Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26
Destructive Storm i'm the South OF
France-PeOpIe Thrown on
Public Charity.
Steamship Memphis Ashore at the
Entrance of the Harbor.
An Advance of 100000 Pounds for tbt
Expenses Of the Zulu War.
Prince Napoleon Sails for the Cape
TO Join the British Forces in
South Africa.

TIRNovA, February 26. - Prince
Dondankoff Korsakoff threatens to
close the Bulgarian assembly if the
proceedings controvene the treaty of
Berlin.
MADRID, February 26.-The cap
tain general of Cuba, Martinez Cam
pos, has arrived at Cadiz, and on
Thursday at Madrid will have CON
ference with the king and the min
istry.
LONDON, February 26.-It is under
stood that there will be meeting of
the creditors of the City of Glasgow
Bank in fortnight, followed by call
for four or five thousand pounds per
share so as to place the estates of all
the shareholders Immediately under
the control Of a liquidator and obviate
the necessity for any further call. A
report from the liQuidator anticipates
that all the creditors will be paid i'm
full, if, as it is believed, the house Of
lords confirms the decision of the
Scotch judges concerning the liabili-
ty Of the trustees for the shares regis
tered in their name.
Tremendous storms continue in the
south Of France, where hundreds of
people are thrown on public charity
by the destruction or inundation of
houses. In Spain the tempest lasted
four days and there was much damap e
and loss of life. Various villages and
farms in Navarro and Aturias were
destroyed.
A bark, name unknown, was wrecked
at Corunna and thirty persons
drowned. The steamer Memphis.
from Liverpool, is ashore at the en-
trance Of the harbor of Corunna and
has been abandoned. She is consid-
cred total wreck.
An estimate will be submitted to
parliament for an advance of 1900
OOO for the expenses of the Zula war,
This Is on account, and does not pur-
port to represent the entire or any
exact proportion of the expenses of
the war. A vote is necessary to sup
ply what would otherwise be a def
cheney in the budget which opens the
4th of April.
Prince Louis Napoleon and retinue
will sail in the steamer Danube from
Southampton tomorrow for the cape
to join the British military forces in
South Africa, as volunteers. The
prince, in letter to Rouher announc-
ing his intention of joining the Brit
ish force3 at the Cape, says " For
the last eight years | have been a
guest of England My education was
completed in an English military
school. | have strengthened my ties
of friendship with the English army
by taking part its annual maneuyers.
The war at the Cape having assumed
mere serious character, | have wish
ed to follow the campaign. | could
not refrain from sharing the dangers
and ftigues of the troops among whom
| have so many friends. Moreover,
time spent in witnessing this struggle
of civilization against barbarism will
not be wasted by me-
The government has chartered the
steamer Andeau to carry portion of
the artillery to the Cape. This is the
sixteenth steamer chartered to carry
troops and war material to South
Africa.
Horracks, jackson & Co.'S cotton
mills, at Preston, were burned last
night, Loss $4,000. The fire in
Market street, Manchester, caused
loss of e1OO,0OO.
The widow Of Charles Dickens is
dangerously i'll.
Charles Pearce, the notorious bur
glar and murderer, recently convicted
Of the murder Of Arthur Dyson, civil
engineer, at Banner Cross, on the 29th
of November, 1876, was executed at
Leeds yesterday, Some days before
his execution he confessed he was the
murderer o. the Manchester police
man, at Whalley Range, in 1876, for
which crime man named Habron
was sentencod to death. The sen
tence, however, was commuted on ac-
count Of Habrons youth, and be is
now undergoing Imprisonment for