Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-03-08
Foreign Intelligence.

a LARGE quantity of explosives. were
found by the London police on the 2Sth
ult. under the Charing Cross Railway
station, and Il clerk discovered in the
cloak-room a box containing dynamite. A
statement made in the House of Com
mons that an Internal machine of Ameri-
can manufacture had been found at the
Padiington Railway station. Great ex-
citement prevailed.
TRAINS were delayed and abandoned in
Ontario on the 2Sth ult. owing to the Sc
verify of snow-stOrm, AMI in Nova
Scotia, also, storm ragged fcrcely.
BEFORE n special Parliamentary com.
mittee at Ottawa few days ago, John
Lowe, Secretary of the Canadian Depart
nlent of Agriculture, swore that the statis-
ties issued from Washington to the i'm
migration to the United States from Cana
tia were Incorrect. and that American Gus
tom officers had been instructed to fraudu-
lently augment the number of persons
leaving the Dominion.
IT has been decided by the Car of Rus
sia to convene council, composed of rep
resenta ives of tine ruling classes, to con-
slider whether powerful Nihilistic party
really exists, and how to crush it out or
satisfy its wants.
\ REPORT was made by the United States
Consul at Birmingham on the 2Sth ult. that
the oot-and- mouth disease in cattle existed
i'll nearly every county in England. In
structions would be sent to American Con-
suls in Great Britain to certify no invoices
of cattle until they had been found sound
by veterinary surgeons.
IT was stated on the 2Sth ult. by Il men,
Der of the British Parliament that two
murders and sixteen suicides had oc-
opened, and that the local newspapers
were paid to suppress the details.
IL introducing franchise bill in tho
House of Commons the other day Mr..
Gladstone expressed the opinion that the
United States recovered rapidly from
the late civil because every capable
citizen had vote.
THE British Government on the Goth ult.
cabled orders to the English detectives in
New York to inquire into the character
an antecedents of all persons sailing from
New York and Boston for English ports
since February l..
A CABLEGRAM of the 29th nit. from Glas-
| gov announced the failure of Martin Tur-
| ner & Co., engaged in the East India trade,
| with liabilities OF 2,OOO,0OO.
II the British House of Commons on the
| a9th ult. the Irish Parnellites denounced
| the dynamite conspirators, who. they de-
! clared, had their headquarters in the
| United States.
| On the 1st black bag, made of Ameri
can cloth, containing forty-five packages
| of dynamite, found in the cloakro ON
| of the Ludgate Hill Station in London.
IN a battle near Trinkitat on the 1st
| General Graham repulsed tho Egyptian
rebels, killing one thousand of them and
| capturing some guns. The British loss
| was placed at twenty-four killed and one
hundred and twenty-four wounded. Gen
eral Graham advanced to Tokar, when the
| rebels fed to the mountains.
| In regard to the campaign in Egypt SiI
| Wilfred Lawson stated in the British
| House of Commons on the Sd that the Gov.
| ernment was guilty of cowardice and
! bu: cherry.
MUCH damage was caused i'll Eastern
| Canada by the recent snow-storm. Many
houses along the St. Lawrence River were
almost buried in snow and the occupants
| made their exit through the attic window
\ SERIOUS financial panic was reported
| on the 81 at Pekn, China, and many banks
| and merchants had failed.
| On the Sd a reward of 5000 was offered
| for the detection of the authors of the re-
| cent dynamite explosion in London.