The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-01
2nE LATEST FOREIGN FACTS.
Cumming mp Of tho European Sit
nation by Cable.
The Irish Question and English B!ec-
fiona Frances Tariff Under
Diecussion-Tbe Epidemic
in Italy General
Foreign Notes.
THE UNITED KINGDOM.

LONDON. Jan. a. Wages diaputea In the
cotton trade ate atil threatening The prop :
eltiap ~ The Oldham employers fnr an In
crpane In wpRaa of pat cent IN March, aud
that no further demand ha made for year,
IN unacceptable to the operatives, who are
willing, however, IN wait until tho end Ut
1890. A general ntrilsa AT Oldham 's ,mprrh-
able becnnae The limited companies are jnet
beginning 70 proaprr and cannot afford &c
quit, but there may be partial strike. which
will give the operatives the benefit 2! the
strike fnnd from mill. which continue work
ipu The oldham orerativea number 1000,
or whom 5000 are memhata of the Union
There Ia a etrike uf weavera at burnley,
md one impania at KIchdale. where the oper-
atIv.s have demanded al advance In their
waxpa The a.rikin4 ap'nnere At Moaaley
and Asl,tu,,- under yne have accepted an in-
crcasa of Der cent IN wages. tu take effect
March |, and the prun'ae of another inereas,
or q Der cent In .luty II trade continues 10 I'M
prove. The atrkra there which have lasted
4 fortnight. have not ended
Lord Derby and Hon, John Bright were the
principal epeskera laat night at non-pnlit-
ical banquet given by the tnavor of Manchea-
ter u, her Mai@ty'a iudGra al aes,zea.
The steamer Berg ma. laden with coal. from
penarth for Gibraltar. fruhlerad when two
0aya from port. Thirteen 81 her crew were
drowned aud ak saved.
A violent storm has ragged In the Mail'er-
rnneap Tor two daya past. aud dtaaate,s to
shipping are feared.
The popular excitement IN Liverpool over
the approaching election f,,r member of the
Houap nf Comm one t., fill the vacancy cauaesi
ty the death Mr John rorr Increases daily.
The L,herala are confident that tho Home
Rula vuta estimated at n,nah Will give them
the victory they alna have tho vote 1T tho
Temperance organizations and Lord Darby
local influences
gain with the Homo Rueta will ALLEVIATE
i,Kny Liberals and that their candtdata. Mr.
Whlteey, l. \ mau ot great persouai popular.
ity. The cnnteat IL very keen
There will ha ninilar onnteata Rhnttly at
Southwark. 10 tll . vacancy IN the Hnnaa of
Commons causai Ivy the recent d.ath Ut Mr..
John locke Southwark haa Liberal ma
jority Of ono cn thu Birmingham plan. and
the Liberal Candidate will likely be
thufss,ph- -yning ratlirsl.
LONDON Jan Al, The Marquis uf Angle
eey, Literal member uf the House of Peers.
In dead. aged htv-ninea.
Right Hon. VIM IA Smith. First Lord of
the Admiralty, L,hprai Conservative. epaais-
ing In WcAtm,nster last night, eontemned
the dlapnaitlan az certain b'ttaral politicians
to eaQuette With the Home Rnlcra, evidently
referring III the rrnm,ao ~ Lord Ranttey 70
support All inquiry iuto the question of home
rule In the Huuac nf Gammnnp, In return fnr
which the Liverpool Home Rulers prn,Disad
him their votes.
In hia speech at Wcstmina'er last night.
Mr.. Smith referred to one of Mr. Chaa =.
pArpelf- nttManet@ IN America. to theef.ct
that Hlatiatone, IN III. Midlothian campaign.
admitted that pubic opipion IN England.
NUT be acted on IN An extraordinary man
ner. In order to obtain attention Tor Irish
Referring to Gladetone'a eaying that the
AAnChester murder and Clerkenwell axplo-