Litchfield enquirer., 1874-07-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.

Gfeat B3itain.-The Government is unwilling to accept the cession of the Fiji Islands under the conditions imposed. Posmaster- General Jewell will leave Liverpool for New York on the first of August
 France cabinet crisis resulted in the resignation of NJ. Magne, minister of Finance, and NJ. dc Forton, Minister of the Interior. The Due de Broglie failed to form ministry, and the vacant places were filled by the appointment of Baron the Chabaud-Latour, Minister of the h. terior, and RI. Bodet, Minister of Fin ance. The France Government has pub llshed warning against emigration to America. The Chevalier Nigra has given assurances of the cordial friendship be- tween France and Italy.
 Spdi2.-The Carlists continue their ont rages. They have secured 1900 hostages and threaten to murder them in case they arc shelled by the fleet.
 According to proclaimation by the Madrid Government charges of sedition or conspicacy against the State are to be tried by court-martiaI. All Spain has been declared i'll state of siege
 Germany Prussian Government has increased the stringency of the regula- tiOllo dsSsisIIiSt jllG O1CfdDlOnGanoS.
 Kulimann, who made the attempt on Prince Bismarck's life, was formerly at Berlin waiting to make the attack.
 BeIgiet3n.-It is said that the Brussels Congress, after organizing, will appoint committees and suspend general sittings; Baron Jomini will probably be chosen President.
 Itrkcy-The governments of Austria 0nd RnccIa 41 the recognition of Roumanian indepen- dence. A large fire is raging in Galata. suburb of Constantinople
 Canada There is a convention of de- legates from the Deaf and Dumb Institu- tions Of America at Belleyille, Ont.
 DOMESTIC.
 The Tilton-Beacher Investigation con- tinues.
 Ex-Attorney- General Clarke of Mani toba, the prosecutor oS the kidnappers of Lord Gordon, has been brutally beaten in St. Paul, Minn.
 The foot races at Saratoga on Monday were finely contested.
 Copeland of Cornell. won the mill race Ill 4:56 min.; Nevin, of Yale the 100 yard race, in 101 sec.; Downes, of Wesleyan. the miles race in 19:17.
 Pomeroy, the young Boston murderer. has confessed to having killed Katy Cur ran.
 The great fire which broke out in Chi caSo (on Tuesday of last week. for a time threatened to be as destructive as the con- tagratlon of 1871. Between three and four millions of property were destroyed. The reports from the West indicate a less alarming state as regards the In- dlans than was supposed,
 The reports of the devastation in Min nesota by grasshoppers have been exag- gerated
 The Saratoga regatta resulted in the victory of the Columbia crew, the respect I've boats coming in the following ord CT:
 Columbia
 Wesleyan.
 Harvard
 Williams.
 Cornell
 Dartmouth.
 Princeton.
 Trinity
 Yale.
 Yale and Harvard collided about the middle of the race and the Yale boat was disabled. The race finally took place Saturday morning after repeated post ponements on account of rough water. A storm passed over howel, Mass, in flictino great dnrnaon. last waak The work of laying the new Atlantic cable has been completed.
 The Isthmus agent of the Panama rail- road was charged by the officers of the Company of having misappropriated a large sum.
 The raiding Indians arc reported to be returning to their reservations.
 Notifications of the French Postal Con- vention have been exchanged at the Post Office Department.
 The convicted N. Y. Police Commission CTS have been again indicted.
 The Council and citizens of Chicago are taking steps for more efficient protection against fire.
 A railway accident in Michigan on Sat urday resulted in the death of seven men; on the Erie Road, near Canaseraga, N. T., a collision occurred, causing the death of one man and the wounding of several. The remains of little girl were found in Boston, which proved to be those of another victim of the boy murle Ter Pom erOY.