu:lr!e.---lan-i, the newspapers on the; islaria ! haVin« : rtcetved an officitii w^rning-uotto-give'rii-; sertioti to anything of the kind;? : -:,.: : ;/ / Canoeingcontinoes to grow, in. favor* in! England, and canoea way; b',^ seen,.. dailj>' skimming along on- the .-.'.Tfie' 1 Royal-Canoe Club, which, was .touurled puly^ eight years ago, has now 400 ri/erhß-^rS.' 1 •■•- Io South Wales the. iron' aud coal' "trades are in a critical cohdiribri. Th'e r? etripl6yers t cotUtm'plate a. further -reduCiioopf fromlO to' '30 per cent., which creates intense excitement. ' - ■..■/' . f i ..-. ] :"'-' : On- June 14th, 14 horses ran' for, th^ Grand Prix de Paris. ; The, weather -vjassuperb, and the crowds were enormous. Trent's victory excited astdnishmfoiti' -'and he was riot cheered./' - ;: '''• ■'' ■ ■ :i. .. At a sale of- Mr.-" Levey's^hbrthorrisl ai> Wa teri i g* 'ury, 41 animals .broiigh t, an ; ayerage of L 221 16s. Bd-. e'ach.i,j-!rhe.hhjh : esV : ■ price for a single btast was, L2op.oi/ which was pbta'medlor a roan calf' 'eighl iriohths' old./ ', •' ' t ■ ']"" '"[''■'■''-'' ;j. The Queen entertained a/la'r ; ge :f ' : !aftyi of; » blind student's fiorri Norwood 'l^orrnal-'Cpl.-, lege. She li'tentd' to their musical, pfeij-'' formances, shook hands, wf hall^a^dl expressed her deep interest- inabe(r 7 w-fcj : i^rb. v . i: A memorial praying &r .the *rempy,al! bf ' t^-e eltctoral disabilities of worn* n, -Vearin'gi 1800 siguaturfcs,'wa- jjire^ented'tb trib Huhse of Commo'us by Sir /Disraeli. '"A dtfplickte was sent to Mr. Gad stone, ' *'--" - '.' i '/ An immense' strike of mill- workers has ' commerictd at Btlfast. Thei.huisiberj of* mills now idle is 39, and the,Hvpr,kei;sion" srike are .estimated to .number between' «: 30,000 aud 40 000. •/ „:'' '-'^ \ >.: 1 The correspondence hitherto Iwritteri [for ! the -'Times' Vs n/,w telCgrapliedv the/ office; having secured the sole use of ; a 7 wir€! between/ Paris and London for. six. hours daily. '■•■ .*.- .-, i ;: ';. ;'■;.. J ] "'*' According; to a Treasury return,, the pro- * secution oi the convict Arthur.,pr,tp,u,/ cd.^t the country L 55.315.17* id. . VThe/'amounti' which thp famiiy- p pent in id'eferidiW the: esf att s on belialf of theinfjarit ! a^6\it i L92;00,0. , The last new thing in lirieridra'pjer&' shops-^ in Paris isa billiard foom for hhaband^ and.' , brothers to-begmle the 4 time wbile< their fair/ companions are making their pqrchases.j A good lunch and- glass, of wine ..are' .alspVprb^vided gratis. , „..-;' '''•-' The . Senate of the London '-Uniy'ersrty; has adopted the. folio wing resolution by .17/ v-otfis' to '6 :— " Thatthe'Senat'e'iß''-de'Birpuß:' to Vxteud the scope of the 'educational !ad-. vantaees now offored" to< wo'me.n^ bufe it is riot prepared ;to .'apply, for- a new /Charter : to ! admit women to"dei-:r-:es;!! „ ■ .- :. '„, ••/ . '"' Mi - -As a remarkable illustration of the/large' trade bttween this .country ,a"nd l Australia, it is ,' m'» n « ioned / .tbat 17 vessels' /aVriyed ;; a^-, grevesebd frotri the Antiooufs'rintfurle 25..! .Sight \yere; ; frorn New^Zealand,.foii^f>-om 'Adfclaide, : 'two''frbffl'''Mf-lbourneffftwo'fr6hi / Sydney, :and. one from Brfsbane.f,;: r , - V 1 >i: * ] - Csptairi;, Barclay's . celehrsted-ipede^triauJ. ft'at— the 'walking ,fof lOpo." miles'/ m''iodoi hoiirs~h"as bfenequ ailed at Sfaplefoni rica?; Bristol, by a young.'womkri ria'r^eaj.Rfcriar^^ In these days of;maririish :i wpri\^n fitwhlurir; femiriine/di^playexcite^n^'sur^riSe.'i'H J '' ( i '. ; A curious -pair of Volumes havefrficeriljiy 5 ' been sold bynMessrs.fSeribrier .and-jGd./of 1 New'YoFk; fPrrthereepectabletSum/pfjL&l.Or' " They consist- of! the manuscript .0^ 'J)ickens, 4- " Our Mutual .Friend,";past : ed.ori Mh&te: paper, .and. then bound rip in ( '* In France Ihe Academy "hks iJ 'decreed ( " Di; Liyingst'orie" as the-" theme^bf its prize potm for 1875. '> The notorious jißoch^fbr'{ f ,is about toiappear in print; [again jjs.hpHly, l ?the title 'of,;his work being .^,Xrois. Arls-ae'^ ■. Notre, HistoJre,"-r-a,. titie .which/ is. pretty; significant.,,, . '' ' '':'J ".'//'' '" ; "' :L \ \..,', The American' la<^y id wh'o r m o th| young 1 "Puke.Nifihd"-'as; : 'of Hussia/gave Bi'sWffthlr*!' stoleri diamood^ j'snbw iff Parish with] thfe j i wei s, : worth ; r 500,6'00 ' f rancf,v &',h'ey jphs^ ' session. ' Sbe is descrihed aMnteJljge'nlS andl, rbeautiful-. ; The L>uke is : saui to>l|e--xakßiy{ .in/lqve.withheri;« - „././..,// /[/rf"'| "j ' ]. f ... .. Three ;'meml^pf;tb^ , i^e^ > d_ur.h' in", Jnyerness haye s raised the* '4pestißri" whether ' 'ti brewer is/eligible fOT'the^'bffice'^elder. 'dfe- 1 tfimen'fal to'the best.mterests.of*BoC!etM andi the advanceihent of- ;reljgiphi "th 6y f; d]echjj^ ;that ajbrewer; howejYißr,,,pure, ,in. character,. : and; sound ini.doctrine, ,is matr nat pt.tp, ovewpo^* ,the congregatipn,*' The' Sessfori'rfhe.PreEby tery, and 'the, Sy hod ifiave : . ag&inst them.'arid^hey^^'MaVe'riu^'ip^feal^d^ 'tbthe'AaJeriibly. ! ■ i.v ,;iT vim