MAIL NEWS.

Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3047, 20 November 1878, Page 1

MAIL NEWS.

I The Sultan declared to Minister Layard that he would never conclude an alliance with Russia. The Bussiang refuse to quit Adrianople till the signing of a definite treaty with, Turkey. The Czar is contracting the issue of military furloughs. In no case are they to extend beyond February. Bussia will . make an immediate demand upon Turkey for 3,000,000 roubles. The Busßian tariff-is to be raised 15 per cent, and an income tax added. ' -. The Clyde ship-builders have reduced wages 7\ per cent. The; redaction affects 40,000 employees. It has been quietly accepted. :'..■■<<■;■; \ ■'•.-..■■ -;^>rH-';v; .'■ ■ The Eddystone light-house remains uninjured. The foundations, however, are reported unsafe. ■; Colonial Trust. Corporations of London : decided on voluntary liquidation. Wages have been reduced ten per cent. atOldham. Negotiations are said to be pending between Austria, France, and England, to , i secure an anti-Bussian alliance. . James Lawers and Co., of Liverpool, suspended, liabilities from one to two millions, t . The race for the Criterion Stakes at Newmarket on the 21st were won by Monsieur Phillipe, Lancastrian second, Eozonder third. The Cambridgeshire Stakes were won by Jspmmly. Count Yon Bismarck,' nephew to the German Chancellor,. committed suicide throughphysical sufferings. A panic has occurred in the Glasgow iron trade through the prices of pig iron, which tend lower. Viscount Bury and other Directors of the London Colonial Trust Corporation, which defaulted in its debentures and interest, have been sued, and the books of the company ordered into Court. One thousand Glasgow weavers are on strike against the 7^ per cent, reduction of wages. •A panic occurred at the Colosseum Theatre, Liverpool, which led to a frightful result. Thirty«five men, two lads', and. several women were - suffocated. There were between 4000 and 5000 persons in the Theatre at the time. The panic was caused by a cry of " Fire '•' without cause. By a railway collision at Fontypridd (Wales) twelve persons were killed and twenty wounded. ;'A Prussian 4 per cent, loan was effected with Berlin' bankers. to the amount of 6,000,000 marks. Countess Bismarck, Prince Bismarck's ' daughter, will, it is announced, be married to Count Bantzau on Nov. 4th. The Emperor William resumes, the - reins of Government early in December. The German Social Bill has passed, and the Central Socialist Committee was voluntarily dissolved. The Socialist newspapers have also suspended, and will appear under new titles. The Bothschilds have agreed to loan Egypt £6,O00,O0O: , .England, Italy, and France will not recognise Servian independence till the civil and political equality of the Jews is proclaimed. The Duke of Edinburgh sails from Marseilles for' Canada, to welcome the Marquis of Lorn! Negotiations between the Vatican and Germany have ceased. The report that the annual military 'conscription in Germany is increased to 20,000"men is denied. * After the passage of the Antisocial Bill,'by 22 against 140, the Beichstag prorogued. . . Bismarck read a message, and said that armed with his Bill he hoped to cure the prevalent disease, and if not successful in two and a-half years he hoped to obtain' further concessions. ' . The Emperor William sent 4,700 dollars for the benefit of the yellow fever sufferers in the southern states of America. - - The International Peace Congress in Paris has ended. - .'. •" •;• The rumours of Prince Louis Napoleon and Princess Thyra'a betrothal are revived. A strong French fleet has been ordered to the Mediterranean. No more Communists are to be arrested. Seventeen persons were drowned by floods in northern Italy. The Italian Consul at. Trieste has been insulted by Austrian sailors, crying " Death to Italy." , An Internationalist, named Juan Mon* casi, attempted to assassinate King Alfonso on the 25th. The cashier of the Bank of Odessa defaulted for 16,000 dollars. A run on the Bank followed, and 1,500,000 dollars were withdrawn. ' / The deaths from- cholera in Morocco have reached 696. It is expected-a proclamation of war against 'the Ameer will be gazetted shortly, specifying full reasons for declaring it. Army officers have been ordered to learn the Afghan language. Herr Hoffman, Imperial Chancellor of Germany, has resigned. A dyke on the Dametta, a branch of the Nile, has burst, and it is impossible to repair it, and 10,000 men are. engaged in building a new one. Great damage has been done, and 30 square miles are overflowed, and 20 villages are submerged, involving a loss of ftorn 600 to 1000 lives. -