GENERAL SUMMARY.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3356, 24 September 1879, Page 2

GENERAL SUMMARY.

London, August 30.

A royal commission under the presidency of Lord Carnarvon, tbe Colonial Secretary, has been appointed to report upon the defence of the British colonies. The masters of the Ashton district have decided to further reduce wages five per cent.

A reduction of 10 per cent on. the salaries of officers, and 7£ per cent on the wages of employees has been resolved upon by the North British Railway Company in consequence of the prevailing depression in trade. The reduction will affect 12,500 persons and will make a yearly saving of £50,000. Sir Rowland Hill will be interred in Westminster Abbey. All the cheques of John Mclntosh of London, the large speculator in American railways, were returned last night. Valpbaiso, August 7. (Via Lisbon, August 31.) It is reported that the Chilian Minister of War, has tendered his resignation in consequence of the censure expressed upon his administration. It is asserted that the Peruvian authorities stopped a Chilian envoy while on the way to Colombia, and seized the instructions in which were proposed, an offensive and defensive alliance between Chile and Colombia against Peru.

Bobdeaux, August 31. The election for a member of Assembly to fill the vacancy created by the invalidation of the election of M. Blanqui was held to day. Out of a registry of '24,149 voters only 7,373 votes were cast. M. Blanqui received 3,939, M. Acuard 1,852, and M. Mitadir 1,374. There being no absolute majority a second ballot was necessary. Vienna, August 31. The Montago Bevu in an article on the Budget for 1880 shows that tbe Cisleithan deficit this year will be 21,000,000 florins which will be covered. The estimates for 1879 show no deficit if the contemplated Taxation Bill be sanctioned by the Beichstrath. . The Presse and -Flarabjatt announce that the Austrian commission to arrange the occupation of Novi Bazaar crossed the frontier on Saturday. San Fbancisco, September 1.

Charles i)e Young, senior, proprietor of the Chronicle newspaper, last Saturday sent for the Bey. JDr Kalloch, the working men's candidate for the mayoralty, oa the pretence that a lady wanted to see him at her carriage, and shot him in the breast and thigh. De Young was assaulted by the spectators, but rescued by the police. He is in gaol, charged with assault with intent to murder. Kalloch is very dangerously wounded but may recover. Great apprehensions is felt that Be Young will be lynched, and the authorities have made preparations to resist any attack by the mob. The cause shooting was the personalities during the election campaign provoked by De Young. The ship Peri arrived from Wellington on August 26th. 228 deaths occurred at Memphis since the outbreak of the yellow fever. General Hood, who distinguished him* self during the rebellion, died at New Orleans of" yellow fever. A general strike is impending, the Fall River masters having declined an advance of wages. The spinners only were affected by the first strike. A wind and rain storm did great damage in North Carolina and the Eastern States on the Atlantic seaboard.

Beslin, August 30. The Borsen Zeitung publishes the statistics of the wheat harvest throughout Europe, taking 100 to represent the average harvest. Austro-Hungary is set down at 78, Germany at 85, France 78, Switzerland 80, Italy 82, England 76, Russia 79, Roumelia 90.

London, August SO. Of seventy limited companies in the Oldham district, Lancashire, hardly any have been able to declare a dividend, although possessing the most improved machinery. John H. Pultson, M.P. for Devonport, visits the United States to inquire into its agricultural and commercial condition. Constantinople, August 30.

The Foreign Minister made a collective representation to the Forte respecting the numerous assassinations and robberies in Constantinople, and the bad police system, for which he held i(t responsible. • The ex Sultan Murad is still insane, according to the phjsician at the Lunatic Asylum. Gaiyestow, August 90. Ten men were killed and many wounded in a light about the ownership of the newly discovered Magda' silver mine, Mexico. Claimants have large armed forces in the field. The. Government of Mexico ordered all work to stop till the ownership was settled, and claiming all the metal taken out. Thirty-four cars of silver, en route to Texas, has been eonfiseated. London, August 31.

The Standard's Vienna dispatch sayi it is asserted that the Russian agents are distributing proclamations amonf the Albanians intended to excite them agai' it the occupation of JNovi Bizar.

Garnet Wolsely will be the next Com-mander-iu-Chief in India.

Certain parishes in the Counties of Derry and Tyrone aro placed under the Peace Preservation Act.

A popular rising took place at the capital of Chili owing to the mismanage* men t of the war. The President fled. The troops fired upon the mob, killing two, and wounding several. A treaty of peace was signed between Spain, Peru and Bolivia.

Two insurrectionary bands appeared in Cuba. The authorities can deal uaccessfully with them.

Sixty lires were lost in a fire at Iruthch which destroyed 200 houses. The Pope blessed the Panama Canal Scheme, and the subscription for the stock collapsed within three days in Europe. Accounts from St. John*, New Brunswick, on August 24 detail great damage done by the storm. Traffic was almost suspended. A raft of fifteen million feet of timber at Miramechee was broken up by the gale, and washed to sea. Canada experienced a severe earthquake. No serious damage done. De Lesseps sent to Central America several expert engineers, including Dononeaux, whose works on the Danube and Antwerp are well known, to examine tbe plane of the Panama Canal, and ascertain the probable expense of building. Be Lesseps is preparing for a journey to the United States. His wife will accompany him. The Pope received an anonymous letter from Baltimore, warning him against attempts to poison him. The letter contains so many, references to the Pope's private life that it is believed it was posted in America merely as a blind. Investigations are progressing. Austria, supported by Germany, aims at securing a strong foothold in Turkey, compulsion being put upon the Porte. Commissioners have been appointed to meet the Greek Commissioners to settle the frontier question. ■ Greece has put its army on a war footing. It insists upon the frontier suggested at the Berlin Congress. The sheik, Ul Islam, has written to the Mohammedans in Thessaly and Macedonia warning them that the greater part of those provinces will be ceded to Greece, and beseeching them to keep peace. - The slave war in southern Egypt is not ended. Sulieman, the slaver leader, gathered a second force and was pushing towards Darfur. Cholera is reaching Constantinople. England and France will assist Turkey to float a loan upon the settlement of the Greek question. Bulgaria has been armed to the' teeth by .Russians. 47 million cartridges for ■rifles with which the militia are armed have been contributed. The relations between the Porte and Servia are very critical. A large party of influential Roumelian Turks were arrested at Rhodope Mountains for conspiring to capture Philipopolis from the Roumeliana. The American frigate Wyoming, with the United States Minister to Turkey aboard, cruises in the Black Sea. She is the first American war ship ever there. Two nihilists were hanged at Nicoloaiff for preparing explosives to kill the Czar. Three more were . hanged at- Odeasa, making twelve political executions in Russia within the year. The Czarewitch visited Sweden for the purpose of inducing Scandinavia to remain neutral in the event of a pan-slavio rising. He was unsuccessful with the two great powers. Russians paid marked attetion to the American Ambassador and the war ship Wyoming.at Odessa. It is reported that Kuldja will be ceded to China by Russia upon the payment of five million roubles—the cost of.military establishments and the losses by the tribes.

A Times' Berlin despatch fays that General Lazieff's expedition to Merv is suffering terribly from the heat, dysentery, and scorbutic ailments. The horses are dying in great numbers, and camela are very scarce. Traction engines are to be used in*teads of camels in future expeditions.

The steamer Nordtnikold, sent to reHere the steamer Verga with the Swiss exploring party on board, wai wrecked on the coast of Japan. The crew was •avert; <-■,„,.' Andrassey and Bismarck had an interview recently when the/ latter Rare :an assurance that the- foreign policy of Austria will continue during his retirement kindly to Germany. 'ihe coolness between Germany and Russia is marked, and Austria and Russia bare nothing now in common; The Emperors of Austria and Germany arrived at Gastein on August 9th. The two sorerigns embraced cordially in public. The entente eprdiale is established between Austria and Germany.; Russia is erecting four fortresses or the German frontier. The Bussian press is attacking the German Government. Two Russian students (Nihilists) hare been arrested at Wadsoe, the Russian Government having demanded the extradition from INorway. Belgian Socialists protest against the extradition of two German Socialists who took refuge in Brussels. Admiral Balsch, undergoing six months' imprisonment in the fortress of Magdeburg, has been pardoned, and it it expected he will shortly be appointed Director of the German Admiralty, replacing Admiral Henk. GIBBAITBB, August 18.

Six twenty-one ton Armstrong guns hare been landed here, and loaded on the lighters to Tangier* for the batteries. This matter is bitterly commented on by the Spanish newspapers. Up to June 30 the German Government issued 617 inhibitions under the Socialist Law.

Bon Carlos is to be pensioned and created "Infant" upon renouncing all claim to the throne of Spain. The reconciliation takes place on the occasion of the King's marriage. Don Carlos denies having compromised hjs claim the Spanish throne.

German Government is negotiating to purchase railroads rained at seventy-five millions sterling. The Pope's eldest brother is dead, A French company discovered a rich gold lead in West Africa. Native troubles are expected there. The threatened attack upon the British Castom House at Scarctes rirer, however, has not taken place. < The German Government expressed displeasure with the Hamburg authorities for allowing a public demonstration at the funeral of the Socialist leader, Herr Gcib. I

The Vienna correspondent of the Standard asserts that authoritative advices have been received from Home to the effect that the negotiations between Germany and the Vatican will not be concluded until propositions are made by Vatican of a, very different nature from thoie now pending. The Standard's Rome dispatch says that the Pope has received a memorandum from a well-known personage in Germany asserting that Prince Bismarck is not conceding anything to the needs of the church, but yielding to the momentary political necessity. The Post's correspondent at Berlin annouuees that the German Government, owing to the war between Chile, Peru, and Colombia, has reinforced its South American squadron. The Times' dispatch from Odessa states that two Socialists were hung at NieiroalyfF on Saturday. A dispatch to the Daily News from Tchiksiri states that General Lazaat ouf died at Tchat, from the effects of a carbuncle. The same dispatch says that the Turkomans from iho Russian side of the Attrack attacked the Russian line of communication with Tchat.

Mr Longman, the last of the original partners of that firm of eminent publisher* is dead. CONSTAHTINOPLE, August 31. The Turco-Greek Frontier Commission held a meetiug to-day. Humors are in circulation that the deliberation! of the Commission were of an unfavorable character. . ; St. JfETEBSBTTBG, August 31. Prince Donkuff Koraskuff started for Odessa to assume the GovernorGeneralship there, relieving General Todleben who. will probably be appointed Governor of Warsaw. '.:; v,: Paiis, August 31. The L'Ordre ii formally authorised to deny the authenticity of the recent report of the conversation held by Prince Jerome Napoleon with the representative of Figaro.

A London dispatch- of August 18th states that in consequence of a heavy storm the traffic is suspended on the railway between Chester and Holyhead. The viaduct at Lland Dulas, Wales, was washed away, als> some bridges. Birkenhead was flooded. There has been eighty-four hours con* tinuous rain at Chester.

In Derbyshire the Trent and Derwent overflowed, and all the low-lying lands were flooded. The wheat is gradually rotting, and many crops left standing will not pay for cutting. The rain at Sheffield was so Ti'olent at to wash away the foundations of fire houses in coarse of construction. On Aug. 22nd the Home Rule League beld a demonstration in the Rotunda, Dublin. Four members of Parliament were present, Parneil being the most notable.. The body of the hall was crowded with working men. The pro* ceedings throughout were riotous, a remarkable hostility being shown towards the more moderate section of the. Home Rule members of Parliament. The meet* ing passed a resolution in favor of an obstructive policy in the House of Commons expressing the necessity of purging the party. Disturbance took place at Lurg&n, irelaud, on August 14th, between a Home Rule possession and the police, who charged with fixed baynots. Many of the police were wounded by stones. The violence of the crowd was so great that the police fired, killing one and wounding two. The mob subsequently wrecked Lord Lurgan's lodges, and the houses of the Protestants. The riot was renewed on the Saturday following, when 200 police charged th* mob. A riot occurred at Belfast daring the Catholic procession on August 13th. Many persons were injured. The Irish Universities Bill passed the Imperial Parliament. The House of Lords rejected the Irish Volunteer Bill.

The Imperial Parliament was prorogued by comtnisiion on August 15. The Royal Speech reviewed the foreign relaxations of England, and laid that the Treatj of Berlin was being faithfully executed, and that Govenrment would insist upon the reforms in Asiatic Turkey. Allusions were also made to the Jnpan question, and to the Afghan and Zulu wars. An early peace on a secure basis wits predicted. The following passage occurs:—"l hare much pleasure with your request to appoint a commission to inquire into the causes of depression in agriculture. I observe with satisfaction that you hare agreed to measures relative to education in Ireland, which will afford a firm and fitting supplement to the Intermediate Education Act." England is the only power not invited to send officers to witness the great Russian military matueuvrss commencing on the 25th iust. The .Russian Government is on the point of signing a contract with American firms for the construction of a number of j cruisers at an aggregate cost of 25,00*3,000 roubles. A conference of delegates representing 20,1)03 minors was held in Manchester. Macdonald, the President, pointed out that there was the same opening for miners in the United States, as during the recent depression in the mining industry in Pennsylvania and elsewhere, numbers of men sought other employ* ment. The resolution was unanimously passed in favor of emigrating to the United States. The Pennsylvania miners subsequently protested, alleging truly that their mining district was over-crowded.

In consequence of a threat by the natives on Scarcles Hirer to destroy the British Custom-home at Kinkonkea the coirette Tenedos, with 200 men, homeward bound from Cape Colony, was ordered to Sierra Leone from Ascension on the 18th July. The Dido already arrived oft 1 the West Coast of Africa, including three gun ressela. The British force on the coast amounts to 600 men.

A movement is on foot for the enrolment of unarmed volunteers in Ireland. An English steamer collided off South Finister with the Spanish steamer Concora. The latter Teasel sunk, and fourteen Spaniards were drowned and nine saved. The Anglo-American Company' 3 cable, which was laid in 1869 and broken last February, wag repaired in London. The Observer says information was re* ceireclat the head •lficeof the Amalgamated Engineers Society London, that confirms the report received from Bradford, that ' men on strike there hare been offered < employment by engineering firms in tin* United States. Thomas Taudy, a largo landed proprietor of Athoy, County Meath, was shot dead on entering hit own door.

Xh« Bishop of Touruui, principal oppo« nont of thu Belgian School Law, has resigned his See. The Pope accepted the resignation.

Austria and Germany shortly form an alliance. It is intended to fortify every important railroad junction and crossing in Austria, and construct bridge heads with iron turrets.