, 1880-02-12
t0REiGN NLWS.
rcspr,to Do TurtHcr Controlled.

rJlsltTa'h LHn 0ani tea, Mi'h.Ni atn'Hulh'"l'
! n government bill formally plaung Bosnia
under the control Of a common ministry and
delegations.
The Protective system In France.
Fans. Feb. 3.-Dtba;e on The customs
tariH in the chamber Of depu,es was re.
eumed. The report Of the committee said
| ,hat the protective system had produced
Good results TO the country. The committee
was willing 70 agree % \ system Of CONNER
ciAl treaties. 1t had discarded prohibitive
duties and abolished export duties. The
report concluded: "Our national industry is
far from fiourishing. We have been for
some time outsiripped by foreign eomPeti-
tion."
The Cuban DeacIt.
MADRID, Feb. 3.-The ministry has de
cided to examine into scheme for placing
treasury bonds on the European markets BY
aid Of certain French financial societies, on
account Of Cabaa deficit.
The French Eudget.
PARIS, Feb. 2.--The budget scheme for
| 1881, submitted 10 the Chamber Of Deputies
Saturday puts the expenditure at 2,77339l,.
473 francs, and as existing taxes produced
| 2,777, 1873 033 francs last year there Is sur
plus az once available for the remission Of
taxation, which remission will be on alco-
holic drinks. or the estimates for eXpen-
diturcs Of the French government for 1850,
the War Department absorbs 57i, ,OO0,0 600
| francs, being an increase Of $500 600, and
! the navy department lGS COCO an increase
Of 4,J00,00O francs.
STarA Lame Report.
LONDON, Feb. 3.-The Mark Lane Express
review Of the British grain t-ado for the past
week FayR: Severe frost has again stopped
all agricultural work and canal navigation,
and has seriously impeded tho unloading of
vessels, willis. dense fogs have checked brsi.
ness.
Growing wheat has made 10 apparent
progress, and in many fields it has not ap.
reared above the ground. It il feared that
this renewal Of frost will be q severe trial on
Autumn sown grain. A great deal of land
isyet unplowed.
There is little alteration in the quality or
condition OF English grain sent to market,
which is still in a damp and defective condi.
ton. Owing to this fact and en- increased
pressure to sell on the part of farmers, there
was a decline of two shillings per quarter
last Monday, which has not since been re-
covered, nearly ell the influences now domi-
HdHt Ill tue uaAi.S-j L4hNihS ASA'"A va iAsANO
Of buyere.
Imports have been on tolerably liberal
scale for mid Winter. Shipments from In
dia and Southern Russia are coming to hand
pretty freely. This excess Of supply over
demand, coupled with rapid fall OF prices
in America, caused decline of shilling per
! quarter.
Business dulingthe week has been marked
H. - frI1oieinV, Iapt,ita hai IN.
| clination OF holders in consequenee oI- =. fur
iller increase in the visible supply in Amer
ica to accept lower prices. Buyers operate
very cautiously. Though American prices
are now reduced to level with those ruling
in this country, further reduction is re-
Qured, az without some margin of profit
importers can scarcely be expected to oper-
ate.
Feeding stuffs were quiet. the only note
worthy change being in advance of maize of
q shilling per quarter, owing to its decided
scarcity on the spot.
The arrivals at ports Of call have been
small. although only a moderate business has
been done.
Red Winter wheats have shown rather a
frmer tendency. Ghirkas improved about
o shilling per quarter. Maize with a few
transactions maintained late rates. Wheat
for shipment is very inactive and buyers
seem quite Indifferent to speculative Auc-
ttuations cabled from America.
The sales OF English wheat last week were
34,S52 quarters at 45s Sd per quarter,
against 55, 334 quarters at 35s Al per quar-
ter for the corr esponding week OF last year.
Imports into the United Kingdom during
the week ending Jan. Oath, were 744, $50
hundred weights of wheat and 238, ,9S4 hun
dred weights Of flour.
Wholesale Slaughter in AighanIstan.
CANDAHAB, Feb. 4.--Tcrrible accounts
reach here from without the British lines.
It is reported that nearly 1000 families have
been exterminated by the Ghilzais, and that
several of the villages of the latter were
afterward taken by the Hazaros and every
soul in them slain.
Internal Condition of Russia.
| VIENNA, Feb. 4. Trustworthy accounts
represent the internal condition of Russia
as becoming daily more critical. A number
Of officers, high in command, have become
disatfected, while those not promoted after
the late war with Turkey, have with few ex.
ceptions, joined the revolutionists.'
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