GENERAL SUMMARY.

Bruce Herald, Volume XI, Issue 1016, 7 June 1878, Page 3

GENERAL SUMMARY.

Aucklaitd, June 5. Roumania and Bessarabia'" are 1 practi-cally-taken-possession of-by-the-Russiai-S. The peasantsTpay theikta_i.esi_~---Riissia instead of Roumania. , Pne of the, Allan j[ine > ;p^.t^a^__^|ips, i .the Sardinian, Captain. DnAton >o _ro_a,.l.iverpool, on May { 9, for Quebec, .was Bet me to at the entrance of 1 Lough Foyle by an explosion^ of , gas. She burned to the water's edge.' s Forty persons were -injured and three killed J were about 460 passengers on board. , jjThe .Emperor- of. ti Germany m received .Bayard jTaylor^the new American Minister. Bismarck has had a return of his old neuralgic affection, and has postponed indefinitely his return to- Berlin. Count Bolowj .• the German Foreign Secretary, hAß.,,bee_i ( , > gazetted aa Official Substiiiute ;( for ijrince "Elisinarck iv the. Department of Foreign AJ%irs, Admiral von Stoch in matters connected with the Naval Department,^ and u Dr ,S (^ephen in^ the administration of the post and telegraph. Burton, the celebrated African traveller has returned to Cairo from' the' Land of Midaon. > He brings" 25 tons of specimens, comprising < gold,- silver,- copper, , tin, and lead. ,j He .found v three sulphur, , centres, th rde turquoise, mines, 5 extensive deposits pf gypsum, saltpetre, and rock salt. He goes 'to England to arrange' for working the mines for the Khedive. - ■> By a- great tornado at Canton thousands of houses i were , destroyed . and -seriously injured. . Five ; hundred . Chinese were killed, but no fpreigneers were .seriously hurt. The Western Chinese army is overrunning Kashgar and putting men, women, and children 1 to the sword. r The famine continues. , From Japan it is reported that , a .ten, million loan willjbe raised for internal improvements,, r and ,great activity prevails amoner British ami _S.-us-.ian sLlps in Japanese .waters. All are preparing for sea service with much haste. The British squadron, is watching the harbour of i Vladivostok. Huasian cruisers are reported to be in •the Pacific on the line's of English steamships. ' ( ,Pyefield and Co., merchants, of London, have. failed j liabilities, £200,000. In the Queen'B reply to the address of Parliament Her Majesty thanked both Houses for their loyalty. She says she feels sure-she can n alwaye relf on their adopting measures ior, preserving the honour of the Crown and the stability of the Empire. Typhus fever rages to such an extent in Constantinople /that all departing vessels are given foul, bills of health. In consequence of the , the Khedive postponed his visit to the' Sultan. England is negotiating with Sweden for a naval station at Faroe Island, in the Baltic. Tbe Austrian- Government has con— eta-ed a loan oi 55,000,000 fiorins in gold* in Paris. , Mr John Bright spoke at a large peace meeting at Manchester on April 30th, and declared there could be no faith 'in a" Cabinet which had no truth. Lord Beaconsfield was a great disturber of nations. His, policy was , hostile, to , the highest interests of Great Britain. v' Famine is, increasing in Norfch-Eastern Bussia. , : Sir Francis Henry G-oldsmith, M. P. for Beading, was killed ou May 2nd by a railway .accident. ,' The proprietor pjf the Mercantile and Shipping Gazette, and founder of , the International code of signals, is dead. The parish authorities of Burnley refuse assistance, to .those in. .want ou account of the, strike., . ' Mr Cooper, British political agent, -at Beltamo, in the Kingdom of Burmah, was murdered with two Sepoys by ,a Sepoy guard. ' General Jgnatief will be ' appointed Minister without portfolio, if ill health makes Count Gortschakoff resign. It is thought Valonief will succeed him. *■ 'There is great distress at x ßlackburn, among the striking operatives. : ' x Soup houses have been- established and large quantities of provisions have been given, but the supply is still limited. ' About 20,000 of' the men on strike are nonunionists, entirely dependant on their friends. The Ist Grenadiers, the Ist Coldstream,

and Ist Scots regiments of Guards are recruiting to- their full strength. _ Their baggage • and* 7 a,rm chests . are already packed for removal. The ranks of the other battalions are being filled to 1000 strong. * A peace, memorial has been circulated by the Eastern Question Association regretting the calling out of the reserves, and expressing the belief that no sufficient obstacle exists to prevent the. assembling of the .Congress. 17,000 persons, including the Dukes of Westminster and /Bedford, , the Marquis of Bath, and the! Bishops of _ Exeter and Oxford, several noblemen, Messrs Carlyle, Sp-urgepn^Nejvjnan^Hall, Robert Browning,' and Sir Charles Reed, presented the memorial to the- Queen. The insurrection ~in Thessaly is at an end. - The British Consuls promised, on the authority of Lord Salisbury, that Greek interests would not in any way suffer, and ahac, Greece would be, fairly represented before Europe. ' The same pacificatory steps are being taken in Macedonia. At the Postal Congress Session in Paris, on May 3rd, .the United States demanded six francs per k^grammey'fpr letters in transit across the Continent^ instead of two francs as at present. ; England supported the American view,, which will probably be„ adopted, notwithstanding the j opposition* of some continental Powers. ' Car bote and M'Mymont, builders, of! London, Putney, surbiton,,and Reigate-on-sea, have failed for £1,750,000 ; assets, i 1000 houses, valued at from £6000 to £10,000 each. \ ' The Metropolitan Stakes Handicap,, 1 run at Epsom on May Ist, was won by the Duke of Westminister's filly Mida. A despatch dated Constantinople, April 21st, says Mr Layard has taken steps to put English subjects under the protection of the American Minister. , The latter asked the consent of Mb Govern- ' ment.' - 7 t! The City and suburban Handicap, at Epsom, on April 30th, was' won by Mr 1 Crawford'sjiprse Sefton ; Advance, second | and Manoine, third. "" '• j Among other wild rumours in circula- ! tion, is a statement by a leading New ' York paper, that Russia, lias enrolled 5000 [ Irishmen to invade Nova Scatia and New"! Brunswick. \ . Le*Nord, the Russian organ, Jakes,, the trouble to make a formal denial of this.! d Russians and Bulgarians are fighting i at*Arcund Haskai, and have desolated' | twenty-one Mahommedan vsllages. ' Another pala .o revolution is threatened at Constantinople. ' The recruiting of the British army is , advancing, and increased activity is ob- , . served Jn ajl.the dockyards. ' Several^ heavy failures have occurred ! at Liverpool,^ and others are expected. ; There was a tremendous fire at- Manchester on May 6th. Owing to want oorf r water a large timber yard and ten houses were destroyed. It is reguarded as the act of an incediary. The loss is £15,000. There are 150 cases of/ small-pox in' London, where the, disease declared is epidemic. The Kurds plundered 90 villages in Turkish Armenia. The Ottoman authorities not only do not afford any relief, but demand double taxes of the impoverished villagers. The Tuileries Commission recommend the reeoratioa Of that ruined palace' which was burned by the Commune, at a coast of four million francß. Prussian priests, in receipt of stipends from the German Government, have been required from Rome either to renounce their salaries or declare their opposition to the ecclesiastical laws. # „ Russia decided to refuse the liberation of 60,000 Turkish war prisoners because she is uncertain of the Forte's neutrality in the event of war with England. O'Leary completed his walk of 220 miles in 60 hours at Dublin.