English News.

Clutha Leader, Volume IV, Issue 178, 7 December 1877, Page 7

English News.

Frederick Dandall, of London, has failed for L 300,000. Forty lives were lost by a colliery explosion at Pemberton, 'Lancashire, Immediate danger from the famine in India has disappeared. High prices rule, but the pressure will be wholly removed when the spring crops are assured. The steamer Consett from Antwerp to Ts T ew York arrived at Queenstovvn on 11 th October. Her bows were stove in and the forward compartment filled with water. The accident, was occasioned by a collision with the ship Jesson «m the voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne with passengers. The collision occurred 100 miles west of Fasnets. The Jesson gunk, and the Consett rescued all her hands. ; Nancampo, builders, of London, have Tailed for L2?5,000, •'jhff steamer Knapraan sunk in the Straits after -a collisio.n. Twelve lives were lost. A terriMe colliery accident; occurred at Lai»-h BUntyre, near Glasgow. Two hundred and tUirty-three men descended into the mine that morning, and only one man working near the nvouth of the pit escaped. The explorer*"' com- ; menced work, but owing; to rn'xious gases the progress was slow. A knocking- was heard at the bottom of th« shaft, but it was impossible to reach .it. Of the four men discovered alive at 1 1 p.m.. one died before the rporni'-g, and another is hopelessly prostrated. The dead bodies fire fearfully mangled. On October 2-5, complete access w both pits was obtained, and it was found' that the 2:30 persons had perished Beard's cotton "mills' at Oldham have been burned. They contained £o,oos spindles. Notice, of 5 per cent, reduction is given by mill owners at Staley Bridge and Mosseltry. The San Francisco mail arrived in London on November 2, making the distance from Sydney in 42 days, against 56 by the Suez- line. - A commotion has been caused amongst the Society of Jesuits by the General of the Order having', by the Pope's command, . expelled Father Cioici, the editor of the Oivita Catholic. As a pacrpd writer arid orator Oiorci is considered one of the brightest ornaments of his order, aud of the Catholic Church; His offence was maintaining* that the Papal infallibility was unneccessary to the well-being of the Church, He maintained ' this position in the (Ecumenical Council. Oiorci intends publishing 1 an account, of the differences in the Vatican since 1871. . , In France a coalition Government will probably he formed. The President favours a compromise. Rx- President Grant has received great, honours in Paris. Jn Spain attempts to create disturbances resulted in the arrest of twelve Republicans, and the seizure of several compromising papers. ■"■ The Vatican Council is discussing, the propriety, of abolishing', therio'lit of. veto on theelection of the Pope claimed by A.ustriu,. France, arid .Spain..,; ; War ha,s. com menced . in .ipon.th Africa,, between 'Gallkas-.and. the British, and native allied Two ha tiles, were fought,, " SOOO 'G^llkus'bWjig-in f tke,'-fieja.V;'T|^; trouble arofee"; between' Gallkas '.and. Fiug-als, ''on a question of ■boundary. •' Oiipetoivn'np'w?, 'dated September says' that art o'rcler^tp* despatch troops \d. the frontier;• hes; ! rbee'n." bd.tyhter raanded, ' the SGrßlH^s};ha^h^^tfeßra^^ the bo u n dary ;j';of VFi n gal v ■] an d ,.: a h d /-. :t he' Fing'fils . returning' '"hfutiewafd;^ ''-'-The: Gallkas ■ . h a v^^ain^:^ invaded. Fingal landl -; i fn /; a t; .'baftle/ c -'b'n!.'the-: 24th "-.Sept: the Gallkas 105t. .200. '.. The loss on the

:29 th n -1^ ; vfrn/Y ~Keinfbr,cemf nts 'nu^herl foV^ard/.-tOifK^iira, huti; were' defefit^l^iinfi tl.i", ferrirnry annexed. ; ;^:^A'""^i^ i antW'ikrVd.4Vaud'' > in ; -Tyxas\ has been discovered^; 'Jrs;.raiiiincations ex-^ tended tbYoug-h:out the cnnnt ry.- ' Thirty persons ;have : bef?n arrested in connection with, the >fe frivucls. ; and twenty Court houses i hi various parts of Texas have been burned to idestroy the proofs of the forgeries. ' The frauds cover a period of fifteen- years,* and are safd to^ affect the titles of an immense, area of territory. ' . ..-. .;■-<'. ; : By a' fire at Portland, N.B , one of the suburbs ;pfStV John, on October 20,: rhere was a loss of 80Q,000 dols. The Rome correspondent of the 'Ti.rnfis' contradicts the report that Cardinal Antonelli's affair . will l)e settled by a. compromise : The Vatican is anxious to hush up thescandal, bat the parties immediately concerned are ver solved to fig-ht it out. . The 'Home News' says : "Tt is satisfactory to know that, according to the soundest medical opinions, the arrows employed by the Natives in the South Pacific are not really poisoned either by bems; dipped in any deadly vegetable solution or into decomposed animal matter. A sheaf of arrows, discharged at Santa Cruz, in the Solomon Group, about the time of Commodore Goodenougb's murder, were sent to London and clinically examined. The result was that no venom at all was detected." The ' New York Herald says the failure of Lehman and Levi Samuels, of First Avenue, Forty- third and Fortyfourth streets, slaughterers and the larg-est exporters of beef and live' cattle in America, has created the greatest surprise in business circles, as it was totally unexpected, and the firm was held in high commercial repute. Their liabilities amount to from 300,000 to 350,000 dollars. They have promissory notes outstanding 1 for upwards of 100,000 dollars, given in the usual course of business. They also owe a -considerable sum to the banks, but this is partly secured by g-ood commercial papt-r. . A fearful gale swept over England on October 14 "'and 15, doing 1 tremendous damag-e to property. Tt was first feltin London at 11 o'clock at nig-ht, and raged for six or seven hours. Trees were torn up by the roots* walls and chimneys blown down, and policemen nnd others bad to hold on to the railings to keep their feet, • At Bath, Hull, Portland, Oxford, Bvidgewatm 1 , and E&eter serious casualties are reported. On October 8 the Thamps at London overflowed its southern bank, floodingBlaekfriars, Batfersea, and other streets, which are under water, and causing 1 o-reat destruction to property and much distress among' the poorer people.. It is estimated that the famine has cost thft Tndian Government fifteen millions. sterling 1 . A fearful hurricane occurred on the Island of Onracoa. The loss of property is 2,000,000 dollars, and the loss of life great. In the city of Curac.oa many solid structures wer« crushed by the waves, burying* hundreds of people in the ruins. "' King- John of Abyssinia •defeated ,the rebellious chieftains, incited by the Egyptians, and killed 17,000-men. Hehas invaded Eg-vptian .territory with an ai ; my of 120,000. G^neraJ Gordon has been .?ont by the Khedive to negotiate with him. ■ .' ' Thft firft in the Patent Office, a.r Washington is Ascribed to diffident causes, including' incendiarism ; h&l thft most probable f-vplajiation is than somo old v )npe'rs, on tl'e .shelves near on^ of the flips' cfiiiu-ht; fit'e.,. F-vervtbv.no' in the buPdinir jm'vrinlly or wholly dostro)'ed. 'ft wao the finest museum of inve.nVions in tbe world. Amonjr other curiositi.es were th& t.vijrinal Morse telegraph, apparatus ofU?'37, the first- reaping- machine, the . original sewiogmachine fii'enrras, nau.fioal instruments, and gas engines. Tht " telegrnph apparatus, and s'Oiiie other .old valuable inventions, were .saved, as. .were a soothe original engrossed copy of \he decraraation of independence, Frank 'm s -printing press, a uniform of General VV ash- | ington's, and oth^r valuable, rehes, which were removed before the (ire 1 ban .reached 'taut -part of the building m -which' they were kept. The upper .floor of the model hall was destroyed, .to-gether-with /the models accumulated over thirty years, and numbering ovec 80,000 / articles. . The entn-er building was": s-iiyed from destruction by the fact thac the floor of the model hall was laid on arcbed bricks supported by ir.on girders, over which a ".floor of marWe was Inid, and this withstood the ■ crushing; weight 0f ,700, tons when it fell.in. ■ The dairiajje is estimated at from 20,000d01s to O.O.'oOOdols . : '- •-..,. „ = The following are extract? rrom a, letter received from SumlfJ, the explorer, ...to the'N^w York Herald'- 1 and London. ,' Telegraph,' dated ne:ir thft .niouth nftfap .Congo, .A n>usti J3 :— t{ .So f^r as I have been- permitted to o|iserve, I, find, that; -eastern Central Africa -and- -_ western .Central Africa must.be acted pn by two djityremt in'tiupnees..^ The mttiyes \ypu!d more' readily "apfivebiate the trader^ than (1& / misrfonary ■;- stjSJ, >jThe/r ? mission j\t\v fwbitld be a most powerful. ngent, in east ! 'C! n;tral^{ no'a^\v b^ jEo jtr ader ■ m iißtvp V^<ie u a an i^si o nary: . ■M\ti reasons for tliis. are .obyions ,at jjv Igfa ri cfcH- TnO- ;Ea¥t ! H 'Qe n'tift l^'. W i;i bfi-the' people are gathsred under .powerful ;e,rn- • perorssa;m£ '^ing^^utili^a^ithelgreat: -; Empire; of v^Og'd a; : /w hi cjLVhas.. art; es%- :

— ~ ~ — ,.:.--. -"r ,„:.:,: _..,.;;„„:.;-. -.:/ ■} mated; / population "\of S,bG(J,OQp ;■/_ tfjjj great Empire 'of Ruada; "with atf equal population ; the Empire of Ruenai \v.ith; about 3,000,000;=.the Ktn^omsk^Usa^ e-aro, the two Ushio, TJnyorq 7 .KaYvive> UWngora, and'-Uk"er&ne : . ; .;'r^ll of tbe^e empires and ■ kingdoms are governed despotically, subject "to the will' of them respective rnonarchs. In his}efforts forj the moral improvement of these be-| nighted. races; =the missionary, ; using ; a discreet judgment, can soon secure: the good will, assistance, and protection, of the supreme powers of these countries; in the West Central Africa, froni Lake* Tanyanika to the mouih of the Congo River, where the people are gathered in ; small magnificent districts, towns or villages, each governed by its own respective chief. As.'we approach near the west coast the explorer dare not begin to classify people after the usual manner in Africa^ as the districts are so small and the population .so great that there are as many kings ruling over n hun-dred-acre plot as their are officers in Greece, and they are all animated by an intense thirst for trade, and are distin-o-viished" for their idolatry, hostility to each other, and foolish play. The love of trade and barter is, however, universe!, as I shall be able to explain in a subsequent letter. A hostile canoe fleet we had good cause to remember, for in this river, in mid-stream, we bad the second toughest fight of all. A fleet of canoes fiftv-fonv in number came down onus with such determined. ferocity that one of our canoes began to give way and run. One of the enemy's canoes contained over eight paddles on the platform at the bow, and held ten warriors and eight men wif-h paddles, while from stem to stern there nin a board planking along which the principal chiefs danced, up and down, giving a rehearsal of what ..they proposed to do with ns in half an hour. ' The fight was decided in our favour, or of course T should not write to you to day. This great affluent puzzles me a good deal. Can it possibly come from thy Albert Nyanza, or is that gulf I discovered in 25min. north latitude a separate lake giving- birth to this affluent of the Luraba ? or is it merely the well of the Chiveinffe V WAR NEWS; War news to November 7 states that Mukbtar Pasha abandoned Erzeroum at the request of the inhabitants, the town not being in a position to stand a sieo-e. The Russians entered without striking another blow. After ten hours' fighting at Dubfjoyum on the 6th, when Mukfatar Pasha was sMghtly wounded, the Ardahan division of the Russian army entered the Western Euphrates Valfey, and endangered the Turkish communication between Brzerourn and Trebizonde. • The fighting since " the battle of Aladja Dagb has placed the Turks in a worse position than ever, Mukhtar and Ismael Pashas have been beaten out of the field, and their armies have been utterly demoralised. The retreat from Aladja 'Dagh to ' Ezeroum was a complete rout. ! No- details of the losses at the battle of the 6fch are to band. At a great battle on the heights before liars, fonght on October 15th, the right wing of the Turkish army surrendered on the field, the left and centre bping driven under the walls of the fortress by the. victors. The Turkish loss in wounded at Aladja Dagh is «sti-m-ited at 14,000 men. Eighteen thousand men, 40 cannon, 2000 horses,' and large quantities of military stores were captured. Since then there have been running fights, resulting invariably in loss to the Turks. in Bulgaria General Qmirko has completpd the investment of -Plevna, defeating Chefket Pasha in several bloody engagements. On October 2M\. ; Gtrniji Dubruk was cnpfured after n' /day's engagement, two pashas, 30.000 infantry, and one regiment of .cavalry. 'being taken prisoners. Teiiche was subsequently carried by an " assault of the Imperial Guards, who -atracked the position simultaneously -with the assault on Guruiji Dubruk. The attacking force was nearly decimated. Several minor Dpsitions commanding I ''the SopLia road have been since carried, and .Oi'chame is threatened. . . ... : : It is stated at Constantinople that: Cbefket Pasha has abandoned a large iirmy intended for the .relief of Plevna?.; The Czare witch made a reconnoisance in force along- the line of the Lorn bn f October 28; but withdrew alter". some fighting. An attack Was simultaneously, umdtf '-on the works at Hustch.uk, bui the attacks were- repulsed by a sbrtiti from tYtti fortress. The Russians retired to Pyt^rts. ■.-..; ■. _: . Genftrn I Zimmerman, dcbouchingfrom Do-brndsubrt-;. threatens Pnnc« ' Bassan, with x the Egyptuin contingent, .has beieu d«udled to .check ■him.-. ; .. . -.The general position to the, latest. ,js that Pie v mi is closely invested; Kursit; ready- to- capitulate; Krzp'rpurn is occupied ;■ the ..Russia^ haveiVluichiar Pas'i'a beafsu. at' all /points ;' Sulieman Pashit •■•i'sJ Iheuked by ; the Czarevvitch alono 1 the line of the libra; uiui remains inactive, hiscora-muuicadon wirli Sili^tri!} •and Vrti'ria.-'bVimg'm'epacecl by the advance ,oi'GenfeHls=-ZirbmeMui 'and^rlie ; mns-; 'Ving- ot'st large army in 1 t.he field ; the Hulsians, are caljiiTg, "ojiic. their resbryesi .Bnd^dp^sndV^a'nM'Vre^emboayingVl^S 1 " battalions ;e.sA^meni?t;:is' practically los^ siansarcTclearmg the %^^ .pHssesVof. : ;%e7Turks.; >;■/ /-;r> -/> '.; >' £ l> [ '■-; '^ ■