The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-19
Almost Total Destruction Of the
English Wheat Crop.
The Depression in the Cotton Trade
No Further Fighting Reported
in Quebec-The Police Again
Beaten at Lurgan-A Heavy
Austrian Force to Oc-
cupy Now Bazaar.
THE UNITED KINGDOM.

LONDON, Aug. 13.-Severe storms are re-
ported from various quarters, causing much
damage to crops and interruption to railway
traffic.
In consequence OF the storm traffic on the
line Of railway between Chester and Holy
head is suspended. The viaduct at Lland-
dulas, Wales, has been washed away; also
some Of the bridges. Several sewers have been
bursted by freshets On the line Of the Liver
pool railways. Blrkenhead is flooded. There
have been thirty hours Of continuous rains al
Chester.
In Derbyshire, Trent and Derwent the
rivers have overfowed their banks. Ali low
lying lands are flooded Wheat Is gradually
Totting and any crops left standing will not
pay for cutting
The rain at Sheffield was go violent as to
wash away the foundations of i've houses in
the course Of construction.
At LurgaD, ireland, on Saturday, force Of
police, numbering 300. charged at q mob with
fixed bayonets. The police were beaten back,
and twenty OF their number injured The
rival mobs fired at each other with rifles. One
Of the leaders Of the Catholic party had some
dynamite In his possession, which exploded
fniuriDg him, 1t ID feared, fatally.
The British steamer Royal Weleh from Bal
tiTnore, struck q pier when entering the har-
Dor Of Dieppe, causing leak, by which 800
aged.
A weeks notice Of 5 per cent reduction Of
the wages Of operatives has been posted in
most Of the cotton mills st Staley Bridge. IN
Staey Bridge 100000 spindles are running on
short time, and the same number are stopped
altogether, while $4,000 are working on full
time. A more general adoption Of the short
system is expected this winter. In Ashton
underTy yne 5000 spindes are stopped and
100000 working on short time.
Miss julia Holman, operate actress, died
here Yesterday,
The sugar refinery OF David Marteneau Il
Sons, No. Christian street, st. Georges Inn
East London, burned Saturday. Damage esti-
mated at 4G1O0 900.
The Tunes dispatch from Calcutta says:
The drouth In Cashmere still continues, and
the condition Of the people Is deplorable.
Ihe British resident at Burnah IS still
watched. His house Il surrounded BY spies.
The court party Is in the ascendant The
king is still drinking.
The Ameer Of Afghanistan, having received
some formal letters from the Russian general
Kaufman, asked the advice Of Major Cavag-
mari II regard to bis answers. In accordance
with blalor Cavagnari,s advice, the Ameer
has suggested to Gen. Kaufman that ali fu-
ture communications be sent through the In
dian government.
Cholera Ia still prevalent at Cabul Major
Cavagnari has telegraphed that cholera has
appeared among the regiments which re-
Gently returned from Herat. This caused q
panic at Cabul, and some Of the soldiers de
serted. The cholera has diminished at Canda-
har.
TIE report published here Of the death Of
Mrs. Sartoris, daughter Of Gen. Grant, is de-
clared unfDunded. 1t arose from the death of
Mrs. E. T. Sartorts formerly Miss Fannie
hemble.
A dispatch to the Tines from Calcutta, says:
The affairs ia the Ruinpa district, Of the Ma
dras presidency, growing out Of the levying
OF taxes on the palm trees, are 50 serious that
the Duke OF buckingham has decided to pro-
ceed In person to the scene Of disturbances.
This step is much criticised, as 1t is consd-
conflict Of authorities.
A Calcutta dispatch To the ISmes says
Rain in Cashmere might yet secure rice
crop equal to half OF the average crop. The
statement made some time ago that this
would be enough to support the people rests
upon the assumption, apparently only too
well founded, that half OF the inhabitants
have either perlshed BY famine Or emigrated."