The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-06
FOREIGN NEWS.
Failure of a Large Bank in Corn
wall, England.
Riots Threatened Among Suffering
Poor In Turkey.
Execution Of the WOuld-Be Assassin Of
the King Of Spain.
Great Republican Triumph in France
Conservatives Literally Crushed at the Polls,
Great Republican Triumph in Franc
Conservatives Literally Crushed at the Polls
GREAT BRITAIN.

LONDON, January AN societies con
nected with the engineering trade unite
to resist any prolongation Of the hours o.
labor.
The cotton masters OF Huddersileld are
considering the advisability Of reducing
wages as at Oldham.
Employers in West Scotland contem.
plate n return to flfty-four hours work O
week. Employees will consider the matter
next week.
The Cornish Bank, at Truro, Cornwall,
closed this morning. II is hoped the sus.
pension will be only temporary. The bank
did q very large business in mining and
commercial enterprises.
The bank belongs to Tweedle, Williams
4 Co. II was established about one hun.
dred and ten years ago. It has branches
at Falmouth, Penrhyn and Redruth. Sir
Frederick Williams, member OF Parlia-
ment for Truro, who died recently, held
one-third Of the concern. His widow is
the sole executor. The bank had author
lied the issue OF $4,000.
A dispatch from Plymouth says the
stOppage OF the Cornish Bank will cause
terrible distress among the traders OF West
Cornwall. The immediate cause OF sus.
pension Is run on the bank the last fort
night, resulting from rumors that the late
Sir Frederick Williams was largely indebt.
ed to the bank, and that large portion OF
its capital was locked up in mines and in
advances on tin. A further stoppage OF
Cornish mines is inevitable, and the fail.
ure Ofmany private firms must follow.
Deposits OF the bank amount 10 five
million pounds.
Another death has occurred among the
wounded by the explosion on the man.Of-
war Thunderer. The others are doing
well.
r. Hudson 4 Co., seed Crushers OF Leeds
and Hull, have failed. Liabilities, ElO5,.
900.
CoRE, January4.-Att the meeting OF the
Town Council, yesterday, after several bit
ter speeches by Catholic members, q mo.
ton that the letter OF the United States
Consul at Queenstown, announcing Gen
eral Grants coming, be simply marked
"Read, was carried without dissenting
vote. A previous motion to give General
Grant a proper reception was ignored
THE srEIEEEs REMAIN FIRM.
LONDON, January 5.-The striking EN-.
ployes at all points on the Midland Rail.
road remain very firm. The company is
filling their places with porters and others,
but it is currently reported at Nottingham
that the drivers will strike en- mdSe II in.
competent persons are engaged. It is said
the drivers will hold meeting at Not
tingham on Monday. The pointsmen also
have threatened to strike.
tits believed that the liabilities OF the
Cornish Bank are over one million pounds
sterling. Some say. the bank can pay in
full, but it seems to be the more general
opinion that this is impossible in the pres
ent state OF the mining enterprise. Itis
believed the mines OF Weverin, at Corn
wall, alone owe the bank one hundred
thousand pounds, the calling in OF which
would have most disastrous effect on the
whole OF West Cornwall.
WHAT ENGLAND WILL KEEr.
The Times in leading editorial saws the
rectiticatiOn Of the frontier will probably
consist in the retention OF Pishin, the
kuram Valley and khyber Pass; buttherc
isreason 70 believe that the intervening
spaces will not be annexed.
YAEooB READY TO GIT.
LONDON, january 5.-The British are
within three days march OF Candahar. The
hostile out posts have sighted each other.
Adispatch from Jellalabed, states that
it is rumored that Yakoob Khan is pre-.
pairing to fee, probably in the direction Of
lterat.