New-York tribune., 1880-01-18
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TIE NETS THIS MORNING.

TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.
FoRrIGN-A cable dispatch to The TRIBUNE an
hounccs that there may be spirited electoral contest
1T Liverpool and that the non-appointment OF an
american Minister causes remark in London.
- new citation has been Issued against the
Rev. Alexander MackonochIc = The Left
Ccntrc IN the French Senate received the Cabinet
statement somewhat coldly. - woman has
HE'D of starvation i'm Kilkenny Ireland.
DoMrsrfc.-At Washington the House Committee
,n Military Affairs has agreed to report bin to rc-
t,ore General Fitz John Porter to his rank III the
lrmy. and appropriation SO, 600 for back pay
The House Committee having the matter IN charge
has agreed to report bill restricting Chinese
immigration 10 fifteen persons on any one
gessel. --= Testimony given in the ingalls,
pase Yesterday in direct contradiction to two
tormcr witnesses. -= Chief Ouray told Senator
Teller that the Utcs had not been PAID according TO
treaty ana they were dissatisfied in consequence
&C. The jury In the Hayden case had not
agreed on a verdict up to a late hour last night.
60 Silas A. Robinson has received the Re
publican nomination for Mayor of Mddletown,
Conn -A A hill 10 choose Presidential
Electors by districts is to be intro
lnced in the New-Jersey Legislature. -=
Daniel f. Davis was elected as Governor Of Maine
by the Republican legislature and took possession
pf the Executive Chamber without interference
CirY AND SuBuRnAN.-Onicer Nugent ac-
uuttcd OF comDhcty IN the Manhattan Bank burg
larry Yesterday. ==- Twenty-Five children from the
Shepherds Fold were M supreme Court, Chambers.
r. Nh. Beecher lectmod on amusement-.
r. The condition Of the Groccrs' Bank was made
public -- Young woman found
dead in a low resort, under suspicious cilcumstan-
ces. -- There was a slight collision on the cleya-
ted road. Gold value of the lcgal-tender silver
dollar Hl2l2 grains, S7.57 cents. == Stocks act
Eve but irregular. closing steady to firm.
TnE WrATuER.-IRIBUNE local observations indi-
rate warmer and cloudy weather. with chances of
ligh, rain. followed by partly cloudy weather.
Thermon,tcr yesterday: Highest SO lowest 3Oo;
syerase. 3ih1 1.---------
The Committee on Military Affairs in the
House has agreed to report bill restoring
General Fitz John Porter TO his rank in the
Army, wi;h $4,000 for back pay. The prO-
rriety Il this action will be gayely doubted.
"Thc hangings included" This IS Mr..
fmallcy's satire on the Queens indulgence in
comforting The Star Of India on General Rob-
eits. our cable dispatches indicate that the
Liberals are steadily gaining ground in Eng
land.
An unexpected verdict in the case of Officer
Nugcnt is denounced from the bench as u
" miscarriage of Justice" and the seven
men who changed their minds apollo
gize for the result under the plea
that the FIVE in whose Judgment they
aoquiesced were grossly ignorant. They seem
10 have known enough TO hold ont albeit they
were in minority whereas the seven did not
have enough character to adhere to their con-
yictions.
Stern and inexOrablc is Justice Duffy. High
way robbery is highway robbery, and the
maiesiy of the law must be vindicated. 1t
matters not if the tIansgrcssOr he an u!clin
of eleven. the victim a child barely able TO
toddc along by himself. and the plunder
single peuny The prisoner is fully committed
for Trial. Have the paterna birch and the
maternal shOc-lc0thor lost their virtues that
80 young "a scapegrace should be condemned
10 The harsh discipline OF the courts for steal
ing pennyg
MIR. Saa j. "A cosmopolitan traveller who is
n, home in every great capital of the world,
and he does not recommend New York as a
MACE of residence the score of economy.
Extracts from IN article on his two visits to
America will enable our uptown readers to
Judge whether they can save money'by staying
ot home. He contends that while living in
the quietest and most undemonstrativs
comfort in New-York. he will spend nearly
twice as much as he would in London or
Paris The bumptious New-Yorker. however,
will be ready with the calculation that he
will get twice as much comfort and fun for
ahe money.
Gambetta's reduced majority as President of
ifhe Chamber of Deputies is not attributed by our
London correspondent in his dispatches to ac-
nidental causes, since it was the result of an
hpacknowledged coalition between The Right
Ind the extreme Left. These opposing fac
lions have ulterior purposes in view in seek
Ing to compel him TO accept the responsible
lies of power. but he has counted the chances and
remains where be is. confident that 30 unnatural
N alliance cannot prove permanent. The motto