The New York herald., 1879-09-10

of the Egyptian debt" rThe officials of tho
State Department at Washington positively de-
MED to a HERALD correspondent few days
ago that any such request or demand had been
made to Egypt by the United States.-ED.
HERALD
THE KULDJA QUESTION.
The Standards Berlin correspondent, referring
to the Kuldja affair, asserts that Russia has
offered to restore to China the northeastern
portion of the occupied territory, provided the
Kirghiz nomads who fed to China be sent back
to Kuldja.
FAILURE OF EUROPEAN CROPS
The Paris Bulletin des HaHes says the first
threshings in the west and northwest of France
show very poor yield both in quantity and
quality, so there is set-otf to the bad results
in the southwest east and centre. Though
France will not have to purchase abroad so
largely last year, she viii require 10 900, 900
or 20, 900, 900 hectolitres and must buy it al
most exclusively in America, in competition
with England, Belgium, Holland, Italy and
Spain The maize crop has failed in most of the
districts in Roumana. The yield in Wallachia
is especially small.
LABOR AND STRIKES
The Manchester Guardian says it is estimated that
Glasgow. The iron trade only doing we'll. The
building trades are in the worst condition, and it
will be necessary again to provision to assist
the unemployed during the coming winter. one
Of the greatest struggles ever known in the
cotton trade at Ashton-under-Lyne will probably
be entered upon at the end of the week. The
ployers decline to withdraw their notices of five
per cent reduction of wages, and the spinners and
weavers determined to resist the reduction If
strike nearly all of the working people in the
Ashton district will be involved and the strike will
probably be protracted one the Spinners Union
is amply provided with funds.
THE RAILWAY CONSOLIDATION
The Standard. in its financial article. says:-
'The Canadian railway fusion negotiations have
made favorable progress. The announcing
the leasing Of the Great Western road
to the New York Central is untrue The
Wabash Company has merely concluded an arrange
ment with the Great Western, whereby the latter
portion of the traffic hitherto controlled by
the Canada Southern road. This may possibly favor
the fusion Of the Grand Trunk and the Great West
ern."
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.
The second batch of amnestied communists
brought by the Pcardi have arrived al Paris.
candle factory at Lyons. employing $50 men.
destroyed by fire yesterday. The loss is esti-
mated at soc. .000f. ($100,000).
The Times has the following from Berlin EFT is
now stated that many persons were drowned in the
inundation at st. Petersburg"
1t said that the cereal harvest in Kings county.
Ireland, has been virtually lost in consequence of
heavy rains and floods. which commenced on Satur-
day last. There also very bad reports from
county Down regarding the crops.
The Spanish government will despatch 5000 troops
to Cuba in the month of October. and 5000 more ut
later date. The persons who exiled to tho
Island of Majorca suspicion of being Cuban
lutionary agents arrived there Sunday last. The
Spanish Council of Ministers has finally decided to
reopen the Cortes on the 2sth of October.