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Show Brillsk Sews. Loudon, 15. Lambert Brothers & Scott, coal merchants, have failed; liabilities, $1,000,000. In the house ol commons this evening, even-ing, Henry Fawcett oii'ered a motion declaring it inexpedient for the Indian government to pay any part of the expensed ot the Prince of Wales' eastern U)U'. Disraeli op-poaed op-poaed the motion, because the prince would be the guest ot the viceroy. Gladstone supported Disraeli, and the motion was finally rejected. Bourke, under toreigu secretary, in response to an inquiry of Sir Jnu. Keunaway, said doubts have been raised respecting the tultillment of the treaty of lb73, for the suppression suppres-sion ot the slave trade on the east .coast of Africa. Another treaty was .completed while the Sultan of Zanzibar Zanzi-bar was here, which lie hoped "would ' be fully carried out. The grant to defray tim expenses of the Prince of Wales' visit to India 1 passed by a vote of 33S yeas to 10 nays. i Heavy rains have caused much damage iu WaU-o. The river Teg-more Teg-more has overflowed its banks, inun-ciatiug inun-ciatiug the town of Brigender. One life was lost and much live stock hati been drowned. Ihe water in are-serve are-serve pond for supplying the Monmouthshire Mon-mouthshire canal at Cwncarvan burst through its banks aud thirteen persons per-sons were drowned. .There is a flood in Cheerwell valley England. The crops, especially hay, have suflered severely. Gildersleeve has writteu a letter to Mildmay, t-ei rotary of tho council,' saying thai he accepts the cup offered of-fered by the British riflemen for competition com-petition by tho Americans, and will invite the members of his team to shoot for it. It is understood that this arrangement is independent of the team organization, nnd it is possible pos-sible that some of the mem bora will decline lo enter the contest Much damage has been done in Devonshire by rain storms. Rivera and streams aro swollen, and in several sev-eral nlares there are. 'inundations bv the bursting of the Monmouthshire reservoir -factory. A number of dwellings dwell-ings are entirely destroyed. The river Ebber has overflowed. Despatches from Cardiff say the rivers Tnfl and Ely havo overflowed, and tho adjacent lands are under water for miles. A great quantity of live stock was washed away. Hundreds Hund-reds of inhabitants of Grangetown have been removed to Cardiff in boats. A Hood is reported at Bath, and at last accounts the water was rising rapidly. |