The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-04-09
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.
England.
FINANCIAL ARTICLE.

LONDON. April S.-Thc IimeS'S financial
article says: "ConsolS touched 9S on Mon
day for the first time since 1853. Prices on
all irst-claSs securities are so high that cap
italists are ut their wits ends TO know what
to do with their money. London discount
houses were obliged TO refuse large depoS.
its offered from the provinces on account OF
the impossihility of using them profitahy.
Tbrec-months' bank bills are quoted ut l3I
Il per cent. discount"
Murder in CANADA.
ST. OCAFFviI.LE. ONT, April S.-Catharine
Thomas, aged sixty-liyr, OF Markham town.
ship, was found dead in her house ycster-
dav, with her head terribly cut. 1t is sup
posed the murder was committed for money
The P0ycr-QuertIcr Cable Company
LoSnoH. April S.--The Daily Ne,rS says !:
"Thc whole OF the capital Of the Poyer-
Oucrticr Cable Company, amounting to
Al, OOO, 900 francs, has been subscribed, and
one quarter paid up. The contractors, en-
rincers, and officials have received install
mcnts on account OF the cable manuac-
turc, salaries. &c. These facts should be
made known to the shareholders OF the
Anglo American Cable Company ut their
meeting to-day
France.
PARIS, April S.-The BonapartiSts are
much cated ut the almost certain triumph
OF NJ. GoGtllc, the Bonapartlst candidate IN
the district OF the Champs Eiysecs, on The
second ballot.
Paul dc Cas$agnac was banqIc,tcd lat
| night by $50 students OF the Latin Quarter.
| In the course OF his speech he related Il con-
vcrsation between himself and the Prince
| Imperial, in which the latter SAID: " MY
| fathers misfortune was to ml>trl'St MS
health; so he wished 10 place two reiSnS
simultaneouSlY-namcIy, hi, own, which was
autorituirc, and mine, which might b" !lbe-
raj. lie lost both. | am therefore forced
| to rccommencc-to resume the qutorlt0Te
reign, and 10 leave the liberal one to my
! successor, il events allow it,"
| At Bordeaux, at the supplemental cleo
ton for members OF the Chamber OF Dcpu-
ties, Louis Blanque. who is still imprisoned
| for conspiriEg in 1870 against the Govern.
ment national defence, polled 300 votes
| against Lavertuior (Gambetta Republican,
who received 4.T0G votes. Two obscure
Radicals pollcd 1000 votes each; and il or
| the second ballot. which is necessary, these
votes should swell B!anque's score, his re-
turn is quite possible. This is considered
| significant.
More Communists Pnrd0ned.
PARIS, April S.-President Greyy has
signed the pardons OF 232 more Commu-
nists.
| Catholic Education in Rome.
ROME, Apri! S.-A letter from the Pope
! TO the Cardinal Vicar is published, in which
| the pope announces that as the success OF
fine movement for increasing and improving
the Catholics in Rome will greatly depend
upon pecuniary means, he proposes 70 con.
! tribute annually as large an amount OF
money as his private means VIII permit
and rs the conservation OF the faith III iolnt
i. connected with the interests OF ths
Catholic world, he will also devote TO tn1
Roman schools rs much Of "Peler's Pence
-, tho needs OF the Universal Church VII
permit. an, ~,
The Pope has contributed El,ooo 10 sa'
Catholic school fund.
Another British Force almost anni
Inflated by Zuius.
CAPE Town, March 25, uia ST. VINCENT
April 8.-A convoy OF supplies proeeedin
from Derby, in the Leonda district, L
Luneburg, on the Pongala river, eScorte
hv one hundred and four men OF tue Eigh
tieth regiment, was attacked AT gay GreaS o
March 18th on the banks OF the lntomD
river BY 1000 Zulus under Cmnelllh
Owing TO previous alarm the BRUSH "er
under arms, but they were oVefwhe,heo
the force OF the enemy. Captain mofiaIs
,, and forty men were killed and twenty III
missing. The fate ofthe wago.t-drlVcrs
lieutenant HARDWOOD, With forty mel
succeeded In reaching Luneburg. VI
j.. Hundred and fifty men OF the Eighth Fes