, 1874-04-23

Colorado in place of Ehlbert to be re-
moved. The House Territorial Com
mittee have agreed to report n bill for
the admission of New Mexico into the
Union. k-.l2 EAf
Ottowa, April 15.-In Parliament last
night Cartright delivered his budget
speech. He estimates the deficiency for
the fiscal year ending June 80 next, at
rearly 5000 600. being the first deficit
since the confederation; an important
element of this increase being the pub
lie works.
In the Commons this afternoon Bod
well moved the expulsion of Riel. HoI-
ton moved postponement urt til report
of the Committee. Mosseau moved to
present an address to the Queen for his
pardon.
LONDON, April 15.-An explosion in a
Lancashire coal mine killed and wound
ed of number miners.
Later. A dispatch says As bodies
were recovered from the mine at Dun
kerfeld. in which the explosion occurr-
en- to day One hundred miners have
been rescued. The explosion was caus
ed by naked light.
New YoRK, April 1.-THE Pacific
Mail Co. Directors say that they have
$165. 600 in cash on hand, besides $780,
900 in call loans; half million in un-
collected freights, $55, 900 cash in Lon
don, over 800, 600 cash en route from
the Pacific, and Sc, 900 unsold shares of
stock. Only $725,000 is due on the
Roach contract for the steamers Yeddo
and Pending. The Directors claim that
the Company is in position to n eet all
demands, and that they have reduced
expenses forty per cent. Their total
number of passengers afoat yesterday
was 1850.
NEW YORK, April IA Havana let
ter says it is rumored that Concha in
tends to spare the life of Dockery as
matter of courtesy to the United States
OTTAWA, April lin the House of
Commons last night. Bowen's motion
for Reil's expulsion was carried-124 to
68, and new writ was ordered for an
election in tie Province.
New York, April lilo days World
has an apparently semi official article
which says there is no arrangement be-
tween the Pacific Nail Co. and the Rail
roads; probably it is because of the
domineering disposition of railroads,
and their demand to be made the steam
er agents, which would enable them to
discourage steamer business. The arti-
Gle says that the Union and Central rail-
road have an organization at Washing
ton to undermine the efforts being made
to retain the China mail subsity to
steamers. 1t is charged that the Pacific
Mail stock has been sold short, on ac-
count of the II embers of the Congrega-
tional Committees guaranteeing them
against loss, with the implied condition
that they will introduce hostile resolu.
ton, and make unfavorable reports,
tending to prejudice Pacific Mail inter-
cts. The Mail Company profess little
fear of the Central Pacific's threats TO
put on an opposition 10 the China line,
unless the former accede to their de-
mands, as it takes large sum to build
American ships, and foreign bottoms
cannot give through bills of lading to
points east of San Francisco.
PANAMA. April 2.-News has reached
here of the loss of, on the 4th of March,
the Chillan coasting steamer Tacna with
10 persons. Loss of life is attributed to
the panic which seized the crew, two OF
whom made off with the only boat.
New York, April IA Boston dis
patch announces the election of Wash
burre as senator.
The situation of affairs in Arkansas
are unchanged.
VICTORIA, B. c., April 17.-An Indian
woman named Emma Hart and her son
Isaac, about five years of age, were
found on Wednesday last short dis
tance from Nan aimo, with their throats
cut and their skulls fractured, apparcnt-
ly with blunt instrument. At latest
adyices, no clue had been discovered OF
perpetrators of this horrid deed.
Nanaimo shipped during the quarter
Ell ding March 31st. 2l, ,297 tons of coal,
the Vancouver Coal Company exporting
about IA, 600 tons of this quantity.
BREsT, April 16. The Amerique
foundered during the violent tempest of
the 4th inst, and was abandoned when
on the eve of sinking. An italian ship
saved a large number of the crew and
passengers, who arrived here to-day
14S of the crew, and forty passengers
arrived by Norwegian bark. 80 more
passengers also arrived on an English
vessel. The passengers unite in the
praise of the GOODNESS and bravery OF
Captain Rosseau of the Amerique.
LONDON, April 16.- In the House of
Lords tonight, Earl Russell gave notice
that, on May 4th, he should ask for
copies of the correspondence of the Brit
ish Government with the Governments
of Germany, France, Russia and Aus
tria, with regard to the maintainance Of
peace Also, that he should call for
copies of the transaction sent to Thorn
ton, Minister at Washington, with re-
gard to the Oregon boundary question;
and further, for an account of the COM
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