Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-13
FOREIGN NEWS.


LONDON, July 12th.-In the House of
Commons this evening Gladstone moved that
Wednesdays and part of Tuesdays sitting,
heretofore both devoted to private business,
be, the rest of the session, surrendered to the
Government. This will leave for private
business only the evening session of Fridays
Gladstone said the Government intended to
conine themselves in regard to the ballot, to
simple continuance of the existing Act He
hoped there will be no reason for Parliament
to sit into the month of September. He
thought the necessary business could be fin
isbed before the last week in August.
Gladstone gave notice of an amendment to
Forsters compensation for disturbance in
Ireland bill, so that the last clause shall read
as follows ''And tenants hall be entitled to
compens alton in the discretion of the County
Court Judge if the -payment/of rent Is
caused by the prevailing distress ana the ten
ants are willing to continue in occupation upon
reasonable terms as to rent arrears OF rent
and otherwise, and il such terms are refused
by the landlord without reasonable altera-
ton
Sir Charles Dixie, Under Foreign Secre-
tary. stated that information had been re-
ceived from the Bulgarian Government that
it does not regard disturbance of the peace
probable and strongly objects to a union Of
Bulgaria with Eastern Roumelia.
A fiat has been applied for to carry the APP
peal ia the Tichborne claimant case to the
House of Lords.
Movement In Favor or Gladstone.
LONDON, July 12sh.-A movement is afoat
in the House of Commons to present an adj
dress to Premier Gladstone, assuring him OF
the willingness of a large number of the mem
bers te support him in continuing the session
as long as he may deem necessary to carry cut
the Government programme.
The Irish Compensation BIZ.
LONDON, July 12tlf-It is said the chief
subject for consideration at Saturdays Cab
met was the Irish compensation bill
The general impression is that the bill will
not become law.
The report that the Earl of Kenmore,
Lord Chamberlain, has intimated a wish to
resign in consequence of objections to the
compensation BILL is unfounded.
The French National Fctc.
PARIS, July 12th.-The national fete has
virtually begun. The exterior quarters of
Paris are already profusely decorated with
banners and devices of various kinds. Pleas
ure fairs are organized in all the open spaces
and were in full swing during last night.
Many thousands of persons from the prov
inces have already arrived, and the railways
are bringing huge accessions. The weather
is magnificent.
English Grain Trade.
LONDON, July 12th.-The Marx Lane Err
press says: The farmers express great
anxiety about the weather. Unreasonable
weather never falls at this season to exercise
hardening influence on the grain trade, and
the copious showers OF the past fortnight have
increased the activity in wheat. Supplies of
homegrown were small Sales were more
readily effected at an advance of shilling
per quarter. Farmers now hold SO little
grain that holders felt justified in declining
to sell except at higher prices. Both English
and French stocks of native wheat are prac-
ticallv exhausted. The consumption of both
countries has to be met by the foreign product,
for which fair trade was experienced at ad-
vancing prices. At the moment the situation
is decidedly critical. Stocks have beer,
worked so low by the dissemination
of buyers to operate for future de-
livery, that it needs only week of
wet weather to bring about such state of
activity as win materially change the present
values There is no abatement In the Cont
mental demand. Exports for the past month
were nearly $4,000 quarters. During the
same month last year the imports were only
30 900 quarters Red wheat was held with
extreme firmness. The market closed Friday
with stocks at the lowest and prices at the
highest. Maize was 3d@6i dearer. Oats
were In fair request, but unaltered. The
feature of the week has unquestionably been
the large demand for foreign white wheat,
such as Australian and New Zealand, for the
ncrth of England and the Continent. The
trade closed very strong for these descriptions
at an advance OF fully shilling since last