The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-12-20
EsTE.g FDREgGy NEWS.
England.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
! LIVERPOOL. December l9.-Thls weeks
circular OF The Liverpool Cotton Broker,
Association says: "tniton was IN mode
| raip demand in the early part CT the week.
and with Il pressure 10 sell Il decline was
submit ed 10. On Wednesday the market
! became strong, and prices partially recover
| ed. On Thursday the market was qui"tcr,
and quotations were generally lover. For
American the market was duil ana
! declining parlT in the week, with consider
! able pressure 10 sell, but on "Wednesday
/ there WAS \ material recovery. There WAS
4 ouicter frclin" to-day llhulsdayl. ald
! uIIotallau. were 3-l6d. below those OF last
! Thursday. Sea i.:Gud was in "erT mod
crate demand. tul prices were firm. Futures
fuctuatcu severely ard were weak until
/ TUESDAY evening, prices declining 4 tlrth-
! inr. On "Wednesday there vas some tx
! element, win Considerable business. and
! nriccs recovered 3-lGl. ON Thursday the
market was ha;, rr,c'S declining from
! 9-ood. to 3d., closing, however, H!!ner. >
! prussiam Politics.
RrrtrS. December 70 The I0ca! auth"r-
ties Of the town ot LtbiJg, Eastern FTus-
sia. pcti:ioned the LandtaG against he IN
! tcrdictiou. b. tie Minister 81 EdGcalIon. 81
The new school II Eiblng FIR purely secular
education. TIE COMMITTED %! III" Lhndi"@
! to " hich the petition vas referred ady'-tu
/ the Chamber 20 uas> to the ORDER OF the
dav: in other words. 10 reject tar ncttl.On.
| This piopnsiflon was carried yesterday by
vote OF 40 10 III, the majority Consisting
! Of conservatives. Pole, and ticTicIi>, end
! the minority OF Liberals. Pr0greS>I-t>, and
! Free Conservatives. EX-Mini>trr> FAX and
I Ia I. I,lf
lection OF tna petition is construed Is evil
dencc OF the inclination on the part VI the
Government 10 mitigate lie severity 81 the
May laws IN view OF bringing about :.
n0dus riuendi with the Vatican.
An Important Discovery.
LONDON. December I9.-Ar. James Me-
Lean, OF The Saint Rollny Chemical " oTks,
has informed the Glasgow Philosophical
Society that AFTER experiments since 1866 he
has succeeded IN obtaining crystaized
forms OF carbon. wbIcn Professors Tyndull
and smith aud Mr. Mo>keisue, OF the Bri-
fish Museum, 90 uot doubt are diamonds.
Pensions to s'avasnarf's Widow and
Mother
LoSpoN, Decem Der l9--The Government
has granted pensions OF G500 annually to
the widow and Gl00 10 the mother CT the
late Sir Louis CayagGari, murdered at Cabui.
srS= afshanistan. -
GENERAL GoUGB'S ADVANCE OK cABCL-GESE-
RAJ. ROBERTS STRONGLY EATRENCHED, &C.
CALCUTTA, December 19.-Generai Cough
left yas dalak on the l7tn Instant for Cabu.
Colonel Normal, with dstachments from
fyo native Infantry Regiments, some High
Ianders and SappeIs, and two guns, baFe
left Jella!aDaG To cooperate with General
Coughs command, who. up to yesterday,
had encountered no serious opposition. a
dispatch from General Roberts, dated De-
cember 14t!i, says that be is strongly en-
trenched 1t suirpur, and is able 10 hold bis
own.
A telegram from the British commission
ers at Peshawur reports that the Aifeedis
and shlnwaris are quiet, with every hope
| of their, remaining so. "A telegram srom
! Gandamnk says: The MoHmaunds and
| Aireedis are Still quiet, despite the efforts
htpf euaissaries from Caass.. General 99sh'