GENERAL SUMMARY. EUROPE.

Press, Volume XLI, Issue 6053, 9 February 1885, Page 3

GENERAL SUMMARY. EUROPE.

January 17. A despatch farm Liverpool on January 17th, says it has been ascertained that the steamer Admiral Merrison, plying between Dublin and Holyhead, wa3 sunkia a severe storm on the night of the 15th. Twelve of the crew and four of the passengers were drowned. She collided with the American ship Santa Clara. ' The announcement that the British representative at the Berlin, Congress has been instructed to accept the French proposal re freedom of trade on the Congo, causes greatezcitement in London mercantile circles. The Duke «f Edinburgh will publish a collection of poems, dedicated to the Duchess of Edinburgh, entitled "Love songs of a violinist." A mass meeting of unemployed, attended by fully 10,000, was held in front of the Boyal Exchange, London. Henry George, Helen Taylor, and ether wellknown Badicale, were speakers. Badical pamphlets were sold in large numbers. Some were headed, in bold type, " Blood, Bullets, and Bayonets," and made appeals to thehalf-starved, herring-gutted, povertystricken parish inhabitants of a disunited kingdom. - [ Edmund Yates, editor of the London "World," will rank during his confineI ment as a first-class misdemeanant. After the Court pronounced its decision, Yates surrendered to the officers, and was removed from the Court and placed in custody. He refused to further appeal to the House of Lords. The Queen and Princess Beatrice go to Germany in March, and remain on the Continent three weeks. At Birmingham 5000 persons are out of employment. They adopted a resolution asking the Corporation to furnish employment. A procession of unemployed marched through the streets and halted before a bakery, and shouts of "Break in" were heard. An artisan stole a loaf of bread and was promptly arrested. Violence among the working classes is feared. Great rejoicings were indulged in throughout England on January 7th A when Prince Albert Victor of Wales, heir presumptive, attained his majority. • Mary Anderson proposes to erect a theatre near the Strand, London.

The London police received information on January the 10th that simultaneous attempts were about to be made by dynamiters to blow np Holborn Viaduct and the Mansion House railway station. The Duke of Marlborough's overtures to bis divorced wife for a re-marriage have been rejected. On the 9th January the Mayor of London refused the use ?of the Guildhall for a meeting, at which Henry George was announced to deliver an address on the subject of trade depression. : - The Government have decided to create a Minuter of Education, and it is probable Lyon Playfair will receive the appointment as the new Minister, and will have a seat in the Cabinet.

Edward and George, the eons of the Prince of Wales, are writing an account of their voyage round the world, and the w«k is based upon diaries kept by the Princes, and will be ready for publication in April. John 8. l>ewolfeand Co., a well-known Xarerpool firm. Sailed on January Bth for a large amount.

The Bank of England has notified to various banking houses throughout the country that there are in circulation perfect imitations of its notes in denominations from £5 to JBISOO. A number of JBSO notes is in calculation on the Continent and the United States. The bogua notes are supposed to be the work of American counterfeiters.

Mr Gladstone was reported to be very ill on January 4th, Buffering from insomnia, caused" by toe heart being too feeble to force sufficient blood to the brain. Sir Andrew Clarke considered Ma illness identical with that ot two years ago. A despatch on the Bfch mentioned a decided improvement, which continues up to date. ' President; Grevy sent his personal congratulations to the Princes 3 Beatrice on her approaching marriage with Prince Battenburg.

A. Cabinet Council on Jaaoary 7th decided to extend the Bechuana frostier to Limpopo river; tte westward frontier to include both tanks of Fish river. This

cute the Transvaal off from any chance of German connection.

The Transvaal Government is preparing to protest against English annexation in Zululand. In December the British imports decreased £795,161, compared with December last years and the exports decreased £1,130,999. Beferring to the death of the Bishop of London, which occurred on the 6th, a London journal says it is generally believed the catastrophe was hastened by an unpleasant episode on the Sunday previous. The Bishop preached in St. Paul's Cathedral, and during a momentary, pause in the discourse a wild looking individual jumped from a chair, and pointing, his finger towards the pulpit, yelled "You worship idols, while you scorn to "save souls; woe unto yon." The Bishop was quite moved by the occurrence. Nordenskold's proposed expedition to the South Pole is postponed until 1887. Earl Granville has ordered the British Minister at to remonstrate with the Sultan of Morocco about the treatment of the Jews at Demnat, where they have been driven from their homes, imprisoned in foetid dungeons, and their warehouses robbed.

The Grand Virier charges the Jews with fomenting rebellion.