Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-22
Durham Miners at WOrk-The
Strike an Advantage to
Germany.
Bismarck Speaks Two Hours for
German Duties.
Serious Steamship ACCldeHt---TwO Men
Killed, Nineteen Wounded.

VIENNA, May 22.-Owing mainly to
the influence of the clergy the COM
mittee formed at Phillipopolis for the
reunion of ROumelia and Bulgaria has
been Dissolved.
LONDON, May 22.-In the house of
commons last night the Irish univer-
sity bill was considered. After an
animated discussion, during which
the Scotch members strongly opposed
the bill, debate was adjourned at the
suggestion of Stafford Northcote, who
urged that the house required more
light on the scheme, particularly as to
whether any modification was possible
guarding against the grant being ap.
piled to the endowment of religious
teaching. The chancellor admitted
that it is desirable to provide for the
extension Of the university system in
Irelande
The Frankfurter Zeitung states
THE Rotterdamsche Handelsvere-
niging Trading Company loses 100000
forms by the failure of Airikansche
Handelsvereniging, and will be com
pelled to ask the indulgence of It's
creditors. 1t proposed to pay them in
four and half per cent. bonds. Il
this compromise is refused, the COM
pany will be obliged to solicit judicial
respite, which is allowed by the Dutch
law, to the debtor, until able to prove
the existence of assets. 1t is said
that the Antwerp banks will suffer by
the embarrassment of the ROtter-
damsche Handelsvereniging.
In heaving the anchor on the trans
port steamer China, in SimOns bay,
two men were killed and nineteen
wounded.
PARIS, May 22-In the committee
on the technique of Darien, in con
gress yesterday, Sir John Hawkshaw
spoke strongly against the Panama
route for canal with the tunnel. He
declared that the tunnel would be-
come the receptacle of all the waters
of Chagres basin, and be liable to be
completely blocked
NEwoAsTLE-oN-TYNE, May %. =
All the pits in the Durham miners
union are working to-day. The coal
owners in Germany took advantage Of
the miners strike to push German
Goals into all the Baltic ports, and il
is thought a considerable portion Of
the summer trade in Goals from til {
Tyne has been forestallcd.
BERLIN, May 22.-In the German
reichstag yesterday, Prince Bismarck
made two hours speech in support
of the grain duties, He strove tC
show that the imposition of duties by
bettering the purses of the agricultu-
raj class, would give an impetus Ia
industrial activity, England, France,
Belgium and the Netherlands were
cited in proof thereof. Prince Bis
marck disclaimed all intention OF
seeking to increase the imperial ex-
chequer by the corn tax. All he de-
sired was to do justice to his long
suffering cOuntrymen by removing to
the frontier, in the form of consump-
tion duty, part of the direct taxes
The debate was adjourned until
Friday.
The governments proposals will
probably be adopted. The landed in
terest is now urging the protection of
wool.
In the election yesterday of Seide-
witz, Conservative, to be president Of
the reichstag, the Liberals abstained
from voting, OF 204 votes cast Seide.
witz received 1875. This vote, it is
believed, must be taken as an indica.
tiou Of the future course of the reich
stag for period it would be rash tC
set limits to.