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: ! BANK FAILURE IN PARIS. !
;/ Paris, March, 20.
GrCat commotion has been caused id .com
mercial circles by the announcement of the sus
pension of; payment; by ."one. of .the city ibapks of
a seoilidary 'order,' whose liabilities 'are 'stated to
amount , to -L1, 000, 000 « sterling.. . jOne, of the
directors' Has ' committed' suicide/ another has
been arrested, and two hive absconded and are
now -beihglsdugUb fori d 1)1.1 '!' AfiOY-H'
, ' t ' Lp8D0k,' 20th March.
There' is an impression in colohial bit'olhs tha
Mr)Dibbs,: the Premier qf New South Wales, int
ton'ds fb' take the position of Agent-General for
the' colony, at present held by Sir S. Samuel. It is
belieyed'that jil that event Mr, Barton;; the. At-
tornby-Ge'neral. wiirbecome Premier." ; J
Although; the transfer-books Of.the Bank of
South Australia have been closed shares have
been"s'ald 'at L9, being a .decline' of L2 since the
last quotation."-' ' ' ' "
In the House of OommonB last night Lord
George .; Hamilton, the First - Lord cori: the
Admiralty, in answer to a. question,; stated that
he was not aware that the Royalist, or any other
of Her Majesty's cruisers, had recently pqnished
the . natives of the Solomon Islands for 'outrages
committed by them on . traders.' _ , "
The persons who were arrested for being con-
cerned in the recent riots . in Berlin, have, been
eon vibted and sentenced ' to terms of imprison
ment ranging from two months to three years
and two months.
Itj understood that the Governtneht wlll oppose
the bill which has been introdtioed in the House
of Cbmmpns! fixing the legal - .working" dpy for
minirs "at eiglit' hours! ' j
Ah explosion, attonded by Considerable loss of
life, <bits occurred at Susa, a town the qoast of
Tunjs.- A house was blown up and1 ;tk|i parsons
were killed! The occurrence is, believed to have
been iecidental,- 1 ' » ''' ;
The death" is announced of Mtt vPetrie,
daughter ' -and only child' of Captain Mhtthew
Flinders, R.N., the distinguished ' Australian
navigator, "aged 80 yesirs. Mrs ; Retries was
mother of Mr W. M. Flinders Petrie, who is
well) known for his . Important discoveriis in
Egypt,, i- - ... . ': ' > S
Tbo University of GlaBgow' has cohfetrod tho
deg'wee of Doctor : of Divinity upph the Rev
Jambs' Cosh, Presby terian minister, of Balaam,
Sydiioy. . - - .. ... i
Tho consignment of Australian', putter brbught
by the R.M.S. Mtissilia has been sold at Fajring-
don jnaVketr5, : The butter arrived in gooff condi
tion.; l-Oboioosti factory jmade'qualltleSrealised
from 120s -to1 122s per owtf; ordinary 'riualities,
110a; to'ii28; per pwt, The' demahdw lfniited.
The':Aiistralaaian Gas Assobiaiibpitpald pays
! 'ZcqjJAUp3 (
. The Opposition in the House of Commons is
resorting to obstructive tactics with the avowed
object of foroing on an appeal to tbo country.
; In consequence of tho deoision of the Miners'
Federation that work in the coal mines shall be
resumed "'Oh Mondsynexf, there; has'been a
further fall of 2s pet ton iti the prioe of ' coal.
The' Miners' Federation baB" decided that In
future the men shall work only five days a week
in. the. mines. It is thought' that by .this h means,
the oU'tpilt of cqaLwilf.b'e reduced and the bten's
wages kept up. Tho Durham miners have re
fused to re.eume on Monday, "_and-.10.000\more'
JiaVg boiled; Wpbk. ) . Axpbetra- \that th'e/
miners will have to BuhiUit' at an early date to a
heavy reduction in their wages.
The difficulty in connection with the wrongful
:Wf64t jabd imprisonment of/tWo'iEnglishiineh''
nntaed Piirclie. in Paris, has beek settled. ;M.!
Waddington, the French Ambassador in Lon
don/ haslotprcssfed; -on' 'behalf of his - Govern'
ment, their regret at the mistake made by the
French police in arresting the two brothers.'
Sergeant Holden, of the Royal Engineers,
who/Wss on the 11th lust. brought lip afc the
Manchester Police Court on a charge of having
solafplanb of tho defences of Malta to tbo French
Government and remanded, appeared again be-
fore_the Court to-day. The .. accused was-, com-,
imitted'for trial. ' . The evideUca ' given Tsbowed:
that the plana sold by Holden reveal the entire
armament of Malta.
A fire has occurred in Kensington which was
attended by fatal results. Five persons were
burnt 'to death. — — : —
The Education Bill brought forward by the
Prussian Ministry has proved so. unpopular
among the middle classes, and such an outory
haB been raised against it, that the Emperor
William has expressed doubts as to the ex-'
pedienoy of proceeding further with the mea
sure. j Oount Zedlitz Trutzsohler, the Minister,
of Instruction and Publio Worship, haB resigned,'
notwithstanding all the appeals made to him' by
the Emperor to remain in office. It is reported
that_ Count von Caprivi, the Premier and
Minister for Foreign Affairs for Prussia, . has
also resigned office in the Prussian Ministry,
though it is exDBCted that he will retain tha
positiob of Chancellor of the Empire. It is also
reported that Dr Herrfurth,- Minister of the
Interior, has resigned, the reason being that he
disapproves of a proposal whioh has. been made
to increase the Emperor's civil' list. '
The Bulgarian Government has obtained pos
session of an important letter written in cipher.
This letter reveals the existence of a conspiracy
by a Russian committee at Odessa to murder any
Bulgarian statesman whom the leaders of the
pro-Russian party in Bulgaria deem it desirable
to put put of the way.
A female'paraohntist/Miss Van Tassell, who
with her sister gave sdme exhibitions in Mel
bourne! about a year ago, was very badly injured
whilst j making a -.descent yesterday at Dacca,
in India. Miss Van Tassell, -after dropping
from the balloon, fell on a free and suetained
injuries, which it is feared will prove fatal.
Advices received from East Africa states that
a strong native force, numbering 6000 men, is
massed; before. Quilimane, an important Portu-
guese seaport near the mouth of the Zambesi,
and isj; preparing to- make an attack upon the
town. ''All the inhabitants are armed and de-'
termined to resist the attack. A gunboat has
been despatched to theiraBsistance from Mozam-
F ollowing close uport Uje.failu.re of <M. Gunz-_
burg, the St Petersburg-banker,-- comes the news
that another large finanetal house in, that city; is
in diffieijlties. ,-a-sr.pv w)L»nU
Indications continue to be, .afforded, v that " thp
anarchists are still .p.ursuiog thQirdynamite
tactics In Paris.: A fresh, discoyery pf conceaiocl
dynamitp has been ittadVin that city,,.!/' /, /!' +)!/,
A very severe outbreak of'sib-jpgx..h'fcB!q6v
curred at Rio Janeiro.. During-the pasb lort--
night- no! fewer than 7B0 deaths hava- oceurred;
from the disease, -and'the crews of 23 steamers
in the 'harbour— hav been "attacked "by the
epidemic. _
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