, 1876-02-06
Bismarck Will Make No Advances in the
Interest Of Peace with Rome.
Result Of the Investigation Of the Deutsch-
land Disaster.
Cue Hundred and sixty-s;x Lives Lost by the
Eeieian hhiac Explosion.
RUSSIA.
THE COMMERCIAL CRISIS.

IHE CUAA14tAAAA A61SAos
LONDON, Feb. 5.-The Imperial Bank Of Rus
s:a hiss increased its rate OF discount to per
cent The Bank OF Belgium has reduced its rate
to per cent. The Bank OF Russia. in order to
avert the crisis menacing the sugar trade in the
southern portions OF the Empire, has resolved
to assist the reiners By increased scconaraoca-
tiou through st. Petersburg aud southern banks.
ODESSA, Feb. 5.-,savigston ii this l*.bo1 anc
oelghbonng waters is resumed
DEoaEc1A1loS OF PAPER MONET.
BERLIN, Jan. 12.-Tlo. depreciation Ct the
Russian paper money continues. Including To-
Jsv, TIE 100-ranble note h1s fallen It Eerlln IN
tie last fcrtn,gntfrom oC5 to aGo- st. Petersburg
letters say considerable alarm is felt n tlase1@
Ut tho fresh deprecat:on OF tho currency. 10
which such enormous Efforts were maoo eot'o
yeE:s ago-
PANS. jan. ia Russian PAPER Las pub-
lihAcd tho percentage Of Ecrnaus Ill the Vatlous
Departments OF the putlic service as compared
with tho German clement OF tho popolauon'
brousn. down to the same proportions as
the inter. The percentage var1es trom
II to 50, but the German papers nlleGe that tue
figures arc considerably exaggerated. and that
Scandnayians hare been reckonea as Goimaas:
Tho hitter being thus credited with so per cent OF
the chief military pos:s III Finland. 1t 10 OF
coulse. however, admitted that the German Gle
nent in the KuBsian administration is very con-
siderable. ...
HARD 11a1Es At ODESSA
London 1sme4
"Neye1," says the Odessa correspondent OF
the Moecow Gazette, 'tnever has Odessa passed
through such crisis as the present Cholera
pestilcpce and war have dealt leniently with our
city in comparison with the blow administered by
tho present commercial crisis" The picture Ia
not overdrann. During the last few months 1ne
wealth Of the ancient port has been gr1evouslg
shaken. Ooe bankruptcy has trod upon the
heels Of the other. Both email and great CON-
ue.cial firms have been scattered before the
winds like cha,f. Ttadesmen have followed In
the wake Of their bstters. and there is genefal
collapse To gira Illustrations, the Odessa
Credit Company announce the sale OF ZIG honses,
xsken from defaulters. The sum for when
these houses arc nortgaged to the bank amounts
to 2,35s, GOO rouhles, the eighth part Of gu
loans accorded on real proporty. Tho
Khcrson District Bank has fortv-three
estates On hand, seized from "a manI
debEors in consequence OF the non-p9Y.nent OF
2846O00 roubles, an amount representing one-
twelfth ct the entire sun, lont out On real prop
ertv. The Moscow Commercial and Kief Com
mercial banks, which have branch ofhce5 at
Odessa, sre in the lie predicamant and shout
to retro from tho unfortunate place. No
wonder that Louses in Odessa should be worth
one-thi7d Of what they were valued at slx
months ago, and landed property be drug IN
tile market at considerably less than half it's
former price. Tue cause Of this unprecedented
catastrophe is . three years failure OF the
1ropb.