| Show FOREIGN NOTES sf W to tb bank la Treib lt oct sir francis aricks president of the consolidated bank and tho directors against whom friio bills favl been found wore before tho court lot queens bench today to day and bail was fixed at 2000 for each principal with two bondsmen in the same amount it is hero that bills of indictment are being prepared against tho dircus tors and the general manager of tho mechanics bank on charges similar to those in the consolidated bank the afir LONDON oct general roberts in his dispatch dated Char asiat oct ath ay wore lent out on all the roads leading to babul at daybreak this morning it is reported this morning that the afghan were advancing in great force from abo direction of the city these parties had to retire soon afi ter wards the high range of hills intervening between Char asiat and babul were crowned with troops and people from clr city while parties of appeared on the hills run ning both flanks of the camp and reports wore tha the road to was threatened along this road Mo Pheron was advancing with large convoys of stores and ammunition warning was sent to mcpherson and some assistance n cavalry it was absolutely necessary to carry tho heights in front before evening sakar was entrusted with this very duty abich ho completed in n most admirable manner lie sent a party under kiy whit of the ad highlanders High landers con sitting of a wing of that regiment three guns of the ath battery ad brigade royal battalion 00 of tho pioneers and two squadron of the ath cavalry to advance by tho right of george afar an ob resistance major white succeeded in driving the enemy off the main bills and later in the day jaker with the highlanders High landers a wing of tho ath shooks of the ath infantry the remainder of tho pi sneers four guns of no of the bounin battery and tight gatlan gun biad turing tc the left and was soon hotly en caged he reports that tho advance of the troops was made to his entire satisfaction height after height had been carried in gallant style our loss was as follows captain young infantry lacut ferguson highlanders High landers and dr duncan pioneers wounded and about 70 men killed and wounded the loss is unknown but must have been enormous enor moui they fled in great confusion and lost two stands of arms wo havo strong pickets posted as a largo number are still in the neighborhood but I liopo tomorrow to morrow to bo able to march within a short distance bul the ameer states that the palace of bala hisser is no longer in the possession of people he can trust LONDON oct special dispatches from afghanistan report that at one time during the attack of the ath ington tho principal heights before companies of high landers wore opposed to 2000 af ahans the latter held ground until the highlanders High landers were within twenty yards the total afghan force is said to hav regiments with artillery and an immense number of hillmen the backbone of resistance is broken for the present but the whole country is seething with excitement and th people would rise at the slightest reverse to the british the whole british force was to be within striking distance of cabugon the ath dinst oct prime minister tinaa of hungary referring to the distress threatening bome parts of the country today to day informed the hungarian diet that the apprehension of famine were unfounded and that the government would distribute seed among the rural population BOMB oct gen Cial dire italian ambassador at paris has tender ed hit resignation on the ground of injury done him by the government in publishing a conversation between primo minister wadington and himself relative to egyptian affairs the resignation has not yet been accepted the opposition papers profess to consider that wiginton Wi dinton treated italis claim to participation in the control of egypt contempt bously t tue VIENNA oct political cor resdon dence asserts that the mon tene grins are preparing to occupy the district of gusinde plava ceded to montenegro Montt negro by the treaty of ber lin strong bands of albanians are assembled to oppose tho contemplated occupation anti kent LONDON oct A committee consisting of parnell oconnor power and finnegan home rule members of parliament and others formed for the purpose of conducting an anti rent agitation in ireland have agreed upon an appeal to the irish race in the colonies and in the united states ta promote the ownership of tho soil by the occupiers instead of tho landlords who the appeal declares should however be remunerated fatal LONDON oct A boiler explosion in the dye works at halifax this morning killed five persons their bodies have been recovered it is believed other aare deadie tho ruins julet oct the residency party leave here soon no difficulty or disturbance amant has occurred PARIS oct renewed agitation in favor of plenary amnesty derives importance from tho support of the francaise commonly be lieveld to reflect the views of gam ietta it is believed the recent cabinet council was principally occupied in discussing this question and that the cabinet is almost if not quite unanimous again complete amnesty or any revival of the amnesty discussion the carmin oct nals are much elated over the victory in the recent elections which surpasses expectations liberal jour nal are correspondingly depressed the germania an ultramontane organ says the elections show that the people condemn and demand their religious rights and liberties comics wj londoff LoND oct TWO hundred and sixty seven farmers and families eft liverpool today to day for texas anlon MADRID oct A meeting of democratic deputies of various shades ha resolved in favor of amalgamation ga mation into one party they exclude the federalists sanor emilio castelar did not att attend tho meeting troop for cab four thousand troops will bo sent to cuba this month th abolition in the committee on the abolition of slavery ono party favors immediate abolition without compensation to owners another favors gradual abolition without compensation and a third party favors gradual abolition with compensation no decision was reached startling rumor loskos octa telegrams state that the aholo peruvian fleet has been captured but these are believed to bo exaggerated and baand baaed on the first repona concerning the capture of the A annc bill was found by the grand jury against aci matthews of for grand larceny yesterday bismarck in a few days will go to his estates at to make a long stay the iron works among the larger jn wales are about reopening the prussian diet will meet on th last edward sequin the singer died yesterday at by tho losa of a boat off prince edwards island angus D healy and two others were drowned abbt petersburg new regulations have been issued authorizing the police to use weapons to disperse threatening crowds tho treasury department purchased from tho philadelphia and san yesterday ounces of silver |
