English News.

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 62, 16 September 1875, Page 7

English News.

A suit has been entered against Genral Sheridan for the value of goods and chattels destroyed by him in Louisiana during the war. Damages claimed, L 358,778. Duncan, Sherman and Co. failed with liabilities of L 5,000,000. This is one of the largest banking houses of NewYork, and bankers to the American Government. Further litigatian is probable in the Beecher-Tilton case. Beecher, the publisher has failed, owing to a cessation in the demand for the Christian Union and his Life of Christ. The frontier difficulty between Russia and Germany originated through the Russian frontier guards at DoWroa trespassing across the frontier, when a serious scuffle ensued with the Prussian guards, several being wounded. Fifty mills have closed at Ash ton, England — 8000 operatives are thrown out. Fifty-one mills closed at Dundee, and 12,000 persons are thrown out of employment. Both employers and operatives have resolved not to yield. Serious riots occurred at Glasgow on August 9th. Many were badly hurt. The Catholics were armed with hatchets, steel buckles, and knives, and organised under a leader. The Volunteers and troops were got in readiness. Several men taken into custody were said to be Head Centres. The riot was suppressed by the arrest of the ringleaders. A weekly, paper entitled the " Obituary," has iust appeared. •It is illustrated, and appears to be devoted entirely to funeral subjects. There is a full list of deaths for the week; notices of the principal personages, pictures- of a monastery tomb, and a memorial window, various epitaphs, wills and bequests, &c, an undertaker's guide, and a story — ' The Illused Undertaker.' Three boys and a little girl were sitting upon the parapet of the Thames Embankment, between Waterloo and Hungerford Bridges, when a sudden gust of wind blew one of the boys on to the pavement and the girl into the river. A cry for help was raised, and a gentleman who was passing slipped the collar from his Newfoundland dog, lifted up the animal, and cooly dropped him into the water. The child at that moment rose to the surface, and the saga- , cious brute turned his head in her direction, seized her by the collar of her cape, and,' directed by his master, swam with his little . burden to the adjacent stairs. "The gentleman called-?, ; cab, placed the child in it, and drove off to | the Endell-street baths, whence; the child was taken home little the Tjror§e ; tor ■ her L immersioh. ' J The owner of the dog- refused to give his name, but observed that the dog's name; was "Ready." '" :

SevaratGwliste-sollggesi .'haxsijf^bmit- 1 ted tothaGovernmentr-:- . :rr~ T-rr.'::^ j The electoral J&qitem;ent in Coiutnboi is likely to lead tawar. | The Continental crop is suffering fromj variable wejajhefe. \I . r T; H rr [ Moody andSankey have commenced! reviving th& Americans!- -■■ !it ! The 7 French Assembly;; rpassed the; Channel Tunnel JBilL - , Vi ." 0 cr , ., , „: i i Three .phildreii wei;e devoured by! bears in Canada! '"' - ' ; ' : r ' : ' rf' v v | ! An international prison congress is'toi be held in Londbti in" 1876, | ] At the Lord -Mayor's banquet to the I Ministry, Disraeli eulogised the colo-; nists. - - — - ' • 'Parliaments was* prbro^uieid ifillj the; ! 29th October. '■■^j'Lri. V, j Doney ri Bons and N. . J.- Olavaa, ; of London, have failed. Dbneyri's liabllU ties<iL24;ooo; '—■■"'' '?''■•■ '*■■■-' ' i j j There.- has- been &) destructive, (hailj I storm at Pontniri, near-Paris. Damages L100,00Q; tt -,r '■ -.] , The death of./H.^dolpJi^on/Basf trow, General in -tHe Prussian army, is announced. ',t"V'.'± - • .--,. . „,t I | Gladstone : publishes .another pamj* phlet on the Papacy^ Jt.is .prohibited in France. ■ .--. > -.;?.• -.: :. .1.--M I A great • tiati onal 'Methodist ; camp; meeting- is being- held at Maine. The, O'Connell dinner at Boston was a great success I .'' , ;'V •' ..', , The O'Connell celebration throughout America" was a marked Success; ■ Charles Gavan Duffy' was not permitted ■to ' speak -■ at the : banquet ' ip Dublin. - ■ ; - ••-•- -••• : • ,;• 1 ' The United States Government have calledfiri 10,000j000^d;ollars more paper money. ----- . . j Tli^. heavy rains -in, England have I flooded Leicester, .Griefield, Forest of Dean, and Gbdman Chester. The failure of Hv Banter and Co., shipping firm, of New Yovk y and the failure 'of the -States Savings: Bank of Chicago,; are annqunced*--.. , : - The.maiL. steamer. JBoce. struck _the rocks between the -Isle of- Man and Brest, and was wrecked. The- crew and passengers were" saved. The whisky fracas ; at -.St. Louis has developed a most complete system of swindling, both on the part of distillers and Government officers.' ; ' Two hundred Jesuits have been ordered out of Costa Rica, -on the representations of the Freemasons. EigliCy thousand Bonapartists celebrated'the fete of .Napoleon by attendin g '■' H igti in "tfieTOfiprch of St, Augustin/ ■" -\. • ■ ! ;.; i '""-v. : At;a battle between the Cax^ists and Alphonisti troops- at Andant, the latter were repulsed with greatjslaughter. , The Pope has written tii^he Arch-' Hshop of Naples anathematising the Italian National Catholi&fSoiciety* j Fifteen tliosand mill operatives have struck at Fall " Riyerj U rather than submit to 10 cents reduction. ! The Bishop of Cruij^riH, who ..has been^ acting- in the place . of Archbishop Ledochowski, has been expelled: from his diocese- by the -German. authorities. The Jury at Utah to try the leadingMormons for the Mountain Meadow massacre were discharged without; a verdict. All the Mormons on the Jury held out for acquittal. V : There was an exciting scene -in the English Parliament. Plimsoll-; denounced the Government in scathing language, and was expelled the House. The clerical party, in Italy have had a victory in the recent elections. They have formed offensive and . defensive alliances against the. Liberals. The Agent-General of Canada is cautioning, immigrants against going there in the present stat«>of trade. t •He.s.ays to do so just now is almost criminally disastrous .to immigrants and the colony. The French Canadians at Montreal opposed to compulsory vaccination, attacked a meeting of 'the City Council at which the subject was being discussed. Thpy smashed- the windows with stones and created-a riot, 'which compelled the postponement, of the sub- ; ject. •-,"■•• - i ' A massacre occurred at San Mignel. Panama telegram's ; regarding -it, sjbate that after the barracks- hadi been taken, nothing was heard but'.th«' savage yells of the assailaiits : dispersifl^ °in allj directions, breaking open doors and windows of "houses pf'ificfroharits 'and others, robbing, pillaging, "assassipating in their fiendish TdcciSpation j " applying 5 torches!- to hoiiseay. ai*d wlfatevjßr.. else their victims <posse§sedj Amidst, tlj'is the cry : A * Be&tWmr foreigners f " Death to heretics,"^ ; (spilstantly heard. The town remained ifdir t|hre.e:days at the mercy" ofthV assailants, During'th'ftt time all classes of .crimes were committee!,: and.* evenj.thosft jwho took refuge in the, Chuxcli ened \yith ' assassination" by' • the ' inobi. The iosses in prb^erty ; Willf not! 'fall; short of dne million oft dollars. Foreigners in f fhe",place T^ddres r sed their respective; Governments' 'for tlie purpose ■ ot making 1 the G6 x veiih-inent tespdn!sil)le!--forit. President Gondolas, of /Salva- ' derp, had about fifty of those engjaged |: in the recent Jfanatical outbreak snjot iii v iqUads tat Howqs , (^ftn Mjguel and the Capital) pausing toe padresj who . occasioned ibelrlot's^b J witness the! executions. , :M^,ny qf these victims coii-i jfessed : th§grh &**% 3 P$M i~w PsdsPf*Py tellinff them they might, job' |he' rifih^, Great'sorrow and inaignation. ar^ ■&-;; . pyesse4 throughout Centrdt 'at L respectable i icfer^Meii s&uP< >'» '>

Bxjbensive 3jo^3sare Jubj indffa.™'Travel bn^au^a^s is in-! t^rrugitecV , '"{'■. \ ~^Tne " Oldhara striked extend- to allj mills. 20 7 000 persons will be out of employment, i ' Bismarck has prohibited the proposed pilgrimage -of- German Catnolics to Loundes., , The Madrid Government intend 'Setttiiftg' IOjOGC troops, to suppress -the •Qu^an insurrection. "!A clerk of Messrs Blake and Robins, p£i San JVancisco, has levanted with i 26^,000 dols. """■'W- waterspout broke over Rhenish j .^Prussia. Several houses and bridges were washed away. Thirteen persons were drowned. _ .. A lawyer of Hatherleigh, Devon- j shire, is the winner of the Queen's prize at Wimbledom this year. The riot in Glasgow originated over the O'Connell celebrations, and the combatants were Orangemen and Home Rulers. The ' Times,' in a review of the corn market, concludes that the damage to the crops is not so serious as was at first feared." The German Government have addressed a formal complaint to Russia re the infraction of the frontier at Dowroa. The Russian soldier who originated the difficulty died from wounds received in the affair. 'Gladstone's pamphlet has elcited a reply from Cardinal Manning, who says that Mr Gladstone is one of the chief apostles of Revolution against the peace of the Christian Church. A fatal explosion occurred at Bridesburg arsenal, Pennsylvania, on the 7th . ofAugust. The building was blown to atoms, and several lives were lost. The scene of the accident is near the mouth of the Delaware. The explosion originated in a laboratory, A terrible railway . disaster has occurred at Chile, on' the Santiago and Valparaiso railway*. A train was passing- over a bridge, winch gave way, and the whole train, containing fifty carriages, "\vas precipitated into the river below. The lamps were broken, and ;set fire to the train. . Half the passengers were either crushed or burned to death. Mr John Bright has received a letter urging him to give his support to the effort by Mr Whalley to bring a man . over from New Zealand who is the real ! Arthur Orton. Mr Bright replied in an able letter showing that the real Arthur Orton would never come . from ! New Zealand, as he was now in Dart-, moor Gaol. He traced the leading points of the trial, showing clearly that the ; Claimant was animposter. An inquiry into the latest' revolutionary movement in Peru shows that the Arequipa friars of the Convent of t)ur Lady of Mercy were actively concerned in a revolution. Some forty conspirators were captured in a monastery, an 4 the Bishop of the Diocese has been appealed to to close the rebellious insti- i tution. -'■"- A telegram of the latest date says all the Turkish regiments in garrison at Jloumania. and Bulgaria have been j ordered to march to Herzegovena. The ; insurgents burned some villages, and massacred the whole Mahomedan families. The Austrian Government has notified a treaty for the suppression of ] the insurrection in Herzegovena. ' In Parliament, Mr Whalley asked the Home Secretary whether a communication had been addressed to him from New Zealand expressing readiness to prove that Arthur Orton was in that colony if guaranteed a free pardon for offences alleged against him. Mr Crosse replied that as he had no reason to suppose that Arthur Orton, who was a prisoner in England, could be in New Zealand, he must entirely refuse to grant any freedom from arrest of any person in that colony. At the O'Connell Centenary celebration at Dublin, 40,000 persons lined the streets. Members of the Fenian Amnesty Association marched with a 1 banner at their head hung with chains, and flags draped with crape. Lord Ottaghan was to have delivered an oration, but was unable to attend. The Mayor essayed, but was cried down with shouts for Butt. The- Mayor withdrew under the protection of the police, but, the other members of Parliament addressed the crowd. No disturbances occurred. A sermon was delivered by -DlL.Croke, Jjate Bishop of Auckland, now. Archbishop . of CasEel.' 1 1 ' was niucli admired' for eloquence, and was sharply criticised by Liberal Catholics:&r drawing a new Ultramontane line, which virtually excludes the Liberals j from the.Church. The f.pjiblin Mail' says nine parts of the discourse were "devoted; to the" Church, and one. to CJ'Cbnnel.— A grand banquet at which the-Lorci May^or presided, was-given at i phe l'Jjfcthibiton Palace. The evening proceedings were marked by no ; incident of interest, until- one of the regular ;]tpa&ts ; , .yik, "Legislative' and- Inde•pendence, Ireland,"^:; was reached. This ; the Lord Mayor announced, and, called Wpir Charles "Gavan Duffy ; to respond,: .outie,, : on rising, greeted 1 with; trejtieidotis uproar, and shouts ;fdf Butt u For ; twdrity niinutes^ there was a. scene >of wild disorder.. The* Lord Majror made repeated* attempts to gain a /;isg, : .butjfi ! Vain^/tfnd T vacated- ; tHe dbair.'Dr Butt'tKen rose. He beig^n tojspeak, and the : f in confusion before a' series ?x>f regular 9 t6a ? sts jwere finished, - i: v... . : . ■

York publisher^ ; is announced. | ■ :^■• : We■■Am(Si^tJ^■i^Kii-^ :^^Sv■-■bril-.' liantly entertained at Sti Petersburg. : -■ There is gr l eat7drpug»hfc4a- Portugal,; and destruction of crops. ' ' ; *J ' '"' '■ The failure of Tth^ Union Bank of London is rumored. There have been severe earthquakes in Connecticut. An additional hundred thousand dollars of specie has , been recovered from the wreck of the Schiller. Plimsoll is sustained by the nation in his efforts to obtain a just shipping bill. The ship Stuart Holdmani from Bombay, has been wrecked. Thirty-eight lives were lost. Six hundred and fifty persons, attended the Lord Mayor's banquet at Guildhall. Colonel Baker, convicted of an assault in a railway carriage, has been dismissed from the British' army. A grand council, composed of delei gates irarn all the Presbyterian churches of the world, met in * Recent-square, London, and adopted 1 a Union Constitution and Alliance to^ the . Reformed Church throughout the world. The hop blight is damaging the English crop, and the prospects are at present less favorable than hitherto. The French Assembly are discussing the bill for the tunnel between England and France. A grand .ball, has been given by the Lord Mayor of London to civil and foreign dignitaries. Dr Croke, Archbishop of Cashel, and formerly of Auckland, New Zealand, has delivered a splendid oration, in which he declared the English Government to be the best balanced in the world. The Russian Minister in London asks to be recalled in consequence of remarks made by the Under-Secretary, Bourke, reflecting upon Russian mises.A proposal to federate the South African Colonies has caused a re-action in favor of the Colonial office among the settlers, who have received the federation scheme most favorably. The American Central Board of Finance at Philadelphia announce that they require a million dollars more for building. They appeal to the citizens for aid. A stir has been created in Scotland on the subject of Ritualism, in consequence of the minister of Dunse, Berwickshire, putting the initials I.HJS. on a communioncloth, and celebrating the communion more than once a quarter. At the entertainment given the Hon. Mr Fox by the United Kingdom Alliance, a resolution was passed welcoming him as a " patriotic statesman, 'an earnest social reformer " on the motion of Mr Pope, Q.C., seconded by Cardinal Manning. Mr Fox, in reply, oore testimony to the good working of the Maine Liquor Law as observed by him during his recent visit to the prohibition States. San Franpisco papers protest against the dangers of the Fiji and New Zealand Coastal Service, and also regret the appearance of Hall's name in connection with the new service. They deny that Hall has secured any special concession from the overland railway. A Spanish Government decree is promulgated ordering a levy of IQ.OOQ men for military service. The levy includes youths who shall be nineteen before the 21st December next. Another decree directs the Minister of Finance to redeem the floating debt. The man-of-war Victoria is bombarding the city of Lexiscayon. . Mr Gladstone has published anothar pamphlet discussing the question of the Papacy. He makes a strong attack on Papacy, from which he predicts future trouble to Great Britain and on the Continent, declaring that the Papacy will seize the first opportunity through bloodshed to maintain its • rule, arid if necessary even plunge the world ' into war. , According to an account from Damascus, cholera is raging there. Four hundred cases are reported daily, but the real number is concealed. The Christian quarters were deserted*, Sudden deaths were occurring in the streets. There are no physicians nor medicines to supply the patients. The disease is also bad at Antioch, Deerham, Haraa, and Saliph, and among the Druses. The -Mission Schools are closed andj the children dispersed. ' .. A lynching case is reported from Nashville. V Tennessee, oh the .Ist August. The most prominent mep in Rutherford becanie disgusted at ! the slow progress of trying Jesse Wbodson, accused of murdering. Mrs .Qarrot, and, taking- forcible possession, hung him- on the same tree as Joe Copeland 'and! Joe Woods, two notorious ruffians. When taken down, seventeen shots were found in it. Measures are to be taken- ta punish the members of the mob." ! Disastrous floods were raging in Indiana at the beginning of August!. At Terra Haute the river-is swollen to c 3I miies^wide.^ Si* million':: bushels of wheat are reported drowned out. h6uses at ReeiWiile { washed away atid'-niiles of ¥airway- Temb&nk'meittj | and thirty, 1 b'rMgPsSrdfistroyed. On! the rEvansyille, T sevejv. jjrjji^ea . were {dcs*f. troyeri, andLallafge^ridge at Reelsvillß> 7 Embankments . rwere v washed down: in aH'tfirdctions.; In: Mississippi, Missouri, arid Mmois,< the. railroads are similarly 1 dama^ed^bt-'flooda,, )