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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 90, 20 January 1891, Page 2

THE LATEST.

LoNDON.'-Januarj 18. Three hundred coal lumpers attacked the Shipping Federation's men on board 'the. Scotland in .the .Royal Albert Docks. The" latter fouutir vigorously with fire arms, picks, and crowbars, finally repel* linn their assailants. Fortunately no harm resulted from the shooting. The liquidation of Barings' business is nearly completed. * _ The money market is now flooded with capital seeking investment. Mr O'Brien and Archbishop Walsh insist on a truce being proclaimed be* tween the two sections of the Irish Party pending the probable ■ arrangement of differences. : ' ' Tallow — Medium mutton, 26s 6d ; do, beef, 255. . >, Valparaiso, January 19. Nearly the whole of the Chilian army linve joined the rebels. The blockade of the coast has pnralysed trade, and pro\isionß hare risen to famine prices. Received January 20, 10 25 a.m. ~ London, Jamfary 19. Sir J. Hannen, a divorce court judge, has been appointed to the Judicial Coin-" mittee of the Privy Council in succession to Sir Barnes Peacock. . " It is proposed to hold a " World's Labor Exhibition" in London thie'year,at which operatiyes from every trade can be seen at their work. Valparaiso, January 19. The rebellious fleet now menace Vair paraiso. The revolutionary movement is spreading: in the interior. Washington, January 19. . Secretary Blame proposed a complete exchange with Canada, but Sir J. Macdouald favors partial reciprocity, but the press support the former.