ENGLISH & FOREIGN.
SPECIAL TO THE GLOSS. LONDON, August 8. A COMMERCIAL PANIC. A commercial panic lias set in on tlie Montreal Exchange. A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. A diasirous fire has occurred at Serajowo, capital of the province of Bosnia; 10,000 persons have been rendered homeless. THE ZULU WAR. The Zulu Chiefs have sent in their submission, haring deserted the cause of Cetewayo. LONDON, August 8. It is reported that Sir Garnet Wolseloy censured Lord Chelmsford for fighting at TJlundi without him. Foreign arrivals of wheat are so large as to depress the market, and Australian wheat is neglected. [eeutee’s teleqeams.J LONDON, August 8. Three per cent. Consols, 97f. Best Australian beef tallow, 325 ; host Australian mutton tallow, 345. Tho total stock of tallow in London at date was 10,000 casks. LONDON, August 9. Newman Hall has obtained a divorce after a protracted trial. The House of Commons, by a large majority, has sanctioned tho Peninsular and Oriental Steam Contract. MADRID, August 8. Tho King of Spain, returning from the funeral of his sister, tho Infanta Maria del Pilar, was thrown from his carriage through its upsetting, and dislocated his shoulder. It has since been reset.
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Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1708, 11 August 1879, Page 2
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