GENERAL SUMMARY.

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GENERAL SUMMARY.

England is making numerous important additions to the torpedo fleet. > A statue of Baikes was erected on the Thames embankment. A great uproar occurred at the Protestant Eeform Society meeting at Exeter Hall, to protest against the Catholic appointments. Home grown wheat shows a shilling decline in price. *• The steamer Humboldt at Liverpool, from New York took fire. Every bale of cotton was thrown overboard. A strike in the Lancashire cotton trade is threatened. DUBLIN, A bloody riot took place between the police and the people at Carrick, in which several were seriously injured. The New York Herald correspondent condemns Irishmen for indifference to distressed countrymen, and says that while Australia and New Zealand subscribed £55,570, America £5668, India £3750, and England £10,056, there was no Irish subscription. Paraell's Bill proposed to take £209,000 from the Irish Church Fund. The Bight Hon. W. E. Forsler said he must oppose it as doing more harm than good; The Government Irish Land Bill is strongly opposed by the Conservatives, and is condemned by the Press, which denounces it as confiscation. FBANCE. The execution of the decrees against the Jesuits and unauthorised religious bodies led tomost exciting scenes in Jesuits' chapels in the provinces, which were thronged. A meeting was held to protest against the. decrees. Biotous condition prevailed in and around the building, and the mob booted the priest at the Bue De Sevres. The priests locked themselves in tneir cells which the police have broken open. Thirty-nine establishments with 475 members were broken up. The Archbishop of Avignon offered hospitality to a number of the expelled Jesuits but received a peremptory telegram from the Minister of Worship which caused him to require the Jesuits to leave without delay. The Bpanish Government granted numerous applications to establish Jesuit colleges in Madrid. All judges and publio prosecutors at Versailles resigned rather than give efiect to these decrees. Some of the expellfd purchased the old Evelyn estate in England. Several duels have occurred, chiefly with journalists. French firms. are filling orders for China. Six thousand communists returned to Paris, through the general amnesty expected. The German Church Bill passed by' 206 to 202. Bismarck said the Bill was drawn by himself, and he would not permit its ventilation. He avows his intention to leave Parliamentary fighting, and devote his attention to foreign affairs. The General opinion is that the Vatican got the best of the Chancellor in this Church fight. Twenty persons were killed by a fire in a mine at Darmstadt. Sixty-three were killed by a storm and Waterspout at Dresden. The rain and tornado at Breslann killed 56, snd destroyed 105 houses. AUSTBIA. ;, The village of Homena in Hungary was destroyed by fire. Many persons perished. Famine has raged in the district since the beginning of the year, and the misery is indescribable. 1,011 houses were burned in Hungary since May. Leading Austrian journals express the belief that the end of* Turkey is at hand, and advise Austria to take as much Turkish territory as possible. BUSSIA. It is believed the Czar intends a Morganatic marriage with the Princess by whom he has had thirteen children. Bussia is disquieted by Colonel Gordon's visit to China. The Bussian float* ing battery, Kremlin, going to the Pacifio, .collided with a Danish steamer, and was so crippled that she had to put into Helenford for repairs. Admiral Lessoski is appointed chief commander of the Pacific volunteer cruiser Bussia, with 1276 men. He has gone to Vladivostrao, which has been placed in a state of siege. * MISCELLANEOUS. A conference compelled the Sultan to enforce toleration of noa-Mahommedan subjects, especially the Hebrews. Ihe clerical party are triumphant in the Italian municipal, and political elections. Garibaldi was beaten by Prince Cbicho, Marshal of the Conclave. General Caldini is the new Italian Ambassador in France. , In reply to an eddress of Mr Goschen, the Sultan expressed a desire for the completion of all reforms. Lloyd's agency at Salonica has been blown up. The director and officials were severely wounded. The Sultan refused to allow the harem of the ex-Khedive of Egypt to land in Constantinople. Pirates are ravaging the coasts of Asia Minor. An attempt on ihe life of the new Grand Sheriff of Mecca failed. The Sultan, alarmed at the secret designs of the Powers, purposes to render the Dardanhelles impregnable by torpedos and forts. A despatch of the 3rd July says the Porte proclaimed a state of seige throughout all the provinces on the Gresk frontier.

The new territory to be ceded to

Greece is estimated at 300 square miles, containing 400,000 inhabitants. The St. Gothard tunnel is threatened, and slips are disintegrating the masonry, and the engineers think the only way to avert the danger is to modify the line traced out. On account of the new educational laws diplomatic relations between Belgium and the Vatican have ceased. The rupture was fomented greatly by the Bishop of Tournay, who is now at a complete disagreement with the Papal See. Cbacin Pasha formerly Egyptian Minuter of War and Marine obtained naturalisation as an I(al;an subject without the permission of the Egyptian Government or the Porte, thus placing himself under the protections of the Italian Government. He has property which it is generally supposed really belongs to tlia ex-Khedive. The Khedive has issued a decree ordering his degradation, and dismissing him from his appointment in the Egyptian army. Earl Kimberly has instructed the High Commissioner in South Africa to avoid extending the British jurisdiction there. The ex-Empress Eugenic is on her way home. The Calcufcfl^sfcamber of Commerce takes a desponding view of the future exports in trade. The Indian Government makes a. cleat gain of ton lacs of rupees by the new 4£ per cent. loan. Late news from China says that Spain, - Portugal, and Pern are quarrelling with the Chinese authorities for interfering . with coolie emigration. ' <- ' Spain threatens to occupy the ports in Formosa with iroops from Manilla'and blockade the Chinese coast. - Portugal is ' asserting her right to Macao..; ■".' Ghung How's treaty has been published accompanied by a memorial denouncing himself and the document. Bussia had the advantage /in all negotiations. She was to be paid five million roubles. Her merchants were to enjoy special privileges, and Use convenient routes to travel. For these considerations China was to received back only a portion of ber territory. , , The cholera, has appeared in Japan.