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Marlborough Express, Volume XXVII, Issue 237, 19 October 1891, Page 2

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COMMERCIAL DEPRESSION IN RUSSIA. A CONVERT TO THEOSOPHY. THE PRINCE OF WALES' BIRTHDAY. „ ILLNESS OP MRS PARNELL. . [UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION.] Monte Video, October 14. The rioters arrested here were members of the Revolt Club, who endeavored to persuade the soldiers to assist them, and offered the colonel 60)000 dollars to deliver up the city. It is alleged that the priests fomented the riot. St. Petersburg, October 16. The distress throughout Russia is being severely ' felt by the merchants, many oi whom have intimated their intention of reducing both the number of employes and thoir wages, while others are failing to meet their engagements. October 16. Donations are flowing m for the relief oi the victims of the famine. The peasantry are petitioning the Czar for help. Paris, October 15. The De Gaulois says Baron Hirsch is the largest subscriber to the Russian loan. Buenos Atbes, October 15. The Argentine Chamber of Deputies has rejected the proposals for a forced currency. Bbblin, October 14. The elections m Saxony have resultsd m the return of a large increase of Socialist representatives. London, October 14. The death of Mr Parnell has been a deep personal blow to Mr Gladstone. Pere Hyacinthe has become a convert to Theosophy. • ' v^ The Newcastle Daily Leader expresses a fear that Australia is capturing the Indian coal market. Mrs Parnell is seriously ill. Mr De Cobain, M.P., who is wanted on a criminal charge, is seriously ill. October 16. It is proposed to hold a national celebration m honor of the Prince of Wales' fiftieth birthday. The Admiralty are selling the cruiser Opal, which was for somo years on the Australian station. It has been ascertained the manager of the London and River Plate Bank, which suspended payment a faw months ago, has embezzled £8.,000. . Washington, October \5. A fund is being raised for the purpose of erecting a statue to John Wesley m this city.