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The steamship BRIfisH QCfEH. from
Antwerp on th2 9Th and Souibsnpion
fEnr1 % The l01h, reached New York
s5oni 10 o'clock o. Wtdnesdsy evening.
after ! boiSfsrous p1(taee Of seventeen
days from The latter port. IN which she
encountered : Succsssibq 81 storms and
westerly gsIss. She brinSs s. passengers:
SR Robert Peels nee :sfiG bill passed
IL third reading 10 The Hoass u Lords
on the night Of ihe Sih. BY 81 10 3. The
railway BIls was read : second time. Ar
tst soma discussion By the Dukesol Rich
nond and WeIlingion, Lords Bfo1gham
and Halherton, the Earl Of Devon and
yiseouns Melbourne, The subject Il ths
mines and eollieriss bill was deferred fox
he present
Inshe Hoass 81 conmons the sollieiies
| bill was discussed. and Nj. Ainfwpfth
contendsd thai the report Of the connie
sionefs was one-sided and greatly exag-
gerated.
The supply bill vas taken up On ne
,6th. and he unparalleled distress thal pIf-
vailed throughout The. eouniry dePlorad
\ BY nearly oil the speakers.
4 Mr.. Hume moved en- inquiry iaio an
unauthorized increase 81 ihe national debt
4 10 the amount Of 60 .395s go. but was d.
fested.
In The House Of Commons, > motion
By Mr.. Wallace 10 60 into Committee on
4 ihe dislfesses az the co6nlsy was debated
al Length, end. though supported By All
the talent Of lhe opposition. defeated sig
nsily: Yeas 4S. nays 1874.
i The distress in the MISUNDERSTANDING DIS
iricls conlinaes, and is rather increasing
10 severity. 10 Leeds. 1000 families are
receiving psroehisl relief.
Col. DuSDAs. Of the army, has been
publicly punished for using al table Ism
guags 1isrespectfuf 10 the Queen. !.
= The French elections were 10 take
place On Sunday the 10th. The Minis
I iers confidently expected Conservative
majority OF 76 10 SO. The elections in
Paris viii probably be favorable 10 The Up
position. /,
The prospect Of lhe harvest in England
10 favorable.
: Tn the House Of Commons on The 7th.
Mr.. Bannerman moved reduction Of the
duty on foreign grain I'LL ihe Isl Of Jsnua-
n ~, in view Of the existing distress The
motion was negatiyed by decided ma.
jori,y.
The income tax excitss much diseon-
tent and murmuring throughout England.
Business generally is greatlySdepressed,
II The British revenue fol The year end
!. ing July 5,h exhibits an increase Of Sd
900, 900 over that Of the preceding year
There IS decrease in the customs and
i an increase in the post office, excise and
; stamp.
wheat from Chill, South America. ha'
been imported into Liverpool, and pay
!, fairly.
l All the latest dates, the cotton market
!, Liverpool, was so abundan,ly supplied a
10 cause difficulty 10 realizing late Pri
ces.
: LATER.
The Great Western brings news ot final &C
ton upon The English Tariff bill.
= Also, news Of The death Of The Duke Of o.
! leans, eldest son or Louis Philippe, ~ jumPinl
from his sarnAge ia an attempt e escape a
i lions.
The King and Queen Of The Belgian
and suite lsfs England on the 5ih July
: for Ostend.
: General Bustsmsnie, the ex. Presiden
Of Mexico. Is a present ia Glasgow.
!. Mosocco AND THE UNrrsp SrATHs
pl "A latter from Gibraltar, dated June 22d
!. in the Madfid journalss says ,--An officer
Of the American squadron having solicit.
J ed an audience Of the Emperor of Mo.
I roeo. for the purpose OF representing "a
him the complaint Of iuo agents Of the
United States. was refused, although, Il
must be admitted. in terms Of exquisite
Il polileness. The representatives Of Fog.
land. however, had an audience on The
same day. The motive OF which 10 moi
known. The American officer imnedi-
aiely embarked On board Spanish vessel,
10 report the result Of bis mission to Com.
rodore Morgan"
j The Geogelown Cd. CO. Advocate men.
lions the arrival there Of number Of Ger.
mar families. who, under the auspices OF
the German Agricultural Society, are pro-
+ cesding 10 take possession or purchase OF
$4,000 acres Of land recently made 10
Hardy and Hampshire counties, Virginia.
These fifty families are 10 Be succeed ed
next year by fly more. and 80 continue
al the same annual rate until two hundred
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