, 1876-02-29
Weekly Review Of tho English and
Continental Brealstuffs
Trade.
4 Steamer Sunk by co!|ision with the
Wreck Of the Strathclydc.
liberal Ruling Under the New
French I'rcSs-I4nWa.
al French Political Prisoners to Be
Par.loned.
GREAT BRITAIN.
THE CABLE COMPANIES.

GREAT BRITAIN.
THE CABLE COMPANIES.
iioToH:o Gfobe !sptctlfa.1
LONDON, Fob. 23.-A strong cAloai llas been
formed in London by poraous Interested in tho
Angto-American Cable Company to get It'd Of
tho Direct United States Company. II fnys ttat
sono small shareholders In the latter arc willing
to sacrifce their interest IN tho Disoc. Company
70 ~ to gos monopoly for thc otl'oF, in which
they arc moro largely interested. The Direcscra
are not parties 10 tic attempt, but nto ontoaTor-
ing by ornr5 means to redeem their pledges
WESTON, THE PEDESTRIAN.
Buccecdod ln bis taak Of walking 275 miles IN
soventy.llve ho,rB. lio will Try this week 5Do
miles Ia six consecutive days.
GRAND rnuSK noSps.
Tho Grand Trunks 1IEht pteftreice bonds hire
siRen III por cont thiA week. The Canada Soulh-
crit tlfns mortgage ban3s waro dealt IN this rock
on lilo Losdon stocs Exchaugo for us l'tst
limo,
I.oSpoN, Fob. 2B.-1n the I1onau Of Commons
lhis oysnilg slr, DoggBr, member tor County
Eays1, l1aland asked tho Government nhother
the Inn prohibiting members Of Parliament from
being At ste saaie limo Government contractors
was Btili In force whothcr tho law III question
applies to the Suo2 Canal transaction and
whether tho Government Ia prepared tu onTotco
1t iu regard to Sir Nathaniel Mayer do Itoths-
D1Broall in reply Baid that thu !ncstion belongs
to Tho couits aud not to tho Eouac OF Cou,-
mons.
Sir Nathaniel I.othschtid declared hs was not
partner In The house Of The RolUschiids.
STR Henry Drunmond Wolll, monlbor for
Christ Church, having hskod quohtion ID ro-
gard 10 the srIny organization Of Egypt, Dourhe.
ono Of tho Under Seeretar!es for ths FoleiGn Do
gastmcnt, replied. Informing 3fr. Wolff that the
(lnsBlnn Den. Fadien would rrorganizo tho Khr-
3if8'H army, but not IL War Minister.
Donrke replied to q question aslsoA by Mr..
pntnell. lnemher for Meath, htat,ng that tho
Government had received no communication
from tho Government of tho United States rp-
Eatdins Edward Oa1oagher Coidon. Condou
waa not imprlhone cd ut Spike 1slaud, near Quoe,ls-
town. nor lad he eyer been handcuGcd or
chained.
Tho Marquis Of Hamilton questioned the Gov
elnment in regard TO tho StrAthclyla dlstster.
blr q. B. Addorley, President Of tho Board Of
Trade, In reply, Bald thlt irgultiea respecting
,he Strathclydo tnuBt DO postponed until thu
conclusion Of tho criminal proceedings agairst
Tho Captain Of tho FrancDnlA.
In tho House Of Comnpna tonight, Mr.
Goshen ltoW attention to tho circumstances con-
nected with tho destruction Of the Iron-clad Van
guard. IIs cenEured Tho Admiralty for ita &C.
ton in reversing tho order OF the cout.-mnztial.
and moved for q m1nuto showing tho stops taken
by tue Admiralty In reference to the loss of ths
Vanguard.
Hnot First Lord OF tho Admiralty, dosendod
sho conduct complained Of. llo said his naval
colleagues unanimously concusred With him ia
dissenting from tho conc1nsio: q Of lilo court
nartial As to persons responsible for tho loss Of
tho ship. lio recounted the circumstances Of
tho collision in order 10 provo tlle corsectuoss Of
this yiem.
Disraoli augGestod that a tsofn,te motion on
the aubicct could DO submitted on future &C.
casinn.
0oshcns motion was thon aRrcod 10.
THE GRAIN TNAaE.
corn trade says: The grain tstlo for tho waes
iian been dull and unsnterestng:. Tie imports
hase been moderate. although 1t IL doubtful
whether ssocka on hand aro as largo as have
been imagined. The Whrolouscs aro probably
fairly hlea, notwithstanding tho stoady deplo-
ton which has been in progress siucc
tho end Of ISIS, We aro now NJ
proach!ng period ot critical Importance
regarding apupileh. Tho large fleet from South
eaatern Europe. which haa recently been Nh sn-
eubus on trade, has beon almost cleared up, and
the stoppaRo Of Bh.pnacnts from tho ica-bound
ports must graltiY reduce supplies. Add to this
tho dlminntlon OF farmers htock, and wo cnu
rsaaonably conclude lllat ths plethora vii! short.
that our neat Continental ueighho.B arc not 90
Ne1l supplied, and a relaxation OF rates ho3o
would lesd to IN inquiry ftotu there. Altogethes,
tho trade sooms healthy, subject only to tic COLI,
tingencit8 sof moro than usually upof weather
and increased supplic,A which now scosn In.
probable.
STEAMER susr.
Yesterday evening tho htcauser lltr,nRcu
White, on her "sy from 1.oudon to ltouen
struck the mk6ts uf tho steamer 6sfatho}sdc, sa,
coutly Aunk in tI4o ChannoI. aud sank In tiftecl
n,Inusea All Gu board cared.
I'll HTED.
hoNpoN, Feb. 29--0 d. n.-Tho Tines all
nounccs that NJ. Ferdinand De Lossups aui hi
cohdjutors OF The Huez Canal Company hRy
abruptly disminaed fir Dsyid Lhnge from his po
sitlon as ropre4 entRtivo Of tho English interest