Show GENERAL NEWS by W V o the A consuel Con sull NEW YOEK nor albert N shaw united states consul at manchester in to the question what is your opinion cf tho future prospects of manufacturers in eng land says knowing as I do the almost limitless resources of alio united states in raw materials naturally incline to the opinion that american enterprise backed by adequate cheap capital will bo equal to the future and eliat our raw materials te rials so wonderfully distributed over our vast continent will be man near the of production abo ceniu of ameri can inventors and growing abill of american operatives coupled with cheap lands and cheap food certainly place us in a favorable favo rabie position for winning tho race in the inter oceania contest for tho controlling position in manufacturers in answer to other questions shaw said beer is the great curse of the poorer classes in england it deadens the moral and physical forces and at tho same time robs them of much of their hard earning this drink question is a serious one at present in england once an operative as a rule always an operative in the matter of placing american farm produce tho consul said if made to responsible houses interested in produce where sales would bo made under their guarantee as to quality and condition a great improvement would follow I have known fifty packages of american butter to be sold at auction at liverpool at 16 cents a pound forty packages of which a week later were resold by the purchasers for 23 cents a pound anil tho price of butter had not advanced in the general market in the meantime this dealer sent butler to his warehouse carefully assorted it and branded it with his firms name and made a handsome profit simply because he became responsible for the quality of the same lixi report severe arriving weather on the bank of newfoundland which detained them from twenty four to forty eight hours beyond the schedule time the steamship albania from cardiff october was thrown so far over her side eliat it was difficult to keep her headed up to the gale and the seas swept over the deck foro and aft carrying overboard everything moveably move ablo and doing light damage to the upper works lellow itter astle tho boxes which postmaster james placed in the post and various stations in august last to receive contributions for the memphis auf by bollow fear have been removed tho total amount received an unparalleled salo of stamps in his office during october postage stamps amounted to bews yews paper al esnil HAC KESSACK N J nov another railroad accident occurred acs on the now york and greenwood lake railroad A train composed afan engine and one coach ran into alio river owing to the drawbridge being open one person was killed and several severely injured |