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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXI, Issue 5602, 31 August 1875, Page 3

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A serious dispute is impending in the iron trade. At a recent meeting of ironmasters to settle the future rate for puddling, they tixed S<. tfd. per ton as the maximnm. The men have presented to the Conciliation Board 9s. (id. as their ultimatum. Work proceed*, pending a conference of the whole trade ; a rupture is anticipated. Lord Dudley has reduced tho price of thick furnace coal from 13s. to 11s. per ton. Notice also has been given to reduce colliers' wages (id. per day. Captain Webb, master of a Liverpool ship, swan, from Blackwall toGravesend, 20 miles, in loss than five hours. The official report on the wreck 'Schiller/ off Suilly Islands, with H31 lives, attributes the disaster solely to the culpable neglect of ccrtnin ordinary precautions. The steamer ♦Yicksburg,' while on a voyage from Canada to England, was wrecked by collision with an iceberg. Of ninety-one persons on board only seventeen were saved. Five weie rescued by the steamer ' Georgia,' and landed at New York, and twelve were subsequently picked up at sea by an American shipping smack. Mr. Taylor was supported by only IS members against 185 in his attempt to reject the Flogging Bill. Discussion on the opium traffic was raised by Mr. Steward, who was supported by many Conservatives aa well as Liberals members in his motion for a gradual withdrawal of the Indian Government from the cultivation of that poisonous drng. The Artisans' Dwellings Bill, the Friendly Societies Bill, the Master and Servants, and Criminal Law Amendment Bills ; the Consolidation of Public Health Bill, and Merchant Shipping Bill are all deemed safe. The becund reading of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act Amendment Bill has taken place in the Commons. The Canada Copyright Bill has passed the Lords. The Estimates have fallen sadly into arrears. The past week has been chieHy spent by the Commons in voting money for the public services. In spite of all opposition, Sir Stafford Northcote'a National Debt Sinking Fund Bill has passed. Mr. Trevelyan's bill for extension of household suffrage to counties came before the Commons on the 7th, and wot rejected by 268 to 1(>6. Messrs. Forster, Fawcett, Yarliugton, and Manners though favourable to the principle of the bill, opposed it because of its involving a large redistribution of seats. On the motion of Mr. Baillie Cochrane, the subject of the advance of ltussia in Central Asia was discussed in the Lower House. The Government has abandoned the policy of a neutral zone, and declines to enter upon any engagements fettering its liberty of action. The production of correspondence was refused.

GENERAL SUMMARY. London, July P. The Australian 1'nitod (loldiuiniug Comj>;inv m to be \oluntarily wound up. Dividends: New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency, 10 per cent.; Australian Agricultural Company, t'2 per share. The Queen, with the Princess Beatrice, witnessed An inspection of the Royal Hone (iuards in Windsor (treat Park, the Duke of Conuaught acting su aide de-camp to the inspecting etfieer. The summer manoeuvres at Aldershot commenced on June 28 with a grand Meldday, undor the direction of the Duke of Cambridge, The Empress Eugenie, the Sultan ot Zanzibar, and other Royal personages were present. The Prince of Walcft has acccptetl the honorary presidency of the British ('ommittcc »f the Brussels International Exhibition next year. The Duke of Oonnaught proposes shortly to t.ike a yacht voyage in the Mediterranean and about the coast of Syria. The Princeu Christian opened a new School of Art for Needlework at South Kensington Museum, and delivered an interesting address. The Princess also opened a bazi.li- on behalf of the fun-Is of Ventnor Consumption Hospital. Mr. Cladstono has »n article in the Cont<nipuntn/ entitled, " Is the Church of England worth preserving?" which he^ answers aUirmatively, urging that litigation in ecclesiastical matters should be resorted to as little as possible. At the Session* Court, the heavy damage* awarded to Messrs. Johnson, publishers, in the libel action Against the Athn"tmn % were reduced to £100. Durham University has couferred the degree of D.C.L, on George Grove, editor of MacHtillan'* Magazine. Sir John Lintorn Simmons has been appointed Inspector-General of Fortifications, vice Sir F. Chapman, whose term of service has expired. Tho Philadelphia Exhibition Buildings are rapidly advauciug. To meet the large demands of British exhibitors, tho space in the central hall hat been re-arranged, so as to give to this country a commanding cential position, corresponding with that of America itself. Exhibitor* will be allowed to affix a price to their goods, which will open the cyea of Americana to their tariff imposition*. Two Irishraeu have been captured in the* attempt to destroy the statute of the Prince Consort in Merrion -square, Dublin. Dr. Kcnealey addressed a crowded meeting at Birmingham on Magna Charta and tho Tiehborne case ; Mr. Onslow presided, and bitterly reproached Mr. Bright for refining to bo present on tho occasion. At Creve, a few evenings later, Dr. Keneally narrowly escaped severe handling by a body of indignant mechanics. A testing verdict in the case of the dreadful Wigan accident »ome time laat year has been given against the London and NorthWestern Company, thereby rendering them liable for heavy damages. The train divided at the points, and the signalman is regarded as responsible for tbt disaster. The action wa* brought by the relatives of the late Sir John Acton, who was killed by the accident .«...-..,» , Supported by the Sheffield, Tiehborne, and Mauna-Charta Association*, » mau uained Oldale lias ondeavoored to take forcible possession of an estate near Sheffield to which he lays claim, and which is now owned by Earl Fitz- William. Several collisions liave occurred, and, the magistrates have been appealed to, Oldale and his associate* have beeu lodged in pruon. The Marquis do Harcourt, the French Ambassador, has presented hi* credentials to her Majesty the Queen. The Court was in mourning from the btn to the 13th for ex-Euiperor Ferdinaud. On tho 7th, tho auuual banquet to the Bishops was given. The Prefect of the Seme has accepted an invitation to atteud the International Municipal Banquet to be given at GuildhaU. Alderman Knight and DepOty Breffett have beet? elected Sheriff* of l^ondon and Middlesex. • ... o . T Lords Cardwell and Winmarleign, Sir J. B. Karslake, Professor Huxley, Messrs. Forster, Erichsen, and Hutton have been gazetted Royal Commissioner* on the subject of vivisection. , , Tho mouth's exports for tho four weeks ending 17th June were as followi^Md. bourne, £082,200 ; Sydney, t^JJO; Queensland, £143,600; Adelaide, £130,500; New Zealand, 238,200. , .. fi The Commercial Chamber asks the Goverumont to increase the duty on woollen coods to ton florins in Pennsylvania. The coal district men generally have re■umod work at the reduction insisted on by tho employers without the sanction of the Trad* Union. Tnirty two colliers, who had Assaulted men anxious to work, have been i convicted and. sentenced ft imprisonment.