The Portland daily press., 1879-09-30
FOREIGN NEWS.

Depression in the Markets Of France.
PARIS, Sept. pa committee of Rouen
cotton factory overseers have addressed letter
to the president of the tariff committee, urg-
ing him to expedite the commissions labor.
They state that not a quarter Of their produc-
ton fnas market, and their stock is inereas-
ing alarmingly. Prices are so low, wages
have fallen Is per cent. Unless some change
is soon made, industry must come to a COM
plete Standstill.
English Cotton Operatives.
LONDON, Sept. 29.-It is expected that nearly
all the cotton operatives at Wigan, England,
who stood out against five per cent. reduc-
ton, will resume work in a few days.
Eighty-four representatives of the Oldham
cotton operatives nave resolved to ask the
masters to reconsider the notice of a reduction
Trouble in Ireland.
The Pail Mall Gazette says it has become
apparent that serious trouble is brewing in
Ireland in consequence of the anti-rents
nationalist agitation.
The Hop Crop in England.
Hop circulars concur in the statement that
this seasons crop is the smallest since 1860.
The blight is universal throughout Kent Sus-
sex and Worcestershire. AT Farnham there
are moderate stocks of yearlings and old hops
in brewers hands, but few are offering. A
considerable importation from America and
the Continent is probable. Continental crops
are good.
The Outbreak at Cabul.
SnILA Sept. 29.-There is a very general
distrust of the conduct of the Amer during
the Cabul outbreak, but as he has come to
camp, he has given material guarantee for
his fulure good behavior. The gates of Cabul
are closed, apparently with the idea that the
British are near. The fact that Droud Shah
is alive and at the British camp confirms sus-
picions of the Ameers insincerity as he in a
despatch stated that Droud was killed while
endeavoring to quiet the rebels
Many persons regard his arrival in the
British camp shrewd move to foster the be-
lief that he is innocent of completely in the
murder of the British envoy at Cabul. High
officials express confidence in his innocence.
The advance of the British continues and
the Ameer accompanies the troops. 1t is ex-
pected that column will arrive before Casul
"Wednesday next. Resistance is unlikely.
A Russian Victory.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept 20.-The following is
the Russian account of the battle at Cock
Tepe, between the Russian expeditionary force
and the Tekke Turcomans During reconnoi-
sance on the 2Sth of August the Russians en-
countered large masses of Tekke Turcomans,
strongly entrenched, who made desperate re-
sstance. The Russians for six hours cannon
AIDED the position occupied by 10000 Tekke
Turcomans. In the evening the Russians OBJ
tanned possession of the outer intrenchme nts,
and at night the enemy fled, losing several
thousands. The Russians lost officers and
173 soldiers killed, and Is officers and 234 men
wounded. This is the battle reported from
Simla on the 23d, when it was stated that the
Russians were defeated.
Foreign Notes.
There were twenty-six deaths from yellow
fever in Havana last week.
All the workmen in the ship building trade
at Grimsby, England, are on strike against
an extension Of the working hours from "a to
ISL weekly.
An address was read at all the banquets by
the Legitimists yesterday, expressing devotion
to Count Chambord
Eastern Siberia is menoced with a famine.
The district of Laroche, Italy, was visited
by water spout Friday. Twelve bridges were
destroyed and houses fields and vineyards
flooded.
Sicily and Southern Italy were visited by a
great storm Sunday, which carried away rail-
road bridges, hurting a passenger train into
the torrent. The engineer was killed and all
the passengers injured.