General Summary.

Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2832, 13 March 1878, Page 3

General Summary.

The Pope died through the closing of a sore in his leg, which threw the humours into the lungs and brain. The Government conceded a demand by Cardinal Simeoni fora guard of troops at the election, and stated that the Cardinals rejected the proposal for reconciliation vith Italy by thirty against ten votes. „. After the funeral services of Victor Emanuel, an Orsini bomb was thrown among the returning crowd, wounding five Storsons. The thrower was insane, but tB-rpohce, with difficulty, prevented his lynching. The Emperor William recently said to the Presidents of the Keiehßtag :•—" The situation is, indeed, serious* but, nevertheless, we will hope that th» maiuteiance of peace is possible." : Baron Mantueffel goes to St. Petersburg from Berlin on an important misThe Austrian Minister of Finance visits London on a special mission. xrThe Cortes opened on the 16th. King Alfonso stated that the treaty of commerce with the United Statei will be presented for approval. Cardinal Simeoni sent a protest to all the Papal Nuncio* agninst the proclamations of Prince Humbert *s King of Italy, but the different Powers refused to The Queen has subscribed £100 to the Turkish Compassionate Fund. A Bill has been adopted in the French Chamber granting an amnesty for Press offences. 2709 persons have been convicted of such offence under the De Broglie Cabinet. : ■. t . . A portion of the town of Pesth is inundated. ■ ■ i Another regiment has been ordered to i South Africa. \ , The arbitration has decided that the wage 3of the South Staffordshire ironworker* should be reduced 1\ per cent. The Chinese took Kashgar by a coup de main. The whole of Kashgar is now in their possession. Thej have been guilty of fearful cruelties. The uncertain state of political affairs clouds all business in Great Britain. 'ihe discount houses are said to hold very large amounts of money, which they are unable to employ on any terms. • The marriage of King Alfonso to Princess Mercedes, the third daughter of the j Duke of Montpensier, is corroborated. It was celebrated with great splendour at Ocho Cathedral, Madrid, on the 23rd of The annexation of a Swedish West Indian island at Bartholomew to France is approved by the Chamber of Deputies. • . " The Austrian Ministry have resigned, but a compromise is expected. At the trial of Russian Nihilists over 109 were accused, and only 20 convicted. A number of prisoners belonged to the noblesse; and reiide in all parts of the empire. The strike of London masons is over. The late Pope's wealth is estimated at £6,0C0,0C3. Social propagandists have been arrested at Odessa. .. ,' \ i '„, In India hostilities with Jowakas have been resumed, and an- engagement occurred with the enemy on the 16th, when they were defeated, with a loss of six English soldiers. Advices from Cape Town are not satisfactory. Numerous encounters have taken place between Volunteers and Kaffirs. The Tamboohiso revolted, and it is feared the Terebus will rise. Messrs Mayce Brothers, largo Belfast grain dealers* have failed, f The Oldham cotton mills have been closed by a strike. Osman Pasha will certainly be Courtmartialled next month, charged with burying Russians alive. People are so exasperated that he dare not leave his lodgings. "1 he police have difficulty in preventing a public demonstration against himi The Pasha denies the truth of the charges against him. -Just before his death, the Pope prepared allocutions against Russia for persecuting the Polish Church, and against Prince Humbert for assuming the title of King of Italy. Lord Beaconsfield has declined the Order of the Garter offered by Her Majesty the Queen. J. and G. Eitterhausen, Hamburg cotton importers, both suicided through failure in business. The. Greeks bare attacked the residences of Ministers favorable to peace. 12,000 Wigan weavers resist the threatefgd reduction of wages. The Northumberland miners' strike has ended. The Sheerness and Portsmouth dockyards workmen have been ordered to make overtime. Large numbers of men have been engaged from the first, and the dockyard authorities have been ordered not to lose a moment in making ships available. Advances made against the Kaffirs on January lGth were completely successful. 1000 cattle and 15,000 sheep were captured. The Kaffirs lost beavily in men. The Transkci was completely cleared of the enemy. The asylum for women in Tientsen has been burned, and two thousand perished. Typhus fever prevails to such an extent in the .Russian-Caucasian army as to have become a plague. Copenhagen Harbor has been torpedoed. .'-.' ; The Italian Government have proposed an anti-Russian alliance. The Ameer of Cabool is massing troops at Candah.