The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-09-19
FOREIGN.

ITwas announced at Rome on the
18th that among the questions to be placed
before the Propaganda and American pre-
lates for discussion at the conference in
November, will be the one concerning the
attitude of the Catholic clergy towards the
Irish agitators in America.
A DISPATCH from Hong Kong on the
14th states that battle took place be-
tween the French forces and the Black
Flags, lasting eight hours. The engage
mant took place between Ha moi and Son.
tag, near Red River. The French forces
are reported as having losttwo officers and
fifty men. The loss of the Black Flags is
estimated at between 500 and 600 men.
THE four hundredth anniversary of
the birth of Martin Luther was celebrated
with great pomp and enthusiasm at Wit
tenburg, Prussia, on the 18th, the German
royal family participating.
The steamer Queen Victoria burned
at Chatham, Ontario, on the 18th. The
crew barely escaped with their lives, the
fireman being severely burned.
MAIL advices from Consul General
of the United States at Rio Janiero, show
that although the season had far advanced,
yellow fever still prevailed to an unusual
degree, though, happily, among the ship
ping, from which the disease is communi-
Gated to other parts of the world, it does
not prevail. Smallpox was also prevalent
to an alarming extent. For the week end
ing June so there were nineteen deaths
from the yellow fever, and thirty from
smallpox; week ending July !, twenty-s
yellow fever and thirty-four smallpox;
week ending July IA, sixteen yellow fever
and fifty-five smallpox; for the week end
ing July 21, there Were fifteen deaths from
yellow fever and forty from smallpox.
The directors of the Exchange Bank,
Montreal, resolved to suspend payment on
the 18th, and put the bank into liquidation
until the temporary pressure is over. The
liabilities are $4,000 deposits, and $780,
600 circulation. The last statement
showed a surplus over all liabilities,
including a half million capital. The
cause of suspension is over-discounting
and the large amount locked up by inactive
estates taken over from creditors The di-
rectors say the circulation will be met
promptly. There are fears of commercial
| trouble, as the bank is said to be carrying
some weak firms. The directors are
wealthy men, and four out of five hold
nearly three-fourths of the stock.
THE celebration of the seventy-third
anniversary of Mexican Independence was
held throughout that country on the 18th,
and was immensely enthusiastic. The dis
play of bunting was large. The procession
| of societies, schools, Government employees,
military, allegorical cars, in the City OF
Mexico, was four hours in passing given
point.
THE disturbance on the Banant 'front.'
Ter of Hungary is .subsiding. Kemiz, the
well known agitator, is among the persons
arrested in connection with the disturb.
ance. A conflict between the military and
the people has taken place at Kostainicza,
in Croatia, many persons being killed and
| wounded.
The Journal de So. Petersburg well
comes the recent article in the North Ger
man Gazette denying that the powers
were circulated against Russia because of
the recent events in Bulgaria. The journal
| declares that should Prince Alexander, Of
| Bulgaria, fail in the task appointed him,
| the peace of the East and perhaps Europe
/ win be imperilled.