SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS

Dunstan Times, Issue 1186, 21 November 1884, Page 3

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS

Tbe iron and steel works of Crawshaw Bros., st Merthyi-Tydvil, Synth. Wales, have closed. Stagnation in the Welsh lion aud steel trade is the cause. ' A joint-stock company is. beios formed in London, under the auspices of the Stock Exchange Committee, for the protection of holders of American railroad wiaresA The object is to supply subscribers with infers mation in regant to American investments. The London Standard of 20th October, in its financial column, says there are renewed reports of serious difficulties impending in the Liverpool produce ami shipping trades. One company of American liners recently called a meeting of its creditors and revealed ita in ibility .to fully; meet its engagements, but no formal bankruptcy was apprehended. Tbe delegates to tbe Farmers’ Alliance will hold a conference in London,- in November, on the agricultural crisis. -The programme of the meeting includes a proposal to refer the question of reduction ofrents to courts of arbitration I'be Scotch Farmers’ Alliance has received favoiiraoly a report of a deputation sent to Ireland advising the application to Scotland of the Irish Landlords’ Act,-with fixity of tenure, fair rents,, free sales, and remission of arreats.

Prince Alb-rt Victor, eldest son of the Prince of Wales, will start next spring on a long tour of tli'e C-ntiueht, and will afterwards visit the United States and. Canada. Mr Gladstone sent along letter to the St. Asaph Diocesan Conference on October 23 on the subject of The disestablishment of tbA' Chui oh -of - England. ‘Tn it he counselled Churchmen to' .lip tolerant of each other’s views, and conduct their conferences with charity, moderation, mildness, and reserve. ,

The Tiohhorne Claimant was secretly brought to Peotonville Prison on the night of October 20. He was discharged next morning quite unexpectedly to himself, as his time had still three days to run. At Scotland Yard the Claimant received a ticket-of-leave requiring him to report him self monthly by. letters to the authorities. He appeared to be in good health, and will remain quiet for the p esent, keeping his resi I snoe a secret. Wheat reached the lowest price in the London market on October 19 since the .American Civil War,

The Government has decided to expend one milli m <m its fortifications in Aden, Singapore, and Hong Roug. Orders have been sent from the War Office to hasten the work.

The Tory election agents throughout the country, in reporting to headquarters in London on October 19 as to the effect of the Government redistribution scheme, declare that it .will be destructive of the fortunes of the party. A London dispatch of October 19 saya that ou the opening of Parliament a Commission will be appointed to inquire into the condition of tbe navy and.Admiralty. It will ask for an increased grant for ship building, to enable ■it to give orders to private firms for tha construction of swift armoured and light armoured vessels The distress at the shipbuilding centres of tha North is increasing. Forty ocean steamers are lying idle in the docks at Sunderlmd, and most of the shipyards are closed. Public subscriptions are being made for the labourers out of employment Several mem era of the British Association, who hj yd returned to Englani from their visit to Cana a and the United States, complain of the niggardly c induct of the Philadelphians into whose hands they fell while visiting American scientists. A home for female inebriates has been established ih London. ,

A dispatch dated October 12 says it is now known that the Euglish h.p c op will amount to 415,0J0 owt., which is considerably below the average yield, l«ut th quality is better than for years. The Continental c op is an average one. but the quality is not so fine. The whole world’s crop is sai l to be above the annual con sumption. The Queen on the 14th request d Mr Gladstone to submit to the Cabinet for their consideration the question whether special powers cannot be cmiferre I iip-m the Prince of Wales to enable him to participate in the Conference of Sovereigns of Europe. The Paris Memorial Diplomatiq ie is responsible for ' his item. A fund is heme raised in England to ena'de Henry George to continue his agination in favour of land nationalisation, hut the sub enptions ro ■ e in slowly. According to a London dispatch of I2th October, English landowners are menac d with impecuniosity, for no lens than 3 1,000 acres vainly demand tenancy in E sex. within 30 miles of London. Lately 170 acres were s dd for L 2409, for which LSOJO was refused years ago. - The ow price of wheat and cattle, with the high- rents left by the Land Courts, have impoverished the Lish fanners. The announcement on October 23 that that the I.ish Nationalists are about to im port Id«h<*Amerioan apeak -rs caused a great sensation in Dublin. The Tories and Orangemen are organising meetings to nen tralise the effects of the imported eloquence. They are also taking practical steps to “bead off” the Irishmen who are o mb.g from America. They have procured from certain cities in the United Sates authen ideated reports of violent speeches by AI y. Sullivan,late president of the I rish League ; Patrick Ford, editor of tiie Irish World; and John Finerty, of' the Chicago Times. These copies have been formally submitted to the Dublin authorities with the view of inducing Earl Spencer to proclaim the meetings at which Sullivan, F-fd, and Finerty are expected to speak. All these gentlemen,, and some other: good speakers, will leave for Ireland in November, after the general election in the Unite l States. A dispatch from Dublin of the 14th says that if the Pamellitea fail to obtain a pie )ge from Mr Gladstone that lh« Cover, men t will recall Earl Spencer and allow the Irish Grimes Act to pass as propoted by Captain O’Shea, M. P for Clare they will not vote with the Tories, but will withhold their votes from the Government.

A London dispatch of October 17 says the private negotiations iretween Mr Giadstone a"d Mr Parnell have heeii broken off. It is rumoured that Earl Spencer desires to resign, and that ba will be succeeded by the Dnhl rf Conn acht.

The Lord Mayor of Dublin and others have subscribed LISOO fir the benefit of the late Alexander Sullivan’s family. Mr Dickson, a Liberal member of the House of Commons, was injured on Oo ober 22 in a riot at a Porta ’own meeting in favour of the Franchise RilL Ho is confined to his room, A number of the rioters were arrested.

Mr Trevelyan, late Chief Secretary for Ireland, is now accompanied everywhere by ade ective. The weekly National papers exult over, Trevelyan’s resignation. It is propose 1 to raise by subscription LIO.OOO for the family of the late Alexander BL Sullivan.