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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume xv, Issue 229, 27 September 1880, Page 4

The business of banking in South America, if not as " safe as it is in -London/ musk be infinitely' more ex citing, especially in?Eer,u l \wliepe^ aecprding to~ the latest "reports^ the i Government, being in wan.t_pf msney, have been compelled /lo resorfc to ex-.; treme measures Ito obtain, bit. Typo' banks-.. were, invited to advance; the Go-' v^rnmenta million or two, 5 and, lipoir iteir refusing, sentries .were /placed at their doors, with orders to ; alldw money 1 to be paid ipj Kut not to le.t afly be.ipaid ! out. lifter holding out for a few^daya the banks gave way." r Traders^ W/ compelled to allow tn'ejr'jbooKs to W* exaininnd, ( pa^ 4 a tax $£ six t per. cent on their profits^ so it'iinqt N surprißr^ ing, to^eadUhat^^-bußin^ is x diTll. r "' x v ). Further; details have T^afehed 1 'MaJJrifl l! of the iecent earth^uhkei at ' Manila/ -It is" staled that, the • island ( h§^i -been, i under volcanic" action since July i 2, ! -when the first oscillations took place," and the oldpraters cast up. lava. Sulphurous springs and -fissures in? the earjkb had created' alarm "before the"" severe shock that lasted seventy seconds "011' July 18, . The second 1 sjiock was 1 forty: seconds, and took place "at four' in jtjle afternoon on« the 2O.fch* , )It caused a terrible 'panic* A. third shock occurred at eleven at night. . It left^hofc one .building -safe, and the tqtjil lbgs 1 of life? is" put "down al 326. Almost every family high and low is houseless. Since the foundation of Manila indls^l it 'has suffered very often and yery -Severely; from earthquakes. Thfo, mosfc fS^vere'i were those of 170 C, ,I'Mvand isS's!, The last named cause)! 93pJ) The effects of the" presqnt earthquake were felt in the intenor disbicts^of tHe island o,f Luzon, . but .not so . much in) the rest) of the^- Ehilippipe^- ldss of : property in Manila, and -the country districts is said to exceed that of any similar occurrence^in'tbjB 5 present : tury. The; -- home - : * will forward supplie,s,^]bufc^no etepa have been tak&n lor a^alibnS|sßubscription by the &oviefnnaen^ as i&it|ie ca Be of the Murcia floods.' : > %j\ The terrors of an Aittferican^^ummer says (the New York continually mentioned in Eur,o:pe, and^few foreigners have the hardihqbj. to brav,e them. They may be painted worse than they are, but they are x ; certainly bad enough. This season promises" to be one of the most uncomfortable;. :wer, have endured fpi* y ; earßi ? ;; The^ heat^ began early in M:ay, and^ threafcecs' tol contiune far iato September. Tjhe mercury has not been so very'high -the - present year, but the average, he.at_,has tieen; |i|f. Iff th| |^ality «^f [i^fair., has oeen most ot>noxipus When T the, thermometer marjied !! biifc v «73deg. : a fc n^ thereabout in May/i thepweatihep Mvk 1 -, very oppressive, and the atmosphere i\ felt as if 9Odeg. or DSdeg.ttmigh^- jiayei; been j Vaß^a'-^fDfnl absence o^. ozone,/ .and thefef is fs,fiil'. We tried to account;' for it* by ibhe* long dry spell. If we could haye^a^oodrain, we said, the air would be fresher and lighter, and we longed" lor" rain. 'Last w^eKyi^e ha'd .sjx : HfturS),of driving, drenching rain, and after sha,t, ; :e?en the'S next morning, the atmosphere was heavier.and closer than ,eye^. day following we r had 'a ißne thunderstorm, | but the sultriness rather increased than diminished. Mpstof us ( wh^ are, kept I in (town Have made up bur "minds"~that ; we shall not have much meteoric relief 1 before September at earliest, and we . i are not likely to be"' agreeably disap- | pointed. We do not look for comfort or coolness; we are steadily baking and broiling in<p a stoicat phllps6phy. The /dikbbnds formerly to the'jFrench crown are shortly" to be sold/and it is said that Mdmei 'Marie Blanc, the enormously- wealthy -widow of^ tha la^e M.. ißlanc,:';pf Monaco play-house, ; intends ,purchag>ing ■ the 7 - famous " Begeit," > >■■ This sWn^llu^^fe ■^QOO.bOOilrancs; h4i hadlaflfi&tbry.;.: In; 1792; bein| then ttie pro^p"e"pfcy^Bb'tiiie;-='i'rench ; Eepublic, it was stolen! "b'ut^ some- dayX" later the robber returned it, as he hlad%und oil^, the imjpo^libility /;qf selHnj^-jio^uitimiell

taxable an object; The Mtefcent" was : afterwards sent to Prussia' as-seeurjity r for. a. loan of 5,000,Q00 ; T and ...when 'withdrawn from the hands of the contracting bankers it was. mounted/on the guaYoV of Bonaparte's consular; sword.. Oddly enough, the previous jewel may one day revert td a decendaiit of Bonaparte,and -i tWe»" newly-made'mbther-|n-law of the latter may J^hiafc appropriate to ' ' bestow" the^ "' Begent 1 ""upon here daughter's distinguished husband. ; „. ,The r C^nadiani cricket team has been .dissolved.' :In 'bo.thfa cricket,- and finI ancial sense; the. tour has been a failure, and it has been wisely decided to give the remaining matches.' Three mem bers of the team have set sail for Qtfe- > bee, and the others start next weeik. Before the^players left home most unfavourable opinions were . expressed as to their chances. of success, ,and the result lias only too fully borne out expectation. In sterri contrast is the successful campaign of the- Australian team, who have hitherto carried everything before tbem.T — Some News: - ' " ; •'Of course, at. the first blush (says the Some News) it is everybody's impulse to be down on General Burrows. Surely the general who allows himself to-be -beaten must be very greatly to blame ? This first question is naturalliy followed- by asking what is knowh about General =Burrows.:- What are His antecedents? Where has he served t? Qn these points I hear the following : This scarcely fortunate general has been for years upon the staff at Bombay. .He has filled all the posts upwards in : the quartermaster-general's department, and was chief of it when selected to I command a brigade at Gandahaiv ■*■ In early days he was colonel of a native | Infantry regiment, but. for years h.eJiap bad no experience whatever in handling droops ; certainly not a mixed force of the three arms like that which hau come to such deplorable grief in bin hands. Those who know Genera! | Burrows ( well give him credit /or decided abilities, although capacity f for war may not be one of them. He is «, very clever and skilful artist, but in described- as a thoughtful,., 1 somewhat dreamy- person, possibly; ribjj. quite the tyjpe\ of , mate to pro.ve'^aji effective leader of an army in the field. He h -not in -his first youth, having obtaitiec bis}. pommisßion in i 844, which will make him now about fifty-two or three, It is stated that till this present Afghan business he never saw a shot fired;? l It, is reported- that a patent has been: obtained at New Yorki by fiaric jTwairii- jfor & .iiewiy-inverited macjhinej Jo.. make haste. i