Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-06-24
FOREIGN SUMMARY.
Two Thousand Lives Lest.

Two Thousand Lives Lest.
CoNsrANTINoPLE, June 23.--The Cbttr-
Ter states that two thousand persons lost
their lives at the late confiagration in his
city.
A Spec Of War.
HAGUE, June 28.-The Government has
ordered the frigate Waggoner to Venezu-
ella to exact redress for the outrages COM
mitted on its Dutch subjects. -fa n ID.
Opposition to InfalIibiIity.
PARIS, June 23.-At a meeting of the
Ecumenical Council, on the 18th, Cardi-
nal Guido, Archbishop of BoulOgne, made
a strong discourse against the infallibility
scheme, creating profound sensation.
Edwin brood Unfinished. d
LONDON, June 23.-Mr. Chapman, the
publisher of Dickens works, published g
statement to-day that only one-belf of
Dickens story, THE Mystery of tsSIwin
Drood," had been written. The story
will be published as far as written, and
no one win be permitted to finish it. 4,
Opening Of KsbIe College. IL
LONDON, June 23,-Keble College, of
Oxford University, named in honor of the
late Rev. John Keble, author of the Chris
tian Year, was opened to-day. DIR. Pu-
sey and the Right Hon. Claiborne Hardy
which were attended by large number
of people.
Significant from Franco.
PARIS, June 23.-Siec1e, after describ-
ing the Spanish atrocities in Antilles,
quotes with approval the following pas
sage from the London Messenger: ''Spain
needs moneys Cuba needs peace, and the
United States needs Cuba,' The Steele
adds, "ln this statement we see a practi-
cal solution of the situation"
The Terrible DrOuih in France,
LONDON, June 23.-The damage to crops
caused by drOuth in France cannot be
correctly estimated. Accounts from the
provinces are contradictory, but the grain
market shows much weakness. The eff
fects of the extraordinary heat are still
felt in Paris, and the water is so low in
the Seine that grass is growing at the foot
of the quay walls.
Lancashire Cotton Operatives.
LONDON, June 23.-A deputstion rep
resenting six thousand operatives in
Lancashire, waited on the Committee on
Cotton Manufactures, at Black burn, to-
day, and asked an increase of wages.
They were assured if the prices obtained
for goods after harvest was over, should
warrant it, their wages would be raised
five per cent.
Political Plotters and RsapiHg Machines.
PARIS, June 2S.-The trial of the mem
bers of the International Society of Work
men, for completely in the late plot. has
been adjourned until the 18th inst. The
trial OF reaping machines, of various pat
terms, will begin near this CITY on the
24thiof July. Two thousand francs are
offered as prizes. Two more arrests were
made last evening Of persons supposed to
be connected with the regicide plot.
American rities---lmmlgrants.
LONDON, June 23.-The Tunes money
article says that American exchange
tends downward, owing to the prospects
of grain trade, and the completion of
arrangements for the repayment of diyi-
dends. kThe Hudson Bay dividends have
been suspended, owing to the difficulties
in she Pembina region.
One hundred emigrants left this citv
yesterday for Canada, in the ship Lake
Erie.
Serious Riot in Cork.
CORK, June 23.-Serious riots occurred
here yesterday. The masters had recently
hired great number of German tailors.
displacing the Irish. A meeting of the
Irish tailOrs was held and a strike was
resolves upon at once and yesterday after
noon the Irish tailOrs stopped work, and
soon aIIerWafd- the rlOtlng began, the
strikers attacking the shops of the en-
ployers. The police charged upon the
rioters and succeeded in restoring order
A number. of citizens who volunteered to
aid the police were stabbed. Everything
is quiet now; many arrests have been
made.
Slavery in the Spanish cortes.
MADRID, June 23.-In the Oortes yes
terday Senior Morel's bill for the gradual
emancipation of slaves in the Spanish
Colonies was considered in Committee of
the Whole. Senior Castillon's amendment
for the immediate abolition was lost by a
vote of 45 yeas to IS nays. 1t was under
stood in committee that Senior MorePs
bill ought TO lie over until the next meet
ing of the COrtes, when it was the opinion
that measure should be devised by Gov
ernment which the Legislature and people
can approve for the extinguishment of
slavery, when the committee rosa.
A resolution prohibiting punishment by
lash was offered and carried. rrsr
Action on Senior More's bill was post
poned, and the COrtes adjourned to 3lst
of October.
Senior CastillOn's speech in favor of i'm
mediate abolition, has rendered him the
lion of the hour. Its reference to Abra-
ham Lincoln attracts the especial atten-
tion of Americans. Castillon's admirers
and advocates of abolition have rendered
him banquet.