The New York herald., 1878-10-23

advance into Afghanistan will be impossible for
some time Fever Is steadily increasing among the
troops Stationed at Jamrood and sncamped on the
frontier. Cape Town adviees are to the LIST OF Oc.
tober. II Is stated that Cetywayo, the pow
sriul chief Of the Zulu Kafnrs viii
shortly begin open hos.ilties against
the British" The limited liability cotton spinning
companies OF the Oldham and Ashton Under
Lyme districts publish very unf.vorabIe re.
ports or tho last quarters business. or
thirty companies one will pay dividend
of4h per cent per annum nine report verv small
margins of pront and twenty report losses, some Of
which are Of serious magnitude Further reductions
Of wages are threatened at Bolton, Oldham, and In
Tho neighborhood.
THE BRITISH GRAIN TRADE
Tho Mark Lane Erpress, In lis review OF tho Brit
IN corn trade for The past week. says:-"As nne
weather cannot bo relied farmers have given
moro attention to poughing and sowing than
TO threshnR, and deliveries OF homegrown
wheat have consequently been reduced during
the past week. A fair quantity, however, has been
marketed in tho provincial exchanges ana in Marx
Lane. but the damp air has prevented the samples
from bong exhibited In decent condition, and the
duness Of trade mainly attributable 10
this cause. hno wheat. which is very
scarce, has not shown furthor decline. AS the bulk
of the offerings consisted OF badly conditioned lots.
which were roally unsalabe, weaker tone appar.
emily prevailed than the actual state OF trado
iusthes. Tho business In foreign wheat was about
bad az II could be. Tho corn trade
10 reduced such OF dislrust and discourage
ment that II will probably be long before business
shows signs Of elasticity. Tho trade In feeding corn
10 equally unfavorablc, as with tho exception OF the
finest samples Of mailing barley. all articles havo re-
cedcd in value With large arrivals at ports OF call
6OntYnp car Quet until
Friday wnen, with tho revival OF tho Continental
demand, the tone improved, and prices advanced six
pence 70 shilling per quarter from he recent lowest
point. Maize was dull and rather cheaper Barley
was iairlv steady.
CABLE NOTES
The North German Gazette, commenting upon the
nitramo opposition 10 the Socialist bill. declares
that long the ultrs party in the Reohs
tag forms q centre around which all the elements
bndly hostile the Institutions OF the Empire and
Prussia group every attcmpt TO terminate
the Kulturkampf by a peaceable understan ding must
remain frultIeSs Notwithstanding the best OF inten
sions the part oil tho Vatican.
Tho trial thirty persons arrested In Paris for
the recent attempt to hold q socialist worklngmen's
congress has commenced. the prosecution alleges
that the prisoners had relations with foreign Social
lists
lister Carroll to-day informed King Hpm-
bort that tho whole Cabinet had
signed The King protested warmly against
their uction, and declared that, II the Cabinet
persistcd In resgning be would charge Signor Carroll
with tho formation Of another. Signor Crispi pub
nshcs letter attacking the Cabinet tor humilialng
Italy in the eyes OF Europe This Increases signor
Cairoli's d1icuities."
The weather yesterday fair.