ENGLISH AND AMERICAN.

Cromwell Argus, Volume IV, Issue 163, 24 December 1872, Page 6

ENGLISH AND AMERICAN.

I.ATE U\ EULAXiI TKI.EC!ItA.M; . London, Deo. 10. Lady Doughty, on her death-bed, reaffirmed 3iov conviction that tlie (Jiaimaint is not Sir Linger Tiold <>nu\ The declaration has created a strong impression on the public mind, and the popular enthusiasm for the Claimant’s cause is abating. The American Uoxisul at Vienna has uceivcd thirty-five Jewish families, who have tied from persecution in Wallachia. The modification of the French Cabinet lias 'riven a heaithv tone to the funds. The pre-

sent indications in France arc pacific. Air S( Iwyn, l»ishop-elect of Melanesia, has Iv'eu entertained at a farewell meeting st Wolverhampton. He will bo consecrated in Now Zealand. An attempt was made on November oth to celebrate (Lay Faw kes' Day at Exeter. The affair turned into a demonstration against the new Licensing Act, which was denounced by several speakers. They met with opposition from the crowd, and the affair degenerated into a riot. Cudgels and brickbats were freely usi d, and many of the rioters were in-

jured. The poliee got the best of it, and the I mob was dispersed. Several arrests were made. 17 men are in hospital from the injuries they received. New York. The Australian line has been organised into a regular Corporation, under the laws of ; New York. The whole capital, amounting to 2,000,000 dollars, has been taken up. ' Seven gentlemen in New York and California are the directors. Tire directors in New i York are Messrs Webb, Wood, and Lowry; ' and in California, Messrs Lloyd, Lewis, Vice- ; Preside nt Mills, and Buttcrworth. The line is expected to be a great success. The Cali; ib.ru i i papers consider the granting to it of an i • •ricaii subsidy as certain. ' : Victoria Woodhnll, and her sister •id a 0 IVnnie Clafin, the notorious advocate ■ love,” have been indicted on a charge : elating obscene publications. They i m.ii committed for trial, bail being ■-. : : ,t £2OOO. ihe horse epidemic continues in New .. and other eastern cities, and is causing | s- ; (nation in business. Ox teams have been b ought into requisition. In New York city, i 14,000 horses have been prostrated by the . j disease. Up to the latest dates, it was still unabated, and only a few horses were working in the streets. The disease had also spread throughout the State, and the trotting . and race-horses have succumbed to it. Sc . veral persons are ill with, complaints ami!# ;; to this horse diocese.