The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-06
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Russo-German Policy and the
Imperial Visit to Ems.
A Grand Review Of the Russian Army
in Thirty-fOur Camps.
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The Religious Movement for Re.
union Of ChristendOm.
The Trades Union Riots
in Ireland.

The Cunard mail steamship China, Captain Ma.
cauley from Liverpool the 25th and Queenstown the
26th OF June, arrived at this port yesterday after
noon. The mails OF the China, with special Euro
pean correspondence supply, have some very inter-
esting details or the situation OF affairs existing in
the Old World { The date OF her sailing from Eng
land Our news packages, including the latest news.
paper files, reached the HERALD Building at three
O'Clock In the afternoon.
The London Posi-, referring to the weather in Eng
land being so unfavorabe to the crops as to leave
'fttle hope Of their being average produce" is
disposed TO entertain an opinion that agrcultu-
rists have permitted their passion for systems OF
cultivation based upon scientific theories to lead
them beyond the limits that practice pointed to as
SAFE IL points out thar While formerly the heavy
rains OF winter penetrated the soil to render 1t
so thoroughly saturated as to be prepared for
sive drought the present system of agriculture pre-
vents the moisture resting the land, and farmers
have to depend more on the weather than formerly.
The revenue returns for the week ending June is
amounted to 81, 3bs, Oo0-by far the largest
ceived in any week of the present financial year.
In speech at Sheffield Mr. Mundea, NJ. p, said
he was dining lately with distinguished artist who
said
short time since painted portrait OF Charles
Dickens. IL was arranged that | should sit In his
room while he was at work He was a most palms.
taking, industrious, metn0dlcal man, and nothing
would divert him from the regularity OF his habits
was there for hours, and sat again and again. and
he wrote, as II seemed to me, almost with anguish
looked In his face and watched the anxiety and
the care. saw the blotting and the rewriting oil
ms works and was astouished TO find how much
he owed to his indomtable perseverance.
telegram from London, by mali, of June 25
says
The company for cutting the Corinth canal has
been established, with capital OF 50,OO0,O0O
drachmas (e1,7o0,ooo. The promoters are assisted
by powerful French and Austrian combination,
put sne Lonuon uieeks nave uecnheu 10 participate.
d. Pat has arrived to begin the preparatory work,
and he Will ask for the concession OF railway from
Corinth TO join the Turkish lines
Queen victoria's grand state breakfast. June "a,
marred by the weather. and the preparations
made at windsor to give life to the scene were
necessarily failure The first train, carrying 224
passengers, arrived in good time from Paddington.
General Seymour received the guests at Windsor
station, whence they were conveyed In royal car
riages to the castle. Tie Prince aud Princess of
Wales and the Duke ana Duchess OF Cambridge
arrived in the second train at ten minutes past four
O'Clock.
The reception Of Lord O'Hagan in the English
House of Lords most cordial and lattering.
The Duke OF Richmond, as leader Of the conserva-
tves, said che could not omit the opportunity Of say
ing how gratlfed he was by the presence in that
house OF the Lord Chancellor Of Ireland. The noble
and learned lords legal requirements and know
ledge of Ireland would be OF great advantage to
their lOrdships in the discussion of the land BILL"
This compliment was cheered.
The English revlsers OF the authorised version OF
the New Testament will meet for their next session
July 49, at eleven O'Clock, and for three days.
The numbers present each day OF the just
closed were twenty-one.
The carpet weavers OF Leeds, England asked for |
an advance OF twenty five per cent on their wages.
In the Thames Police Court, London. William Har- |
ding, a retired medical practitioner, brought up
for the fifth time on remand, charged with the will
fu murder OF Elizabeth TusOn, an actress aged |
twenty -four years, by administering to her "a pow
erful drug with feoni0us intent" The unfortu- |
nate died In the greatest agony. In her pro.
fessOnal capacity she assumed the name OF Miss
George. She was in the habit Of playing Mazeppa.
MIR. Wontner from the Treasury, conducted the pro-
secuton. The prisoner was committed for trial.
The London Spectators "strong impression is that
after one execution the trade Of baby farming |
would be pronounced too dangerous, and would be |
more especially il British newspaper |
proprietors would limit Its profits by refusing ad
vertisements clearly intended to attract customers
for murder"
The guarantee capital required for the Universal
Exhibition to be held Vienna IN 1878, being nearly
twice made up by the subscriptions OF the great
financial establishments, railway companies and
and industrious bodies, the realization
or the scheme is fully assured.
The Commissioners for the English Internal EXIT
biton OF 1871 resolved to set aside one guinea out OF
every ticket sold at three guneas through the
Society Of Arts for the purchase OF works Of art and
industry out OF the Exhibition.
The steamship Donnai, with the India, China and
Mauritus mails, passed through the Suez Canal
June a.