The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-07-27
Austria Arranging for Her
War with Italy.
1.-THE MEN OF NOTHING. "
Egypt and Her European
Guardians.
FAILURE OF THE HAMBURG BANK


LONDON, July 81, 1879.
1t is believed that the Emperor Francis
Joseph of Austria will visit the Emperor
William of Germany, at Gastein, about the
18th of August.
The manager of the Paris Lanterne news
paper) has been sentenced to four months i'm
prisonment and to pay fine of ,OOOf for pub
fishing false news and ibelling public function
aries.
INCENDIARIsM IN RUSSIA.
The Russian Minister Of the Interior reports
that 3,5O1 fires occurred in Russia during the
month of june causing damage to the amount
of 12,O24, 1874 rubles (about $9,OOOOOO).
OF this number sos fires were of in
cendary origin. Further particulars of
the fro at Mini Novgorod on the
10th Of the present month state that while the
fire was raging fourteen explosions occurred in
the Bazaar, killing and. injuring forty persons.
A Berlin despatch to the Daily Standard says ;
"a theatre in the Kremlin at Moscow was re-
Gently burned by nihilists."
EGYPT AND EUROPE.
The Times publishes semi-o( lcial paragraph
stating that all the great Powers will be repre-
scented on the International Commission of In
quiry into the finances of Egypt, but that allow
ances will be made for the preponderant in
terests Of England and France.
GREECE AND TURKEY.
despatch from Constantinople part
of the demands of Kheireddn Pacha, the Grand
Vizier, made as the condition Of his retaining
office was the withdrawal of the troops, which
Osman Pacha, the Minister of War, taking adj
vantage of the Ministerial crisis had despatched
to the Greek frontier"
THE HAMBURG INTERNATIONAL BANK.
Tho Standard in its financial article yesterday
morning. said-"The International Bank of
Hamburg, which has decided on voluntary
liquidation, was entirely foreign estab-
hshment. Its career since the financial
crash which followed the Franco German war
has been one Of unbroken misfortune Its capital.
amounting to fSO0.000. has been expended in sup
porting many schemes in railways banking and
land, most of which have long since collapsed.
Voluntary liquidation has been long urged by the
shareholders OF the bank
ARREST OF AN ALLEGED FoRGER.
William Fish Raymond appeared at the Bow Street
Police Court yesterday cxtradition warrant He
is charged with forgeries upon firm in New York.
The evidence against him was furnished by the
Liverpool police the prisoner having admitted the
charge when arrested board the steamer Wy
ominx. He was remanded for o week to await ad-
ditional evidence from New York.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.
The Spanish Premier. Martinez Campos yesterday
road decree in the Cortes proroguing that body.
It is stated from Kiel that tho decision of the
eourt-martal in the of the Grosser- Kurfiirst
was communicated on Friday to the officers of that
ship. Admiral Batsch and Captains Kuhne and
Klansa.
The Municipal Council of Paris has changed tho
of
ward Haussmann, named during the reign Of the
Bonapartes.
In the French Chamber of Deputies a motion has
been introduced to grant 500 000 in aid OF the suf
ferers by the recent foundations in tho north Of
France