, 1875-07-16
GREAT BRITAIN.

GREAT BRITAIN.
THE FOREIGN VISITORS,
LoSnox. July 15.-sfoodT and sankay, tho
avhnReliets. vii! sail for The Uni.ed States Aug. L.
Tho Sultan Of Zanzibar leaves to-day for the
Continent,
Very heavy fain-Ftor1ns hnve taken place In
England. An Immense dam In Cinderfotd VAL
10y. dloncostershire, burnt, 1oodiug tho forest
Of Doatl
FAILCHE.
lambert Drothcra 4 Scott, coal merchants,
bhre fhited. 1abitios, si.000.0e0.
ALnERT EDWARDS PROPOSED 1snIAN VISIT.
III tho House of Commons this afternoon
Henry Fawcett offored motion declaring 1t in
o1rcdtent for thu 1ut1isn Government to paw anY
part Of tho expenses of tho ptince Of Tatc4'
Eastern tour.
DAracli imposed tho motion becAnao tte
rrnce would be tho guest Of tiIa vireEov Of
india, and Gladstone supnHted Disrnot Tno
motion was finally rejected b5 sote Of 67 yeas
To $40 nays.
Tho grant to lcfrav tho ozpensoA of tho Trincn
of WaloH' Writ to India MAS PASSED by vute Of
o38 yeas 10 1G nays.
TIRE BLAvE TRADE.
BIT. Bonrke, Undor Foreign Secretary, In re-
sponso to an inquiry of s.e John Kenuawag,
said dnuhts hayiug beon raised respecting tho
fnliilmeut Of tho tscntv Of 1879 for
the suppression OF tho eihyo tralo
on tic East coast Of Africa, another
troaty Wan completed Hlac the Sultan Of Xauzl-
bar waB hors, which, it is to be hoped, will bo
fully carried nut.
TIE CANADA corYn,d1tr nr1t,
passed itH second rca4l!nE.
blrr ClIarfcs Dilko offoretl motion that, In tho
on}on OF tho Ilouse It Ia tho duty Of the Guy-
ernmrnt to inquire into tho various nothntla for
1uHtor distribution Of political power,
with vic" TO securing more complete
representation Of tho people. I1e called at.on-
tion to tho tncfoaae nf population III largo towIa,
and dccroase In small borong,i,s.
Diaraci replied that such anDmalies ,yero In.
ovitabc, mud periodical rerInlou OF tho const-
tuition was ncc.Fsary to provont them. Lie
declared tho present system @na lhc admiration
Of tbn world. Tho linuBo divided, and tho mo-
tlou Was lost by q vote Of 100 yeas to 19O nays
MORE FlHons.
Hehyy rhna hhyo CAUSED much damage In
Wales. The River Ostunre haa overllowcd its
banks. inuodating tho town Of BrlKond. Ono
tifo war lost anl much livestock drowned. Tho
montllRhtlo Canal ut CoucRryan burnt through its
banks, mud thirteen poFBons waso drowned.
There is flood at Cheorwell Vh;ley. England.
Crops especially hhv, suffered esserelv.
Much damage has boon tlone 10 DeVoush!to by
rain storms. lilo rivers and streams arc swollen,
aud at several places tlore nro inun,laton1.
Dy tho bursting Of lhQ MoumouthnI,ire rcscr-
votr factory and a number OF dWefliuga Wore
entirely destroyed. Tho ltlvor Eobw haa over
flowed Doats arc rlyinE in thn main streets of
thu Town Of Monmouth. Htmilar reports Of in-
u1datlons come from llosa, Hereford, md Csor-
Icon. foard aro entertained for thu safety OF
tho foundations of tue 1tnsa, Monmouth Il Eye
Valley Ilall'oala. Tho wutsr In still rising. Tho
River Frnmc has rIBen foot aboya tho ordt-
nary loyel, and the lower portions Of Brntol are
Hooded. TiIoiisauslB Of acres lying between tho
Frotno and the sovurn arc ttnAor water.
AN FSamBM Moory.
Prominent bs1rtnenB man las bosEht Victoria
Theatre aud in:euds lifting it up fol religious
work.
ICELAND.
DETAILA OF TIE VOLCANIC EnurT1oS-W1pE-
SPREAD pEAOt.ArlDs.
The following account Of the rnccnt volcanic
eruption in Icu!and is furnished IN report by
the lev. Doan S!gurd nunnassHou, dated Hal
lormsBtsd, ia Malasysa. April "a:
On Easter Monday. early In tho morning, loud
pasentty travelling towards tic nnrteaaf. In this fsec-
tim Of Tho mountain ranges bounding the valley Of
tur1,o4i backward along tho southern innutsi1a ~
well! The *lE waa hoasy md Jet black towards tho
nurtR sud northeast About o o'cock wht.ish gray
ccs aveEa9nH the sxo Of grain, Int in ahlte l0nxer.
Tha dark column moved nearer and he4tas, an1 tho
1 y xhe tns "r Is9,
hnAsca, aud n noon tho t1'rhnc'a VIA ~
deHAa - tl.t n = w1naowlr"4 h"ne
cyen ahfold the ansere a" Tho hnn1 e"ut nat % dla-
11nGa4ed Tue us&anco 81 Tow irthe: from t!e nyo
Ih'a pitch taTknre" lasted Tor about 81 l,ur During
the DARK Al BaAs windows appeared like mltfos 70
ioso naite, Eoteclls8 the object On which sle Light
fol- ~ 4 they had hoen covcred outside with coat of
aaieknsyrr. for tour oon,scnvo honsh II wa i,so-
Ill thxt TINS the ashns and Tho sand weso falling hek
asd f4.t Lightning and eap1 Of thunler were u 70
6atne tno BeeL nh hfard IN rapid hlccessfon Anu tho
earth and everything teen.oa TO trelnle ngah. Tho
aE was rhA.aS will asctrclty 10 such an csts't that
ntnnncles aud sta-aikeH of tron whnn sHFne'l into
thu air, Ad oven one'a haHls wllen held ur secmod
~ ablazc. but Thu tAunfcr differed from ordinary
caia sn this. that It travelled -tn rapidly repeated
eshoes ACROSS the skies When tho darkntss w're "f
moved iplanl towards Tho upper Valleys: hut beng
there mot by eounter-carfent Of siE rcn'ainsi =:
htbl stationary for while, and afterwards n:1std
slowly tlnwn conutry agAilI slang Tho Valleys that
onco more t,e daylight wa changed iuto dusk which
accomplished hy ths fail nj ano ashes Afcr the
fall thb earth covered With layer Of ashes and
scoFls from ~ inchcs to inches deep; toartest
whore It lay thIcteAt, Ia many casca exhibiting
pu1nIee bouldess twice large ~ thu dst.