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Show CONDENSED TELEGRAMS. The German ecclesiastical court has deposed the bishop of Breslin. The bullion in the Bank of England has decreased 1,053,000 during the past week. The failure of John Graham of Rhode Island, was due to reaJ estate speculations. The specie in the Bank of France has decreased 15,785,000 francs during dur-ing the past week. Brown, Stevens & Williamson, sugar refiners, of Glasgow, Scotland, have failed. Liabilities heavy. The report of the Peabody trustees shows a total amount of $965,000 available for educational purposes. Bids (or government gold on Thursday Thurs-day wero $2,735;000 at 116.50 117.03; one million was awarded at 116.89 (& 117.03. The jury in the Siney-Parks trial at Clearfield, Pa., has rendered a verdict acquitting Siney, but convicting Parks of riot and conspiracy. Gen. Wra. G. Marx, ex-custom house inspector, New York, convicted tor having counterfeit money in his possession, has been granted a new trial. John Gorham of the Gorham manufacturing manu-facturing company, New York, is reported to be in trouble on his individual account. His liabilities are said to be $600,000. The firemen's convention have accepted an invitation to witness a parade of the fire department of New York, and an exhibition by the corps of sappers and miners. The republican state committee of Missouri have passed resolutions , endorsing and advocating the prosecution prose-cution of all officials guilty of frauds upon the government. Col W. A. Arthur has resigned tha position of general superintendent of the St. Louis, Kansas Oily & Northern railway, and Jos. T. Howe has been appointed acting superintendent. The sublime porte has decreed that during five years from the 1st of Jan- j uary next, the interest on and redemp- i tion of the public debt shall be paid half in cash and half in 5 por cent, bonds. At the fircnion's convention on Thursday the Benuet medal ior acts of bravery was presented to A. M. Mitchell, foreman of a New York book and ladder company, for saving a man's life at the risk of bis own. War ha3 commenced at Cape Pahnos, Liberia, between the liberals and aborigines under tho command ofaeveral educated natives. There was some fighting on tne 17th of September Septem-ber in which 50 were killed and wounded. A great battle was daily expected. In firemen's convention a committee com-mittee reported recommending that the inside diameter of hose couplings be 2 j inches in the clear; that the outside be 3 inches exclusive of the thread, and including the thread 3 inches, and the number of threads to an inch 8. |