ENGLISH NEWS.

Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1174, 8 May 1874, Page 4

ENGLISH NEWS.

VIA CABLE. LONDON. April 21. A German tribunal has sentenced the Bishop of Vancy to two years imprisonment for circulating hostile pastoral. The Reichstag has closed. The Emperor's speech is strongly pacific. A motion by Keunealy for a new trial of the Tichborne claimant has been refused. April 22. The coal and iron masters of Wales have given their men notice preparatory to reduction of wages. April 2-1. The Agricultural lock-out continues. A meeting to sympathise with the laborers has been held in Exeter Hall. The harvest prospect are favorable. Money steady. The failure is announced of Messrs "Whitworth of Halifax. Liabilities

amounting to £200,000. Caused by suspension of three Yorkshire woolstaplers. John Baynes, Indian merchant of Manchester has also failed Liabilities £200,000. April 23. New Zealand hemp, ordinary, £lB to £l9.

NEW YORK. April 21. The Agricultural department has reported that the American wheat crop is unusually promising, and the area under crop has increased eight per cent. April 22. Disastrous inundations have occurred in Louisiana through the Mississippi overflowing and destroying plantations around the city. April 24. Grant has refused to sanction Bill for inllation of currency'.