The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-03-20
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.
England.

England.
THE MINISTRY QUESTION NOT YET SETTLED.
LONDON, March 10.-Gladstone and bis |
Cabinet colleagues have had a four hours !
consultation. Nothing has transpired as yet.
SERIOUS RIOT BETWEEN ENGLISH AND IRISH.
LONDON, March ia serious riot be-
tween Englisbmen and Irishmen occurred ut
Wolyerhampton, town Of Stafordshire,
twelve miles from Birmingham, yesterday.
At least three thousand persons were en-
gagged in the conflict. Firearms and knives
were freely used, and there was much blood
shed, though no cases of fatal injury have
yet been reported. At last accounts from
the town order had been restored, and it was
believed there would be no repetition Of the
| rioting.
DISCHARGE OF THE SUSPECTED swNDLERs.
LONDON, March 1.-THE three men who
| were arrested at Cork yesterday on suspicion
of being implicated in recent swindles OH
the Bank of England were discharged to.
day, there being no evidence connecting
them with the affair.
Canada.
TIE VICTIMS OF THB MONTREAL FIRE.
MONTREAL, March 19.-The hospital re-
port gives the following statement of the
condition of the victims of the st. James's
Hotel fire: J. e. Thomas, suffering from
broken ribs and other injuries; Henry
Be!cher, badly injured about the head-con-
dition precarious; Mary Brennan, dead !;
- Hildrick, clerk of the hotel, dead.
RATIFICATION OF TIE TREATY WITH GERMANY.
PARIS, March 19.-The Assembly this af-
ternoon ratified, without dissenting voice,
the treaty signed on Saturday last between
President Theirs and the German ambassa-
dor providing for the payment of the war
indemnity and the evacuation of French ter
ritory.
Switzerland.
PERE HYAoINTHE EXCITEMENT IN GENEVA.
GEsEoA, March 19.-The religious excite
ment in this city caused by the preaching of
Father Hyacinthe is increasing. The ultra
Vontanes are much eXasperated.
Russia.
ARRIVAL or MINISTER ORR.
ST.. PErERsBURaH, March 10.-Judge Orr,
of South Carolina, has arrived here, and to-
day presented his credentials to the Car as
United States Minister.
South American Affairs.
PANAMA, March Son the Goth of Sep
tember last the Secretary Of State of Bogota
issued circular to nil the Governments Of
Central America and South America inviting
them to cooperate with the United States of
Columbia with view TO induce the United
States of America to join with them In per-
suading Spain to recognize the independence
of Cuba and accept an equivalent in money,
the sum agreed upon to be made up by the
different associated republics, and that IN the
mean time the war now going on shall be
harmopized. Congress on the 1st Of Febru.
ary gave Its approval to the proposition and
to diplomatic note on the subject.
The most important features Of the pre-
sent news from Peru is with regard to the
strong desires expressed by the Government
that the Republic take part in the search for
route for 4 canal across the Colombian
Isthmus. 1t is not yet decided when the
Peruvian Exploring Expedition will be dis.
| patched. There seems to be some trouble
| in the political atmosphere between Peru
and Chill about the boundary lines in the in
terror of the country.
The El Porgenir, of Valiegattel. OF the
cd of February, says thsf practicability OF
ship canal through Nicaragua has been set
tied by the labors Of the present United
States surveying party there.