English News.

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 54, 22 July 1875, Page 3

English News.

_ has 'rendereci^l^' families homelesß. ,-■ .-.^T^-rr *Eh¥!Beeche? Cease is Btall going !M| and is pretty lively. " ' ~ !t ' '~ A'large^fire iras taken piace inPhiladelphia. •■:-. r y iy.x "i *XXX\ -„ .^^Thftgjpejitlntemational Jßacein Paris -of lOjOOQf. was won by^^atvator. fohg Alfonso is to marry a German PHncW 1 r - s , V ./ *?" Man^.of the Carlist troops have fallen 1 -Vlotiibis'lo small ' "p6x* •"; '• :a- . ry : -j i The Ware larg^jfailures. in the, Lpn> :dQnjteal*liade/ ,. .: '; : - ;" .!]'.'*. ._,A itepubiiban movement: is oh fo J 6t in Madrid; h ' Vl Tr V: I * 1 y' x '•'•■'*.-■ y^,M^?K fi*ssF n<*tft« , '*»*»/ has been offered a^aro'nefey. t{ '■••'- - ; ' TbPldss'o'f life fey the laarihaua^erin Asia-Minor is now known to be 2000. S|feral]yillageß haye been destroyed, • -The Archbishop 1 of Canferftury en*do***se8 r the Moody - and^Sankey revivals. , ..The 'Vhea^'* Jt6yal^iio^36n^liay beeif ! \ destroyed by Jure. '\ ; A. tn6\js»M^'prisbrie;rß have i been ■ exchanged;.;between^ the Government and the Carlist forces. ■ . „'.*"" .'.'"'-. Sankey anil ; .M6])dy "still ihousahas "df -persons.) Nuhibersooh-' tinue.tb become r c6hyerted.; : The c Cprporatipn, of- London invites ithe Mayor of J-Tew York to' an International Municlpar^anquet. terrible conflagrations" in Portland N.Bi-^75 houses dWtroyed, HO families rendered' homeless; Loss 2,500,000 dols.

The Prince of Wales, Marquis' of Tweeddale, and General John r Fg'tzj£&-» "rald have beengazetted Field Marshals. Fearing adisiurbancethe Berlin , CrOf yarnment forbade prpcesssions in honor of the Pope's jufeilee.' '. - The Gommuhiit "editor who urged .the Shooting of th ( e Archbishop of Paris, , died at W fl i w Caledonia," Whitber [ be *^as banished. "'-'

Small pox is raging in New York. Several' Hundred , cases ;. have proved fatal. 5 The disease is" known as^the black small pox. _ Gilmore and Co.'s saw mills, Ottawa, were destroyed by aWitfcendiary. Five hundred men are thrown put of em'pldymßnt; Three hundred thousand dollars in specie has t been recdvered ; from the Schiller. Mutilated rjodies of the 1 victims continue tofcome ashore.

* A federal ' union: jOf British agricultural laborers has been appointed to visit* the Mississippi Valley and -report upon" its suitability for absorbing immigrants.- -

A' telegram dated Rome, May 20, says the Pope is agajn. confined to his bed by. illness, and hia condition is reported to be so J serious^ as' to cause a feeling 1 of alarm in the Vatican. ~

-The German OfficiaLGaze tie says theidea of requesting prance to reduce 1 her forces, or discontinue her military organisations, was never "entertained. Extensive busn fii-es are raging in the vicinity of Ottawa.'' J In " one ' section over 3000 acrei; covered with, fencing, cord wood, barns, timber, and cordurqy roadsj'were destroyed. Over 100 men a?e fighting the flames. There have been a disastrous fire in Springfield, '„ Massachusetts. Several blocks. ,of buildings were destroyed, and numbers of jives Jlbst. The loss of pror petty is 2,Q0Q,Q00 dbls~" ;- -; „ .; The Moscqw^Gazette.says— - England; haying declined to enter .into ittimate* 'relations witli Russia until Central Asia, U.S., are placed tinder the ' protection 5 ,of international law} Russiahas' no reason to leave 7 the alliance * of the three Empires, and enter into a league with : that, country. •;',,-. •>••••

, A commercial traveller, named Red-' fern, has been sentenced at Dublin to seven years/ ..penal servitude for bigamy;' by marrying" Miss ; O'Cleary, of Dublin (who had a' fortune of L 5000), while his ; first wife was still alive.

Intenseheat prevailed in the north of Scotland oil April 20. "Eighty degrees were registered at midday in, the sun, ' and sixty-ifive in the: shade. Tw:o deaths from sunstroke are reported. „ In India; they complain that since i the opening ofthe', Suez Canal theyare i ojverrun.by a " class ; of low Europeans." Grjad they 'know how it is thenis'elves. Through the exertions of Cardinal Manning the British Pnblic" Record Office now- employs an agent in Rome tocbllectma'teriais for English history from the secret archives of the Vatican. If the privilege 'is. W reality and noVa merersham ,; > it-' should be prod ucjtive -pf interesting results. ' ••*•'• •-' jyj An English-nobleman' of high rank has beenobljged Cd¥etl,his. estates which have been in the family fbr centuries, in order to clear.himself of , J.he .difficulties in which his wife -had involvedlii'm by Herjass^ Duchess of "ManThWtei. ; js* said ~*io ■'' have' -lost £i^ooQyyy:'y^y^yx^_,y.' - \ _ One of the most appalling tragedies j e^er"~cbmmTtt^ to hght on A-pril 20. Two negro wo-; men, a mother'aTrdrdarrghter, the former | \riiD3ed A .lE|kabothr ]E%bsm, r.:the flatter! Harriet Eisher, were^found dead in Ihbirj beds in a Bmairholis"S"on the west side of HastMg¥-s^r§e f t, their bodies chopped! and hacked with an axe almost beyond] i the: semblance? of ihum-an^btsing^Y^ Sus-I picion points to John Thomas, hussa|id! of the first T^*Hfc r timy^rfvfiJegro ..barber,! gi'B/-t#o"ye'arstbld;ti ar-j rested. _.„, ... X , I

montey by impKcatl»g^pHr®M;inia\plot: to-ass^^'n^ts^ißrn^ )tdimd for ti5&lllT;It r ii-xO^ XMiXI U'l 1 " Vv^ disastrous fire^tbTotouto burned half ja block, from Young, to Victoria and [North <Stewetterr streets . . n*L & r - c - .-iUiuCi. .A<Jii'Xy The Emperor of Germany has conferred, the prder of Tr pivil l i:M,erit^on the r Hott. George Bancroft^ th^law^storian/ and (Longfellow the poet., .':■'-■ -

The Oribntal- 'Telegram : Agency publish a dispatch reporting a nelly (jyclbne'bh the* Chifi^se coasts? widths wrebk of several vessels;' ,:,i v. '■'.«.

/fithe French AsseTrnTSTy passed the ; Dniversity- ; Edu(sation Bill by a r maiority bf JD4. yj p;his is .regarded .as victory; for the |Ditramontane*s^/&s cfree Professors are|clfencllv' ! ' :;^ >:^;"i' : -''"- ';"'•; T - ■'-■<■-■ , t ..a* I*arisj [^ spmtualis't^ irho professed photography ' of , • , deceased -perso^sy BaY bfeen convicted of s windl- -' ing! and|^teh^d,tb.?six;. xttbn'ihV^mprisonrngnt,'.'"' '.'..",*'.. '". -: J ,' J ' '.. The ; Geriflanl -proposes shojrtly Jto_establish a central" Maritime observatory^ atT "Hambp^stmilai'tb thajk in use in Gre^t*_ntain afid several other countriesi :; r . * : ' -Tbo Working Meris .Societies of Paris have opened. a national wbscrjptipn, to prcjvide^ for /sending! deibgates 1 to the Philadeljjhia ExhiTjitibri';' ; ; J ■"'""'• ' The Pa : cific T^airGo. I'ftuni3he r d anbther steamer called the City of New York, J 35p0 tons" burden." - Another -will br' launched -on the '4th July; 7 fo-'-be called i the City of Washington.

A London despatoh ifrom Berlin to the - * Daily . Telegraph* reports that Prince Bismarck before, leaving for the country received'foreign representatives and gave eabh ah assurance 7 of the peaceful disposition bfGermanyv y

A Plural marriages are on the decline inMorman territory. s .The. recent conviction and sentence of one year in khe periitCntiary for marrying a second wife' while "still hvirig~with~ the ~_rst,"pass¥d" on Reynolds, bine? of f Brfgffam :i? ranges bodyguard, cast quite -a damper over the ardof of the Mormonitesl i: The case was selected for the purpose of testing the constitutioValit-f'bf th 3 Act r! bf Congress of 1862, prohibiting polygamy. The { «Tud^e, r in that the M was.:6learly 'conatitutibnalf ; j and an alien iury-^onsf^i"^'©; of : eightMormons and. eight Gentiles-v-had nol "alternative; than to bring f in; a verdict ; of guilty. Although fh«f Act was' pissed [ thirteen jearV^ viction for polygamy evir had in the territory. •.:• }'••■ ■- •■ „.„■ .j_>_.., - • On. Saturday; : ihe. .lst) ! df May, the | new "Alexandra Palace i""was formally j opened by tho Lord Mayor of 'London, ! siided by a host of grandees.' This j ouilding has really risen ..Ph.oß.nix. like from its ashes, for it "is ridw 'about two "^ears ago since the original building was burned dowiru* ' The ; new structure ; i!s a most, beautiful; building,, both.,externally and internally,! and will rival} the world-renowned Crystal Palaoer-iiT attraction.. It Wcu'pies"the: ! Bummitof fr answel - Hill/ at ; the liqrth ihd. pfLond on, "arid being easily accessible! -both' by road and rail it takes its place" as one of the .leading featwefiof tlie'noetroprjlis.. pheonewngfespiy&l ij^. fiftr^d aomejwhat by persistent rain, t)«£ wak ; a very impressive andean imposing ipectacle.' * A grand concert was given in the great -hail,- at : which^the-leading= |artistes of the 'day appeared; ( ? Ah r idea" ;of its size may be gatheredfrom the fao't jthat the central hall wiii s %eat 12,000 Visitors, and an 7 orchestra .of. 2,050, jwhile the' concert room will JaccOmmodate 3500, and the 1 theatre 3000. Add ! to these halls numberless- rooms filled! | with beautiful works of art, picture galleries, hung with' a grand selection of jpaintings, a large reading room, billiard * rooms, refeshment and ; dining roorngV- ; conservatories, <fee, Aev*,* and the>visitor 'may well cry ;" enough/ before he has half seen the wondrous perfectiQjx of modern architecture. Then the gardens and park, studded with complete copies of foreign villages, are. features in themselves worthy of a visit.

Indian depredations and robbery 'qf horses have Occurred. Mexico is < in"" a fearful condition. One despatch states "a "civil war is now air l accom ! pfished fact." Correspondence from , ... Morella says* — '• Erom two or three hundred men of Gonzalez's gaiig (called EKRan? cheros;)-attacked-the-t.pw.n-of-Tatiajan,-rina, fortunately occupied by the Prefect of Zitannaro, with Miy, men, who, together;^fth the A citizens^^. succeeded i|L defeating "the enemy/ KuV^were' unLaol« to pursue him- Tlh:tfre>jaeanwhileKrthlß! Federal troops^ at Zitannara were attackejdji^Jiefe_ated By another bandl La«t- week^thjß; to (^7bTTZim^ra'^p^olJ^ "cupied %^one hunb!red A JPr6Vunciati ; o^ and all' theft' Kb T rkes£Wi®%ome-thousaiid dollars,_earried off, tKtjughjLhe.-garriso.ri consisted of three__.thpusana me&^Tiut their : commander, exicused ahimself >:i that ;h"e&dared<,npt>permit his mgn , ; jo,, fight, ! [ .'being j afraid ;; ,they, :-woliitci|ft-YXJi%^:^ rebels, and sactedlhe^wn.^Tiie J iß_nF-. .j-ectionists entered the village'df GiitziK, y ße"to of a"^a;W_bro&errof -The6«Hth -rcavahgr-, under Capt. Guznranr aa well as the militia, ward Wuted^^^Tody of Gue16^*'Ssc^P 6 was only duetto Xquarjel "between jfielFaisaflantr 1&---'g*&irig<te pTutop? *WeT TOionil guards were defeated, with a loss of-W men killed. with the! ! Federal troops under* Aitargan, wai [fbeaten^and a chf ef kiljetji -j ; -,- p -^ ?

• ' TTT f - ■ Ji— J^ has bsbn ext&nMdi%^JSm ' Skfcy persons were drowned by tha capping of a ' lighter In fee'f augus at Lisbon^ —«— o V^iie^ndoilrffi^dldoMit V^M"^' operi matkci^thttw imonthsblnllsJs ,',' 1 X jK^ssiau "diet^'hk 'finally passed' aMrwithdi&^^ • Catholic clergy* Bpdies much mutilated continue to comg ashore ' fromjthe l^ck : of \h.a bchmorcfoi'rjQany days. ; ', oi. . a P%HTweg4publisjbLes. .two: columns of a! review of the New Zealand* Hand- " book, and praises Sir J. yogel in >un- ' measured terms. r* ;. u ..-...■ y. ; Tbe Carlist- 0 general ; repulsed an attack on tha Blankb. A thousand prisoners were exchanged" -between 7 the r Government andtb^iarlistsibrces. The steamship Vicksburg has been {JSrfe 1 fe^l^g? s ?«tK of St - John's, Newfoundland: ™ Wmf Hdurs^indiiXdihg ;T ;theeap*ain ; were4ost;r „-,.„. . ■< ... r , r r ' r ;-*t^^ Iy-.^^1 y-.^^^ l i'4eßU^g9A 1 . tq .Lord .', De£by, urging inter venUon in Coolie traffic^tfnd the' Cuban l Wfir> He 5 said >if_e £•* * present time was not favorable to , Brit- - -ishj interference. _ , The Pope suffers muc_ #or^lumb a go. Hd is not confined to-his bed, and holds audiences as usual, yet much anxiety * prevails. ----- ' -,- - T „~. ... ; : In the ItahW Chamber, Garibaldi's Bill for the imprbvement/off the -{Tiber passed, with a single amendrofenVby a vote of -98 to: 5?; - -.< *■•.. .-.-. ; ,_he Artie exped-ttiqi* has,: 6ailed., A , : special pra-yw will be used on Sundays in;most of th#^D^liShch*drches for the crew "and their Success;- - The?mation is intensely interested in tlie event. The British envoy to Burmah has been instructed to demand of the King :; an immediate explanation of the friendly ! recejrtioii ;by^wMajesty-ofl;he- Chinese general "who is- implickted- fn 1 the ; mur- ; der^ of Margary; t the British explorer. ; j The „ ArpW);shop^of T "Pari foundation stone l 6f a new i cnurcn? ' o_ '' the height* of "dedicatedto the sacredvhe'art of. -Jesus; : The ■ cepremonies were imposing^- and solemn. , 'Tbe attendant throng indulged' in the requiem.' 'There were eries 1 of ** 'Bong • lire Ms Holiness Pio Nono." ! The Austrian Government threaten M to close thecUniversiJy. of :€rrat_ because fl tof |he demonstration made there by the I students against Don Alfonso, a brother-S Spanish Pretender, 1 who is accused of^"murdelring some j Germans in' Sjpain Without provocation | 'or excuse, lion Alfonso is a relative j -of the Austrian Emgerorj :-, who *is; ■: very ■ indignanVat the f conduct" of the stU- ! . dente. . -.-y-- : -. -y ---'-„-.i yy''\', '. . A terrible earthquake • occurred;: in = , South America/ "The earthquake vio- [ hmtljr visitetfthe'^ bia; .^ In New: Canada; 'ft. portion' bf -the church fell down ,and ,*many houses; weredeMrbyed. Vas' aisb r,i ties- ! troyed.; The los* of life: wa's frightful. ; Thousand3 fr perishpd. ..^ere f is much excitemeht ih'Panama 1 over : the calamity. -'■ Thecity of : Giccura was'entirely destroyed. Few families were saved. -, ' lA ball of fire issued from the volcano, ' jwhich'is now veryidangerouß, and'sets [ fire to the houses. . Another , mouth, iwas opened in ! Me "volcano b_' the side fronting|SantiagO " iii" "the" "ridg6>-called Guaahane. , 1Q,000 ; souls is estimated at tlie loss of life. ! A fatal gas explosion occurred in . f ;Leith JVValk, Leith, on April 17. As a lamplighter "^ais Ji|KtTng~bne. ~orthe jpublic lamp's it^exploded^ with" so . much Sviolence that the-lamp and the man j w^re : blo*wn - kitor^the air. ;rThe lamp Jlighter escaped with few injuries, *mft a. | number; of ichild reh -were struckCby 1 tlie! ipieces of brolr;en4 s lamp post., ; Onebqyi, | four years old, was jilled j . another re- " !cßived a danfer^lft 'loalji ; gi_lwaß^so^sevJßl!ely^•i^jur^d^thaiJshe is- ! scarcely expected to recover. x Ana alarming accident becurrep! at a newWntfirig g"i*ou_d & es'tabliiM b_ ; 'tho : seutT^sideoPta^Clfde^iiear-Ruthergleßt' Bridge^ tnear &ftlasgo^ K3 Qn.j April lft deseribed'-as^hejg'!: gpand sta'ntJ; %ii**^as * o?P^4edj w itih ipectjil^s u whe^^e,sup^ '■ ports gave .way^hrowing down laboufc 1000 pe*6p;\WßMaVery 9 W /^^^^ waskilted, -lm^a&grea^"ffiß*ay , ?w*re , .!iijU^ed,^pnae i oftl|iem.yeryje^^ crowd j disappointed at nol seeing ffie sports, which were given up wh'cJn' J llfe ; acddent?ioccarr'edi^iamused^Hhemselves tiiL ,a Jate.hour %n, the. evening- breaking ■fires'oftlieni: ?y;l ' '"^ *«. •'<*'' o&aln xz :i ff '°^irLant^^stin^reHc'wa^ Eon* don lately, in the coUection»ofipninajand -llnlon^'ahli^Woous. f The%o^hf li -Chiefly^made^u^ofNth^ft^ guineas , $?&& in Nekon's Burse at.the ; rtuneiie ; -was mottaHy bounded ; ; ;' . at each angle t_ore ia^ \. inches r^gh,-l^th=fif*?«BeTOD^ ; : jthe |i-«#ti^Mp^