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Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1626, 7 May 1879, Page 2

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* [By TELEGRAPH.] AMERICAN. A fire at Philadelphia destroyed 750,000 dollars’ worth of property. Vanderbilt is buying steel rails in England because he considers the material better than the American. Louisiana is threatened with a depletion of agricultural labor, in consequence of the negroes flocking westward. A rain of sulphur occurred in Pensylvania.

An Irish Colonization Convention has been started at Chicago for the purpose of securing the settlement of poor Irish catholics upon American soil. The “ New York Tribune ” urges Menotti Garibaldi and the three thousand proposed New Guinea colonists to settle in California or Texas.

Tildon’fl chance of success for the next presidential election is increasing. Gustavos Goward, an American commercial luminary, has written to Washington urging the Government to make Samoa a naval station and colony. An American war ship has been ordered to that island.

American mules are being embarked for South Africa.

ENGLISH NEWS,

Despatches from London, dated April 13th, say that no attention will be paid to the Sultan’s authority in the settlement of the Egyptian difficulty. Business is completely suspended at Cairo. A masters’ committee at Durham agreed to call a general meeting to discuss the proposals of the miners, and then twenty more collieries struck.

Carvei’, the American rifle shot, was to shoot a match at Sandringham, at which the Prince of Wales would be present. The police and the nationalists had a fight at Dublin on St. Patrick’s Day. Eire arms were freely used, and a number of persons wounded.

The military were called out to intimidate the Blackburn operatives, who are greatly incensed at the reduction of wages.

An English Company is about to start at Flushing, Holland, for the purpose of importing American moat alive and dead for the German market.

Layard is ordered to resume duty at Constantinople on May Ist. The London “ Times’ ’ criticises the new Canadian tariff. It says there is no branch of industry but that will be crippled bv it. The Council of the Chamber of Commerce at Liverpool have adopted a resolution in favor of an international agreement for the remonitisation of silver.

Cumber House, near Workshop, the seat of the Duke of Newcastle, has been partially burned. Many valuable pictures and books were destroyed. The National Steeplechase, Liverpool, was won by Liberator, Jackall second, Martha third.

A box, containing small fragments of human remains, each piece wrapped in brown paper, has been fished up from the Thames. The mutilated remains are recognised as those of Mrs Thomas, who lived alone near Richmond. The supposed murderess is Catherine Webb, alias Lawler, who was Mrs Thomas' servant. It is believed she made away with the identifiable parts, threw the rest into the Thames, and then sold the contents of the house and went home to Ireland. The “Times ” recommends creditors of the City of Glasgow Bank to accept 15s in the £. The same paper says the call of £2250 per share portends ruin to nearly every shareholder.

A London correspondent represents society as still discussing the singular proceedings of the Queen in the recent marriage of the Duke of Connaught. Tradesmen complain bitterly of the privacy with which the wedding was conducted. The writer says that anybody who saw the condition of the London streets on the evening of the wedding, could perceive that the shopkeepers were in their sulkiest mood. There were almost no illuminations. The omission of an invitation to Mr Gladstone is freely commented on. It is certain that the omission was not an act of forgetfulness, and that it was brought directly to the Queen’s notice. It is said her reply was, “ If. is my son’s wedding, I shall pay all expenses,” The story has been in circulation fcr days, and has been repeated at every dinner table and at every reception. Nobody has, at yet, contradicted it, and nobody seems to doubt that the words the Queen is alleged to have uttered do in fact represent her real feeling in the matter. This want of personal regard for Mr Gladstone is said to bo shared by the heir to the throne and other members of the Royal family. It is due largely to his independence and firmness in advocating reforms. David Mclvor, one of the prpprietors of the Cunard line, and a member of Parliament, writes that he does not know of any nation whoso trade prospects are so gloomy as those of Great Britain, but the “Times” points out that, notwithstanding this, the country has been paying its way, and has devoted more than three million pounds annually to reduction of the debt.

The silver question is exciting great interest throughout Lancashire, and the opinion is steadily tending in the direction of bi-metallism; but the interests in London opposed to it are so powerful that it is doubtful whether any practical step can be taken in that direction for a long time to come. The Silmoutb dock entrance wall at London has fallen, and vessels cannot dock for several months. Those in the dock will be unable to leave till the obstruction is removed.

Two thousand looms at Blackburn, England, are stopped, and 5000 weavers are idle. 30,000 coal miners are thrown out of work at Durham by thejdecieion of the pitmen against a reduction of wages. The steamer Surbitton, New York, for Rotterdam, is reported as lost. Speneer beat Farrier by six lengths in the single sculling race on the Thames, from Putney to Mortlake, for £SOO a side. The whole capital of the Pouycr-Quertier Cable Company (42,000,000 francs) is subscribed for. Destructive riots have occurred in the village of Doverham. In the Houghton and Seham district the miners have determined to destroy the property af the owners and managers. Ten thousand strikers at Shandows Hill voted “No surrender.” Mr Bourke, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, has gone to Paris for a conference with the Trench Government concerning the Egyptian crisis. FRANCE. Gambetfa is spoken of for the Premiership, Mr Waddngton being found incapable. The vilhgo of Yarnay, near Yichy, has been destroyed by fire. 1800 houses were burnt. . . . France declines to participate in a mixed Government for Roumelia. A monetiry convention for Latin nations has been agreed to. The fagace of the main Exposition buildings will be retained. The remainder of the site will be lestored to a parade ground. President Grevy is issuing pardons for Communist! as fast as possible. Successive decrees wil bo issued, each granting an amnesty to 500 persons, M. Paul le Cassagnac has been banquetted on the 9th oy 180 students of the Quartier Latin. GERMANY. The Emperor ir.d Prince Bismarck are in daily receipt of letters threatening assassinsThe Tariff Commissioners have "imposed a duty of 20 marks on American leather goods. The Emperor has had a fall, and been confined to his room in consequence. His brother Frederick Charles is dangerously ill. The Czar is expected at Berlin for the Emperor’s golden wedding in June. A statue of Bismarck was unveiled at Cologne on April let, the anniversary of his birthday. The Liberal papers publish complimentary articles on the occasion. Diptheria has attacked the children in the Royal household. Bismarck intends to impose extra dues upon ships carrying extra flags.