GREAT BRITAIN.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 78, 27 September 1879, Page 3

GREAT BRITAIN.

Lbngniau, the last of the original partners ; ib. that firm of eminent publishers, .died m Londo » on the 31st August. ■:-"." The. Queen has sent Buckstone, actor and author, £50. Beaconsfield has recommended that a' grant of £190. be made from the Royal Bounty. ,\ A novelty" m trade was the roeent shipment of j>ig iron from Liverpool to New York. ' Hone, a prominent Irish amateur cricketer, has taken a team of gentlemen players to : AmeiTca. He has also written a letter proposing that the Irish should meet the Engjish players m the States. ; 1000 cotton operatives have struck m 'Grlasgow-. .Belfast merchants have asked for the appointment; of a Parliamentary committee to enquire into the effect of the -depreciation m the value of silver upon the commercial interests of Great Britain. A British Royai Commission, under Lord . Carnarvon, Colonial Secretary, has bfceii>appointed to report on the defence of British Colonies. Two fatal cases of cholera have occurred m London.. The new Brazilian loan is more than trrice. covered by subscription. David Martineau and Sons sugar refinery, London, was burned on. August 18th ; loss, £1000. Joseph Pistoria, who took part m fho mutiny on board the Caswell m 1876, has been hanged m Cork. Sir Charles Tupper ordered 45,000 tons of ateel rails at 975. 6d. per ton, delivered m Montreal, for the Canadian Pacific Railway. The builders' strike m Bristol, began m 1878, is now ended, The principal failures reported are : — Lorraine and Co., merchants, London and East Indies, wilh £12,00 ; Simmon Bergheim, iron merchant, £40,000; ; Thomas Driver, cotten spinner, Blackburn, £30,000 ; James M' Henry, London £97,000, (money chiefly "lost m Texas Pacific Railway) ; the Furness Iron and Steel Company of London ; Arthur Eidd and Co., carpet manufacturers, Manchester, £46,000 ; W. S. and \I. Came, iron merchants, Liverpool, s£] 58,000, (losses m American trade). ' * A disturbance occurred at Lurgan be'tween_ a. Home Rule procession and the police, who charged on the mob with fixed bayonets. The mob subsequently ; wrecked LoldLurgar's lodges, and the house of a, Prqtestont. The violence and determination of: the rioters was so great that the ofp#ers. killed one and wounded two before they were brought under control. Albert Pell, formerly chairman of tha Chamber of Agriculture, and Clareswell Read, President of the Norfolk' Chamber of Agriculture, both M.P.'s, have gone to America, m connection with thp Commission to enquire into the causes of agricultural. depression m. England. :, They will take cognisance of the pre,- --? sent." harvest. The Times says the departure of the United States Minister, Welch, for London is regrettid, and thinks the :" demand made by the American Governroent for 100,0)0 dollars damages to fishermen m Fortune Bay, may lead to /diplomatic complication. A Tkmdon financiei* says that the American purchases are now beginning to be estimated at amounts considerably m eioess of; thos^.thoaght of, and notwithstanding the purchases of iron, etc , the conviction pi;evaijs. that gold trill be taken m payment ' to a^ considerale •amount, is "kiiQjr n t ' that large amounts of bill against w.tieaj slijpments with the u^nal sixty, days x\x\\\ ' have been steadily accumulativig during- the last mMth.' ' " "■" ' ; "' The BevL'rest storm, for many, years ratgi'djn England on August '4, during, which hailstones fell measuring: 5 inches m circumference. The damage was great m Bedfordshire, where the

hay crop was nearly swept away. Many cattle were drowned m Cambridge, Norfolk, Guildford,'LeicGster, and Bath. The Times says that hay and other fodder crops throughout Engr. land and Wales are many millions of pounds short of the average value. Staffordshire colliers, to the number of 3400, have struck against the reduction. Lord Derby has resigned the preside ency of tho Liverpool Working Men's Conservative Association m consequence of a change m his relations with the Conservatives. ' Venard De Saint Anne, originator, projects bridging the English Channel, and promises to begin operations without delay. He estimates it will require seven months for experiments, and a million francs will suffice to pay preliminary expenses. To raise funds he has laid the project before the French, and Belgian Chambers of Commerce, and eighty-four of these have expres- . sed themselves m favor of the project. Ho will visit England shortly to. lay the ' matter before the English Government. j To span the deep water he has. recourse to the tubular system. Sitting Bull and his Indians, now num hering- nearly 8000, reside on Canadian soil. New York, Boston, and Philadelphia have each sent fine, lines., of exhibits to Sydney ExhibitionSan Francisco will, not be fully represented till Melbourne exppsitipn next The ■ Home EiU,le League, proppses. converting the movement into a regularly elected convention of. tho. Irish Nation. The Irish "Volunteer Bjii has been, rejected m the House. A letter dated? from- Nordenskjold, dated February, says the Swedish-Arc-tic navigator states he does, not expect .to be; free from ice before,^ June. The report that he had, passed. Behring Straits is therefore premature. On the 18th, m consequence of heavy rain and- storms, traffic was suspended on the railway between Chester and Holyhead. Birkenhead was flooded. Tho rain was so violent at Sheffield that it washed away the foundations of---houses m course of construction. All low lying lands m Derbyshire, Trent, and Derwent, were overflowed. Wheat, is gradually rotting, and any c^rpps left I standing will not pay- for euttiag. In ! the Vale of Chydele, Wales, thousands of acres of crops are submerged,, and: hundreds of- cattle and shtep are drowned. The injury done, to growing crops m many districts is irreparable. The Axe ford was inundated to a depth [that made it navigable for boats. The severity of the rains was further indicated by. the fact that they have caused a rise m the Thames, which flooded the Home Pork under the wall of Windsor Castle, and interrupted barge traffic. Tho Czar has written to the Pope declaring his TCidiness to makepeace with the Catholic churches. The violent attitude of Belgia.n bishops assembled iv Malines, has caused trouble at the Vatican. The Archbishop has been summoned to Home for explanation. The Jesuits sent the Pope a memorial of entire, submission. Its sincerity is cjuestioned at the Vatican.