The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-06-06
EUROPE.
Large Failure in Liverpool

Large Failure in Liverpool.
LONDON, June 5.-The Posts financial says:
David Stuart & Co., merchants of Liverpool,
engaged in the eastern trade, have failed Liza
bilities believed to be between 100000 and
100000. They are largely indebted to the
Presbyterian Missionary Agency in America,
for whom they were agents.
The Silver Market.
The Times financial article, discussing the
price of silver says: SIT seems to be the pretty
general expectation that the European silk
crop will be not only backward, but inferior.
Attention is therefore all the more directed to
the probable progress and result of the Chin
ese and Japanese crops, and in these circum-
stances there is very strong demand for
Mexican dollars, which sold yesterday at 524d,
while 53d was quoted as the closing price
The Communist Amnesty
There have been 2SS additional Communists
pardoned at Paris. The amnesty law expires
today.
Disaster Threatening the South Stafford
shire Galleries.
LONDON June Sat meeting of the South
Staffordshire Mines Drainage Commissioners
yesterday it was announced that owing to the
debt of 100000 on the Upton district all the
pumping engines would be stopped last night.
The effect of this would be the flooding of
hundreds Of collieries fer miles around, and
South Staffordshire would never recover from
the disaster. A meeting of all the coliery
owners is called for Wednesday next to consid-
er the position of affairs.
Regulating Railroad Tariffs in Germany.
BERLIN, June 5.-The special committee of
the Bundezrath reported favorably on the bill
reserving to the Empire the right of fixing
rates of carriage on uniform basis for all
German railroads, and abolishing freight rates
unduly favorable to articles produced alb road
Relief for the Sufferers.
ROME, June 5.-The deputies voted 100000
livressfor the relief of sufferers by the erup-
ton Of Etna and foundations of river Pc.
Z Germany and the Khedive.
LONDON, June Sit is said that Germany
has informed England and France that she
leaves to them the political part of the Egypt
ian question and desires only to defend the
financial interest of German subjects.
Foreign Notes.
AIenotti Garibaldi says his father has COM
pletely recovered.
The Prince of Orange is out of danger and
improving.
Rear Admiral MacKillop Pasha of the Egyp-
tan navy, is dead.
The Prussian government has offered to
grant site for a new imperial parliament
house in Berlin.
between the Crown Prince of Sweden and
the Princess Victoria of Baden.
The Ameer will start for Cabul on the Sth
inst, and will visit the Viceroy of India at the
end of next winter
1t is stated that England Joined Germany
in protest against the arbitrary manner in
which the Khedives decree of April 4th dealt
with creditors of the Egyptian government.
Although solicited to join the protest Russia
holds aloof.
Seven internationalists who threw bombs
among a crowd in Florence last November,
have been sentenced, one to Imprisonment for
life, two to 20 years, four to 10 years.
According to telegraphic instructions from
London Gov. Labuan with two men-of-war
has visited Sandakan Bay in the Island of
Borneo to protest against any attempt to hoist
the spanish nag there. The territory belongs
to the Sultan of Too Loo Islands.
The Porte has sent a dispatch to the powers,
declaring the installation of Aleko Pasha as
governor of the Eastern Roumelia without
hosting the Turkish flag and observing other
customary formalities constitutes violation of
the Berlin treaty.