Litchfield enquirer., 1874-04-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.

FOREIGN.
 Great Britain.-A motion, to have been made ill the British House of Com mons 10 compensate British sufferers by the depredations of the Alabama, has been postponed.
 The volunteer review at WimbledoD, England, took place Monday. 5 A committee of the House of Commons has reported that Chief Justice Cockburn was justified in punishing Mr. Whalley. A dinner has been given by the Lord Mayor of London in honor of Sir Garnet Wolseley. s
 Ge7aany Tie Archbishop of Cologne has been arrested.
 iSpain.-The Carlists assert that the movement of Marshal Serrano against the Royalists before Bilbao has entirely fail ed. j. Operations in front of Bilbao have been renewed by the bombardment of Abanto. l"--+=.'-
 Archbishop Leorente has been ordered to repair to Havana
 Gen. Caballero de Rodas is marching to the assistance of Serrano with 5000 men. rr
 The Cure Santa Cruz has been discharg- ed from arrest in France, but forbidden 10 remain Tn the country. t..t.. hadio.-Incendiary fires are alarmingly frequent in the Cavalier District of India The condition of the people in the fam lne-stricken districts of India is inn proving, and large numbers of inhabi- tante are emigrating.
 Cdn0da.-There is much excitement i'll Canada over the appearance of Riel, the late Manitoba insurgent, to take his seat Tn the Dominion Parliament, and witness es have been examined regarding his con- duct in the Red River affair.
 Archbishop Tache asserts that an am- nesty was promised to Louis Riel by the late Government.
 tSOuthern America Gen. Jose de la Concha has arrived at Havana and enter ed upon the duties of his office as Gov ernor-General of the Antilles.
 Several of the Havana banks refuse to receive American gold at the rate order ed by the Captain General.
 Commercial affairs on the Isthmus of Panama are reported to be in very un- favorable condition.
 DOMESTIC.
 The N. Y. Tammany Hall General Com mittee adopted resolutions against infa- tion.
 A Reformed Episcopal Church has been organized at the Falls of Schuylkill, Penn. Aswindler cheated Cincinnati merchants out of about $1OO, ,OOO worth of goods.
 The captain and six seamen of the Rus sian bark Jupiter were washed overheard in storm.
 Nearly $1OO,OO have been embedded from the Bank of Brighton, Mass.
 Sanborn, Hawley, and Venderwerken have been acquitted by direction of the Court
 An enthusiastic Boston mass meeting at Faneull Hall Saturday night adopted strong anti-infation resolution.
 Nine buildings were burned and seven lives lost at Millerstown, Butler County Penn.. last week
 Peter Stephani has been found guilty of murder in the second degree for killing Michael Harold.
 Two South Carolina County Treasurers are in jail as defaulters -s.-
 Hooking Valley coal miners on strike almost murdered some non-union miners who attempted to work
 The Erie strike is practically over.
 The visitation of saloons by praying bands was begun, last week, in Pittsburg. A settlement has been made betw cen Jay Cooke X Go. and the Northern Pacific Railroad .,.. s-.,-
 Judge Durell's impeachment is consid- cred certain unless he resigns at once.
 There came near being riot from the attempt of Mayor at Mt. Vernon, o. to stop praying band from "obstruc ting the streets.