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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. In the HOUSE OF LORDS, June 23, the Royal assent was given by Commission to some 34 bills, which had passed both Houses. The greater number of them were private bills. Earl Granville laid on the table papers on the sub- ject of the negotiations with the other Powers of Europe with respect to the approaching Conference on Egyptian affairs. The noble lord made a statement as to the agreement come to with France and the objects of the Conference, similar to that made by the Prime Minister in the other House. The Marquis of Salisbury expressed his intention to refrain for the present from any critical examination of the grave matters contained in the papers, but wished to know whether there were any other arrangements with France or any further concessions not alluded to in thoee documents. Earl Granville replied in the negative. The Fisheries (Ireland) Bill was read a second time. Lord Oarlingford, in reply to Lord Brabourne, stated that the Lord Lieutenant had prohibited a Loyalist meeting at Newry. on the ground that it would be un- safe to allow it to be held at the same time and place as a meeting of the Nationalist party. In the course of the discussion which ensued, the Lord Chancellor defended the action of the Lord Lieu- tenant as necessary for the preservation of the peace. Having disposed of the other orders, their lordships rose at ten minutes to eight o'clock. In the HOUSE OF COMMONS Major-General Fitzwygram took the oath and his seat for South Hampshire, in the room of Lord Henry Scott, retired. Sir J. Ellis took the oath and his seat for Mid-Surrey, in the room of Sir H. Peek, retired. WEATHER PREDICTIONS. Colonel Nolan asked the Postmaster-General whether he would take steps to publish at the country post- offices during the coming hay and corn harvests such selections from the weather predictions of the Meteoro- logical Department as might be of use to the farmers of ) the districts. Mr. Fawcett said: In reply to a similar question two years ago I expressed my regret that, after very care- fully looking into the matter, I did not see my way to accede to the proposal because it appeared that if the Government supplied telegrams gratuitously to those interested in agriculture it would be impossible to refuse similar applications from those engaged in other trades. I further stated that I believed that there would be little difficulty in securing the object desired, because the Meteorological Office supplies weather forecasts gratuitously to anyone who is willing to pay the ex- pense of telegraphing, which very rarely exceeds Is. I pointed out that if the farmers in any district jointly subscribed the expense to each would be very incon- siderable. The forecasts might be exhibited at the post office, and in the case of those farmers who resided within the area of free delivery the message could be delivered at the small extra cost of 3d. for each addi- tional copy. THE CONFERENCE.—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT. Mr. Gladstone laid on the table papers relating to the proposed Conference on Egyptian affairs, and pro- ceeded to make his promised statement on the subject. Some months ago her Majesty's Government thought it their duty to invite the Powers of Europe to meet in conference on the question of Egyptian finance, and the French Government being the Power most entitled .1 to take the lead in this matter, had asked for explana- tions, which her Majesty's Government most readily gave. The result was to remove the barriers which had formerly obstructed them, and to enable them to lay before Parliament a policy which, both for Egypt and our own position, there would, ho hoped, be a com- plete one-that was, a policy not dependent upon the mere judgment of the Executive Government, but which must have the distinct ratification and assent of Parlia- ment. The French Government had given an un- qualified assurance that they totally abandoned the idea of reviving the dual control, and were ready to enter into the most formal engagements not to occupy Egypt with French troops in the event of our retiring from the country. This assurance therefore put an end to all idea of solitary action on the part of any Particular Power. With respect to the term of our Occupation of Egypt it was proposed by her Majesty's Government that it should cease on the 1st of January, 1888, in case the Powers should then declare that the state of the country was such as to allow of our depar- ture without risk to peace or good order. The Govern- ment, however, were not under any engagement to re- main in Egypt if it were the desire of Parliament and the country to withdraw. With respect to the inter- national arrangements to which Egypt was subject, especially that relating to the machinery for the management of the Egyptian debt, the two Powers had agreed that henceforth there should be no general con- trol over Egyptian finance and that the Budget should not be framed by the Commissioners of the Caisse. A united extension of power would be given to the Caisse m order to prevent the recurrence of financial embar- rassment and disaster. The Commission of the Caisse 'Was composed of four members, and the president of it 'Would be an Englishman. To avert danger in the future, the Govern mer ts of England and France had agreed that the former.should prepare a plan for the neutralisation of the Egyptian territory, including the Suez Canal. This agreement depended on what was done at the Conference, and if no result was arrived at the agreement would fall to the ground. The right 110n. gentleman proceeded to say that what ^as done in the Conference would, be subject to the approval of Parliament. The first meeting ?f the Conference would be held on Saturday next, and m the meantime the figures of the plan would be for- warded to each of the Powers, so that they might arrive the Conference with some degree of preparation. *te gave a pledge to the House that when the Con- ference had come to a decision not a day should be lost 17a submitting it to Parliament, whose positive duty it ^°uld be to pronounce a definite judgment on the sub- let. The Government believed that their plans, if Jdopted, would be favourable to international law, to jhe peace of Europe, and to the civilisation of man- kind and they would be the first to say that if those Plans did not meet with the approval of Parliament ''hen those who had framed them should not for one foment longer continue in the Government of the country. Sir S. Northcote observed that in calling the House Into council on this subject the Government had neces- laid upon it a certain amount of responsibility. Jyith regard to the limitation of the period of occupa- tIon, that raised a question of a serious character, deserving and requiring the judgment of the House as early as possible, even though the complete terms were not before Parliament. As to the financial proposals, "Which might seriously affect the interests of this Country, it was desirable that the House should insist upon further information with respect to them. He should take the earliest opportunity of asking for an expression of the opinion of Parliament before the Con- ference entered into the question. In the course of the discussion that followed, Lord It. Churchill said that, having listened carefully to Mr. Gladstone's statement, he hardly knew whether to laugh at the folly of the proposals or to cry over the dishonour of his country. The Prime Minister, he con- sidered, had gone out of his way to make concessions to France, and he should refuse to give a blank cheque to Ministers to go into the Conference. Mr. Goschen deprecated any discussion on the subject at present as premature. Mr. Bourke, Sir R. Cross, Lord J. Manners, Mr. A. Balfour, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Forster, and ether mem- bers also made some remarks, and, after a brief reply from Mr. Gladstone, the subject dropped. THE FRANCHISE BILL. On the consideration of the Representation of the People Bill as amended, Mr. Tomlinson moved a new clause establishing a qualification by payment of in- come tax, which, on a division, was rejected by 108 to 24. a, ■M. Lloyd proposed to disqualify for one year after he expiration of,his sentence any person convicted of elony, or other crime, and sentenced to penal servitude or imprisonment with hard labour. ^.The Attorney-General assented to the clause on con- ation that it applied only to convictions on indictment, after a long discussion the second reading of the ^ause wag carrie(j by a majority of 114 to 81, and the Attorney-General's proposal to amend it by the inser- jjpn of the words on indictment was also carried by l98 to 35. On the motion of Colonel Nolan the clause was further amended by providing that the conviction should be by a jury. This was carried by 149 to 111. After a discussion on other amendments, lasting over tour hours, Mr. E. Clarke moved the adjournment of lne debate, which was rejected by 174 to 89. Ultimately a division was taken on the question that the clause stand part of the bill, and it was rejected by 156 to 102. The further consideration of the report was then ad- journed. The Royal Courts of Justice Bill was considered in committee. The House then adiourned at twenty minutes to three o'clock. In the HOUSE OF LORDS, June 24, Lord Carrington, replying to Lord De La Warr, stated that the pre- cautions against the introduction of cholera which were ordered last year by the Local Government Board were still in force. Lord Redesdale s bill for the prevention of cruelty in connexion with pigeon shooting matches passed through Committee after several amendments. The Criminal Law Amendment Bill was read a third time, on a division, by 101 to 45. The Summary Jurisdiction over Children (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed, and several bills having been advanced a stage, Their lordships rose at twenty-five minutes to eight o'clock. THE SOUDAN. In the HOUSE OF COMMONS the Marquis of Harting- ton stated, in reply to Mr. Ashmead-Bartlett, that a battalion of British infantry had left Assiout for Assouan, as the tribes were becoming troublesome, to give confidence and support to the Egyptian troops. It was believed that the garrison at Berber had either been taken or had surrendered, but the report of its massacre had not been confirmed. With respect to General Gordon and the garrison of Khartoum, the Government were not in possession of any information beyond that which had already been laid before the House. THE CONFERENCE. Mr. Gladstone, replying to Lord George Hamilton, said that the Powers had not given, and had not been asked to give their assent to any propositions excepting those which had already been stated to the House by her Majesty's Government. In reply to other questions from other members, the Prime Minister stated that there were conclusive objections against making known to Parliament, in the first instance, the financial pro- posals which the Government were about to lay before the Conference, but the whole matter would be sub- mitted to the judgment of Parliament. FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE. r. Pell asked what steps had been taken by the local authority in Lincolnshire to meet the alarming out- break of foot-and-mouth disease in that county; whether measures now adopted by the local authority were sufficient to meet the exigencies of the case and prevent the disease spreading; if not, whether her Majesty's Government would exercise the powers they possessed for stamping out the disorder and thus pro- tecting farming stock in other parts of England; and whether he could give the House an approximate estimate of the cost which would be incurred in this instance by killing the diseased aniirals and selling the carcasses. Mr. Dodson, in reply, said the outbreak in question J took place among sheep within the limits of a large in- fected area which had been declared on May 22 upon the recommendation of our chief inspector, who had visited the locality and held an interview with the local authority in the last part of May in consequence of a previous outbreak. The local authority made regula- tions to restrict the entrance and exit of persons into and out of the infected places I for the disinfection of persons, for the isolation of the disease and infected animals, and they employed the police to carry the regulations into effect. It appeared to the Privy Council that the measures taken by the local authority were suffi- cient. We have since been informed by the inspector of the district that the 338 diseased sheep have all recovered. The estimated value of the sheep was from JE1100 to JB1200, and the estimated cost that would have been in- curred by slaughtering them, allowing for what might be realized by sale of carcasses, from R500 to JE600. The number of animals in Great Britain known to the Privy Council as affected with foot-and-mouth disease was for the week ending June 21 10 in five different counties. The local authorities of these several counties have power to slaughter and compensate, and the Privy Council have written to each urging them to use those powers. I have just heard that one of these local authorities has slaughtered the two animals in its district, thus reducing the total number in the country, assuming that there are no concealed cases, and no fresh outbreaks not reported on June 21, to eight. THE FRANCHISE BILL. The House then resumed the consideration of the report of the Franchise Bill, which was completed at five o'clock. Several amendments were made at the in- stance of the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor-General for Ireland to make the bill applicable to the sister kingdoms, and the third reading was fixed for Thursday. THE MEDICAL ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Mr. Mundella moved the second reading of the Medical A ct Amendment Bill, which had come down from the House of Lords. The main features of the bill, which is founded on the recommendations of the Royal Commission of 1881, are the establishment of uniformity of qualification for the profession, equal rights of practice, direct representation on the Medical Council, and the registration of qualified practitioners. Sir L. Playfair discussed the subject of medical edu- cation and examination, and supported the bill as an important advance in the dignity and efficiency of the medical profession. Colonel King-Harman and Mr. J. Campbell inti- mated their intention to propose amendments in com- mittee for securing the position of the Irish and Scotch bodies; Mr. Bryce and Mr. Gibson accepted the prin- ciple of the measure and Mr. Gray spoke against the bill until the hour for adjournment arrived. The Summary Jurisdiction (Repeal, &c.) Bill was read a third time. At the Evening Sitting the House was counted out before any business was done.
VOTE OF CENSURE.
VOTE OF CENSURE. In the HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 25, Sir Stafford Northcote gave notice that on as early a day as he could obtain Mr. T. C. Bruce, member for Portsmouth, would move a resolution declaring that the terms of the agreement between the Government of England and France are not such as to justify the assumption by this country of any responsibility by way of loan or guarantee in the settlement of Egyptian finances. Mr. A. Arnold gave notice of an amendment to the effect that the House withheld its opinion upon the result of the negotiations with France until it had been placed in possession of the proposals to be submitted to the Conference of the Powers on the financial affairs of Egypt. THE CEMETERIES BILL. Mr. Richard, in moving the second reading of the Cemeteries Bill, explained that the object of the bill was to apply to cemetery arrangements generally the principle of the Burials Act of 1880-viz., that the con- secration or non-consecration of burial grounds shall not affect burial services, whether conducted by the clergy of the Church of England or by Nonconformists. It provided that those who required ground to be con- secrated should have the ceremony performed at their own expense, and that the parochial clergy and other officials, instead of retaining their present legal position with regard to service and fees, should not be entitled to receive in the consecrated parts of ceme- teries the same fees they had hitherto been accustomed to receive in churches. The existing rights of present incumbents are not interfered with by the bill, nor is any change proposed in the law relating to burials in churchyards. The hon. member disclaimed any desire to injure the Church of England, and contended that the bill, while removing a grievance strongly felt by Nonconformists, would rather strengthen than weaken the Church. Mr. Rathbone, in seconding the motion, strongly re- commended the bill, as removing what he regarded as a serious cause of religious dissension. Mr. Beresford-Hope, who moved the rejection of the bill, described in caustic terms the nibbling of the Liberation Society at the foundations of the Church and its persistent attempts to sow ill-will against her. Mr. Davenport, in seconding the amendment, com- plained of the reopening of the Burials question as something like a breach of faith, and quoted the declara- tions of prominent supporters of the Burials Act that it would settle the controversy for ever. He also ob- jected that it would impose an unnecessary rate on the country districts. Mr. H. Fowler supported the bill as a corollary of the legislation of 1880, and resented the acrimonious lan- guage of Mr. Beresford-Hope as calculated to per- petuate the divisions between Church and Dissent. Mr. Elton, speaking against the bill, pointed out that burial fees were far from being universal, and that were they existed they formed part of the value of the advowson. Mr. Hubbard, Mr. Collins, Mr. Gregory, and Colonel Makins opposed the bill, which they regarded as an attack on the Church. Sir A. Gordon, on the other hand, supported the bill, which he thought did not go far enough, as it did not touch the grievance of the rural parishes. Mr. Cropper and Mr. Woodall spoke in its favour, and Mr. O. Morgan, on behalf of the Government accepted the second reading, but deserved liberty to dissent from some of the clauses. On a division the amendment moved by Mr. Beres- ford-Hope was negatived by 176 to 154, and the debate on the second reading stood adjourned. The House adjourned at six o'clock.
A FATAL FIGHT.
A FATAL FIGHT. On Tuesday an inquest was held at Birmingham on the body of Thomas Scrannage, a glassblower, who died in the hospital on Friday in last week. It appeared that the deceased and a man named Steel were drinking together at a public-house, when a quarrel arose between them about a cigar, which re- sulted in a stand-up fight. In the course of the scuffle the deceased, who was intoxicated, fell to the ground with the back of his head on the kerb, and Steel on the top of him. He was taken up insensible, and died on Fridav last. The medical evidence was to the effect that death resulted from fracture of the skull, accompanied by inflammation of the membrane of the brain, and the jury returned a verdict of Acci- dental death." Steel was subsequently brought before the Birming- ham stipendiary magistrate, charged with violently assaulting Scrannage, and remanded.
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AT THE MAGAZINE.—-1st Boy: "Why's that chap driving four horses ? 2nd Boy Garn Don't yer know the two horses behind 'ud rup away if it wasn't for them 'ere two in front ? Moonshine,
THE RESULT OF PASSION.
THE RESULT OF PASSION. At the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday Edmund Harper surrendered to his recognisances to answer an indictment charging him with maliciously wounding Joseph Gearirg. The defendant pleaded guilty to a common assault. Mr. Horace Avory was counsel for the prosecution; Mr. Besley appeared for the defence. The prosecutor and the defendant were fellow workmen in the employment of Messrs. Hill and Co., of Fresh-wharf, Thames-street, the defendant having been in the service of the firm for over twenty years. On the afternoon of the 3rd May they were working together when the prosecutor began "chaffing" the defendant about his wife. The defendant was weigh- ing potatoes at the time and struck the prosecutor a blow over the eye with a 71b. weight which he had in his hand, it being admitted that the blow was struck in a moment of passion caused by what Gearing was saying about the defendant's wife. Mr. Besley suggested that the defendant should be allowed to make compensation to the prosecutor by paying him 10s. a week for 20 weeks out of his wages, and for that purpose he should be let out on his own recognisances. The Recorder said he saw no objection to that course, and discharged the defendant on his own re- cognisances in X20 to come up for judgment if called upon, adding that if the proposed arrangement for compensation was carried out he would hear no more of the matter.
ENTHRONEMENT OF THE BISHOP…
ENTHRONEMENT OF THE BISHOP OF CHESTER. The enthronement of the new Bishop of Chester, Dr. Stubbs, took place on Tuesday at Chester Cathedral, which was crowded. The mayor had in- vited the clergy, the members of the corporation, and a number of other guests to a luncheon at the Town- hall previous to the ceremony The mayor, in the name of himself, the citizens, and those present, offered the new bishop their warmest welcome and congratulations, which Bishop Stubbs briefly acknow- ledged. From the Town-hall a procession was made to the cathedral, about 300 clergy taking part in the proceedings. An hour and a half before the ceremony the cathedral was filled with people anxious to witness the ceremony. The diocesan clergy entered the great west door and took their places in the choir, followed by the Chester Volun- teers, and the mayor and members of the corporation in their robes. The bishop, accompanied by his chap- lains, came next, and was received at the west door by the dean, and there the Diocesan Registrar read the Queen's mandate. The procession, which included the Archdeacons of Chester and Macclesfield, the canons, the King's scholars, the cathedral choir, and the bishop, moved forward to the chair, where the ceremony of enthronement was performed by the dean. The service was sung to Hopkins in A. The musical programme was very full, and included the anthem of Gounod, Send out Thy light." Dean Howson preached the sermon, the service concluding with the Hallelujah Chorus from Beethoven's Mount of Olives."
I EGYPT AND THE SOUDAN.
I EGYPT AND THE SOUDAN. A Times telegram dated Wady Haifa, June 24th, says Izzedin Bey, the Sub-Governor of Dongola, arrived here this afternoon with twenty men. Other men and officers, who followed, the west bank of the river, will probably arrive to-morrow. Izzedin presumably comes for the horses formerly promised to the Mudir, and which are at Korosko. He reports all tranquil in Dongola and the vicinity, and say that for a month before his departure no news had been re- ceivedfrom Berber. He discredits the news of the fall of Berber, and says that with a family like that of Hussein Halifa, numbering nearly 5000 persons, it is well nigh impossible that Hussein could be wounded without the whole country becoming aware of the fact. The Alexandria correspondent of the Times writes I am assured on credible authority that the saving in the consumption of coal in one province alone, owing to Colonel Moncrieff's irrigation reforms, is £100,000. One cultivator assures me that he has himself spent £1000 less. Seeing that the cost of water to the owners is frequently greater than the amount of the land-tax, this is a reform in the right direction.
LEICESTER WOOL FAIR.
LEICESTER WOOL FAIR. Great importance attached to the transactions at the wool fair at Leicester on Wednesday as being the first large sale of the new season's clip. As was generally expected, the pitch of wool was considerably in excess of the previous year, the total amounting to 7976 tods, 261b., including about 30,000 fleeces, an increase of 1548 tods, 201b., and nearly 5000 fleeces. The wool, almost without exception, was of remark- able quality, and some large lots were declared to be the finest lustre wool ever grown in England. A fair proportion was made up of fine Shropshire wool, and there were also a few sheets of Scotch wools. The wool was also of exceptional weight per fleece. The advance was from Is. to Is. 6d. per tod. The highest price made was 28s. per tod. for a very good grown lot of wool, with a considerable proportion of Southdown; but the best lustre wools changed hands at 25s. to 26s. per tod; good half-and-half lustre wools 24s. to 25s. per tod; and secondary descriptions 23s. to 23s. 6d. per tod. A large quantity changed hands.
SUDDEN DEATH AT A RAILWAY…
SUDDEN DEATH AT A RAILWAY STATION. In London, on Wednesday, Mr. W. Carter held an inquest at the Crown Tavern, Lambeth, as to the death of the Rev. William Watts, aged 42, vicar of Linkinhorne, Cornwall, who was found dead on Satur- day morning last in a retiring room at Waterloo Station. The deceased had come to London to attend the funeral of a younger brother who was chief officer of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Pekin, and who had died on his homeward voyage. The deceased went to Waterloo station on Saturday morning and booked to Linkinhorne on his return home. He went into one of the retiring rooms on No 1 platform of the down line, and, not coming on the platform again for some time, one of the attend- ants went to him. The deceased was then found in a reclining position quite dead, and bleeding from a wound at the back of the head. Medical evidence prove-l that death was caused by heart disease. A verdict of "Death from natural causes" was returned.
EPITOME OF NEWS.
EPITOME OF NEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN. The body of the Prince of Orange has been embalmed? dressed in uniform, and placed on a bed of State. On Wednesday there was successfully launched from the yard of John Elder and Company, Govan, Glasgow, the Cunard liner Umbria, 550 feet long, 37 broad, 40 deep, and tonnage 8000. The indicated horse-power is 12,500. This is the largest steam-power of any vessel afloat. There was a large number of spectators on both banks of the Clyde. A serious fire broke out in the extensive stables of Messrs. Robert Armstrong and Sons, omnibus and carriage proprietors, Belfast, at an early hour on Wed- nesday morning. The buildings were destroyed, and the flames spread to neighbouring dwelling-houses, completely gutting them, the inmates being rescued with difficulty. Out of forty-five horses which were in the stables at the time of the outbreak, it was only possible to save six. Mr. Bright went to the House of Commons on Wed- nesday in order to vote for the Cemeteries Bill, this being his first appearance after a long absence. He seemed in excellent health. The Duke of Cambridge presided on Wednesday at the annual inspection of the boys of the training -b-Ir;p Warspite. After the inspection the prizes gained by the boys were distributed by the Duchess of Leeds. The Earl of Shaftesbury presided in Willis's Rooms, London, on Wednesday, at the 40th annual meeting of the Society for Improving the Condition of the Labour- ing Classes. It appeared that the property of the society was now estimated at £ 37,883, and that the buildings were well tenanted, and the small mortality among the residents testified to the excellent sanitary condition of the dwellings. At the Central Criminal Court, on Wednesday, in the case of the prisoner Albert Norris, who was charged with the wilful murder of his two children at South- wark, Mr. Montagu Williams said that the prisoner had been removed to a criminal lunatic asylum under a Secretary of State's warrant, and he, therefore, applied that the recognisances of the witnesses for the prose- cution should be enlarged sine die," and in the event of the prisoner recovering sufficient to take his trial, they would receive fresh notice to attend. Mr. Justice Hawkins made the order. At the Greenwich Police-court on Wednesday Patrick Tooney, 35, general dealer, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour for assaulting his wife. He came home drunk, threw a paraffin lamp at her, and then beat her about the head and body with a broom- handle, which he broke, and a pair of tongs. Mr. Balguy gave the wife a separation order, with an allowance of 5s. per week. Dr. Thomas, the coroner, received information on Wednesday that several parts of human bodies had been found early in the morning in Castle-road, Kentish Town, London. The remains consist of the left foot and body of a child between 14 and 15 years of age, and the right hand of an adult. The police are making inquiries in the neighbourhood previous to the holding of an inquest. Captain Clayton, an English officer, is at Odessa pur- chasing horses for Egypt and the Soudan. Fifteen hundred are to be bought, and they will be shipped direct to Alexandria. The sale of the materials of the unfinished Grand National Opera House on the Thames Embankment in London, which commenced on Tuesday, was brought to a conclusion on Wednesday, the total proceeds of the two days' sale amounting to £2,180, although the building, so far as it had been erected, is estimated to have cost £ 80,000. Dr. Vartan, a naturalised British subject, has been brutally assaulted at Nazareth. The British Consul not having been able to obtain satisfaction from the local authorities. Lord Dufferin has made representation to t _e Porte on the subject. The Bradford Home Lessons case was finally disposed of on Wednesday, when the borough magistrates fined the Board schoolmaster, Mr. Johnston, the nominal penalty of one shilling, with eight shillings cost, in accordance with the decision of the Queen's Bench that an assault had been committed by detaining the lad Hunter after school hours for not doing home lessons. The Bench refused to grant costs on the higher scale. On Wednesday afternoon a pleasure boat, containing eight persons, left Penarth for a sail. A tugboat passing an attempt was made by the boatmen to become at- tached, and in doing so the pleasure boat capsized three adults and one child being drowned. The names'of the former are Harriet Baker, married, Annie Burton mar- ried, of Newcastle, and John Boyle, of Penarth. The twelfth annual concert of the London Sunday School Choir took place on Wednesday at the Crystal Palace, about 5000 members-representing a selection from among 8000—taking part. Her Majesty has been pleased to confer the Provost- ship of Eton College, vacant by the death of the Rev. Charles Old Goodtord, D.D., upon the Rev. James J. Hornby, D.D. On Tuesday the portrait of the late Mr. Samuel Bowly, presented to him as a national testimonial by the Temperance League, of which he was president, was handed over to the Corporation of Gloucester for the citizens. A few days ago, writes a Naples correspondent, at a town called Sansevero, the syndic gave orders that all dogs found in the streets unmuzzled should be killed on the spot. The police made a raid on the poor animals, either poisoning or shooting all they found. Continuing the chase until evening, they had made an end of 102 dogs. The elections in Hungary have resulted in the re- turn of 235 Liberals against 174 Government candi- dates. The Cunard steamship Pavonia was entering the Langton Dock at Liverpool on Tuesday afternoon when the cylinder casing of the engine burst. The chief engineer, who was standing close by, was severely scalded by the escaping steam, but no further damage was done. Tuesday night's London Gazette contains a notice that the Prince of Wales will, by command of the Queen, hold leeves at St. James's Palace, on behalf of her Majesty, on Monday, the 7th, and on Monday, the 14th of July next, at two o'clock. On Tuesday morning a destructive fire occurred at the Britannia Cotton Mill, Heywood, belonging to Cobden, Rill, and Co., doing damage to the extent of £10,000, and destroying 13,000 spindles. A man named Townley, who had got on to a low ledge to witness the fire was killed by the fall of a coping stone from the burning building. On Tuesday Mr. Alderman Whitehead and Mr. G. Faudel Phillips (youngest son of Alderman Sir Benjamin Phillips) were elected as the new sheriffs of London and Middlesex. At Newry on Tuesday Thomas Mulholland, a Nationalist, was committed for trial at Downpatrick Assizes, but admitted to bail, charged with having fired a loaded revolver with intent to kill on the occasion of the recent rioting at Newry. The Queen, who takes a great interest in the Royal Tapestry Works at Windsor, has just purchased three panels, the work of the English apprentices, represent- ing Osborne, Windsor, and Buckingham Palace. These designs are treated with foliage, and are intended to illustrate the seasons. Balmoral, which represents winter, is already in the possession of her Majesty. j Windsor, Buckingham Palace, and Osborne will repre- sent spring, summer, and autumn respectively. Mr. F. W. Hetherington, who introduced cricket into Holland three seasons ago, has arranged another series of matches to take place in Holland and Belgium shortly. The Council of the Society of Arts have awarded the Society's silver medal to the Marquis of Lome, for his paper on Canada and its Products." Similar medals have been given to the readers of other papers during the recent session. At the Central Criminal Court on Monday, James H. Thornton, guard to a post parcel van, pleaded guilty to stealing a post parcel, and was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. The Rev. A. A. Campbell, minister of Crathie parish, conducted divine worship in Balmoral Castle on Sunday forenoon, in the presence of the Queen and the members of the Royal Household. On Monday night Mr. Villiers Stuart, M.P., exhibited in the lobby of the House of Commons a courbash, such as is used for compelling the payment of taxes in Egypt. The instrument consists of a thick thong, made of the hide of a rhinoceros, aLd it was examined with interest by a number of members. A New York telegram states that Mr. Joseph Burn- ham, of the firm of Hotchkiss, Burnham, and Co., has committed suicide by shooting himself. The firm sus- pended payment on the 14th of May, Mr. Burnham's personal loss amounting to half a million dollars. At the Derby Police-court on Tuesday, no fewer than 14 men, eight of whom were found in one compartment were charged with attempting to defraud the Midland Railway Company by travelling without tickets, on the occasion of Derby races. They were each fined 20s. and costs, with the option of a month's imprisonment. The annual meeting of the South AVales and Mon- mouthshire Miners' Provident Society was held at Cardiff on Monday. The report showed that the num- ber of members had increased from 14.303 in 1882 to 22,541 in 1883. The available balance at the close of the year was £ 12,558 as against £ 6,956 in 1882. In London last week 2615 births and 1371 deaths were registered, the former having been 22, and the latter 80, below the average numbers in the corresponding weeks of the last ten years. The deaths included 41 from small-pox, 81 from measles, 24 irom scarlet fever, 11 from diphtheria, 68 from whooping-cough, 21 from dysentery, and 1 from simple cholera. From April 1 to the 2lst inst. the Exchequer receipts amounted to £18,312,610, as compared with £19,224,582 in the corresponding period of last year. The expendi- ture has been £ 14,374,767. On Saturday last the balance in the Bank of England was 27,325,190, and in the Bank of Ireland 21,278,174. On Tuesday evening a passenger train from Consett to Darlington, on arriving at Crook, ran past the points and came into collision with some waggons standing on the line. All the passengers were considerably shaken, but were able to proceed on their journey. An Odessa telegram states that Captain Gidshen, ad- jutant of Gendarmerie, has been found dead at his resi- dence with one temple shot through and a dagger wound in the breast. The deceased officer is supposed to have committed suicide. The Albert M., schooner, of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, was passed derelict on June 10, in lat. 41 N., long. 64 W., by the steamer Greece, of New York. The vessel was lyin £ right in the t ack of steamers going both ways. Both her masts were gone, only about ten feet of her mainmast standing, and the decks were awash with the water. A Berlin correspondent announces the death at Dresden of Professor Dr. Ludwig Richter, the celebrated painter, in his 82nd year. He enjoyed an annual pen- sion of 3000 marks from the Emperor, and a statue is to be erected to him at Loschwitz, near Dresden, in September. At the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday, James Frederick Manning, 22, pleaded guilty to a charge of bigamy. The prisoner married first his wife in 1880, when he was only 18 years old. He deserted her after living with her about six months, and this year he married another young girl, to whom it was stated he behaved very unkindly. He was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment with hard labour. In reference to the recent experiments in thought- reading in the House of Commons, Mr. Gladstone writes to Mr. Cumberland that being ignorant of scientific subjects he feels a difficulty in appearing to pronounce any judgment on what was certainly a very interesting and perfectly genuine exhibition." On Wednesday a horrible murder was committed at a house in Howe-street, Bootle, near Liverpool. The upper room of the house was occupied by a labourer named Peter Cassidy and his wife. During a quarrel, a struggle took place between them, and it is stated that Cassidy picked up a hatchet and stmck his wife several blows on the head with it-splitting his skull and causing the brains to protrude. Medical aid was at once summoned, but when the doctors arrived the wofnan was dead. Cassidy was taken intacustody. At the Leeds Police-court on Tuesday, Arthur Yates, a lad 16 years of age, was" demanded on a charge of stabbing another boy named Frederick Marshall. The previous evening the two lads had a quarrel, and Yates, taking a penknife out of his pocket, stabbed Marshall in the left side. Marshall is in a cntSical condition, and his depositions have been taken. At Dudley on Tuesday the South Staffordshire coroner held an inquiry respecting the death of a little girl named Kate Crump. Deceased, who attended a Board School, complained on Saturday last of head- ache caused by her lessons. She became alarmingly ill next day, and died before a doctor could be sent for. The jury returned a verdict of Death from natural causes, accelerated by overwork at a Board School." At Exeter, on Tuesday, an inquest was held on the body of one of the Town Council employes found in the canal. The deceased, an elderly man named Soper, had been for many years engaged in the towing of vessels, and on Saturday morning left his house in good spiiits. He was not seen alive again, but his hat was found on the canal banks, and his horse was standing near. A search led to the recovery of the body. An open ver- dict was returned. The Australian cricketers defeated a local team at Liverpool on Tuesday by one wicket; at Lord's the M.C.C. and Ground beat Cambridge University by an innings and twenty-nine runs; at the Oval the Dark Blues were successful by ninety runs over Surrey; and the Philadelphians won their match at Leicester against the gentlemen of that county, by an innings and 108 runs. At Sunderland on Tuesday, a fatal tramcar accident occurred, by which a child named George Haver, 15 months old, was killed while crossing over a street. The driver of the ear did not observe the child until it was too late, and when he pulled up the front wheel of the car had passed over its abdomen. The child only lived about five minutes afterwards. On Monday Thomas Crampton, 57, blacksmith, of 8, Livingstone-street, Roundhay road, had his left arm amputated at the Leeds Infirmary. Crampton was riding a tricycle along Meanwood-road, when one of the wheels got locked in the tram lines, and before he could release it he was thrown and run over by a cart. His left arm was severely fractured, and there was also a fracture of the thigh. The official declaration of the result of th polling in Mid-Surrey was made on Saturday. For Sir John Whittaker Ellis, the Conservative candidate, 7645 votes were recorded; and for Mr. Sydney Stern, Liberal, 4949, thus showing a Conservative majority 0: 2696. There is some reason to believe that if the Load Line Committee recently appointed by the Board of Trade reports in time, its recommendations will b 3 embodied in a short bill to be introduced into Parliament in August. Pearl fishing on the Tay upper reaches is now being prosecuted by several parties. At Caputh one day last week seven pearls were got during half an hour's fish- ing. Six of the pearls are valued at £3 each. James Walters, a sailor, aged 24, was drowned at Honiton on Saturday morning while bathing. He sank almost immediately he entered the water. It is supposed that he was attacked with cramp. The body was found shortly afterwards." A female lunatic named Clearly died in a train on Monday on the South-Eastern Railway, whilst being conveyed from Sydenham to Barming Heath Asylum. At Wisbeach on Monday, whilst Mr. William Griggs, pyrotechnic artist, was mixing chemicals used in the manufacture of fireworks, an explosion took place which set fire to and destroyed the laboratory in which the work was going on. Mr. Griggs, who was working alone, whilst endeavouring to subdue the flames, was much burnt about the face and hands. A considerable number of rockets were destroyed. The dead body of a middle-aged man was taken out of a canal lock at G oldsworth, near Woking station, on Sunday, with the throat cut almost from ear to ear. A gold watch, chain, and pin were found upon the body; but nothing that would lead to identification except a handkerchief with initials which are supposed to be T. S." At the Central Criminal Court on Monday, William Mugford, who had pleaded guilty at the last assizes of embezzling various sums of money, the property of the Fine Arts Society, was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. He had been two years in the service of the society, and had embezzled, it was stated, £ 2500. On Monday the master plumbers of New York, as a result of a dispute, locked out 1200 journeymen, thus enforcing idleness in all the large plumbers' shops. This course has been taken in order to force the plumbers' trade union to recognise the right of the employers to control the journeymen. On Monday afternoon the new gun-vessel Mariner was launched at Devonport dockyard in the presence of about 8000 spectators. The Mariner is a sister ship to the Acorn and Reindeer, differing only from them in that she carries eight instead of only six 5-inch breech- loading guns on Vavasseur mountings. A tremendous explosion occurred on Saturday night at the powder mills of Pontremoli, in Tuscany. Thirty persons were killed and seventeen badly wounded. A New York telegram states that the visible supply of wheat on June 20 was 15,800,000 bushels, as against 16,600,000 bushels the previous week. Visible supply of Indian corn, 8,500,000 bushels, as against 8,000,000 bushels the previous week. The export clearances of wheat for Europe during last week amounted to 900,000 bushels; the export clearances of Indian corn for Europe during the week amounted to 700,000 bushels. Paris advices state that the condition of the French wheat market has remained almost unchanged, although perhaps holders have experienced rather more difficulty in effecting sales. Quotations for wheat have not shown any variation in the French ports. In the cricket match between Surrey and Cambridge University, the county won by 148 runs. Middlesex beat Kent by 242 runs. Sussex won the match over Gloucestershire by 49 runs, while the Philadelphians defeated Cheshire by an innings and 292 rnns. The steamer Indus sailed from Gravesend on the 20th inst. for Queensland ports with 187 single men, 52 single women, and married people and children equal to 181 adults; total 485 souls, or equal to 420 statute adults. The number of visitors to the International Health Exhibition last week was 143,122, the total since the opening being 712,081. The third annual meet of tricyclists on Hayes-common took place on Saturday, and the fine weather drew together upwards of 240 riders of both sexes. Although a very large number of steamers which usually convey live stock and fresh meat to Liverpool from the United States and Canada arrived at the former port last week, the arrivals were not above the average of recent weeks. As was expected, the imports of live stock show, in comparison with previous weeks, an increase, and of fresh meat a decrease. The total for the week amounted to 3408 cattle, 4832 quarters of beef, and 345 carcases of mutton. Colonel Colville, of the Grenadier Guards, acting under instructions from Lord Wolseley, has left Eng- land for the Soudan. The gallant officer started at four hours' notice, the business in hand being urgent. A Russian Ukase calls out 224,000 men, as the usual contingent of army conscripts for 1884. A Chinese line of telegraph has been constructed, and is now working between Canton and Lungchou (ninety miles south of Nanning), on the Tonquinese frontier. The Irish Sunday Closing Bill is regarded as lost for this session; and the existing Act will be renewed in the Expiring Laws Continuance Bill. From a Return which has been laid before Parlia- ment it appears that the Commission of National Education in Ireland consists of ten Roman Catholics, five members of the late Established Church, three Presbyterians, and one Unitarian. A fire broke out on Sunday morning at Mr. Watson's flour mills at Stockton-on-Tees, the wheat-cleaning department and warehouses being entirely gutted, while the building over the engine-room was also damaged. 0 wing to the iron doors the flames were prevented from spreading to the milling department. The loss is great, as besides the machinery, about 1500 sacks of wheat were destroyed. A severe frost prevailed in the Cleveland district last Saturday morning, and crops of potatoes near Goathland and Fylingdale were quite blackened by its intensity. The Dundee whaler Chieftain arrived in the Tay on Monday from the Greenland whale fishery. She had only one boat's crew on board, so that the other two boats and their crews of fifteen men, who lost sight of the vessel while out after whales, had been given up as lost. Those in charge of the Chieftain state that nothing was seen of the boats after the fog set in, and that after a long and fruitless search they bore up for home. The Roman Catholic chapel attached to The Hall, Wellingore, Lincolnshire, the seat of Mr. Ralph C. Neville, was on Sunday afternoon discovered to be on fire, and by six p.m. it was entirely destroyed, the damage being estimated at £ 10,000. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was seated in the Peers' Gallery in the House of Commons on Monday during Mr. Gladstone's statement in reference to the Anglo-French agreement. M. Waddington and several members of theOorps Diplomatique were seated in the tribune reserved for distinguished strangers. The joiners at Bradford struck work on Monday morning. The men seek to fix the rate of wages paid to men of average skill at 7|d. per hour. Several hundred 2 men are out. A panic occurred on Sunday night during a revival service at a Methodist Calvanistic Chapel at Bryn- siency, Anglesey. The building was crowded, and sud- denly the galleries began to creak, causing great alarm. Scores of people leaped from the windows to the ground, others rushing to the doors, where many were knocked down and trampled on. Severe injuries were sustained by many, but no deaths are reported. A remarkable capture of trout was made by Mr. John Ij&ssell, of Pollockshields, while fishing in private water, a S'holt distance from Glasgow. Mr. Russell had the good fortune to capture four magnificent Lochleven trout We%Mng in the gross 13|lb. The respective weights were 3|lb, 31b, 41b, and 3Jlb X'd wreck's imports into the United States amounted to 6J 000 dels., of which 1,546,000 dols. were dry goc •> Last week's receipts of cotton at all United States ports were 5000bales; since 1st September, 4,774,000 bales. Week's exports to Great Britain, 40,000 bales; ditto to Continent, 16.000. Total since 1st September, 3,639,000 bales; stock at all portsy 364,000 bales; ditto interior ports, 38,000 bales. It is said that the Government have returned an un- favourable answer to the request of the Lower Division clerks that the higher branches- of the- Civil Service should be opened to them. The French Government has conferred on Mr. Bailey Denton, of Stevenage, the special distinction of the cross of Merite Agricole as an acknowledgment of his devotion to agriculture. A Reuter's telegram from St. Petersburg, June 21, says: The Duchess of Edinburgh will reroean some time longer with the Imperial family at Peterhef." Arrangements are being made in Washington for an international single scull race, to be open to aN oars- men in the world, for 5000 dols. in cash prizes and the world's championship. As at present determined, the race will be five miles with one turn, and will take place in September next. Oil marks on papered walls may be removed by making a paste of cold water and pipeclay, or fuller's earth, and laying it on the surface without rubbing it on, else the pattern of the paper will perhaps be in- jured. Leave the paste on all night. In the morning it can be brushed off, and the spot will have dis- appeared. A renewal of the operation may be neces- sary. At the seventy-fourth annual meeting of the Sweden- borg Society, it was reported that 2387 volumes of the works of Swedenborg had been sold during the past year, and 1287 given away. A considerable proportion of the circulation was in the Transvaal, New Zealand, Canada, and Sweden; and much interest in the subject was reported from Bengal. This year quite a flight of the very rare Greenland falcon appear to have landed on the western coast of Ireland, and during the past few weeks no less than four very fine specimens have been obtained from there. There is in contemplation the holding of a show of pug dogs at the Crystal Palace towards the end of next month. Upwards of eighteen classes will be provided, and hopes are entertained that the exhibition will be under the patronage of H.R H. the Princess of Wales. Mr. Richard Howse, of Devizes, has taken a trout from the Hampshire Avon of 22in. long and 14in. girth, while spinning for jack. The fish was in splendid condition, and took a 5oz. dace, getting a large triangle well in its jaws. Mr. Howse had likewise fourteen take- able jack. The Irish Lord Chancellor has given permission to a minor to proceed with a suit contesting the will of his father. Testator left his money to the Anti-vivisection Society, and directed that his body should be cut open for surgical examination. His eccentricity took the form of picking up all the old bits of iron he came across, and preserving all the hair cut from his head by the barbers. While riding into Richmond Barracks, Dublin, the other day, an officer's servant, named Frederick Brown, was killed by his horse shying and dashing him against a wall. The officers of the Cameronians are about to erect at Aldershot a handsome memorial brass, mounted on black marble, to the memory of the late Lieutenant Landor W. de M. Thuillier. Surrounded by a border thistles are the regimental crests, badge, and honours. In addition to presenting to the Aberdeen Infirmary copies of her book and The Life and Letters of the Princess Alice," the Queen has sent two volumes for the use of the patients in the Aberdeen Sick Children's Hospital. Her Majesty's autograph is affixed to each of the volumes. The fashionable colours for ladies' dresses in Paris this season are moonstone (a pale blue), Narbonne honey," musk colour," "lavender blue," raspberries and cream," vervein" (a faint lilac), "chimney-sweep," and arbour green." The trade of the Tyne is still in a most depressed state, and every week large numbers of men are being added to the idle surplus. The number of laid up steamers in Northumberland Dock and in the river continues to be very considerable, and on all sides the evidences of extreme slackness are apparent. The subscriptions for a monument to Mozart, started in Vienna lately, have reached the sum of 125,000f. The committee has opened a competition for the design of the monument, three prizes being offered, viz., one of 7500f., one of 5000f.,aad one of 7500f. The total cost of the monument is not to exceed 250,000f., the artist be'ng left to choose the material. Foreign artists are admitted to compete. One notable sign of the bad condition of trade in Paris is the falling off in the receipts at this year's Salon, as compared with 1883. The decline has chiefly occurred in the entries on the fashionable day. More- over, many visitors who in former years paid for admis- sion have now passed through the galleries on the free day, the total entries on the seven Sundays having risen from 120,000 in 1883 to 238,000 in 1884. The reports of the Madras Educational Department show that remarkable development is taking place in the collegiate education in that presidency. The number of pupils studying for the B.A. course has in three years risen from 399 to 454, and of those study- ing for the F.A. examination from 1295 to 1606, or by 14 and 23 per cent. respectively. The King of Cambodia has sent a number of gifts to the Buddhist Pali College in Colombo, including a brush made of his own hair, to be used for sweeping in the room where the image of Buddha is kept! According to a Parliamentary return just issued, 544 human corpses were found in the river Thames, within the precincts of the City of London and metropolitan districts, during the years 1882 and 1883, 284 in the former and 260 in the latter year. The result of the coroners' inquests held upon the bodies was that 242 verdicts of accidental death were returned, two of wilful murder, and fifty-nine of felo-de-se or suicide. In 277 cases an open verdict was found. A Simla telegram states that it is estimated 40,000 workmen will be employed in the completion of the railway to Quetta. A Moscow paper publishes intelligence from Andshar, dated 8th inst., stating that the waters of the Amu- Daria have burst through the dyke between that river and the Andshar Canal, and destroyed the large mili- tary camp situated near the canal, as well as several adjacent fertile tracts of land. Several persons perished. Quartermaster-Sergeant Grier, 3rd Renfrew Volun- teers, was declared the winner of the Caledonian Chal- lenge Shield, with a score of 74, at the City of Edinburgh and Mid-Lothian rifle gathering. Since the division in the House of Commons on Mr. Woodall's amendment, the funds of the Women's Suffrage Association have received considerable addi- tions. Many members of the House of Commons favourable to the clause, but unable to vote for it, have sent peace offerings in the shape of money dona- tions. An American paper states that the unfinished Wash- ington Monument, which has been unfinished so long that it has passed out of the memory of many that it was ever begun, is to be completed. It is an obelisk of white marble, and had been carried up 150ft. and then left, when in 1880 Colonel Casey was appointed engi- neer in charge to complete the work. It has now reached the height of 414ft., and is intended ultimately to be 555ft. in height. According to an Ottawa correspondent, the first "girl graduate" in arts in Ontario took her degree at the recent convocation at Queen's college, Kingston. She was the gold medallist of her class, and Principal Grant announced that he would" back her against any classical scholar in Canada." A 'bus conductor named Shelley, died in St. Thomas's Hospital, London, on Saturday morning from the result of a shocking accident. On Thursday morning in last week he was in charge of an omnibus going to the Hamp- ton Races. He was standing on the step of the vehicle which was ready to start, when a donkey-barrow came along at a furious pace and collided with the omnibus. The shaft of the barrow struck Shelley, penetrating the abdomen. The additions to the Zoological Society's Gardens,. Regent's-park, London, during last week included a Vervet monkey from South Africa, presented by Mr. J. Bulteel; a bonnet monkey, a Macaque monkey from India, presented by the committee of the Latimer-road Mission; two black-eared marmosets from south-east Brazil, presented by Mr. J. H. Bentley; two Vulpine phalangars from Australia, presented respectively by Mr. McClellan and Mr. Jay; a marsh ichneumon from South Africa, presented by Mrs. Frank; two Angolan vultures, a white-necked stork, an African tantalus from West Africa, presented by Mr. Thomas J. Alldridge; a spur-winged goose from West Africa,, presented by Mr. J. B. Elliott; two mute swans, Euro- pean, presented by Mr. H. Welch Thornton; two angu- lated tortoises from North Damara Land, presented by Mr. F. R. Hemming; a slow-worm; a common viper (British), presented by Mr. T. E. Gunn; a bonnet monkey, from India; four Muscovy ducks and fiVE royal pythons, from West Africa, deposited; an echidna and a brush turkey, from New South Wales; two red- cheeked colys, from South Africa; four bronze-winged pigeons, from Australia; a great-billed parakeet, from Ceram; a mealy Amazon, from South America; four white storks (European): a kingfisher (British), pur- chased; a collared fruit-bat; a Japanese deer; six Chiloe wigeons; sjtid fotir Chinese blue magpies, brod 4x the Gardens,