ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2707, 11 December 1882, Page 3

ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

£Bt Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] BLACKWOOD v THE QUEEN. THE LOUGH MASK MURDER. M. GAMBETTA. JUDICIAL. EUROPEAN COMPLICATIONS. ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL. THE INDIANS. THE WOOL SALES.

[special to press association.] Received December 11th, 11.15 a m. LONDON, December 10, 7.10 a.m.

The Privy Council has sustained the appeal in the case of Blackwood against the Queen, with costs.

The trial of the Lough mask murderers has resulted in the jury disagreeing, and being discharged without giving a verdict. A fresh trial will take place.

Htemorrhage is feared in the case of M. Gambetta’s -wound.

Received December 11th, 12.30 p.m. LONDON, December 9, 4.32 p.m. Chief Justice Wrenfordsley succeeds Chief Justice Gorrie.

France insists upon a continual political interest in the conduct of affairs in Egypt. The Gambettist press threaten reprisals against the Government, which is accused of seeking to enlist the aid of Russia and Italy against England. Sir Tatton Sykes, baronet, a recent pervert to the Catholic faith, intends to erect a Roman Catholic Cathedral for the diocese of Westminster.

The Indians have made a raid upon Chihuahua, a town between Mexico and Santa Fe, and have massacred eighty Mexicans and Americans.

The wool sales closed firmly; 136,000 bales were catalogued and 1600 withdrawnSeptember rates were recovered on all except faulty wools and coarse and crossbreds, which averaged from 5 to 10 per cent, lower; 60,000 bales were taken for export.