The Aberystwith Observer

AMERICA AND THE PANAMA CANAL. la the Washington House of Representatives, on Monday, Mr. King, of Louisiana, introduced a reso- lution reciting the assurance of France that the Panama Canal is a private enterprise, and that the. French Government is in no way responsible for it, calling attention to the statement that the French Government had recommended a loan which would identify it with the enterprise, and declaring that America would view with great solicitude and dis- favour any measure calculated to identify France as a nation with the canal, such action being opposed to the policy of the American people. Finally the reso- lution requests the Secretary of State to send to Congress all information of a subject of such vast im- portance and fraught with such danger to the national interests. 7

THE EXILED PRINCES. PARIS, Monday Evening, At the banquet given yesterday at Versailles in honour of the Hoche anniversary, references were made by some of the speakers to the question of the day. Thus, M. Michelin, one of the members for Paris, after making the following remark, It is not only Hoche whom we ought to celebrate here, but the whole of the Revolution, the glorious heroes of '89, '92, and '93, who, perhaps, had their weaknesses, but formed a marvellous ensemble," said that he had heard 'that the protest of the Comte de Paris, embellished with his portrait and with that of his son, the Due d'Orleans, was being distributed about the town, and added: The Orleauists dare to defy us. We accept the challenge. But listen to what I say, M. Philippe-you who callyourself Kingof France. Remember that your ancestor, Philippe Egalite, brought Louis Seize to the guillotine. If you want to meet with the same fate return to France. These words were loudly.ap- plauded by the assembled company. M. Michelin went on to say "The partisans of the Princes must now be weeded out of all the administrations, and if the Ministry will not take the initiative in the matter it must be turned out." Then, after congratulating the army on having tecome an army of citizens and not of Prcetorians, M. Michelin concluded by pro- posing as a toast The union of true and sincere Republicans—that is, of Socialist Republicans, for the completion of the real French Revolution." M. Ver- goin, Deputy for Seine-et-Oise, in another harangue declared that there was a time when the Republic knew how to command. and to make itself obeyed but that now he only saw before him a bastard Government, which was incapable of adopting energetic measures—an Administration which was wanting in respect for the representatives of the people. The last speaker at this gathering-at which the Princes and the Cabinet which expelled them were denounced with equal impartiality—was a retired colonel, M. Blondel, Commander of the Legion of Honour, who, in proposing the health of General Boulanger, the Minister of War, said: "I do not know whether we have arrived at the hour of the revanche; but if it strikes, if we are obliged to fight soon, things will not go on, in my opinion, under General Boulanger as they did in 1870. On that day I shall be happy to draw my old sword once more, and I loudly proclaim that all my old comrades will do the same. I drink to the General who is now dis- playing so much talent and genius—to General Bou- langer The Due de Nemours has resigned the presidency of the Society of Succour to the Wounded. The voting of the Expulsion Bill and the exile of his kins- men have determined him upon residing but little in this country, and in consequence he gives up a post which he has held with high honour to himself and with immense benefit to the association. Ho daily attended the office of the society, which has been instrumental in relieving a great number of soldiers wounded on the battle-field, and his loss will be widely regretted. In all probability the vacant presidency will be offered to Marshal MacMahon. (Reuter's Telegrams.) PARIS, June 28 (evening). -General Prince Murat and his son have had their names struck off the French army list, on the ground of their being members of a former reigning family. ROME, June 28.—The Pope has not written to the Comte de Paris on the occasion of his expulsion from France. His Holiness, however, yesterday charged a distinguished personage to express his condolence to the Comte. The manifesto issued by the latter was coldly received by the Ultramontane party among the cardinals. On Monday afternoon the Comte de Paris, accom- panied by the Due d'Orleans, Prince Henri d'Orleans, Baron Chabaud La Tour. M. Saint-Marc Girardin, M. Dupuy, M. Fromend, and Comte Guerville, left Dover for Tunbridge-wells. The special train was ac- companied by Mr. Myles Fenton, the General Manager of the South-Eastern Railway. Several French visitors called at the Lord Warden Hotel during the morning, and some were received by the comte. A telegram from Treport, received early in the day, stated that the Priucesse Louise had so far recovered that the Comtesse de Paris and her family would probably be able to leave for England in less than a week. The special train arrived at Tunbridge-wells shortly after three o'clock on Mon- day afternoon. The railway platform was carpeted with scarlet cloth, and a number of spectators had assembled. A deputation of the Local Board pre- sented the Comte de Paris with an address of sym- pathy and welcome as follows: To his Royal Highness the Comte de Paris. "Sir,—We, the members of the Local Board of Tunbridge-wells, desire to approach your Royal Highness to offer in the name and on behalf of the inhabitants of this town a respectful and cordial welcome on your arrival amongst us. Without dwelling on the circumstances which have led your Royal Highness to seek an asylum in this country, we desire to express the great I gratification which we feel that you have selected this town, where so many members of your august house have in past years spent so much of their time, as a place of temporary sojourn for your- self, her Royal Highness the Comtesse de Paris, and other members of your family, and we earnestly hope that so long as you may remain here, you and they may find it an agreeable place of residence. We beg in conclusion to assure your Royal Highness of the deepest respect felt towards you by all classes in the town." In reply, the Comte de Paris thanked them very much for their kind reception, which, however, in- creased his sadness at leaving his country. He was especially moved by the sympathy which he found to I. exist in that town, which was associated with re- membrances of his early youth. It was that which had induced him to come to Tunbridge-wells, and it was a pleasure to find himself amongst friends who had received him in such a cheerful manner. PARIS, June 29, Evening. The committee of the Chamber upon the bill for prohibiting the posting of seditious placards, which was laid before the House by the Minister of Justice on Saturday last, consists of eleven members, five of whom are opposed to any measure of the kind, while five others, although admitting the expediency of such a bill, desire it to be restricted to placards emanating from Pretenders. The remaining member accepts the idea underlying the Government bill, but advo- cates a different wording of the measure. LUCERNE, June 29. Prince Jerome Napoleon arrived here to-day, and proceeded to the Hotel National. PARTS, June 29. The resolution of the Minister for War to strike from the list of the army the name of Prince Joachim Murat has caused no surprise. It is only the first of a series of similar expulsions which must inevitably follow the expulsion of the Princes. Prince' Joachim Murat has served in the army for the past 30 years. He commanded under the Empire the regiment of "Guides." He has held the rank of Brigadier- General since 1870. It is reported that the Prince will apply to the tribunals. His son, Napoleon Joachim Murat, now a cavalry officer at Joiguy, is likewise to be expellea. Prince Roland Bonaparte, late lieutenant in the 36th Infantry, expects the same fate. Article IY. of the Expulsion Bill is sure to strike the Due d'Aumale, who holds the rank of General; the Due d'Alencon, an artillery captain and the Due de Penthievre, captain of a frigate. PARIS, June 30. At a meeting held yesterday o' the Society for Aid to the Wounded in War a letter was read from the Due de Nemours, resigning the presidency of the society. The letter says The Decree of Expulsion issued against my family renders me liable at any moment to be torn from my home, and expelled from France, our common country. It places ma in such a position that I can no longer efficiently fulfil the duties of President of the Society." The writer con- cludes by expressing, in feeling terms his grief at the severance of his connection with tha Society. After the letter had been read the Duke was unanimously appointed honorary president, and the sitting was suspended, in token of the respectful sympathy of the members of the Society.

When a man falls down his temper generally get up before he does. Two fashionably-dressed young ladies were walking down street, one on either side of a young gentleman, who was extremely swell in attire and equally meagre in proportions. A street gamin grinned at them, then remarked, dryly, much to the discomfiture of the dude Ain't much ham in that sandwich." A gentleman was surprised while out for a drive on the Pequot road recently by the conduct of a boy whom he asked to ride. The boy refused obstinately, and when prevailed upon for a reason said he expected a whipping when he got home and was in no hurry.

RAILWAY DISASTER IN IRELAND. A terrible railway accident occurred on Wednes- day afternoon, on the Great Northern Railway of Ireland, at Knockbridge, about half-way between Portadown Junction and Tandrasee. It would seem that the rails, through the excessive heat of the past two days, bad considerably exparded, and when the three o'clock mail from Belfast to Dublin had arrived at the spot, and was turning a curve, the engine left the line. The first three carriages were telescoped, and the only portion of the train which escaped in- jury was the guard's van, which became dis- engaged from the other carriages. Four persons were killed. About twenty persons were injured, The engine driver and stoker were pitched headlong into a meadow, and were uninjured. Half a dozen medical men were quickly on the spot, and did their best to alleviate the sufferings of the wounded, but the scenes were heartrending. Several of the injured were sent to Belfast. A correspondent who visited the scene of the accident telegraphed that the train, which consisted of engine, tender, and four first and second class carriages, is a complete wreck. The train left the line at a spot where the soil is soft and mossy, plunging into a deep drain, where it lay almost covered with mud. The three carriages next to the tender are brokeninto fragments,which are scattered in all directions. It seems that this part of the line was in charge of a squad consisting of a gaffer and eleven men, augmented during the last few weeks by a flying squad. A great portion of the rails where the disaster occurred has been relaid, and the squads were on Wednesday engaged in "making up" the soil to the metals for greater security. The gaffers of both squads have been arrested.

PHOTOGRAPHIC FRAUDS. William Smyth, 30, photographer, was charged on remand, at the Higbgate Police-station on Monday, with obtaining various sums of money from a number of persons by fraud. Mr. Pollard, solicitor to the Trea,sury, prosecuted. Evidence was given showing that the prisoner had gone to them and asked them if they would put the front blinds of their houses straight, as he wanted to photograph the houses for architectural purposes. Having taken the photo he would show the negative, get orders for copies; which he undertook to forward within 10 days, but in no case did he send them, whilst in each instance he was paid the money with the order. Printed receipts were given, sometimes in the name of Smyth and sometimes of Smyth and Durham. Detective-Sergeant Craggs deposed that he had received letters from all parts of London and the metropolis from persons who had been defrauded. The Bench committed the prisoner for trial at the Middlesex Sessions.

THE KEEN'S CORONATION. Monday (June 28) was the 48th anniversary of her Majesty's Coronation, which was solemnised at West- minster Abbey on June 28, 1838, just a year and eight days after her accession to the throne of Great Britain and Ireland. At this ceremonial the ancient Coronation Chair, containing the "Lia Fail," or Stone of Destiny, popularly known as Jacob's Pillow," was used. This remarkable piece of rock, known as the "Stone of Scone," whence it was sent to Westminster Abbey by King Edward I., is one of the most venerable relics to be seen at the Abbey, and excites the greatest interest among the visitors to our National Walhalla. It was formerly kept in Cashel Cathedral, where the Kings of Munster were crowned on it, till, in A.D. 513, it was removed to Dunstaffnage for the coronation of the Irish Prince Fergus as King of Scotland. In the reign of Kenneth II. it was con- veyed to Scone, and it remained there till Edward I. caused its transfer to Westminster Abbev, where it has been used ever since for the coronation of the successive Kings and Queens of England.

EPITOME OF NEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN. The death has occurred of Mr. David Davis, who was formerly President of the New York Senate. On Wednesday the Prince and Princess of Wales, who were accompanied by their three daughters, for- mally opened the new wing of the Victoria Hospital, Chelsea Embankment, the foundation-stone of which the Princess Louise laid a year ago. The German and Austrian Emperors will meet at Gastein during the 3rd week of July. Mr. Macaulay and the members of the Thibet Mission are still at Darjeeling, completing their pre- parations. Owing to the continued decline in the rate of ex- change, the Indian Government will probably be com- pelled next year to reimpose import duties or to in- crease the salt-tax. The returns, which were made up on Wednesday evening, show that for the past quarter the revenue of the United Kingdom has amounted to je20,183,737, bein a net increase of £ 49,011, as compared with the corresponding period of last year. The receipts from Income tax show an increase of A; 630,000, but there is a decrease in customs of £ 477,000, and in excise of £ 13^,000 Alrred H. Leoni, a young man, pleaded guilty, at the Central Criminal Court on Wednesday to a charge of bigamy. He was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. A serious fire occurred on Wednesday at Beshiktash, a suburb of Constantinople, by which about 60 houses were destroyed. Tha members of the Commission of Inquiry into the alleged Daira scandals have drawn up a unanimous report. The facts stated in the report practically con- demn the Egyptian Director-General for irregularities, as well as the English and French Controllers and several employes. While the sewers of the House of Commons were be M examined on Wednesday an explosion of sewer gas occurred. A workman was injured, but not dangerously. At the Alexandra Orphanage, Hornsey-rise, London, on Wednesday, the prizes were distributed to the chil- dren by Mrs. H. W. Lawson. Lord Herschell, the Right Hon. John Bright, Sir F. Bramwell, General Pitt-Rivers, M:. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mr. Aldis Wright, and Mr. Thomas Hadgkins on Wednesday received the honorary degree of D.C.L. at Oxford. On Tuesday morning a smacksman named James Ellis, one of the crew of the Teazer, of Yarmouth, was brought before the Yarmouth justices, charged with causing the death of John Lawson, a shipmate. The evidence showed that the crew had obtained seven bottles of liquor from one of the coopers on the fishing grounds, and that the master and crew were all drunk. The prisoner and the deceased quarrelled, and both fell overboard, Lawson being dead when got out of the water. After some formal evidence, the prisoner, who stated that he had no recollection of what happened, was remanded. The Colonial Treasurer has made his financial state- ment in the House of Assembly. The revenue for the past financial year amounted to £ 2,250,000, and the expenditure to £ 2,071,000. For the ensuing year the revenue is estimated at £2,100,000, and the expenditure at £2,200,000. The customs revenue decreased by £ 140,000, and the railway receipts by £ 80,000. The accumulated deficit amounts to 1:850,000, and the total1 debt of the colony to £ 18,300,000. The treasurer pro- poses new taxatioc, which is estimated to yield £109,000. The President of the National Sea Fisheries Protec- tion Association having made application to the Foreign Offiee, in favour of a considerable reduction being obtained in the duty imposed upon cured herrings entering Spain, it has been arranged that under the new Conventional Tariff, which will shortly come into force, the duty on cured herrings of British production imported into Spain shall be reduced from 12 pesetas per 100 kilos, to 5 pesetas per 100 kilos. Two young eaglets have been captured from a nest by a young crgsman at Ness St etland Reeks, which are nearly 500 feet high. The young man was let over the precipice with a rope 115 feet long, but it was found too short. He divested himself of the rope, and, after clambering over some dangerous rocks, he came to the nest, containing two birds which were about a month old. When he attempted to take them the largest one fixed its talons in his arm, tearing the flesh. They were put in his jersey and, taking the burden in his teeth, he secured the rope round him once more, and arrived safely at the top, after an arduous climb of fully an hour and a half. The official report on the cyclone which swept over Orissa, India, last September, has only just been pub- lished. It appears that the Government estate of Birso, in the Balasore district, suffered most. The storm wave came over the sea embankment lind saturated the land with salt water, destroying the whole of the crops and a great number of cattle. The Government granted a remission of the entire rent for the year, and made advances. The loss was very slight in qther part? cf Balasore, and no relief was necessary. Three hundred persons are reported to have been killed in the Cuttack district by falling trees and houses. No I. traces were found of the remains of houses at Hookey- torlah, or of the treasure-chest of the port deDartment. It is supposed that the chest was stolen. Previous re- turns show that the sea coast of Orissa has suffered from the effects of a cyclone every ninth year. The Rev. Dr. Liddon has returned to London from Constantinople. The eightieth anniversary festival dinner in aid of the funds of the Licensed Victuallers' Sshools took place on Tuesday at the Crystal Palace, under the presidency of Mr. E. M. Ind, of the firm of Ind, Ooope, and Co. Subscriptions and dmations to the amount of £5800 were announced. The- Princess Mary of Cambridge, who was accom- panied by the Duke of Teck and the Princess Victoria of Teck, distributed the prizes at Cheltenham College on Tuesday. The Royal party returned to London in the evening. The Lord Mayor of London on Tuesday night gave a banquet at the Mansion House to representatives of the Colonies and India to raeet the Prince of V/ales, the Executive President of the Royal Commission of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition. Prince Albert Victor was also present. There are at the present moment no fewer than 61 travelling theatrical companies performing in different towns in England, Scotland, and Wales, a fact which shows how the old system of stock companies in country theatres has been superseded. In the case of very popular pieces two, or even three, troupes are engaged in supplying the provincial demand. The net earnings of the Philadelphia and Erie Rail- way showed an increase during May of 35,692 dols. as ompared with the same month of 1885. An extraordinary riot took place in the Bull Circus at Nimes on Monday. A grand performance by the electric light was announced, and 30,000 persons paid for admission. During the evening the light repeatedly failed, and the audience becoming exasperated tore up the benches and furniture, and made a bonfire of them in the arena. Troops were sent for, and after some trouble cleared the building. Several persons were wounded and many were arrested. The Right Rev. Dr. Edward T. O'Dwyer was con- secrated Roman Catholic Bishop of Limerick on Tues- day by Dr. Oroke, Archbishop of Cashel. Replying to the address from the clergy, Bishop O'Dwyer spoke at some length, and strongly advised the priests to take their places as the leaders of the people. The motto of the clergy and people of Ireland should be in the future, no matter what the outcome of the present political movement might be, as in the past, Quis separabit." On Tuesday the garden of St. James's Churchyard Bermondsey, which has been laid out as a public; re- creation ground at tbe cost of Mrs. Montefiore, was opened by the Countess of Galloway. On Tuesday afternoon an inquest was held at the opened by the Countess of Galloway. On Tuesday afternoon an inquest was held at the Portsea Convict Prison, touching the death of Henry I Smith, alias Henry Frost, aged 47, a convict undergoing a term of penal servitude at that establishment. De- ceased was convicted at the Kingston-on-Hull Quarter Sessions, on Jan. 8, 1885, for larceny from a quay, and was sentenced to five years' penal servitude to be followed by two years' police supervision. He was received from Wormwood Scrubs at Portsea in October of the same year. Dr. Power had made a post-mortem examination and found a large cavity in the left lung, which was the immediate cause of death. The jury returned a veidict iL accordance with the medical testimony. A sad accident occurred on Saturday at South Beach, Ardrossan. A party of excursionists, consisting of a man and a young woman and girl, all from Johnstone, engaged a boat. After proceeding a short distance from the shore one of the party attempted to change seats, when the boat capsized, and all were thrown into the water. Before they could be rescued the girl, Elizabeth Cavanagh, aged eleven years, was drowned. The hay harvest has commenced in Westmoreland and Cumberland, important grazing counties, in most favourable weather. The cold and late spring militated against the crops, which, however, have made a wonderful improvement within the past three weeks. Although the crop will not be a very heavy one, it will I be up to the average, which in the northern counties was not at one time expected. Two pe-eons died on Saturday of sporadic cholera at Trieste. A large party of colonists visitea Oxford on Monday morning, as guests of the City, and were received at the railway station by the Mayor and Corporation in their official robes. The Vice-Chancellor and Proctors and Dean of Christchurch, also attended in their official capacity to welcome the guests on their arrival. The Mayor, iu an address of welcome, said they would find thai; every door would be open to them. The Vice- Chancellor also gave the visitors a hearty welcome, which was acknowledged by Sir George Bowen. The colonists were then conducted in parties through the city, meeting at St. Mary's (the University Church), where an address was presented by the vicar; and also at the Bodleian and Cnrist Churches where addresses I were likewise presented. The party were entertained at luncheon in the Town Hall by the Corporation. At a meeting of the Town Council of Leicester on Tuesday, it was announced that George Sedgwick, re- presentative artisan, secretary of the National Union of Shoe Finishers, Alderman George Stevenson, and J. M. Hodges had been added to the Commission of the Peace. The Council expressed general satisfaction, and recommended Daniel Merrick, another artisan and ex-councillor, for the same honour. The mean reading of the barometer at Greenwich last week was 29'79in. The mean temperature of the air, 59 0, was 2 3 below the average. Rain fell on Tues- day to the amount of 0'04 of an inch. The duration of I registered bright sunshine in the week was 45'9 hours, against 50-2 hours at Glynde-place, Leweg. Sir James Parker Deane, Q.C., the Vicar-General, attended onTuesday at the board room of Queen Anne's Bounty Office, Westminster, and under a commission from the Archbishop of Canterbury (issued in pursuance of the Queen's Writ) dissolved the Convo- cation of the Province of Canterbury. Mr. Hassard, the Archbishop's principal registrar, was present. By the death of the Rev. John Hugh Evans, better known in Welsh circles as Cynfaen," the Principality has lost one of her most distinguished writers, and Welsh Wesleyan Methodism one of its foremost preachers. The deceased was born at Ysceifiog, near Holywell, in the year 1833. He had but recently accepted an invitation to become the pastor for the second time of the London TS elsh circuit in August next. The first through train on the Canadian Pacific Rail- way left Montreal on Monday evening for Vancouver. The Duke ot Cambridge, accompanied by Viscount Wolseley and a number of other officers, visited the Royal gunpowder and gun-cotton factories at Wahham Abbey on Tuesday afternoon. They were shown over the various departments by Colonel Arbuthnot, the superintendent, and Colonel Noble explained the pro, cess of manufacture. It is reported that Herr Singer, a Social Democrat, and member of the German Reichstag, has been ex- pelled from Berlin. I The Royal Mail Company's steamer Tsgus, from the Argentine Republic, Uruguay, and Brazil, for Europe, has been driven ashore near Bahia, Brazil. The crew and the passengers escaped by taking to the boats. The mails have been landed safely. At Burton-on-Trent on Tuesday a drag connected with Bretby Colliery was being brought into the town, when the horse took fright, and on reaching the bridge ran over a man and his son, Th boy died imme- diately. Mr. Thomas Blake Sparkes, aged 30, a solicitor, lately residing at Newton-park, Leeds, shot himself with a re- volver when travelling by a Great Northern train from Doncaster on Friday evening last. Her Majesty the Queen addressed a gracious letter I to the Comte de Paris on his arrival in England from Eu. Instructions have been sent by the Dominion Govern- ment to Sir Charles Tupper, the High Commissioner for Canada in London, to confer with the Australian Agents-General concerning the establishment of cable communication between Australia and the Canadian Dominion, and to ascertain the amount of the annual subsidy which the colonies would guarantee. A fire, caused by lightning, broke out on Monday at the Koenig cotton mills. The damage is estimated at 400,000 roubles. A young Englishman, named Charles Williams, of London, was drowned on Monday morning while b&th- ing in the Lake of Geneva. On the occasion of the inspection of the 19th Middle- sex (Bloomsbury) Rifles by Colonel Wigram in the grounds of the Foundling Hospital on Saturday, the old colours of the Bloomsbury Regiment raised in 1793, which had been left in the custody of the autho- rities of the hospital, were presented to Colonel Richards, the commander of the 19th Middlesex, on behalf of the corps. In consequence of the orders from the War Office concerning the mustering of volunteers during the election, no fewer than 10 metropolitan corps were officially inspected en Saturday. The Protestant Bishop of Ardagh addressed the annual meeting of the Orpheus Society at Longford on Saturday, when he said they would never give up, and would ever contend for the honoured word of" Pro- testant." They were loyal to the backbone, they loved their Queen, and glorified in the succession which placed her on the throne. The Rev. Arthur Moore, of Belfast, said they did not intend to go in for anything themselves in the north if Home Rule were adopted, but if need be they would come down and help their brethren in the south. The Germanic, of the White Star Line, arrived at Qseenstown on Saturday having on board two fisher- men of the schooner Lilian Baxter, of Gloucester, Mass., who were picked up in a dory on the 20th inst., three days after the Germanic had left New York The men state that they were fishing off the banks ot New- foundland, and were a mile distant from their vessel, when a fog set in and prevented them finding her. That evening they were driven out to sea by a strong wind, and drifted about for three day s and tight e, when the Germanic picked them up. The men, whose names are Brown and Olsen, suffered much from exposure and hunger. Having ratified the Anglo-German Literary Conven- tion and rejected the Brandy Tax Bill, the German Parliament was prorogued on Saturday. Mdtne. Sarah Bernhardt arrived at Rio de Janeiro on the 26th ult. The famous actress received an official welcome from the municipality, who provided for her use on the railway a special saloon carriage. The Prince and Princess of Wates and their family, accompanied by the Bake and Duchess of Cosoaught, drove to the Crystal Palace on Saturday evening and attended a concert in the Handel Orchestra. Tee Lower House of the Bavarian Diet unanimously approved the continuance cf Prince Laitpold'e Regency. A provisional commercial treaty has been concluded between France and Roumania. Lord Dufferin has sanctioned the transfer of the Panjaub frontier force from the jurisdiction of the Lieutenant-Governor of the Paciaab to that of the Commander-in-Chief in India. At a meeting which was held in Stratford Town Ua!3 on Saturday, in aid of the Metropolitan Hospital Sunday Fund, the Duke of Cambridge, who mo /edthe first resolution, pleaded for the support of the people in order that our hospitals may be kept free from de- pendence on the State. The Marquis of Salisbury moved the second resolution, which, like the first, was unanimously carried. A br«.Ke«maii named William Salter was run over at Wolverton on Saturday night by the train of which he was in charge. He was shockingly injured, an-' i »_d shortly after being received in Northampton It ,ary. The British steamer Silverdale has bee;, n ♦■jlly wrecked at Point Engano. The Sdveid&le was an iron screw steamer of 2249 gross tons, baiit fit Sunderland in 1881, and owned by Messrs. Milburn Bros., of Newcastle, and was bound from Ant** erp for Colon. At the Dublin Police-court on Monday Captain Hettry Harkness, .T.P., of county Limetick, staying at Morrison's Hotel, Dublin, was charged with assaulting a constable and tryicg to rescue a prisoner on Satur- day night last in Upper Sackvilie- street. The con. stable was severely injured with a stick. Capsain Harkness was fined £ 10, or two months' imprisonment. The fine was paid. The Court of Appeal on Monday affirmed a dechioa of Mr. Justice North in an action of the" U mted Telephone Company v. Bassano," restraining the de- fendant from infringing the Edison" transmitter. The Queen has signified her pleasure that Sir John Rose. Bart, G.O.M.G., one of the Royal Commissioners for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, aad Chairman of the Finance Committee, shall be sworn of the Privy Oouncil. A young man named David Jeans was charged at Llaiadaff Police-court on Monday with the attempted muicler of three men, whom he had shot with a re- volver when told by one of them that there was no path across f. field which he was crossing in company with a young woman. He wss remanded. Letters from members of Colonel Lockhart's party altogether contradict the story of his arrest. The mission was well received by the Afghans, who proved very friendly. A small boat, only 19ft. in length, sailed from the Clyde on Monday for New York. Her crew consists of two men. The boat is provisioned for two months. James Pirne and William Hogarth, two hoys, were convicted before the Sheriff, at Aberdeen, on Monday, of breaking into a public-house, and stealing nine bottles of spirits, eight ounces of tobacco, 40 cigars, and some personal property. They were sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. Senor Don Jose Manuel Balmacede has been elected President of the Republic of Ohili. On Monday morning fourteen regiments of Militia were summoned to the colours for the annual month of training, the number of officers men pbout hals.BC- ing those of the fifteen corps dismissed drill on Satur- day, Of the fourteen corps called up seven belong to English counties, two to Scottish, and five to Irish three of them are artillery, and tbe remainder infantry. -Y Altogether, there are at the present time 60 regiments of militia under arms in Great Britain and Ireland, representing from 45,000 to 50,000 officers and 'men. The inhabitants of Hackney, Clapton, and. the dis- trict in the neighbourhood of the River Lea, on Satur- day afternoon presented an illuminated address to Sir Charles Russell, in recognition of his energetic action with regard to the passing of the Lea River Purification Bill. The French Government introduced into the Chamber on. Saturday a bill inflicting severe punish- ment for the posting of seditious placards." The manifesto of the Comte de Paris had been placarded at Marseilles a few hours before, and torn down by the police. The Government demanded urgency for their measure, which led to a bitter speech from M. Paul de Cassagnae, in which he said the exile of the Princes had given them their freedom of action, and that- meant the Crown. M. Oleraecceau dared the Bona- partist orator to attempt to bring about the revolution he threatened. Eventually urgency was voted for the bill. Aa exciting scene was witnessed at a fire in Man- chester early on Saturday morning. At three o'clock an ironmonger's shop, in theoccupaiion of Mr Mauley, was discovered to be on fire. The flames spread so rapidly that the staircase was impassable, and Mr. Manley, his wife, and family were driven back. They ran to the bedroom window, and two corporation officials in. charge of a cart drove on to the pavement, and with great difficulty rescued them in their night- dresses. The Bishop of Lichfield paid a visit to Wolver- hampton on Tuesday, and formally opened some new vestries that have been recentiy erected for the use of the clergy and choir of St. Peter's Collegiate Church, at a total cost of £ 1200. O-i Saturday afternoon the new buildings of the Swansea Working Men's Club and Institute, one of the most flourishing institutions of the kind in Wales, was opened at Swansea, by Sir H. Hussey Vivian, Bart., amidst the greatest enthusiasm. The new build- ing is situate ic Alexandra-road, nearly opposite the new pahlic library buildings in course of erection, and has cost £3200.

THE MARKETS. MARE-LAKE. At Mark-lane a quiet business has been doing, and the teJldeDcy of the trade has been weakened by the fine weather. Deliveries of honF-grown produce are on a fair sale, and in excess of what they were th's time last year. The aggre- gate sales cf wheat in the principal markets of England and Wales during the first 43 weeks of the season were 2,593,5^3 qrs., against 2.521,083 qrs. last season, the average being 30s 8d against 33s 2d per qr. '1 he sales of barley were 2,820,280 qrs. against 2,852,805 qrs.. at an average of 28s 5d against 318 2d per qr.; and of oats 357,342 qrs. a-gainst 342,168 qrs at an average of 10s 2d agamst 20s 5d per qr. English wheat has been in slow demand at 64 per qr less money on the week, .foreign wheat was quiet and weak. There was very little passing in flour on former terms. The larley trade was quiet at previous prices, but with a fairly firm tone. Oats were in goo i supply at slow request. Fine maize was tolerably firm from its scarcity, but 00-181' sorts were dull and irregular. Beans were firm with a fair inquiry. Peas and lentils quiet. (akes dull. Cotton calces "61 lower on week. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Th e total imports of foreign stock into London last week amounted to 26,871 head. In the corresponding period last year we received 19,330 in 1884, 17,196; in 18;3, 19,0 in 1882, 17,239 in 1881, 15,592 m 1880, 11,482; in 1879, 23,167 in 1878, 15,394; and in 1877, J5.042 head. At Liverpool were received 279 beasts from Boston, 130 beasts from Montreal, 287 beasts from New York, and 180 beasts from Oporto; at Southampton 41 beasts and 4 calves from Jersey and Guernsey, and 40 beasts from Oporto and at Hull 55 beasts 'from ISTew York. There has been a dull trade for cattle. The hot weather has checked business, and has been p odactiva of weakness. Fresh arrivals of beasts were ample for all requirements. Those from our own grazing districts wero fairly good both. in point of number and condition. The only inquiry which » prevailed was for the choicer stock, and that went for less money, the best Scots and cros-ses making 4s Sd to s lOd. per 81b. Inferior breeds were diiiicuit to move. On the foreia-n side of the market there was a small Eur-p'yof fc easts, which sold slowly at drooping currencies. The sht'ep p pens were, moderately well filled. Business was through- out vpr? slow, and buyers again had the advantage. The best Downs and half-breds lealised 6s to 6s 2d per Sib. Lambs were du 1, at 6s to 7s per 8 lb. Calves and pigs were dull and weak. Coarse and inferior beasts, 3s 4d to 4s second quality ditto, 4s to 4s 6d pr.me large oxen, 4s Sd to 4s 8d ditto Scots, &c., 4s 8d to 4s lOd coarse and in- ferior sheep, 4s 2d to 5s second quality ditto, 5s to 5s 6d; prime coarse-woolled ditto, 5s 8d to 6s Od; nriroe Southdown ditto, 6s 0d to 6s 2d Iambs, 6s Od to 7s Od; large coarse caiyes,, as 6u to 4s 6d; prime small ditto, 4s 6d to «>s mrge hogs, ts 8d to 3s 6d; neat small porkers, 3s Sd to 4s 6d per Sib to sink the otital. Total supply —juiighsn — Beasts, 3150 sheep and Iambs, 12,490 calves, 300 tigs 20 milch cows, 40. Foreign: Beasts,1050; sheep and lambs, 500- calves, 30. From the Midland, Home, and Western Counties we received 131.0 beasts from Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex, 750 from Scotland, 40. and from Canada 700. METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET. The supply on offer was in excess of the demand, trade being very bad. Pricss Inferior beef, 2s 4d to 2s ad middling ditto, 3s Od to 3s 6d; prime ditto, 3s 8d to 4s Od Scotch ditto, 4 s Od to 43 4d American, Liverpool killed, 3s id to 3s 8d American killed, hind quarters, 's Ed to 4s Od American killed, fore quarters, 2s 43 to 2s 6'd; veal, English, 3s 8d to 4s 0d; ditto, Dutch, 3s Od to 3s 8d; inferior mutton, 3s Od to 3s 8d mid- dling ditto, 4s Od to Is Cd prime ditto, 5s 4d to Be 6d; Scotch ditto, 5s 6d to 6s Od; New Zealand ditto, 3s Od to "s 6d; lamb, 5s 8d to 6s Od; larsre pork, 2e Sd to 38 Od; small ditto, 3s 4d to 4s Od per 81b. by the oarcase. FISH. Soles. Is 9d to 3s 3d per pair; ditto slips, 8d to per lb turbots, 7s M to 1:}8 Od each; mackerel, Is fid to 2s 0d per dozen native oysters, 2s 9d to 3s Od per dozen salmon, Is 3d to Is 5d per lb white lemon soles, 9a to Is per pair brill, Is 6d to 2s 6d each lobsters. 12s to 4; s per dozen; grilse. 8d to lid per lb.; mullets, 2s 6d to 3s C .i per score; and trout, ]Cd to Is 2d per lb. POTATO. Thers was a pood supply of new potatoes on sale, short ot old. The trade was dull, at the annexed rates Old Magnum bonums, 50s to 70s; champions, 50s to 60s per ton. New Jersey kidneys, 123 to 14s Malta rcand ( qs to ICs; Cherbourg round, 7s to 1:8 per cwt. x

THE Jeoeogatioh OF pabliameht. THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. In the House of Lords last Fridav the first (and only) session, which assembled on Tuesday, the 12th or January last, of the 11th Parliament of her Majesty the Queen, and the 23rd Parliament of the jpnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, was by Royal permission prorogued. 1 The Lord Chancellor (Lord Kerschell) entered the Souse at half-past five o'clock, accompanied by the ^Jther Lords Commissioners, being preceded by the ^ace and Purse^ Bearers. Prayers were said by the ^iahop of Gloucester and Bristol at the sitting of the Ilouee for judicial business earlier in the day. The Peers present were about 50, and amongst them were Duke of Buckingham and. Chandos, Earl Spencer, "kprd Kensington, Viscount Barrington, the Marquis Bristol, Lord Bemoan, Lord Lamington, Lord ^oak-Bret,ton, Earl Ducie, the Earl of Longford, the &arl of Galloway, Viscount Enfield, Lord Balfour, ^rl Sydney, the Earl of Miiltown, Lord Stratheden and Campbell, and Lord Crewe. On the benches on the Opposition side of the •^ouse there were about 40 ladies seated, they having gained tickets of admission from the Lord Great Chamberlain's (Lord Aveland's) office. Strangers' Gallery, usually reserved for gentle- !nen, was on this occasion well filled with ladies and fentlenien, who had obtained tickets of admission rora the same office. The Royal Commissioners, attired in peers' robes, and ermine, with bars to mark their degree in H16 peerage, were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of •{^enrtiare (Lord Chamberlain), the Earl of Elgin ^aptain of the Yeoman of the Guard), Lord Monson, a&d Lord Sudeley, there being always five Commis- sioners upon the occasion of the prorogation and the opening of Parliament. Their lordships having taken their seats upon a "C in front of the Throne, which, with the chairs right and left of it, was uncovered, the Lord Chan- cellor directed the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod lAdmiral the Hon. Sir James B. Drummond, G.C.B.) >? Simmons the House of Commons to hear the Oyal Commission read, jAfter the lapse of about 10 minutes, the Right fon- the Speaker (Mr. A. W. Peel), carrying in his &od the Appropriation Act, which he handed to the ferk of Parliaments (Mr. Henry John L. Graham), tended by the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod 0e kis right hand, the Sergeant at Arms of the House i Commons (Mr. JEL D. Erskine) on his left, the •J^pluin to the House of Commons (the Hon. Rev. •J^ncis Byng), and a number of members of the 2-°Use of Commons, amongst whom were Mr. H. 'H. owler, Mr. Ramsay, Colonel Walrond, Sir John ennaway, Mr. Raikes, Mr. D. Plunket, Sir Julian Qldsmid, Sir John Mowbray, Mr. C. Mower, Mr. i, arjoribanks, and Mr. Arnold Morley appeared at 6 bar. rnEl16 Qommissions were, after the usual obeisances, ■rj\ at the table by the Hon. Slingsby Bethell, the Haa g ^r- H. J- L. Graham, Clerk of Par- jJ^ents, and Mr. Ralph Disraeli being in their Royal Assent was then, with the usual forms 'be Ceremon'es> given to the following bills which had jvf- Pas8e<i by both Houses:—The Appropriation, |tish North America, West India Encumbered CuH 6S' ^uar(iianship of Infants, Bankruptcy of Agri- ]a_^ral Labourers Wages, Crofters' Holdings (Scot- ji )> Patriotic Fund, Idiots, Oxford University ates, International Copyright, Contagious Diseases 8i0*>als, The Incumbents of Benefices Loans Exten- di *?' Patents, Riot Damages, Salmon and Fresh-water ■g SQeries, Coal Mines, Customs Amendment, Revising jJfWers, Revising Barristers Ireland, Metropolitan Ta^n ^or^8i Money, Public Works Loans, Land km X?mmissi°ners' Names, Medical, Peterhead, Har- to uSe> Removal of Terms Scotland, Poor Law j, ans, Married Women in case of Desertion, Sea tio Scotland, Extraordinary Tithe Redemp- g^l*. ,P. Hours Regulation, Intoxicating Liquors Off6 Children, Parliamentary Elections Returning o 'cter3 Act 1875 Amendment, Returning Officers otland, Labourers Ireland, Post Office Sites, West- ptoster Abbey, and numerous Local Government, ^otieional Ord ers, Railway, Improvement, Water- Docks, Corporation, Tramways, and private Uls, making in the aggregate the large number of ■Jp- After which the Lord Chancellor read her pftjesty's gracious Speech, which was in the follow- lD.g words MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, dut ^ave ^etermiEed to release you from your high ,,c'Ore the full accomplishment of the regular Oiv ,^le se8si°nr hi order to ascertain the seme of ]eJ. Pe°plQ upon the important proposal to establish a Iri i ^Ve k°dy in Ireland for the management of distinguished from Imperial affairs. diss i 'n v^ew> 13 my intention immediately to ( olve the present Parliament. tei c°ntinue happily to maintain the most friendly c J0*58 with all foreign Powers. l-k&ve the satisfaction of acquainting you that the afte e operations of Servia against Bulgaria were, e0u a time, brought to a close through the wise SJult Se's of the Powers and the forbearance of the ti0nail: aa also that after a period of anxiety the adop- i^e pacific counsels in Greeca, and the disarma- ment ^°W ln Progress under the orders of its Govern- tha t' ^ave removed a serious danger to the peace of ?,* £ t of Europe. We b state of affairs in Egypt has improved, and I enabled materially to reduce my force in litrjifC°llut,ry' aQd to bring it within the southern <« j °.f proper. (JQvp "ave concluded an arrangement with the by t,^ent of Spain, which, if it should be adopted inter 6 ^es, wiW> I trust, increase our commercial t]je .Course with that country, and will also encourage i< -PPortation of colonial wines. JJxhih;f-ave a lively pleasure in promoting the of 'j;'0n of the Products, Manufactures, and Arts bejn y^olonial and Indian Dominions, which i3 now pcjs^ il6ld in this metropolis. I feel that this enter- by anc' ^he cordial interest in it which is exhibited ^ite° PeoP1ie> one0 proves the sympathy which piw s. several portions of the Empire, and sy^path ^en(" con^rm art(3 promote that Ie I ''GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,— Wy you for the liberal supplies which you provided in order to meet the exigencies of the one service, until a new Parliament shall have an fnii Unity to complete the amounts necessary for the *u service cf the year. "MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,— ag is with great satisfaction that I have given my Ct.rJfrit to the bill for amending the laws affecting the • iters of the Highlands, to the bill for effecting fegP?rtaut reforms in connection with the medical pro- t0 f8,'0n> and to the bill for amending the law relating n v6 custody and guardianship of children. chan ve given my consent to a bill making such ne 'ges in the law of international copyright as are Ha(.j^sary to enable this country to enter the Inter- ^°PJT'gbfc Union contemplated by the con- °pp0f,(11i a^oul' to be signed at Berne. In this bill the ^as been taken of conferring on Colonial tiriifoj. ia.,i aathors the benefit of copyright, valid and P'ln if eTei7 Paft my dominions. JHeat Ju my earnest prayer that the Parlia- tH0te ii 0u^ he elected may be so guided as to pro- peoj)]„ peace, happiness, and contentment of my j. aild the strength and union of the Empire." q conclusion of the delivery of the Speech the j f^Qcellor said By virtue of the commission tej.. 6 name of her Majesty, and in obedience to ?arb'n alesty'a commands, we have to declare that July Qr!le,n^ "t!e prorogued to Thursday, the 15th of aRC' t^lat Prorogue^ accordingly, ty Speaker of the Hous9 of Commons, attended i a's House of Commons as before- fUojj and the members of the House of Com- W f\wil;h the usual obeisances, withdrew from left th" °TT^e and the Lords Commissioners P^t of6-i o^0Use' anc^ ^^0 short session of the early The |o86 came shortly after six o'clock to an end | Past fiv ,Use Commons assembled at a quarter- TK0 c*0ck' ^01" purpose of formal proroga- tl1' later6 ^^ea^ei" *°°k ^e chair at a quarter of an Qove* ^ere were 43 members present, the ^f> Ifa °n^eiri» represented by Mr. H. H. Fowler, the /•'ori^an^s> and Mr. Arnold Morley; while Mr. Irn^>nt, Opposition Bench were Mr. Plunket, o-j Sir Henry Fletcher, Colonel Walrond, At h' fc y Herbert. ?eOtlemi> *TTS!; ^ve -Admiral Sir James Drummond, _3 In eil Usher of the Black Sod, was announced. T^endan™8^ ^orm ^ie requested the immediate o °1se nf n ^10 Speaker and the members of the lhe R0 Commons in the House of Lords to hear aago Iloyal Commission read notifying her Majesty's Snpafcts agreed to by both Houses. Thereupon Cs,rryinff ^r> pruccded by the Sergeant at-Arms, ^etnbera mace' and accompanied by all the Central reseiltj crossed the lobby, corridors, and oal], and went to the Upper House. The Speaker was absent for about half an hour Upon his return, taking up his position at the table, in the place usually occupied by the Clerk of the House, he said It may be convenient to hon. gentlemen if, in accordance with ancient custom, I read a copy of her Majesty's gracious Speech. Having read the Speech, the right hon. gentleman shook handswith the members present, who filed past him for the purpose. The ceremony came to an end at 10 minutes past six o'clock.

FIGHTING IN UPPER BXJBMAH; BRITISH LOSSES. RANGOON, June 26. On the 19th instant Colonel Gordon, of the 28th Bengal Infantry, attacked Bosweh's force at Maphe, and after severe fighting defeated and dislodged him from his position. Our loss amounted to several killed and 25 wounded. The enemy's loss is unknown. Bosweh then retreated with about 700 men to a position six miles distant; and Colonel Gordon halted, awaiting the arrival of reinforcements with rations, under the command of Captain Holland, of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. Colonel Gordon, commanding the division in Lower Burmah, has sent a small force from Thayetmyo to protect the frontier and to attack Bosweh if necessary. The loss sustained in the recent engagement with Bosweh was the heaviest that has as yeb occurred, and the number of casualties exceeds that of General Prendergast's entire force during his advance on Mandalay. It is generally considered that a grave error of judgment was committed in refusing to accept some time ago Bosweh's offer to surrender. The recent massacre of Chinese traders by Sepoys at Beelin continues to attract much atten- tion. The Bangoon Times states that eight Chinamen were shoi, and that two were drowned while attempt- ing to escape. The bodies of those killed were plun- dered. The 30 surviving members of the caravan wore arrested by the local Burmese magistrate, and prevented from leaving the district. The arrest of the survivors seems to have been a wholly unjustifiable act. The local Government has not yet received I\n official report as to the affair. CALCUTTA, June 27, A Government resolution published in yesterday's Gazette conveys the thanks of the Governor-General to the Telegraph Department in connection with the advance into and the occupation of Upper Burmah. Appreciation is expressed of the excellent services ren- dered in circumstances of much difliculty and danger, and the Governor-General eulogizes the ready devotion to duty displayed in cheerfully accepting the hardships I and risks involved in operations with an army in the field. The foresight and ability displayed by the Director-General are specially mentioned, and the Governor-General in Council gives cordial thanks to Mr. Cappel, Director-General, Mr. Brooke, Direct >r of Construction, and several other officers of the de- partment. Mr. Moylan has received the thanks of the Local Government for bringing to light a case of extortion by a policeman at Mandalay. The police- man has been prosecuted, and the money—96 rupees—extorted by him from three traders has been returned. It is stated that Mr. Colquhoun intends to cross from Mogoung to Upper Assam, so as to thoroughly explore the country. The scheme of railway extension in Upper Burmah has been sub- mitted to the Secretary of State, who will grant his sanction, provided the expenses can be met from the ordinary Budget Estimates. The following has been received by the India Office: (From Viceroy, June 26.) Following casualties on June 19, at Napeb, near Menboo, with dacoits: Killed: No. 254, Private Oakley 946, Private Gordon 1463, Private Smith all of 2nd Battalion Liverpool Regiment. Wounded Lieutenant Ernest Llewellyn Williams, 2nd Battalion Liverpool Regiment, slightly; No. 1743, Corporal Spruce; 2330, Private Alfred; 949, Private Orme; 266, Private Bathen; 449, Private Turner; 42, Private King, severely; No. 320, Private Markell; 2431, Private Nolan 4643, Private Stewart, slightly, all of 2nd Battalion Liverpool Regiment; No. 16445, Ser- geant Turner; 2387, Sergeant J. Clarke 21,000, Ser- geant H. Booth; 38064, Gunner G. Wineler, severely; No. 28733, Gunner Grey; 17922, Gunner George Mathews, slightly, all of 7th Battery 1st Brigade, Northern Division, R.A. RANGOON, June 29. A telegram dated Tammoo, June 19, states that on the arrival of reinforcements, a force under the command of Major Hailes attacked on the morning of that day a body of one thousand five hundred Burmese, who wero strongly entrenched behind a stockade three miles south of Tummco. The British, although having two batteries of Artillery, failed to dislodge the Burmese, and retired after five hours' severe fighting. Major Hailes was wounded. Ac- cording to intelligence received from the Kijouksai district, Captain Wilbraham was severely wounded on the 23rd inst. in !a skirmish with a portion of Prince Mvinzaing's army. On the 26th inst., a fight took place between Lieutenant Shubrick's force and the insurgents near Mingyan. Lieutenant Shubrick was killed and Lieutenant Peacock wounded. Lower Burmah is quieting, and the dacoits at Ilenzadah are coming in. The following telegram from Viceroy, dated 30th June, has been received at the India OSIce "Following casualties in affair with rebels at Moonai on 23rd June Captain Arthur George Wil- braham severely wounded; No. 325 Lance Corporal Albert Gerrish killed, both of 2nd Battalion Somer- setshire Light Infantry."