The New York herald., 1876-11-26
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
From AL Parts Of the
World.
THE EASTERN QUANDARY.
Russia Placing Her War
Loan at Home.
LORD SALISBURY'S PROGRESS
Financial and Commercial
Intelligence.
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LONDON. Nov. Is. 1870
II 10 many weeks since we have had so quiet Satur.
day night in London. The cloud hangs over Europe
watching tho progress of Lord Salisbury toward Con-
stantnop,e, as our maritime patron, Noah may be
supposed to have kept his eyes on the
departing dove sime often brings us to
! fact If the Russian army should move upon
Asia Minor, many military think it win, the
hills and valleys in the immediate neighborhood OF
Mount Ararat may become scenes OF more terrible
battles than were ever dreamed OF in tho patrarchs
philosophy.
RrssIA's FINANCIAL CONDITION.
II must be very gratifying the Russian people to
learn that tho subscriptions In St. Petersburg and
Moscow alono to the loan Of 100 0O0. 900
roubles tsso, oco, ,ooo), authorized by the I'm
peria ukaso of November Is, already ex-
iced that amount. An Imperial ukase has been
Promulgated providing that after the LIST OF January
lext customs duties shall be payable in gold or cou-
IONS negotiable abroad, and also relieving common
carriers from responsibility under contracts for early
circumstances beyond their control.
THE PEACE COMMISSIONER I'm ROUTE
The Marquis OF Salisbury had interview with
Count Andrassy, the Austrian Prime Minister, this
the Emperor Francis Joseph He will leave to-mor-
for Florence instead of on Monday for Trieste as
previously reported This appears to Indicate that he
IS to embark at Brindisi.
ANOTHER ENGLISH PRIycKss.
The Duchess of Edinburgh has been confined OF q
laughter at Malta
THE CYCLONE IN BENGAL.
The Official Gazette, OF Calcutta, publishes minute
Of Sir Richard Temple, Lieutenant Governor OF Ben
gal giving the resu. of his visit to the districts Of
Southeastern Bengal which were devastated by tho
late cyclone. The minute confirms the previous esti
mate that 25l COO persons pcrshed in the cyclone.
THE BRITISH IRON TRADE.
memorandum furnished the Foreign OIicc by the
President OF the British Iron Trade Association states
that large proportion OF the furnaces or blast
and still larger proportion Of the forgcs and mills for
the production OF malleable iron are closed Thou
sands of workmen have been discharged and the
OF those retained materially reduced Tho distress
greatest IN the railmaking districts OF South Wales
and tho North OF England but is also very great in
Stanordsh!rc the Midland counties and Scotland The
depression is confined England but is felt ON
inc Continent with almost equal severity. Germany
and Belgium ars greatest sufferers France s not
30 badly or but there prices extremely and
the trade evidently iE critical and condi.
tion.
COMMERCIAL.
In the Mncing lane markets during tho past week
the alterations have been unimporant, excepting re-
newal Of the active demand for sugar. which sold
largely, and prices show about 20s. per ad-
vance upon brown and common refining sorts compared
with those current during tho excitement tho
MIDDLE OF this month. Stocks have further decreased
being lower than for many years. Refined has fully
recovered tho depression and quotations
on the Continent very firm. Rice has again i'm
proved. An unusually large quantity Of white Bengal
was sold on the spot, and floating cargoes
were also sold and contracts made In rice for
spring shipment. The limited supply OF coffee offering
has not influenced quotations. The Netherlands Trad
Inc Company's sale "Wednesday resulted better than
was anticipated, all qualities selling rather over
raluations saltpctre is hrmer. In the tea market
,ome forced sales OF common TO fair grades congou
paused further decline. Medium to fair grades are
unchanged Most kinds OF spice havo been quiet
FINANCIAL
Business on the Stock Exchange during the week
has been mainly centred IN foreign securities, in
which there general, and, In some cases. i'm
portant advance caused by Turkeys acceptance the
conference. At the close, however, most stocks
below the best points in consequence of adverse
mors rcallzations by SPECTATORS for Egyp-
tians were the most buoyant showing rise on the
week Of from to in consequence Of the satisfactory
termination OF Mr. Goschen's negotiations. Russian,
Hungarian and Turkish are * better, and French
and Italian 4 a u. There was little doing in Ameri-.
can securities Illinois fell on heavily, but recovered
within OF last weeks quotations.
AMERICA.
The Cunard line steamer Algeria, which sailed from
Liverpool to-day for New York. took $500 specie
Tor the United States.
THE AMERICAN FLAG AFLOAT.
THE CRuIsE IN souTU AMEEIcAN WATERS.