The Hickman courier., 1878-09-13
FOREIGN SUMMARY.

AN excursion train on the London,
Chatham & Dover Railway, from Ramsgate
Broadstairs and Margate, crowded with
passengers, near Sittingbourne Junction,
came in collision with some freight ears
while the latter were switching of the
( main line The train was running at ex-
press speed, and was completely wrecked.
Eight perioHs were killed and thirty Sc
verely injured.
THE lsfst advices from Vienna, Rome,
Constantnople and Paris, taken together,
| cause sore uneasiness. Vienna is prolific
of canarts, but the prevalence Of rumors
there eoneerning disasters in Bosnia is
notable. There is a violent conflict of
opinion II the councils OF the Sultan, and
the latter is very yacliating in his
course. The convention between Aus
tria md Turkey, in the terms
mentioned IN these dispatches, was com
pletely ready for signature, and the rough
draft hsd been made when the Turkish
Envoy st Vienna received a dispatch in
structiug him TO insist upon a new con-
dition. The unexpected strength which
has been displayed in the resistance in
Bosnia has produced a deep impression,
and it Is feared that much has vet to be
done ere the treaty of Berlin can be en-
forced
THE International Monetary Conference,
in session al Paris, has adjourned sine die
A correspondent summarizing the general
result Of the conference, saws: Existing
compilations preclude the formation of
MONETARY union. The English delegates
pronounce the consequences of German de-
monetiHtion disastrous. Monometalism is
advocated by only three small States. The
sentiment against further decentralization OF
silver is overwhelming. The influence OF
the conference is deemed important for the
future Of silver. The European delegates
adopted resolutions thanking the United
State Tor bringing about an exchange Of
opinion on the important questions. Also
stating that in view of the divergence OF
opinion which has been manifested, and
the impossibility even of States having a
double standard making any engagement
relative to the unlimited mintage Of silver,
there is no ground for discussing the ques-
tion.
A DISPATCH from Pesth says Miskolez, 81
town in Hungary, was destroyed by an
appalling thunder storm on September /.
One hundred houses were destroyed, aud
over one hundred persons were killed. A
great number of persons, and especially
women and children, were injured The
calamity causes the grea est distress in the
The sufferings OF the afflicted at
the sudden loss of their relatives were heart
rending. The town OF Miskolez, the capital
IF circle Of Borsod, Hungary, has been
issast entirely laid waste by the storm,
me thousand houses were destroyed bv
-ainfall, and one hundred persons were
killed The population is estimated at
wenty thousand. Later accounts from Mis-
zolez. Hungary, state over one hundred
.orpses have been recovered, and two hmm
ired persons are still missing. At Erlan,
bout sixty-fye miles from Pesth, the river
1ger broke through the walls OF the town,
md whole rows of houses were demolished,
md many persons drowned.
THE excursion steamer Princess Alice,
eturning from Gravesend on the evening
# September s. with about eight hundred
passengers, was run down of Banking
bout eight o'clock by screw steamer.
The Princess Alice was struck amidships
md sank almost Immediately. The number
# persons drowned is variously estimated
t from five hundred TO FIVE hundred and
ifty. The higher estimate is the latest,
nd is given by the London Steamboat
Company, owners of the Princess Alice.
The steamer which sunk the Princess Alice
S supposed to be the Bywell Castle, screw
ollier, bound north in ballast. The steward
# the Princess Alice states that after the
ollision the other steamer proceeded with
,ut attempting to render aid. He estimates
hat seven hundred persons were
IN board the Princess Alice.
'he sank bow first, in five minutes after
he was struck. Some small boats and
mother excursion steamer rendered what
assistance was possible The drowned in
lude an extraordinary proportion of wo-
nen and children. Several survivors speak
# having lostas many as three, FIVE, and six
.hiIdren.