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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. c.
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. c. In the HOUSE OF LORDS, June 26, Lord Stratheden and Campbell called attention to the affairs of Tunis, and moved tor further correspondence, which was agreed to. In the course of a conversation on the amendment of the Irish Land Act, initiated by the Earl of Galloway, Earl Granville said that the Government were most desirous to bring the Arrears Bill into that House at the earliest pos- sible moment, but he declined to discuss that measure then. Replying to Lord Dunraven, the Foreign Secretary stated that when the Egyptian question was discussed as a whole he should be prepared entirely to defend the;conducfeof the Government throughout the whole of the negotiations. I Their Lordships adjourned at twenty minutes to seven •'clock. In the HOUSE OF COMMONS, Sir C. Dilke told Mr. Arnold that it was not in the power of the Government to make any statement at present as to the proceedings of the Conference or its duration. They must depend upon the course of events and the views of the Powers. The third sitting of the Conference would be held this day, and he had no reason to suppose that there was any occasion for taking steps to guard the preponderance of England and .France. The hon. Baronet also informed Mr. Bourke that the Government has not heard that Ragheb Pacha has addressed a letter to the Italian Consul General; inviting him and his colleagues of the Consular body who might happen toiJe interested in the massacre of the 11th inst. to appoint their delegates on the Commission of Inquiry. But the British Consular authorities in Egypt had been instructed, if such a Commission were constituted by Ragheb iPaeha, to Jaojd themselves aloof from it. CETYWAYO S VISIT TO ENGLAND. Mr. W. Fowler asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it was true that intelligence had reached the Government to the effect that the health of Cetywayo was so much affected by his captivity that unless he was speedily released his life would be in serious danger and whether it was true that he was coming to England. Mr. Ashley in reply said:-After communicating with Sir Henry Bulwer, the Government have decided that there is no reason for any longer postponing the promised visit of Cetywayo to this country, and instructions have been sent to Sir Hercules Robinson to act accordingly, but to remind Cetywayo that this visit in no way commits the Govern- ment to any future course. (Cheers from below the gang- way. Sir M. Hicks-Beach asked whether any despatches on the subject would be presented, or whether they would know in what way Sir H. Bulwer had changed his opinion. Mr. Ashley said the only communication they had had was telegraphic. He believed there would be no objection to laying the despatches on the table. Sir M. Hicks-Beach asked if Sir H. Bulwer had changed his opinion. Mr. Ashley said he had changed his views, and had ex- pressed an opinion that there would be no longer any objec- tion to bringing Cetywayo over to this country. (Hear, hear.) THE CHANNEL TUNNEL. Mr. B. Davenport, inquiring whether any works in connec- tich with the proposed Channel tunnel were being still carried on, Mr. Chamberlain replied that the works were experi- mental works in anticipation of the works of the tunnel, and not of the tunnel itself. As to the extent of the works, it was impossible to obtain information until the Board of Works were able to inspect them, but up to the present time they had been unable to arrange with Sir is. Watkin, Chairman of the Channel Company, an amicable inspection. He was, therefore, in consultation with the law officers of the Crown, with the view of seeing if he could not arrange for an inspection. THE PROPOSED CARRIAGE TAX. In answer to questions from Mr. Harcourt, Mr. Glad- stone said he intended to go on with the proposal in the Budget for raising a carriage tax for the relief of highway rates, and to do his best to persuade the House to put the Government in funds to carry out the pledge lie had given early in the Session. Beyond this he declined to give any undertaking. Mr. Har- court thereupon gave notice that at the earliest oppor- tunity he would move that no financial proposal can be satisfactory which does not provide for relief to the high- way-ratepayers on a basis which makes the general public rateable for the roads formerly maintained by tolls. POSTAL TELEGRAPHS. On going into Committee of Supply, Mr. Cameron called attention to the rates charged by the Post Office for the transmission of inland telegrams, and stated that the prin- ciples on which the charge for telegrams should be based were rightly explain, d by the Postmaster-G eneral to be two. In the first place, any undercharge was to be deprecated, as involving the taxation of the community for the benefit of those persons who sent telegrams; and, secondly, any overcharge was to be avoided, as resulting in the taxation of the senders of tele- grams for the benefit of the community. The earnings made by the postal telegraph system had gradually risen, until they amounted to £540,000 per annum, a sum suf- ficient not only to pay a 3 per cent dividend on the capital employed, but also to provide a surplus of J6220,000, representing a profit to the tax-paying com- munity made at the expense of the senders of telegrams. It had been asserted that the adoption of a sixpenny minimum charge for telegrams would lead to a loss to the Post Office of £ 167,000 per annum. But with a surplus revenue of £ 180,000 per annum the Post Office could afford to try the experiment, and he was satisfied that before long the increase in the number of telegrams would convert any loss that might be sustained by the reduction of charge into a profit. A tax upon telegrams was a tax upon commerce, and he therefore as-ked the House to pronounce that tax inexpedient. He begged to move that "The working of the Postal Telegraph service with a view to the realization of profit involved a tax upon the use of tele- grams, that any such tax is inexpedient, and that the profit derived from the service is now such that the charge for in- land telegrfimi should be reduced." Mr. Mo' k h i :(reat pleasure in seconding the resolu- tion. On t ve-' 1 occasions within the prIst, few months he had been in communication with the right hon. gentle- man with regard to a reduction in the rate, not only of inland but also of foreign telegrams, and the replies of the right hon.-gentleman had on the whole been of a very encouraging nature. (Hear, hear.) The subject was one In which the various chambers of commerce throughout the country had taken a very great interest, and it was felt that a reduction in the cost of telegrams would be a very great boon to the commercial community. In these circumstances, he hop'd that no great opposition would be offered by Her Majesty's Government to a proposal for an early reduction in the charge for telegrams, if not to 6d., at least to 9d. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Fawcett would endeavour to deal very frankly with this very important question. He fully admitted that the arguments in favour of a reduction in the charge for telegrams were very strong (Hear, hear.) It was un- doubtedly the case at the present time that under the international rates which had been lately settled, it was Possible to send a telegram from any part of England to any part of Belgium, or from any part of the United Kingdom to any part of France at a less costthan was incurred So sending a telegraphic message from one part of London or of Liverpool to the other. The reason for that was that under the special rate agreed upon between England and Belgium telegraphic messages were sent at the rate of 2d. a word, and under that agreed upon between England and France they were sent at the rate of 2Jd. a word. It was not unusual for a telegram sent under those scales to consist of an address of three words and a single word, such as better," come," or worse," and such a mes- sage could be sent to Belgium for 8d. and to France for 10d. He was also free to confess that in view of the number of telegraph stations in the United Kingdom the Dumber of messages sent was not as lar..e as might have been expected. The number of tele; rams sent each year was about 25,000,000 That gave a weekly average of about 480,000, and a daily average of about 80,000. Con- sidering that there were 5,000 stations, he did not think that 80,000 wai a large amount per day, and there was no other conclusion to arrive at than that the present Is. charge was virtually prohibitory—(hear, hear)-not only to the working classes, but to many of the middle classes also. He, hoped the House would think that he had stated the esse in favour of a reduction in the price of telegrams clearly and unreservedly. He was further pre- pared to admit that if the price of telegrams were reduced there would prubably be a large increase in the amount of business. But his hon. friend had thrown out a sugges- tion with which he could not quite agree. He contended that,the reduction in price might be made in bits by reducing the price for local telegrams only. He thought, however, that it would be a most serious thing were tney to impinge upon the principle which seemed to regulate the Post Office system—namely, Uniformity of charge. (Hear, hear.) In France, and, ue believed m some other Continental countries, they had what were known as express telegrams- •hat was that, by paying an extra fee, the telegram had Priority over ordinary ones. As regarded th^gl system, he •ould only say that as long as he had the administration of the Post Office he would strenuously oppose its intro- duction. (Hear, hear.) It would introduce au unfair par- «auty, and he thought that the system should be resisted being a most undesirable one (Hear.) While agreeing ™<th much that had fallen from his hon. friend, he could ?°t accept his motion as it stood, because it was opposed IP facts as they existed at the present time. He was Prepared to My then, as he said when he received a depu- tation on the subject, that the question was worthy of the J^hsideration of the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether vaggrams were a desirable means of taxation. But his friend had assumed that at the present time a profit ras being made upon this service. It would .be his pain- gf duty to show that the conclusion at which his hon. t\*end had arrived was not applicable to the present state things. His bon. friend said that the telegraph revenue plated on commercial principles showed a regular a:ncu 1876 amounting to about £ 23,000 per annum, total for the year 1880-81 being £ 440,000. His hon. wS concluded from that that the revenue for 1881-82 gyild be about £ 500,000. That would be so undoubtedly if continued to increase, hut, unfortunately, a >eJJWerable decrease was anticipated during the present year °,wit,S to the following facteThe House wculd ^wnber how last Session he was pressed by hon. mem- Ko,, on both sides to increase the pay of the telegraph em- He had granted an increase to those employes, Thftf had cost the Department about £ 80,000 per annum. ?1US | course, be added to the cost of the *5l!^h service> and the effect would be that, instead of £ ,S year'the "venue would probably 4400'0 0- -He w?s »ware that complaints had been P,ythe teiegrapfi employ in that the increase aeeordedto Wa! T.fy sn,al1 was worse than nothing. 5?°i00(» n sa5' f 4 considered a charge of Pew, r year. °,Uuthe P ,lm,dB w"r5e than nothing, he *0 thJ reSretted having made a sacrifice of public monev CS; hear.) His hon. friend had*stehd "fiverf,, u?t,cm t0 61 telegrams would probably cost the TioUg,te about £ 170,000. Those were the figures he had pre- coma ?lVen and he was prepared to abide by them He The the H^use how that sum was arrived at. is. Oiii amount now received from eaeh telegram was cost was about 9d. The profit was thus about f^rV25'000'000 telegrams at 3 £ d. amounted to • gentleman wko was at the head of {fee if I1'.0 department of the Post Office had informed him ^niiBiiivf gI,ims were rcduced to Jd. per word, with a •h thfi c"a,'K of 6d., each telegram would be charged J?ah had the cost would be 8|i. A gentte- •Sfis of tli cu,a';e(1 that thtire would probably be M mil- *5*1,1 tii! 1ranis Instead of 25 millions. Sack telegram *°md ij« a prof!t of H'1-, and the met revenue Sher hari<\ v, showing a lms authoring, wai? to admit that there were many ltiee who did not estimate that the less wottld be so ''great as he had just said. But it was absolutely impossible to foresee what would be the result of six- penny telegrams. It was well to remember that the greatest of all postal reforms-the introduction of the penny postage—w as not at first a financial suocess. Expe- rienced officials had carefully looked into the question and informed him that it was more than sixteen years after the Introduction of the penny postage before the revenue reached its former amount. Great, therefore, as might be the after financial results, and the advantage con- ferred immediately upon the public, it by no means fol- lowed that loss would not be incurred by the adoption of such a reform as was advocated by his hon. friend. The result arrived at was that the revenue from inland messages would be reduced by £ 177,000. If the present net revenue was taken at £400,000, the future revenue would be £ 223,000. The capital expended in the telegraphic service was about ten and a halt millions. Interest on that sum at 3 per cent. would be about £ 320,030. Thus, instead of the telegraph bringing large profits as his hon. friend had said, there would be a deficit of £100,000. Besides he had taken the interest at the lowest amount—3 per cent. But the result would be still less satisfactory if the interest were reckoned at 31 per cent. as it really ought to be reckoned. It was, however, desirable to state that although that would be the im- mediate financial result, he believed that with sixpenny telegrams the revenue would steadily improve. The head of the telegraph department had come to the conclu- sion that at the end of four years the revenue from the telegraph would have regained its present position. The question, therefore, to be considered by the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, that House, and the country was whether for the sake of the great advantages which he believed would result to the community from the lowering of the price of telegrams, it was worth while to sacrifice for the first year £ 177,000, for the second year it might be £140,000, the third year perhaps £100,000, and at the end of the fourth year, perhaps, nothing at all. He hoped he bad stated the case clearly. It was often asked by the public Press and by Chambers of Commerce why the Postmaster-General did not introduce sixpenny telegrams. His answer was, "Where is the money to come from ?" On the other band, he was often asked to raise ;the wages of telegraph employes. But he would ask non-members to re- member that they could not eat their cake and have it. He could only say that the best way for hon. members on both sides of the House to bring about sixpenny telegrams was to strengthen the hands of the Government in carrying out their policy of economy. (Hear, hear.) As for himself, nothing would give him greater pleasure than to receive a message from the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the finances of the country were in a condition to admit of the change proposed. (Cheers.) Mr. R. Martin hoped that the Government would take into account the important bearing upon the question of telephonic communication, which in large towns was tending to supersede the telegraph. Dr. Cameron said that he should go to a division on the question of the expediency of taxing the country for the purpose of reducing the price of telegrams. Mr. Gladstone thought that the statement of his right hon. friend was clear and ingenious. His right hon. friend had shown no bias against the principle of reduction in the price of telegrams, and had, in fact, been liberal in the expression of a general opinion in favour of the views ex- pressed in the motion. He did not know that he should be disposed to go quite so far as his Tight hon. friend upon the question of taxation for the benefit of the telegraph service. No doubt no remission of taxation had been more advantageous to the public than the remissions on the means of communication. When the revenue was in such a flourishing state that considerable sums were at the public disposal, the charge upon telegrams would come in just comparison with other claims upon the Exchequer. Further than that he could not go at the present moment. (Hear, hear.) Mr J. Howard hoped the Postmaster-General would signalize his tenure of office by the introduction of sixpenny telegrams. The House divided, when the numbers were— For Dr. Cameron's resolution 77 Against it • • 148 Majority —71 After some further business the House went into Commit- tee of Supply and agreed to the victualling and Clothing Vote for the Navy, and also to a Vote on account of the Civil Ser- vice Estimates. Some other business was disposed of, and the House ad- journed. In the HOUSE OF LORDS, June 27, Lord Belmore called at- tention to the annual report for 1881 of the Commissioners of Education in Ireland, and ailked the Government whether they would consider the recommendations therein made by the Commissioners with a view of giving effect to them by legislation next year. Lord Carlingford was satisfied that reform in this matter was needed. The Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant would confer with the Commissioners and consider the sub- ject in the recess. A number of Bills having been forwarded a stage, and the other orders having been disposed of, their Lordships ad- journed at seven o'clock. In the HOUSE OF COMMONS at the morning sitting, in answer to Mr. W. H. Smith, Sir T. Brassey said there was no foundation for the rumour of an accident to the Monarch and Alexandra. CETYWAYO. Mr. Dawney asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the visit of Cetywayo to England had been decided on with or against the advice of Sir Henry Bulwer; and if, with his advice, whether he could state the reasons that had induced Sir Henry Bulwer to thus alter the very strong expression of opinion contained in his letter of the 13th of May, publish, d as letter No. 90 in the Blue-book lately issued containing the correspond- ence relating to the affairs of Natal and Zululand, in which he advised the postponement of the departure of the ex-King for England until some definite decision had been arrived at with regard to the future of the Zulu country, and commented on the unfair use which had already been made of the permission given by Her Majesty's Govern- ment to Cetywayo to go to England for purposes of in- trisue in Zululand, with the object of forcing the situa- tion in favour of the ex-King's restoration, and in "W/iich he mentioned the great uneasiness produced in the minds of the Zulu people by this agitation on the part of the ex- King's brothers, and their uncertainty as to the intention of the English Government, and declared that he couid not shut his eyes to the consequences likely to result from the departure of the ex-King for England, and from the further agitation to which he feared it would give occasion owing to the ill-use that would be made of the event by the party under Undabuko and whether the Government had come to that definite decision as to the future of the Zlllu country that Sir Henry Bulwer then declared would alone excuse the permitting Cetywayo to visit England. Mr. Ashley, in reply, said: I am glad the hon. member has given me the opportunity to put before the House the substance of the telegraphic communication which passed between the Colonial Office and Sir H. Bulwer, because one report of what I said last night in reply to the right hon. gentleman opposite was so inaccurate as to appear as if I had strained Sir H. Bulwer's views so as to place upon him some of the responsibility which the Government is quite ready to assume. The following is the substance of the telegrams:— Secretary of State to Sir H. Bulwer. June 21.-The delay of Cetywayo's visit to England does not appear to have averted disturbances in Zululand, and it is not easy to justify further postponement, especially as the favourable season will soon be over. We think that the promise to him should be fulfilled and that his visit should take place without further delay, unless you see any urgent reason to the contrary. Sir H. Bulwer to Secretary of State. "June 23.-The disturbances in Zululand are caused by agitation, which is the result of interference by persons in this colony who desire to see the ex-King restored. What has taken place respecting Cetywayo has been used in a way that stirs up agitation. But if Her Majesty's Govern- ment think it necessary, for the reason given by your lord- ship, not to further delay the visit, I do not wish to oppose. It should be understood that it does not in any way commit us as to the course to be adopted in regard to Zululand." "Secretary of State to Sir H. Robinson. "June 23.—After communication with Sir H. Bulwer, have decided not to postpone further Cetywayo's visit. He may, therefore, start whenever ready. Remind him that visit no way commits us as to future course respecting Zululand." What, among other things, has pressed on her Majesty's Government, are the danger to Getywayo's life owing to his disappointment at the promise not being kept in good faith, and the fact that, as Sir H. Bulwer cannot send in his report for some little time, and it will then have to be fully considered before any definite decision can be arrived at as to the future of Zululand, it would have been altogether too late were that final decision waited tor before allowing Cetywayo to make his appointed visit. (Hear, hear.) Mr Gorst inquired whether Sir H. Bulwer's report would be laid upon the table before the end of the pressnt Session ? Mr. Ashley replied in the affimative. Sir M. Hick-Beach inquired whether Her Majesty's Go- vernment had received any information as to the disturb- ances that had occurred iu Zululand. He had understood the hon. member to say that no disturbances had taken place there. Mr. Ashley said that what ho bad eaid was, not that no disturbances had taken place in Zululand, but that no actual fighting had occurred there. Sir M. Hicks-Beach gave notice that if the Government did not lay all the papers relating to this matter upon the table he should move for them. Mr. Ashley had no objection to lay them upon the table. PREVENTION OF CRIME (IRELAND) BILL. The consideration of this Bill in Committee was resumed on Clause 14, which proposed to give justices the power of apprehending absconding witnesses. A proposal by Mr. Healy that the information that the witness was about to abscond should be from facts within the knowledge of the deponent was negatived by 139 to 33, and another proposal by Mr. Healy that he should not be detained longer than three months after his recognizances was negatived by 197 to 48. There was much discussion on the treatment of these wit- nesses while in prison, and Mr. Trevelyan, while declining to accept any statutory right to exceptional treatment, undertook to look into the subject. The usual division was taken on the question that the clause stand part of the Bill, and it was carried by 193 to 37. At the Evening Sitting, Clause 15 (power to draft addi- tional constabulary foroe into any district) was discussed at great length. An amendment by Mr. Commins requiring that the Lord- Lieutenant should only act °» ah^sm!"a23 and Tproposal the magistrates was negatived by 78 to 23 and a' Proposal hv Mr Sexton that the existence of crime, ana n«t merely app^ehension%hould justify the measure was negatived by Several other amendmentsi were movedI and■ in the end the Committee adjourned before the Clause had been agreed to. The House adjourned at twenty-five minutes to three o'clack.
THE PREVENTION OF CRIME BILL.
In the HOUSH COMMONS, June 28, Mr. J. Lowthor asked the Bnder Secretary for State whether the Govern- men,, desired to make any statement to the House with respect to the various d'squiettng runtours as to the danger to European life in Egypt. He did net refer to any military preparations because he considered that that would be lm^r°oei)ilke said Government did not desire to make any statement to the Efouse. There had been a report that some Greeks had been killed in the interior, but the Govern- ment had received no confirmation of the rumour. At the present time there was no other information. THE PREVENTION OF CRIME BILL. The Bouse went into Committee on the Prevention of Crime Bill, resuming the consideration of Clause 15, which enables the Lord-Lieutenant to increase the constabulary of any district, and to charge the same on the local rates. Mr. T. P. O'Connor moved to leaye out the words in re ference to the payment of increased constabulary or by any limited portion of that district." Sir W. aarcourt was willing to omit these words, but re- sprved to the Lord-Lieutenant the power of exemption, which would be discussed afterwards. Mr. J. Lowther, Mr. Wharton, Mr. M. Henry, and Mr. Plunket spoke against the amendment, without the reserva- tion made by the Government, which they regarded as essential. The amendment was agreed to. Other amendments having been discussed and negatived, Mr. Healy moved—" That the charge payable by any district for extra police should not exceed 6d. in the pound of the rateable value He asked the Government to state their intentions with reference to the remaining five amendments on Clause 16. Mr. Trevelyan could not accept Mr. Healy's amendment, and he added that the only other amendment the Govern- ment could accept was one of Mr. Sextou's that every order declaring a district chargeable for extra police, should be publishedin the Dublin Gazette, and laid before Parliament within fourteen days. Mr. Healey's amendment was negatived without a division. On the question that Clause 15 stand part of the bill, the committee divided—For the clause, 193; against, 37; Majority for-156. Progress was then reported, and the House adjourned at six o'clock.
Family Notices
The KHEDIVE'S THIRD ANNIVERSARY. Writing from Alexandria, on the 26th, the corre- spondent of The Times says:— To-day was the third anniversary of Tewfik Pasha's accession. I was present in 1879. when, at two hours' notice, he became Khedive, amid the applause of an apparently enthusiastic population.^ I saw him in 1880, when he refused to hold & public reception upon what was the anniveraary of his father's deposition. I was present in 1881, when the military were already causing him anxiety and when he was pressing on Riaz Pasha the adoption of decisive measures, and receiving assurances that all was well. To-day I have seen him, when more than his most gloomy prediction has been fulfilled, while he waits patiently for Europe to assist him in warding off the results of Europe's policy. Among the mixed crowd—which, perhaps, can only be seen in Egypt at a reception, where the possession of a black coat is the sole requirement for the admit- tance of an European, and of a clean gellabia of a natives-he was apparently the man least anxious and perturbed. From seven in the morning'till noon ne received his visitors,—Europeans, natives, Abyssinians, and Persians; friends and declared enemies, with the same courtesy and interest, if with very slightly varying cordiality.
SIXTEEN MONTHS ON A DESERT…
SIXTEEN MONTHS ON A DESERT ISLAND. The American barque Trinity, with a crew of 33 men, sailed from New London, Connecticut, on June 1, 1880, on a whaling and sealing cruise in the 'r Southern Ocean, and arrived at Heard's Island on October 2, 1880. She anchored off the island, which is situated in latitude 53aleg. S., longitude 73deg. E. On October 17, during a severe gale, she had to be beached in order to save the lives of the crew. the crew remained on the island, which ia uninhabited, until l1 ebruary 15 last, when they were rescued by the United States steamer Marion, sent to their rescue by the Navy Department. During these 16 months of captivity they lived on sea elephant, penguin flesh and eggs, and sea cabbage, and lived in small huts placed there at various times by whalers. During the winter season the men suffered severely from the intense cold, and two of them, while out hunting, were frozen to death.
BRITISH WAR PREPARATIONS.I
BRITISH WAR PREPARATIONS. Telegrams from Plymouth, Portsmouth, and other places show that great preparations are being made by the English Government to meet the possibility^ of hostilities in which England may be engaged breaking out in the East. The Times' Portsmouth cor- respondent says that during last week the idea of a prospective military expedition to Egypt seems to have assumed a substantive form, owing to the repeated communications which are known to have passed between the dockyard authorities and the Admiralty, and the practical measures which arose out of them. The commissioning of the Don and the Dee gunboats for service in the Mediterranean, the hurried departure of the Hecla with ammunition for Malta, the preparation of water- tanks, and the urgent demand that the Orontes and the Malabar should be got ready at once for sea, all tended to show that, in the opinion of the Govern- ment, events were passing beyond the diplomatic st..Ige. There are at the present time three large and powerful troopships ready to embark troops for any part of the world. Neither Prince Edward of Saxe- Weimar nor any of his staff has been informed of the purposes of this sudden preparation, although it is undoubtedly well known to the military authorities that an expeditionary force has been constituted, together with the commanders and their respective staffs, and is in readiness to move at very short notice. The armour-plated ship Orion was on Saturday com- missioned at Chatham Dockyard to proceecP to the Mediterranean. The vessel will be ready to leave in about a fortnight. At all the garrisons through Great Britain unusual activity now prevails, and every possible opportunity is being taken, not only to raise regiments to their fuil establishments, but, which is equally important, to push forward the training, and especially the musketry practice. All the officers whose regiments are near the top of the roster, and who have asked for leave, have been requested to hold themselves ready for immediate recall, whilst extension of leave has been refused except in particular cases. It is the opinion in military circles that within a month the Government could land a force of 20,000 men in Egypt, drawing them from the Indian, and the Mediterranean, and other stations.
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The Portsmouth Correspondent of The Jfimes tele- graphed on Tuesday night:—"The curtain rises but slowly upon the intentions of the Government with respect to Egypt. The secrecy has been well preserved, both in Parliament and outside, and every day only produces a fresh crop of rumours. As far as Portsmouth is concerned, the transport arrangements are apparently complete. The Orontes was undocked this morning and brought alongside the sheer jetty, where she finished her victualling arrangements and received a couple of hjtrse boats on board. The Malabar, which has been provisioned for 2,000 troops for a couple of months, was also undocked this afternoon and brought down to the troop jetty, a very smart piece of work having been accomplished in docking and undocking her the same day. In spite of this expedition, how- ever, there is no hurry."
THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER ON…
THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER ON THE SALVATION ARMY. On Sunday morning the Bishop of Manchester (Dr. Fraser) preached at St. George's-in-the-East, London, dealing with the relation of the Church of England to the evangelisation of the, masses. Dr. Fraser chose for his text Luke xv. 1 "Then drew near unto Him all the publicans and sinners for to hear Him," The Bishop said there was an organization amongst us called by a great name—the Army of Salvation— which was trying to reach these people and to bring them back to Christ. He (the Bishop) did not know with what success God had rewarded their labours but, whether one liked their method or not-and he, for one, could not help having a mistrust of the whole of these popular methods of emotional evangelisation —still, one could not help admiring the courage of those who laboured in the cauae, and must heartily wish them success. But the Church to which he and most of his hearers belonged mast also try to reach this class of people.
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A SEASIDE CAUTION, To the numerous holiday-seekers who are about to proceed to the various seaside resorts in search of health and renewed strength a word of caution thinks the Medical Press and Circular, may not be thrown away at this time, and medical men should not omit to impart the necessary warning to the heads of those families they are in the habit of visit. ing. We allude to the subject of sea. bathing; it is a popular delusion that no one ever takes cold in salt water, and that no matter how chilly the eea, or gloomy the day, no harm ever comes of a "morning dip." It cannot be too firmly insisted on, that only the strongest constitutions can safely indulge in regular bathing in a cold sea, and in the absence of a warm sun. Persons unaccustomed to cold "tub- bing at home should exercise the greatest care when away from home, at the seaside, and observe the rules—(1) take some light refreshment before bath- ing, (2) do not remain in the water long enough to feel numbed, and (3) take a brisk walk immediately after dressing.
THE QUEEN'S CORONATION.
THE QUEEN'S CORONATION. Wedif (28i'h) was the anniversary of the crows- !ng of yictoria. The ceremony took place at Westminstef Abbey on June 28, 1838, her Majesty having succeeuad to the throne on June 21, 1837, just one year previotsa to her coronation*. The ceremony of coronation wss performed amid great rejoicings, and the anniversary is still kept up as a holiday in many parts of the coiatry. On Wednesday in honour of the occasion the balls of many of the London churches were rung, and flags were hoisted on several of the public buildings. The day was celebrated at Windsor, where the Queen is now residing, with the customary loyal ob- servances, the bells of St. George's Chapel and St. John's Church ringing merrily at intervals iu honour of the occasion. All the Government establishments at Sheerness were closed, and the vessels of war in the harbour were dressed from stem to stern. At Chatham, where nearly all departments of the Government service are busily occupied in consequence of recent orders from London, the Dockyard was closed and the men enjoyed their customary holiday, but the men em- ployed on the Orion had to go to work, so that her completion should not be delayed. The men in the storehouses also had to go to work, as immense quan- tities of all descriptions of stores are being prepared for the East. The Government establishments at Portsmouth were closed, and the workmen granted a holiday. The Royal standard was hoisted at various places; the men-of-war, including the Victory, Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar, were dressed with colours and at noon Royal salutes were iired from the flagship and the saluting battery at the entrance of the harbour.
THE DUKE OF ALBANY ON THE…
THE DUKE OF ALBANY ON THE NEWSPAPER PRESS. The annual dinner of the Newspaper Press Fund took place on Saturday at Willis's Rooms, London, the Duke of Albany occupying the chair. About 200 gentlemen were present, including Lord Houghton (President of the Fund), his Excellency Muaurus Pasha, Prince John Ghica (the Roumanian Minister), the Earls of Lindsay, Desart, and Donoughmore, Lord Crewe, Lord Denman, Fie!d-Mashal Lord Strathnairn, Viscount Folkestone, M.P., the Bishop of Carlisle, General Sir W. Codrington, Sir John Pope Hennessy, General Sir Evelyn Wood, Sir Henry Parkes, &c., &c. The Chairman, in proposing The Queen," said her Majesty had on more than one occasion made use of the Press as a means of direct personal communica- tion with her subjects, and had expressed in her own words her heartfelt gratitude for the sympathy and affection manifested towards her by her people. (Cheers.) In responding to the toast of "The Prince and Princess of Wales and the other members of the Royal Family," proposed by Lord Houghton, his Royal Highness said: We feel truly grateful for the kiridlinesii displayed in the many references to our doings and our efforts to mingle with and enter into the public life and the interests of the nation. News- paper correspondents must often find it a difficult task to record the events which pass at all the public cere- monies at which the Prince and Princess of Wales and other members of the Royal family are -present; and I have noticed frequently with wonder and ad- miration the rapidity and correctnes with which the accounts of these proceedings are given forth by the Press to the public. Other toasts having been given and responded to, The Chairman, in proposing the toast of the even- ing, said :—My Lords and Gentlemen,—It is with great satisfaction that I come before you to night to plead the cause of the Newspaper Press Fund— (cheers)-and that I see around me, not only so many distinguished representatives of the Press itself, but so many men of eminence in other walks of life, whose presence here testifies to the widespread, I may say the national, interest which that cause inspires. There can hardly, indeed, be any password to the general good- will and gratitude of Englishmen more potent than the name of the Newspaper Press. If we kmJw anything in this country we know the benefits of a free Press we know that the gentlemen of the Press are the watch-dogs of civilization, and that nothing can go wrong anywhere without their uttering a warning sound, and very often suggesting some real and practical remedy. (Cheers.) The direct social and political power of the Press is a fact which we are none of us likely to forget for a day. And yet it is the indirect, the educative, power of the Press which is, I think, the greatest of all. The most pervading effect on mankind is produced, not by the arguments of the Press on points on which the various journals differ, but by the instruction given, and the tone assumed by the Press on points on which ail journals concur. For, after all, the main function of the Press is to be the contemporary and authentic record of the progress of the world and the world's progress is not marked so much by the changing triumphs of one or other party, by the shifting predominance of this or that school of opinion, as by the steady increase in the mass of knowledge and experience on which all civilized men are agreed, and which each generation inherits almost unconsciously from its predecessor. (Cheers.) And what it gives me most pleasure to observe in the Press is the increasing CGniyaeteness with which this world-wide record is kept—the increasing accuracy and fulness of the pictures which the Press presents to us of all the complex life, and thought, and action which are going on upon the sur- face of the globe. There is nothing now which the Press does not chronicle—from yesterday's debates in London or Paris to the latest inquiries into the habits of earthworms, or the last photograph taken of the sun. (Laughter.) And especially we may claim for our English Press that it is surpassed by none in its earnest endeavour to understand the real condition of foreign nations as well as of our own-(he..r, hear -to draw the true lessons, of example or warning, from distant events which in former times we should have been content to hear of in a very second-hand and imperfect way. Our Press is alive to every- thing now aud when there falls on the world some such sudden shock as brings our human brotherhood home to all, then it is that we feel how intimately the Press has entwined iteelf with our existence till the electric wires seem the very nerves of humanity, carrying in a moment to every corner of the earth the self-same thrill of hope or pain. (Cheers.) There is another branch of journalism which one cannot help watching, both in this country arid in the United States, with much curiosity and interest; I mean 'h, the Constantly extending enterprises of the "Special Correspondent." There is, I think, something satisfactory in the thought that the public, through the spokesmen of the Press, is taking into its own hands so many works of historical and geographical discovery, or even of active benevolence, that its e- presentatives are finding the lost, succouring the afflicted, facing perils, traversing regions unknown fitting in conclave, perhaps, among the patriarchs of Merv, or struggling with the fevers of Zanzibar and the Congo, or with the ice of Polar seas, or scanning the desperate charges of Plevna, or carrying an impartial comfort to the wounded of two nations at Sedan. One likes to think that some spectator of our own race is always present when history is in the making; and that in scenes of danger and frenzy, where no one else ventures to stand, except at the call of urgent I duty, or in the fury of the fight, there is sure to 1 b3 in the thick of everything an Englishman with a note-book, whose only object is to see and know. (Cheers.; Yes, gentlemen of the Press, your career is one of constant interest, of growing power, and, like all positions of power, it carries with it its own responsibilities, its own temptations. Even in private lite there may often be a momentary tempta- tion to use some unfair argument or to repeat some unkindly gossip. How much stronger must that temp- tuiiori be to men who can make their argument tell, their gossip spread, over the whole country, and whose anonymity protects them from any other puni-sh- ment than such as lies in the consciousness of having uttered an uncandid retort or ventured on an uu- warrantable intrusion, or inflicted a crutl and needless pain. (Cneers.) jn struggle of competition, in the haste of composition, it must be hard to avoid en- tirely such causes of self-reproaeb. But as the Press rises in dignity and responsibility these blemishes tend to disappear, and I feel sure that you will agree with me that an institution such as this which we are met to support to-day is potent not only to relieve those who need its material succour, but to give a sense of unity and stability to the whole profession. (Cheers.) -His Royal Highness concluded with an appeal on behalf of the Fund.
THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.
THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. The Magnet says :—Harvest prospects during the week have somewhat deteriorated. The temperature has been very low for the time of the year, and there has been a great want of sunshine. At the same time, however, no irremediable damage has been sus- tained. Given only seasonable weather, and we shall no -doubt yet be satisfied with results. But there is not now that unanimity of opinion with respect to the harvest. Less favourable reports have come to hand from tha Midland districts, still, taken as a whole, should the weather now be settled, the actual out-turn of the crops cannot fail to exceed that of the last two years very materially. The hay harvest has not so far progressed satisfactorily. Paris advices state that the harvest has already com- menced in the South of France, but on too limited a scale for an idea to be formed of the probable yield. The crop of wheat in the southern departments is be- sides of only secondary importance. Much of tihe hay out is quite lost.
NARROW ESCAPE OF THE DUKE…
NARROW ESCAPE OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH. Mr. waiker, fbe British Consul at Corunna, telegraphs on Jhno^ 27 m ft, UowB- says the Daily Telegraph of Wed- on June Zl all tc.. nesday :— "On June 20, *>e"e Squadron anchored in Carril Bay, under th* P°^maKnd °f hi« Uo?'i Highness the Duke of E'V^urgh On the next day the duke, acooMOaUl^ b? ,the- °f Connaught, proceeded by express train to San- tiago. After inspecting cathedral, the u™- versity, and the hospital accompanied by the Alcade and the towa cov15? Highnesses were invited to lunsh 1 fc wfewh?Dake turned to Carril the following day. ^hlle theR of Edinburgh was fishing near the Bayona Budas, Carril, he hooked a large fish, and, in tL lost his footing, and was dragged into tk • teen feet deep. Hia Royal Highness was cai rlp- four times, but fortunately got out, after b 1 mersed nearly half an hour, and immediatel> p6^ on board the flag-ship. The squadron left for raltar."
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The "Court Circular "issued on Wednesday even- t ing contained the following :—" The Queen received yesterday with much thankfulness the assurance that the Duke of Edinburgh was not the worse for his narrow escape from drowning near Bayona Bridge, Santiago. While fishing, his Royal Highness's foot slipped, and he was carried into the weir, where he was nearly drowned, being carried under four times in 16ft. of water. The Duke was altogether half-an-hour in the water before he was brought to shore. The Queen had also received a telegram from his Royal Highness, stating that he had suffered no ill effects from the accident."
EPITOME OF NEWS.
EPITOME OF NEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN, In answer to the appeal of the Lord Mayor of Lon. don for the refugees from Egypt, who are now arriving in large numbers at Malta and elsewhere in a destitute condi- tion. about £ 1,000 has been subscribed. The obituary of The Times of the 22nd inst. con. tained some remarkable illustrations of prolonged existence in six persons, whose united ages amounted to 513 vears giving an average of 85 years and six months to each. There were also eight septuagenarians, averaging 74 years and seven months. On Tuesday the Due d'Aumale paid a visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle. After lunching with the Queen the Due d'Aumale returned to London by the 3.40 train. According to recent statistics there are, on an average, four miles and a half of wire to every mile of tele- graph line in England.-Electrician. The newest fashion in Paris, that of wearing entirely black underclothing, has become the furore among the ladies of the highest aristocracy. The under-garments, like those of the Eastern odalisques, are composed entirely of silk. A girl 15 years of age, named Isabella White, was feeding a calf in a byre on a farm at BallinadalJoch, Elgin, on Saturday morning, when a boy pointed a shot gun at her, not knowing it was loaded. The weapon was fired acci- dentally by the boy, and the unfortunate girl received the full charge, being instantly killed. The Duke of Edinburgh has sent to the Paris Jardin d'Acclimation a live pike, weighing 25 pounds, caught in a pond at Eastwell Park. Jadin, the celebrated animal painter, sometimes called the "French Landseer," has just died at the age of seventy-seven. ° Sir Claude de Crespigny, who was injured on the oc- casion of the late balloon ascent from Maldon, Essex, con- tinues to make satisfactory progress. Shuttleworth. the man who was injured at the same time, is also doing well. a Mrs. Maria Taylor, formerly of Aylesbury, and now residing at 48, Presburg-street, Clapton Park, London, has completed the 100th year of her age. At Chatham orders have been received for all the available men of the garrison to get ready immediately for active service and at Portsmouth four troopships are being got ready with all possible speed for the conveyance of troops. Sir Evelyn Wood, it is announced, has been in con- sultation with the authorities at the War Office for some days. A century ago Paris possessed only six theatres, the number in 173% being limited to the Opera, the Comedie Prangiise, the Theatre des Grands Dariseurs du Roi, the Comidie Italienne, the Ambigu, and the Varieties Now there are nearly thirty important theatres in the French capital, without counting the minor houses in the out-of-the- way suburbs or the 140 cafe-concerts. A telegram from Madras states that a large part of the Malabar district is flooded from the excessive rain. No such severe weather has been experienced for years. Large numbers of ryots are deprived of occupation, and most of iheir huts have been blown down or washed away. There has been an unusually large immigration of Irish labourers into England this year for the hay harvest. Eighteen thousand Irishmen are said to have passed through Chester and Manchester during the last fortnight to take part in agricultural work in the north of England. Two boys, Thomas Bennett Parry and John Henry Jones, were drowned at Rolywell on Tuesday night. They went to bathe in the upper reservoir at Great Holway Mines Jones got into deep water, and Parry went to his assistance but neither of them could swim, and they sank before assistance could reach them. The official Reichsanzeiger published the following notice on Monday evening, dated Yarzin" Prince Bis- marck particularly requests that no communication, official or non-official, shall be forwarded to him." This announce- ment (a Berlin telegram says) has been received with the greatest surprise, and it is feared on all sides that the Chan- cellor really intends to withdraw from political life. On pre- vious occasions he has stopped the forwarding of general communications, but never official The Aberdeen Steam Shipping Company has decided, it is reported, to fit their steamers with, a new patent refrigerator, preparatory to entering upon a competi- tion with the railways for the conveyance of dead meat to London. Speaking to his constituents at Northampton on Monday, Mr. Bradlaugh said it was in his power to go to the. table of the House any day he chose and tqke his seat, and he should do so whenever he thought it would serve him in the fight in which he was engaged. He should give no previous notice of his intention because of the treatment he had received. He would accept no compromise and agree to no truce. The theatre at Riga has been totally destroyed by fire, the origin of which is not known. Happily there has not been any loss of life. The Standard says that it is expected that Cetewayo will arrive in England towards the latter part of July. His visit will extend over a month or five weeks; and during his stay he will be placed under the charge of two officers of the English Government. It is now generally understood among the supporters of the Government that he will, on leaving England, be allowed to return to Zululand. Since the transformation effected in the administra- tion of the French postal service the number of post-offices has been raised from 4,222 to 6,565, while the number of telegraph offices, only 4,561 five years ago, is now 6,443. The total length of the telegraph system has increased from 35,680 miles to 54,885 miles during the same period, and the circulation of letters and papers has increased by 164 per cent., and the number of telegrams by 157 per cent. while the expenditure has increased by only 36 per cent. The Board of Trade have awarded a piece of plate to Captain Pages, of the Spanish brigatine Principe, of Bar- celona, in recognition of his humane services to the ship- u'T-ecked crew of the ship Lee, of London, picked up on March 30 last, and landed at St. Thomas's, West Indies A Montreal woman the other night tumbled through a double window, on the plank side-walk, thirty feet below, crawled off into the mud, got up, walked several blocks in her night clotkes, came back, and woke at last in the vicinity of the house she so suddenly left. She went and rang the bell and astonished the mistress by the spectacie. A doctor was called, but beyond a few bruises he could not find that she was hurt at all—except in her feelings. The Princesses Louise, Victoria, and Maude of Wales have enrolled themselves as members of the Humane Society 68tablished in connexion with Little Folks. The Little Folles Humane Society, which was inaugurated at the commencement ot the present year, now numbers nearly 12,600 officers and members, and a large number of children are daily joining its ranks. At the annual conference of telegraph clerks which has just been held in London, resolutions were passed ex pressing strong dissatisfaction at the inadequacy of the recent scheme of revision, and declaring that an inquiry by a select Committee of the House of Commons hiTo^the fn the Telegraph Department was necessary iu the best interests of the service. The City Press states that the cost of reclaiming Epping forest, including arbitration, compensation, and other legal expenses incurred by the Corporation of London. will approach the sum of £ 270,000. Last week's receipts of cotton at all United States ports were 14,000 bales; since 1st September, 4,562,406 bales. Week's exports to Great Britain, 20,000 balei; week s exports to the Continent, 24,000 bales. Total since 1st September, 3,274,600 bales. Stock at all ports, 358,000 bales. There were twenty-nine British and foreign actual shipwrecks reported during last week, making a total of 762 for the present year, or a decrease of 144 as compared with the corresponding period of last year, the decrease for the week being 7. British-owned vessels numbered 18. Eleven were steamers, with an aggregate tonnage of 10,004 tons nine being British steamers, with a tonnage of 8 304 tons Total tonnage lost for the week, 16,534 tons Total number of lives lost and missing, 112. The Derbyshire tenants of the Duke of Devonshire Wild a meeting at Chatsworth a few days ago, at which it has resolved to raise funds to place a stained-glass window in the Mortuary Chapel of Edensor Church, as a memorial to Lord Frederick Cavendish. Only tenants of the Duke are to subscribe, and no larger contributions than one guinea will be received. On Monday night while Boyd was rowing over the course at Middlesborough in his new skiff he ran into a keel with considerable force, completely smashing the stem of iiis boat for several feet and breaking one of his oars. Boyd was instantly capsized, but being a first-rate STimmer he swam to the keel. Walker, who was rowing behin i him, gave him his boat and Boyd rowed to shore, where he was rubbed down. The damaged boat was conveyed to New- castle for repairs. Boyd intended to have rowed ia it in the race next Monday.-Singular to say, Boyd's accident on Monday was followed by a disaster to Laycosk on Tuesday while training on the Tees. While passing one of the River Commissioner's dredgers, he encountered tke swell from a passing steamer. The waves went over his boat, bursting the lining. Laycock, feeling her sinking, managed to catch hold of one of the ekains of the dr€dg$ £ and sust^i.n^'l him- I self RBtil assiataaee arrived. It is mentioned in the Field Naturalist that the nightingaie has been heard this year near Preston for the first tiififi for thirty years. Among the distinguished visitors in the gallery of the House of Commons on Monday night were Kumar Shree Hubhamjee Raw&jee, of Morvee, and Kuriiar Shree Joo- wáusinghjï Jasvatsinghjee, of Baavnager. These strangers, in their crimson and gold turbans, exeited a good deal of interest. New York has a. contested will case in which 3,000,000 dols. are at stake. Lord Roseberry has again remitted 15 per cent. in their half-year's rent to his tenants on the Mentoaore estate. This makes the sixth successive abatement granted by his lordship. Up to Monday last about £ 29,000 had been received towards the London Hospital Sunday Fund. The Fourth Centenary of the introductien of print- ing into Vienna was celebrated last Saturday. The event has given rise to an interesting Exhibition of old printing, including about a thousand incunabulae, five of them bearing the place and date, Vienna, 14S2, but beiug without the name of the printer. On Saturday, at Kenningion-Oval, the match be- tween the Australian cricketers aad the .exitlemen of Eng- land ended in a victory for the colonists by an innings and one run. The score was for the Australians 834, in one innings; for the Gentlemen of England 182 and 151—333 in "o innings. A French engineer has originated a plan by means 'h passing ships could send messages by the submarine v!» -e would float buoys with the necessary connecting '4 .apparatus at intervals of a day's journey along the £ 3, tYip'cub'6! each numbered and properly lighted at line ot 1 Wi-iter in the Moniteur de la Fiotte considers r,r-e^ents but few difficulties, and would obviate r1 *i- i di's last letter was written to the director ot iu ™ >torv at Palermo, asking for information about; the Observ. • ler tbat he might be able to perceivei ts the comet,, _aBce by his own small telescope. Garibaldi earliest appt v fond of astronomical studies. was always ve l- « to the Wcser Zcitung tbe Russian G-o- Accordtng .t orders for building three large ironclads vernrnent has si. a Qt^prs in France, and two large transport m England, thre. y steamers in Germ £ Llverpool Hospital Sunday At a meeting ,eported that amount realised « iQ^i1 ost exactly the same so- year was £ 9,600, aim ,ibuted pro rat —, 0* last year. The amount ?as disti J amongst the leadinir medical charities. t s Mr. Parnell, M.f Mlon, M.P.. it has been finally arranged, w. receive the freedom of the City of Dublin during which commence on the 15th of August, on the occasion of the unveiling of thn O'Connell Monument, and 0 °Pening of the Exhibition Irish Industries. Irish Industries. A Maori Chief, with two followers of the sarle tribe, was among the pa^seu Ze"-3 by the Orient Line mail steamer Cotopaxi, which arri\ ed at Plymouth on Saturday. They visit England as a deput. qtlon to the Queen from the Maoris to present a petition in r esPect of certain land dis- putes with the Colonial Governmi 'nt. At ten a.m. on Sunday the Gaioa Mail steamer Alaaka arrived at New York, ma. *he passage from Queenstown to that port in six days a* *"1 twesty hoars. A meeting was held in Rome on.Sunday morning to do honour to the memory of the luce '-har es* Darwin at, which Professor Mokschott delivered ana'ddress ia which hs reviewed the career of the naturalist, and His theojTT- of evolu- tion, and said that the history of Haiy was a grand illus- tration of Darwin's theory of the struggle for existence. Seven thousand Chinese labourers have arrived afe Victoria (Vancouver's Island), since the 1st of January last, The large number congregated produces some uneasiness among the inhabitants. The battle of Liitzen took place on the 16th of November, 1632. The Swedish Government intends to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the day on which Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, fell at the head of his victorious troops, by sending deputations of the Swedish regiments which took part in the battle to the little Saxoa village on November 16th next. The supply of live cattle and fresh meat from the United States and Canada landed at Liverpool during last week showed a somewhat large increase in live cattle and a slight increase in rresh meat, in comparison with the arrivals of the preceding week. No sheep arrived from either the DHitea States or America during the last three weeks, this being a circumstance which has not occurred for some time past. The totals for la3t week were 1,238 cattle, 3,69i quarters of beef, and In carcases of mutton. The Documentary Evidence Act, which received the Royal Assent on Monday, relates to the evidence of docu- ments by means of c. pits printed by the Government printers, and is extended to Ireland. It is forgery fcr a person to print the copy of an Act, proclamations, &c. without authority of her Majesty's Stationery Olftee. In London last week 2,398 births and 1,387 deaths were registered. Allowing fcr increase of population the births were 144, a! d the deaths 31, below the average numbers in the corresponding week of the last ten years. The death rate from all causes, which had been equal to 18 3 and 7 9 per 1,000 in the two preceding weeks, rose again to 18 6 lass week. A fish out of water.—One in the frying-pan. To get out of scrapes.-Avoid bad razors.—Moonshine. Three hundred men and boys were imprisoned on Monday evening at the t v nee pit of the llothe^vale Colliery Company, Woodhfiuse Mill, near ^hefiuld, owing to the rope attached to the loaded chair snapping and causing the closing up of ths shaft. Provisions were passed down to the men, whose rescue was effected on Tuesday by means of the Cupola shaft. No personal injuries were received. The total promised to the Wesleyan Thanksgiving Fund amounts to £ 303 595, and towards this has been paid £ 230,416. The Manchester district promised £ 21,869, and has paid k20,206 the Boiton district promised £20,907, and has paid £ 19,901 the Liverpool district promised £27,703, and has paid £ 26,697. The Guion Line United States mail steamer Nevada. has sailed from the Mersey for New York, having on board 934 Mormons, who are en route for Salt Lake Citv. This is largest number which has left Liverpool since 1873, when the number was over 1,000. The party were accompanied by eleven returning elders from Great Biitian, 22 from Scan- dinavia, and one from Holland. There were 697 Scan- dinavia Mormons, ihe remainder being from Great Britain. Arrangements have been made by the City Liberal Club with the various Metropolitan and other Liberal Asso- ciations with the view of holding a great demonstration, at which accommodation will be provided for about 100,000 people, in connexion with the forthcoming Parliamentary jubilee of the Premier. The demonstration will take place at the Crystal Palace. The Secretary of State for War has sanctioned the attendance of nearly 5,000 volunteers at the ensuing mauosavres at Aldershot, in addition to the 15,000 which wiS be present from August 5 to 7. Experiments are being made on the Alsace-Lor- raine Railway to light the tunnels by electric light during the pasSiige of the trains, the necessary force being given by the locomotive. The Court Journal says that the feather bonnets of the Highland regiments are to be improved off their heads, and a h lmet, with a lion rampant, is to be substituted for the bonnets. It is stated that the consumption of alcoholic beve- rages on board troopships is engaging the attention of the Lords of the Admiralty, who have issued instructions that, for the future, when any wines, &c., are required for the general messes, appheation shall be made to cheir lordships for permission to take them out of bond. The number of Aots passed this Session is 73, of which 16 are public and 57 local. The additions to the Zoological Society's Gardens, Regent's Park, London, during last week included an Arabian baboon, from Abyssinia, presented by the Messrs. James a bonnet monkey, from India, presented by Master G. H. Clark a Chima-chima miivago, from Demerara, pre- sented by Mr. G. iI. Hawtayoe; two upland geese, five ruddy-headed geese, a loggerheaded duck, from the Falkland Islands, presented by Mr. F. E Cobb, C.M.Z S a rufons-necked weaver bird, from West Africa; a common lapwing, European, presented by Mr. J. E. Baldwin, F.Z.S. a loggerhead tur'le. from the Straits of Bonifacio, presented by Lord Lilford, F,Z S a White-backed piping crow, from Australia, deposited; a black-fronted antelope, from Africa a water chevroain, from Wtst Africa three Darwin's rheas, from Patagonia: two Spanish blue magpies, from Spain, purchased an Egyptian goose, a Chiloe Wigeon,; |five Mandarin ducks, bred in the Gardens.
THE MARKETS.; L0.
THE MARKETS.; L 0. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.—MONBAT. The cattle trade generally was quiet, aud owing to the warmer weather and the heaviness in the dead meat market, the tone was hardly so strong Ffash supplies were about the same as usual. Xhe-reeefpts of Etjglish beasts were moderate, and those from Scotfan^'Shortv but aus&lieB were adequate. The demand was quiet, and the best fccots and crosses realised 5s lOd to 6s p,r 8tb. Prom Norfolk butioiK and Essex we received about 1,500; from the Mid- land and home counties 500 and from Scotland 14 kead. Ou the foreign side of the market was a good show. About 235 American, besides Danish, were offered. The demand was quiet, at previous prices. The number of sheep in the pens was moderate. There was a slow inqury at late prices. The best Downs and half-breds made 6s 6d to 6s 3d per SIb. Lambs sold quietly at 6s 6i to 7s 6d per Sib. Calves and pigs were inactive at late rates. At DepLford were about 1,380 beasts, and 9,000 fheep and lambs. Coarse and inferior beast. 48 to 48 6d; second quality, 4s 6d to 5s; prime large oxen, 5s 6d to 5s 8d: prime Scots 5s lOil to 6s: coarse and inferior sheep, 5s to 5s 6d second qua- lity, 5s 6d to 6s prime course woolled, 63 4d to 6s 6:1; prime Southdown 6s 6d to 6s 8d; lambs, 6s 6d to 7s 6d; larze coarse calves, 4s 4d to 5s prims small ditto, 5s to 5s Md large hogs, 4s 4d to 4s.8d; neatsmall porkers, 4s 8d to 5s per 81b. to sink the offal. METROPOLITAN" MEAT MARKET.— Mosbat. The supply not large, but in exaess of demand, trade being very heavy-—Inferior beef. 3^ to 3s 8d middling ditto, 4s to 4s 8d prime large ditto, 4s 8d to 5s 2d prime small ditto, 5s 2d to 5s 6d veal, 5s to 5s 4d inferior mutton 3s 8d to 4s 4d middling d't;o, 4s Sd to 5s 4d prime ditto 5s 4d to 6s 4d large pork, 3s 10a to 4s 4d small ditto, 4s 4d to 4s 8d; lamb, 6s to 6s 8d per Lsib. by the carease. HOP. The hop market continues firm. AU fins samples are in demand, and quite as dear. The accounts from the planta- tions are still unsatisfactory. Quotations «s follows -—East Kentgoldings, 1681 £ 7 to £ 8 8s.; M^-Kent ditto, £ S 15s. to £ 7 los Weala of Kents, £ 6 ty> £ 5 7S • Sng'^x £ 6 10s; Worcester, £ 6 15s to £ 7 ifo: Famhanis/i-7 to £ 8 2-' 5 £ n7;15s ■' yearling, £ 4 4s to £5 128 English, 18/6, £ to ±.2 15* ■; ditto, 1870, £ 1 to £ 2; ditto, fik t?,3 a 188l> 5s to £ 7; Belgians, f« Is losJ A f- So' f"-1* to £ 7 Bohemian. £ 5 5a to £ 6 6s Buiaundj, a>o L.& to £ 6 15s American, £ 615s to £ & foreign 15s &o £ 15& per cwt, POTA rof •Id p#tat»es are almost neuleeted. 5V>r new there is a pod demand, at the folio w in-: prices :-01d Victorias, 133s i 11 f a'f.' Jersiy Kidneys 12?; ditto round 9s flvljea, m ditto round, 8s id per cwj.