, 1872-03-28

NEw YoHK, March 21.-The collapse
of the Tichbourne trial is due to the
want of funds on the part of the claim
ant. S ia "a 4A9&4
! A st. Petersburg letter says Russia
almost universally sides withthe United
States in their views on the Alabama
claims under the treaty of Washington.
The morning papers have intelligence
from Roman states of the continued
persecution of the Jews. At Capul the
the entire Jewish population, consist
ing of about 1909 persos, were fear
fully punished and their. synagogues
filthy polluted.
LONDON, March 21st.- Arriving snow
storm, the FIRST in fourteen months, has
prevailed here all the morning. The
city is enveloped in dense fog, and at
this hour (ha,f past one in the after
noon) the day is as dark as at midnight.
SAN FnANc1sco, March 21.-The mar
ked feature of the stock market to-day
has been the forcing Of the nominal
price of Excelsior up to one hundred
dollars, through a corner which drove
one operator to the wall. 1t is said Nc
Donald a stock broker, cleared from
800, 900 to $50, ,OOO in this corner.
LONDON, March 22.--In the House of
Lords, this evening, Earl Derby, i'll
accordance with notice given on Tues
day night, proposed his questioned to
the course the government intended to
pursue in regard to the treaty Of " ash
ington. He hoped the minister of for
eign affairs would be able to state that
Her Majesty's sgovernmentwas prepared
to maintain the ground taken at the
beginning of the present session, and
decline to admit claims for indirect
damages made by the American govern
ment before the Geneva tribunal. All
knew that the present anxiety was
great, and it was an anomalous state of
things that, while the newspapers of the
country were discussing the question,
Parliament should be forbidden to de-
bate it. He warned the government
that they had already sacrificed much
| for ovI fhof fr frJv
dangerous. He asked further, if Great
Britain would appear before the Geneva
Board under the circumstances?
Earl Granville replied that Mr.. Glad
stone and himself had already given
answers to these questions to which
nothing could be added at the resent
time. Complete publicity at this juno
ture was impossible.
Earl Malmesbury objected to the con-
tinued silence of Parliament; if the
treaty of Washington had been discussed
last year, the present difficulty would
have been avoided. -t
Lord Westburry spoke in condemna-
ton of the conduct of the American
government; it has been distinctly prom
ised that indirect damages would not be
pressed. It would be contrary to Eng
lands honor to admit them after such
mutual understanding.
Granville admitted that the treaty had
been misconstrued. ~
| SAN Francisco, March 22.-There
was short th under storm this evening,
accompanied with vivid flashes of light
ming, between 81 and seven o'clock
1t is reported that the lands of the
Dalles Military Wagon Road Company
some 600, 900 acres, have been bonded
for sale to San Francisco capitalists for
$4,000.
John O'Neil, while attending funer-
al to-day, fell back in his carriage and
died instantly.
| WASHINGTON, March 23- The tenor
of the debate in the British Parlia-
ment by Earl Derby and others on the
Alabama Claims creates surprise here
as it was generally understood that
England was favorable to an amicable
settlement. The position assumed by
our Government in the last note of Sec
retary Fish to Earl Granville remains
unchanged and nothing that may occur
either in Parliament or in the Cabinet
will be likely to disturb it. The receipt
of Earl Granville's reply, which, it is
expected has been sent through Minis
ter Schenck, lis looked for with consid-
erble anxiety.
The Senate's action yesterday in favor
of placing tea and coffee on the free list
surprised the best friend of the measure.
It was looked upon by Protectionists as
the readiest means of defeating any gen.
eral tariff valuation. The Senate's Bill
must still pass the House; but the House
being already committed by the passage
of similar bill, will doubtless promptly
concur in the Act which takes effect on
he 1st of July.
The smallpox is increasing.
The talk among public men relative
to the Alabama claims is that some Of
the Senators who were strong friends
of the Treaty now say they are indif