The Aberystwith Observer

Ji!I(' CLOSE OF THE WIMBLEDON MEETING- A pleasant and successful meeting was brought to a pliant close on Saturday, when the Princets of *»ales graciously attended to present to the winners jje principal prizes competed for since the opening of j*je camp. Her Royal Highness was accompanied by jhe Prince of Wales and by her three daughters, the ftfncesses Louise, V ictoria, and Maud. The Royal arrived at the enclosure at about four o'clock rA the afternoon, and met with an enthusiastic reCeption from the volunteers in camp, as well as P°m the hundreds of ladies and gentlemen who made a special journey to the canvas to witness the final function of the fortnight, fortunately the weather, though it had not pro- j*ttsed well in the morning, kept fine, and favoured satisfactory fulfilment of the outdoor proceedings. jpe programme included a garden party, for which Henry Wilmot, President of the Association, and 7% Wilmot had issued some 2,000 invitations, .ttioiig tha guests, besides the members of the Royal amily) were the French Ambassador and Madame ^•addington, tne Duchess of Richmond and Gordon, of Rutland, the Earl of Bradford, Lord and Wantage, Countess Waldegrave, Viscountess j&etwynd, the Countess of Abingdon, and Lady _rere. Prior to ascending the dais which had been cted in the vicinity of the Windmill Cottage, the rince and Princess of Wales were escorted through ranks, and made an inspection of the prize-winners Of V. ^st°°d in open columnat attention. The guard J honour was supplied bj the Victoria Rifles, and the nd of the London Rifle Brigade was in attendance. i 6 presence of so many ladies in summer toilettes, as Setter with the variety and diversity of uniforms Peeially amongst the Colonial and Indian com- P titors, made up a scene that was eminently gay and ^ated. The fortunate marksmen as they stepped J? to the dais to receive their laurels were cheered 7 comrades and spectators with more or less vigour cording to the relative importance of the prize or personal popularity of the recipient. Much .in- west was manifested in the winners of the Army Navy Challenge Cup and the accompanying Pttzes, which were taken by a sergeant-major of the MR.S. Fusiliers, a lieutenant of militia, a gunner of Majesty's ship Cambridge, an instructor of the Lancashire Volunteers, and a sergeant of the ■^°yal Marine Light Infantry. Again, when the squads g the 7th Hussars, the 13'ch Hussars, and the 2nd gagoon Guards ascended the dais to claim the °yal Cambridge Shield and other prizes in con- euon with the mounted contest, they were vocife- !>«?•- Peered, as were also the winners in the corn- er *on ^or mounted volunteers. Representatives of offi Cre^ ber Majesty's ship Cambridge, led by an °er in full naval uniform, carried off the Brins- ead Challenge Shield amid great enthusiasm. The tb h College team were much applauded when a Pame up for the Ashburton Challenge Shield, g Lieutenant Drake, of Harrow, who took the < fencer Cup, had a flattering reception. There was [ Car,6^ friendly demonstration when the Indians, Kol ns a' £ -d Australians, who had taken part in the ap°re Cup competition, appeared before the k. to receive their awards. The Irish eight, a\ra by Mr. Rigby and Mr. Young, bore Shi ^0Q their shoulders the Elcho Challenge w- el". Both they and the Scotch team, Ca Uers of the National Challenge Trophy, W^6 f°r a ?00<^ share of applause; but the the l c^eera were reserved for Private Jackson, of Wh Lincoln, the winner of the Queen's Prize, c, o°8e advent was proclaimed by the band striking up C(w' Conquering Hero Comes." Captain Cop iS* ^0i'Poral Souter, Colour-Sergeant Barrett, and in 0^0ral Richardson previously received their prizes of wnyection with the same competition. The Prince Ijj ales's Prize of £ 100 was presented by the Prince the 1? ^19 w^nner> Sergeant-Major Gaudin, of Jersey Artillery. At the conclusion of the thg1 jDtation,«, the Prince and Princess of Wales left gfQ ajs their daughters, but remained on the 8n r10"3 for about half an hour, mingling with the Jti»h Henry and Lady Wilmot. Their Royal drhnesses were enthusiastically cheered as they rj3e away from the camp. rje ..e only competitions which were left over for Ca,3°? nntil Saturday were those for the Royal $K ridge Challenge Shield and the Mappin prizes. former is competed for by squads of four uutih-d men on bona-fide troop horses from each ou j. guur-nt of Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the ^ei .cne of each section to be a sergeant, but not more a5} two to be non-commissioned officers. The shoot• tin't f've s"ots at an(* Jarcls w"h the Mar- rid11^ carbine, and the men are required to thp6 a^out three quarters of a mile, taking dis fl'ghts of hurdles in the course and to fire entm°Unted at the two distances. Seven." detachments for this interesting contest. They belonged Q-Ua jtlFely to the 9th Lancers, the 2nd Dragoon the <s8,Ule Ttli Huc-sars, the 4th Dragoon Guards, Itu? 8 Greys, the 10th Hussars, and the 13th shiel-] The first prize, consisting of the Challenge a cuD 7al 4114 a Cap value X21, given by Messrs. S. Smith 1JU_ oai and £ 25 in cash, waB won by the 7th the~ rssquad with an aggregate score of 96 points, (92 °°n<^ prize of £ 15 falling to the 13th Hussars DrnJP°lnts), and the third prize ( £ 10) to the 2nd if (87 points). Hie„pe Mappin Brothers competition, which com- tariday, but was not concluded until hay>is °pen to sections of four men each from heia» a^a^on of volunteers, no battalion, however, be pernHted to enter more than three sections. of a ^petitors are required to go about a quarter in the course of which distance there are to g oatacis3 to be surmounted, and each man has Eeven rounds a,t 400 and 500 yards. Five S6veri ea allowed for completing the course, and l^ade are deducted from the aggregate score p°yt- °n the targets for each quarter-minute or °f a quarter-minute occupied over the five oha.li eS" Pr'ze> consisting of £ 10 and a er, I P value ^150, given by Messrs. Mappin eis, was won by a team of the 1st Surrey,

aREA OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. °f th°g l?8? .s^riking than thevastness of the population fess0r s"1:611 EmJ?ire is that of its area. Says Pro- s1u&re England is now a realm 8,000,000 early a in extent, a realm so young and in so it jg nofS -9 °f development that the greater part of or Pe?p1,e^' a realm which will yet require has been^f ^nisation, many new institutions, but which f0ad Svg, nrnished by nature with an incomparable ^bi<jW «nem c°nneeting together the principal countries U C0QlPose it, viz.. the sea."

belong6 'S f ^i^erence between a hurricane and a ^ork of hurricane devotes several hours to the ofterrifn scat[oring a man's house over several miles and con?^ Ae a?ycl.one Picks UPthe structure bodily eight-Vi«, s ^ob ahout fifteen minutes. No °ur movement for the cyclone.

ANARCHISTS IN AMERICA. AN ALARMING DISCOVERY. (From the Standard Correspondent.) NEW YORK, Tuesday Night. The Brazilian Prince Dom Augusto paid a visit to Coney Island at the invitation of the officials of the Seabeach Railway. Among the guests who were expected to be present were the District Attorneys, who were active in the recent trial and conviction of the Anarchist Most and the ringleaders of the boycotters. An anonymous document, signed "By orders of the Social Revolutionary Commit- tee," was sent to the Railway Company, warning them, as follows: If you persist in entertaining these representatives of tyranny, revenge shall fall upon you; your life and that of other principals in this fete shall be forfeited. Your lives are now in your own hands; the responsibility now rests with you." At first no importance was attached to this threat, and the document was handed round as an amusing joke. Owing to a purely accidental cir- cumstances, the district attorneys were not among the party, Nothing unpleasant transpired until the return trip tad almost ended. When the steamer Sylvan Stream, which conveyed the guests, was approaching the dock, an excited woman drew the attention of the deck hands to a package with a burning fuse lying upon the floor of the cabin adja- cent to the engines. Shouts of A bomb soon pro- duced a panic. The fire of the burning fuse had almost reached the contents of the package, which re- sembled a large bottle, when one of the sailors coolly picked it up and threw it overboard. No damage was done beyond the burning of a hole in the carpet of the cabin. Efforts were made to hush up the occurrence, so as to prevent further inquiry, the employes being forbidden to speak on the subject. Some of the pas- sengers, however, have made extravagant statements on the subject. It is said that some forty feet of fuse had burned, giving ample time for the author of the intended outrage to escape and avoid detec- tion. The evidence taken at the trial of the Anarchists at Chicago justifies the worst re- ports heretofore published as to the nature of the conspiracy. Nothing new was elicited until to-day, when an intimate connection with the movements in Canada was disclosed, though the testimony was not sworn to. Canadian detectives watched the Chicago Socialists for two years, even joining their military bands, and their reports helped to frustrate the Manitoba revolt, which was fomented from Chicago, and which established a conspiracy with Riel. One large shipment of dynamite, ostensibly for mining purposes, was withheld upon their affidavit. Agitators and organisers were also sent from Chica to Canadian cities. CHICAGO, July 27. Additional evidence has been given in the Anarchist trial now proceeding here, showing the existence of a conspiracy with intent to murder. It has transpired that the Canadian Government has during the last two years maintained two detectives here for the pur- pose of watching the dynamiters in regard to their connection with the Riel rebellion in the North-West, and also relative to other contemplated revolutionary movementi- which were not carried into effect in Canada.

LORD GRANVILLE AT THE CITY LIBERAL CLUB. On Monday afternoon the annual meeting of the City Liberal Club was held at the Club-house in Walbrook. Earl Granville, the president, occupied the chair. From the report it appeared that the average weekly attendance of members had been 1280. The present total number of members was 1051, of whom 529 were life members. In moving the adoption of the report, Earl Granville said that there was no doubt at this moment one all-absorbing political question but he did not propose to enter into that question that after- noon. He bad heard so much said, both in and out of Parliament, that he did not know whether much more that was useful or new could be found until men's minds were a little calmer. It was also necessary that they should have before them some authorised or rival scheme for the purpose which Mr. Gladstone and his colleagues had proposed to Parliament., and which had been rejected by a majority of the constituencies of Eng- land. Tkey were all aware of the consequences of that- that Mr. Gladstone and his colleagues bad sent in their resignation, slightly anticipating the time which was formerly considered the constitutional period for doing so. Mr. Gladstone, in the formation of his Government, bad been taunted for being &o long in producing his plans but the Liberal Government was desirous of not prolonging the time for their successors to produce theirs. (Laughter.) But he (Lord Gran- ville) would be extremely sorry to say anything which would in the slightest degree add difficulty to their already difficult task. (Cheers.) At the same time, however, he thought it possible there might be some change in opinion on the subject, even in that room, and he was unwilling to initiate a debate. Perhaps they would allow him to say one word in reference to himself. He had for a long time been anxious for a con- siderable development of the principle of self-govern- ment for Ireland. His own view was in favour of a pro- posal which bad been thrown out by Lord John Russell —namely, the granting of large powers of self-govern- ment to each of the four provinces of Ireland but he was convinced with Liberals who disagreed with him that that was impossible now. He was sure that sooner or later some such principles as those advo- cated by Mr. Gladstone would be adopted, and he only hoped that they would be applied under circumstances as favourable as might have been the case if his col- league's measures had been carried. Having said so much upon that great question, he would take credit for the Government that he doubted whether there was any department in Mr. Gladstone's Government where the heads would not be able to hand it over in a satisfactory state to their successors. (Cheers.) He feared there bad been great difficulties in foreign affairs-difficulties greater than might strike superficial observers; but Lord Rosebery had been able to cope with them most, successfully (Applause.) As to Egypt, matters moved slowly There was no doubt whatever that there was improve- ment at this moment. With regard to the Balkans, Lord Salisbury had judiciously put away any petty fear of appearing to be inconsistent, and bad acted upon principles which had been up to that time authorised by the Liberal party. It was due to the temper and firmnesss of Lord Rosebery that he bad succeeded in reducing the objections entertained by Russia to the Turco-Bulgarian agreement to almost a minimum, and had been able to persuade the Sultan to modify the agreement so as to make it acceptable to the Powers. The Prince of Bulgaria had objected to any alteration whatever, but in the end had with- drawn his opposition. Another question was that of Greece, which bad also been satisfactorily settled by Lord Rosebery. (Applause.) There was one ques- tion of infinite importance to the City—the necessity for a commercial treaty with Spain. It was the more important because it bad been constantly upon the point of taking place, but bad been frustrated at the last moment. He thought it was most favourable to our relations with Spain, and most important to the trade of the country that that treaty had now been concluded. His lordship then referred in congratu- latory terms to the fact that during his term of office as Colonial Secretary a great exhibition had been held which would, in his opinion, promote the social and commercial relations between the mother country and her dependencies. la conclusion, he hoped that the result of the general election would not discourage the members of the club in their efforts to promote < Liberal principles. The report was adopted.

NONAGENARIAN BARONETS. Sir John Francis Davis, Bart., K.C.B., F.R.S., has just completed his 91st year. This venerable baronet must be the oldest living diplomatic servant of the Crown, having been attached to Lord Amherst's embassy to Pekin as far back as 1816, or 70 years ago, and was Governor of the colony of Hong Kong from I 1844 to 1848. He is now the oldest baronet in the kingdom, his only senior in point of age, Sir Charles Munro, Bart., of Foulis, in Ross-shire, who was born I on May 20, 1795, having died recently at Southport. Sir Charles Munro was one of the few remaining j Peninsular veterans, having received a medal with seven clasps for his services at Ciudad Rodrigo, I Badajoz, Salamanca, the Nive, Nivelle, Orthes, and I Toulouse. As a soldier of fortune, he also served in the War of Independence in South America, and commanded a division of the Colombian Army at the r. Battle of Aquotmar. He was also the author of abridged biographies of Marquis of Montrose and of William Penn. He is succeeded in the title, as 10th baronet, by his eldest son Charles, who was born on Oct. 20, 1824, and married, in 1847, Mary Ann, daughter of Mr. John Nicholson, of Camberwell, Surrey. The new baronet, who was a captain of the Ro3s-shire Militia from 1855 to 1862, and formerly major in the 7th Ross-shire Rifl.9 Volunteers, is a D.L, and T,F. for Ross-shire,

I TERRIBLE DISTRESS IN LABRADOR. ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND, July 26. Great distress prevails among the fishermen and Indians on the Labrador coast and Northern New- foundland, and the most distressing accounts are being received of the condition of the inhabitants, who are in a state of starvation. Hundreds are said to have died of famine in Labrador, and some in Nor- thern Newfoundland, and it is believed that in all not less than fifteen hundred have perished. The exact figures will, however, never be known owing to the isolated character of the regions where the suffering exists. The Dominion Government intends to des- patch a steamer from Quebec with such donations as may be given for the relief of the sufferers. ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND, July 27. Intelligence received here states that the number of Indians and Esquimaux who have perished in Labrador from cold and hungsr is estimated at 3500. The cold has been most intense, and a severe snow- storm set in on the 20th inst., which lasted two days. The accounts regarding the sufferings of the people are fully confirmed, and there is no chance of their being able to provide themselves with food, as the fisheries have failed. ST. JOHN'S (Newfoundland), July 27, Evening. Further details received here from Labrador state that the snowstorm which commenced there on the 20th inst., has cemented the ice and closed all the trails. Between 10,000 and 15,000 persons are thus cut off, and it is believed cannot escape deatb. A large number of Polar bears have been driven south by starvation, and are devastating the country. The Indians are eating their dead companions. The severe cold is caused by the Arctic ice massed along the shore. Winter sets in in two months, ai.d it is t.1 ought, impossible for the ice to disappear in thht time. The captains of whaling vessels arrived hern report that the Hudson Bay Strait is either frozen agalll-an altogether un- precedented occurrence in this season-or has become choked with floating ice, which now forms a solid barrier. The Indians who die among the white settlers are buried secretly to prevent their being carried off by the Esquimaux. The intense cold only prevails to a distance of 200 miles from the coast. NEW YORK, July 23. According fo intelligence received here the Canadian Government do not intend to send a relief steamer to Newfoundland and Labrador.

FATAL RIOTS IN AMSTERDAM. Some rather serious rioting took place in Amster- dam on Sunday night. It seams that an order had been issued by the authorities prohibiting a popular game, which consists in killing eels attached to a cord suspended over a canal. On the police interfering to prevent the populace indulging in the pastime the other evening, the latter made a fierce attack on the guardians of the peace. Tearing up the heavy granite stones from the streets the mob began pelting the police, who, in self defence, charged the crowd with their drawn swords. In the end the mob was dispersed, but not before 18 policemen and 22 civilians had been more or less seriously wounded. In the course of the evening the police made 25 arrests, including two well-known Socialist leaders. On Monday the disorders were renewed. The authorities accordingly called in the aid of the military, and numerous bodies of infantry and cavalry at night patrolled the principal thoroughfares, which were filled with large crowds carrying red and black flags. Later in the evening the rioters grew more violent, and upon refusing to disperse were fired upon by the infantry. One man fell dead and a dozen others were seriously wounded. Even after this the mob obstinately declined to break up, and at a late hour the city was still in a state of uproar. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMSTERDAM, July 27. Towards one o'clock this morning the troops and police succeeded in completely quelling the riot and dispersing the populace. The total number of killed and wounded in the conflicts between the troops and the rioters last night is not yet known. In the hos- pitals alone there are, however, 14 dead, while the wounded number 76, including 40 of the police and 2 soldiers. The people recommenced gathering in the streets this morning. LATER. Although some groups of persons collected in the streets this morning the day passed off quietly. This evening, however, there were some further collisions of a less serious character between the police and the people, but the patrols sufficed to disperse the crowd, and towards ten o'clock all was again quiet. It has now been ascertained that 25 persons were killed during last night's disturbances, and about90 wounded, including 40 policemen.

MR. BRIGHT ON AN IRISH PARLIA- MENT. The following letter from Mr. Bright was on Wednesday received by a gentleman at Birmingham One Ash, Rochdale, July 26, 1886. "Dear Sir,—I have your note enclosing a copy of a letter from Mr. Gladstone to Mr. Napier, late candi- date for Roxburghshire, in which it is said that I contended in the year 1866 for a legislature in College-green.' The only foundation for this state- ment is that I said the Irish farmers would have more direct influence on a Parliament in Dublin than on one in Westminster, which is quite true. I don't give you the words 1 used, but I give the true sense of them, and they in no degree express the opinion that I was then any more than I am now in favour of a Parliament in Dublin. If the farmers in Ireland can claim a Parliament in Dublin for their especial benefit the people of Ulster may ask for one in Belfast, and the crofters in the Highlands of Scotland may demand one in Edinburgh or Inver- ness. It may be admitted that the nearer a Parlia- ment is to those it represents the better it is likely to be for both Parliament and p,eople. This is an aigu- ment everywhere for Home Rule and for any number of Parliaments, but it does not settle the right or wrong of any particular demand. I have never ex- pressed or held the opinion that a Parliament in Dublin would be an advantage to the people of Ire- land. In the speech to the Cork Farmers' Club, to which, doubtless, Mr. Gladstone refers, I showed how little force there was in the Irish representation from the want of unity amongst its members-half sitting on one side of the House of Commons and half opposing them on the other side. If the Irish members had been agreed upon any policy, they could have carried any measure that was reasonable and just in the House at Westminster. They could have disestablished the Irish Church, and they could have passed the Land Acts. In the session of 1873 they combined, at the command of the Irish Catholic bishops, and threw out Mr. Gladstone's University Bill and destroyed his Government. There is no record of their having combined when I spoke in 1866 for anything wise and good for their country. What I said to the deputation from the Cork Farmers' Club was in part an argument that may be used in favour of Home Rule by those who are in favour of that constitutional change. It is an argu- ment the weight and effect of which must depend upon circumstances. In the case of Ireland it seems to me to have little weight, for surely the concessions to and the liberal and, I hope, the wise legislation for Ireland by the united Parliament since the year 1886 are enough to convince any reasonable man that the interests of the United Kingdom may be left to the Parliament at Westminster. Our experience during the last 20 years is to my mind strong confirmation of the view I have always held on the Irish ques. tion. You will see from what I have written that my opinion on the question of separate parliaments in Great Britain and Ireland has undergone no change.—I am, very truly yours, JOHN BRIGHT. "Mr. G. O. Summer, 1, Richmond-road, Bir- j mingham." I

A ragged-looking tramp was inspecting the windows of a trunk shop. Come in and buy a trunk," said a salesman. Buy a trunk for what ?" Put your clothes in." "Do you think this the Garden of j Eden ?" was the quick retort. 1 What's the matter ?" asked a passenger on a Dakota train as they began to run considerably faster. Why you see there is a blamed cow running ahead t of us on the track, and we're trying to catch her." ■ What do you want to catch the cow for?" Why j great bosh to kill her, of course. The rules allow us train men the hide and tallow, and the meat goes to the directors. You bet I'm going to catch that cow unless she leaves the track or run the wheels off of these cars. I told the fireman to break up the trunks in the baggage car, and heave them into the furnace to make a hot fire, and I guess he's doing it."

SHOCKING SCENE AT A WAKE. At the Lambeth Police-court, London, on Tuesday afternoon, James Hayes, 25, glass blower, and Mary Hayes, 18, living in Fountain-court, Lambeth-walk, were charged with assaulting John Slater. It ap- peared that the father of the male prisoner died a few days back, and a wake" was held over the body. The prisoner and other relatives and friends of the deceased got the worse for drink. The male prisoner wanted Sl out of a sum of some £10 or XII the deceased had left, in order, as he said, to buy a little mourning. A dispute arose, which was followed by a free fight in the room where the coffin containing the body was lying. In the midst of the row the female prisoner was alleged to have struck the prosecutor on the head with a jug, and the male prisoner also kicked him. A most disgraceful scene followed, and the coffin was nearly thrown off the table. After further evidence with regard to the row, Mr. Biron said he could scarcely believe such a disgraceful scene. The parties seemed all to have got drunk and then had a row about money over the coffin containing their relative. It was really shocking to think that in the present day such a thing could have taken place. He sen- tenced the prisoners to one month with hard labour.

EPITOME OF NEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN. On the 19th inst., despite the excessive heat, the de- limitation work of the Afghan Boundary Commission was proceeding uninterruptedly. The Duchess of Cambridv The Duchess of Cambridge on Sunday attained the eighty-ninth anniversary of her birth, and received con- gratulatory telegrams from the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, aad the Duke and Duchess of Connaught. The Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke of Cam- bridge, and other members of the Royal family offered their congratulations in person. Sir Walter Stirling's residence, Burswood, Groom- bridge, has been offered to the Oomte de Paris, without limit in point of time, and free of expense. The offer has been declined owing to the uncertainty of his Royal Highness's stay in England. Over the Thames championship course, from Putney to Mortlake, a sculling match for B200 took place on Saturday between George Bubsar, of Putney, and Peter Kemp, of Sydney, New South Wales. The Englishman won easily by about three lengths. Mr. A. J. Worboys and Mr. Messen, two visitors to Bournemouth, were bathing on Saturday morning from the beach, ne r a spot called Durley Chine There being a heavy surf, Mr. Worboys, who was but an indifferent swimmer, was carried out of his depth hy the current and drowned. The deceased, who with his wife, was staying at Bournemouth for a short time, belonged to Cambridge. The midsummer distribution of prizes and ceitifi- cates in connection with the College of Preceptors took place on Saturday. The awards were distributed by Mr. G. C. T. Bartley, M.P who said that the institu- tion promoted sound learning, and it advanced all education by helping and examining teachers in thsir work. M de Lanessan, member of the Chamber of Depu- ties, who was recently charged by the French Govern- ment to visit Tunis and report upon the general condi- tion of the country, states that perfect tranquility now prevails in the extreme south, and that he has been everywhere well received. M. de Lanessenadds that the inhabitants of the province expressed themselves con- tented, and testified to an increase in prosperity since the establishment of the French protectorate. Mr. Hobson, sub-sheriff of county Limerick, accom- panied by bailiffs and a force of police, proceeded on Tuesday to Castletown, Conyers, and evicted a farmer, named Lee, from a large holding, for non-payment of rent, which was over £ 200 a year. Mr. Bailey, D.L., Dublin, is the landlord Mr. Wilson Barrett's great popularity with the pro- fession has found practical expression in the vast num- ber of farewell gifts which have flowed in upon him from various quarters during the past week. With these souvenirs have been coupled in all cases hearty good wishes for his success on the American stage. M Boulanger, Republican, has been elected Senator for the Department of Meuse by 620 votes against 225 votes obtained by M. Salmon, the Conservative candi- date. Intelligence has been received from Algiers that the great forest fire which has been raging in the neigh- bourhood of Saida, Algeria, is at length completely ex- tinguished. The district of Mascara, which was threatened by the conflagration, has escaped, but the fire has destroyed all the timber over an area of 3000 hectares. The Persian Government has prohibited the export of fruit and wheat to the Transcaspian provinces of Russia. A large cumber of churches are being built in the diocese of York, and others are under restoration. The latest church, the restoration of which has been completed, is the ancient Norman edifice at Dalby, Yorkshire. It was reopened on Monday by the Arch bishop of York. Sedbergh Parish Church, restored at a cost of E4000, has also been reopened for public worship. The launch of the new Russian torpedo-cruiser Lieutenant Iljin took place, in presence of the Emperor and Empress on Sunday. The keels of two new iron" clads were also laid The Spanish Chamber of Deputies on Saturday finally approved the bill ratifying the commercial treaty between Spain and England. A Madrid correspondent, however, states that violent opposition to the treaty is being organised in Barcelona A desperate attempt at wife murder took place at Whitehaven on Saturday. A joiner named Murray, who is supposed to be insane, attacked bis wife with a razor. A fearful struggle followed, and the door of the house was burst open by two men, who were at- tracted by the cries for help. The woman, who was much injured, was rescued, and the man was arrested. At Birkenhead Quarter Sessions on Saturday, Robert M'Kinley, 40, described as a general dealer, formerly carrying on business at Chester-street, Birkenhead, was charged under the Debtors' Act, 1869, with feloniously quitting Er gland within four months before presentation of a bankruptcy petition against him, and taking away property to the value of over E20, which ought to have been divided amongst his creditors. In October last the prisoner obtained a quantity of goads from Manchester, and having sold a portion, he removed the remainder to Sligo. Shortly after his petition was filed. He was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment with hard labour. The 336th anniversary of the French Huguenot Church in the crypt of Canterbury Cathedral was cele- brated on Sunday, and the church, which has recently undergone extensive restoration, inaugurated as a memorial of the late Archbishop Tait, its great de- fender." At the afternoon service the pulpit was occupied by the Rev Edward White, chairman of the Congregational Union, and in the evening by the Hon. and Rev. Canon Fremantle, both sermons being in English. William Jordan, a tobacconist, was committed for trial at the Southwark Police-court, London, on Satur- day, on a charge of throwing a corrosive fluid ever his shop assistant, who was very severely injured. The Cunard steamer Bothnia, which arrived at Qaeenstown on Saturday morning, reports that when in mid-ocean, in lat. 44-10 N., long. 45-32 W., the ship's chief baker, Edward Allcock, was observed to go on deck and walk to the forward part of the vessel, whence he disappeared. An interview has taken place between the rector of Llanarmon (North Wales), and the farmers of the parish. At a meeting of agriculturists it was decided to ask the rector to return 25 per cent. on the tithes due. A deputation, consisting of Messrs Lawton and Jones, accordingly waited upon the rector, and repre- sented the purpose of their visit. The clergyman told them that he could make no reduction whatever, and that if they required relief from their burdens they must go to their landlords. The farmers having heard the explanation of the deputation, unanimously re- solved that, failing a reduction of 25 per cent., to pay no tithes whatever. About a hundred cases of dynamite and a quantity of powder exploded on board a sloop at Havre on Satur- day. The shock was severely felt in the port, some por- tions of the shattered vessel falling a long distance from the scene of the explosion. The town museum was much damaged, many windows being brokea, and the vessels in port sustained injuries. The cruise of the Duke and Duchess of Oonnaught came to an end on Monday morning, when the yacht Osborne arrived at Cowes. Their Royal Highnesses on landing drove to Osborne and were received by the Queen. They afterwards proceeded to Kent House, where they are going to reside. Mr. William Morris the poet, John Williams, and Samuel Mainwaring were charged at the Marylebone Police-court on Saturday, on the prosecution of the Treasury, with obstructing Bell-street, Edgware-road, by addressing meetings there. The two latter were committed to take their trial at the Middlesex Sessions for the common-law offence of creating a nuisance by obstructing the thoroughfare. Mr. Morris was fined a shilling, as it was his first offence. M. Alder, the architect who has been entrusted by the German Government with the construction in Jerusalem of a German Protestant Church on the soil granted in 1869 by the Sultan to Germany, has dis- covered the remains of an ancient Catholic Church. M. Adler is now visiting the churches in Southern France, and more especially those of Auvergne, in order to reconstruct the church in the French style of the period. The crofters of Tiree, in the Hebrides, are reported to have made extraordinary preparations to resist the authorities who are organising an expedition to that island. Notwithstanding unfavourable weather there was a large attendance at the opening of the great annual rifle meeting of the army at Aldershot. At New York it is believed that an amicable settle- ment of the difficulty existing between the Mexican and United States Governments may shortly be 0:. pected. Intelligence has reached New York from Newfound- land to the effect that the Newfoundland authorities have adopted the fishery restrictions insisted upon by the Dominion. A general rainfall has set in throughout the Aus* tralian Colonies. After providing £ 27,247 for the public lighting of the City of Manchester, the gas committee of the corpora- tion report a profit of R4239 for the past twelve months. In many previous years the committee have paid k52,000 annually for street improvement, but in order to do this now they have to draw upon future profits to the extent of nearly £ 28,000. The revenue from bye p oducts have fallen by E31,881 in three years. Charged at Huntingdon with stabbing his sweet- heart, Alice Cull, with a swordstick, a coach-body maker named Thomas Saunders, twenty-five, was on Tuesday committed for trial. The prisoner attacked the girl while she was out for a walk with a lady friend, stabbing her in the side and through the arm. She was unable to attend the court, being in a precarious con- dition: Preparations on a large scale are being made ac Lon- desborough-park for celebrating in the second week of August the coming of age of the Hon; Francis Denison, heir to the Londesborough Peerage. The heaviest rainfall known in Yorkshire within recent years has occurred this week, and it is calculated that considerably over 200 tons of rain per acre has fallen. Much damage has been done to crops, and serious destruction caused in orchards and market- gardens all over the county. The Archbishop of York on Tuesday re-opened the fine old Saxon church at Middleton, which has been completely restored from plans by Mr. Hodgson Fowler of Durham. At Folkestone on Tuesday, Jean Burgoyne, mas'er of a French fishing steamer, was charged with fishing j in English waters. He had anchored his vessel at dusk within 300 yards of the coast, and laid lines. A fine of £10 was imposed. Mr. Gladstone, acknowledging a memorial of sym- pathy addressed to him by upwards of 500 Weslevan ministers, expresses his satisfaction at receiving this emphatic testimony to the justice of a cause which he regards as lifted far above party considerations aBd as destined to a certain triumph in the end. Replying to a correspondent, Mr. Chamberlain ex- presses doubt as to the advisability of establishing a new club in connection with the Radical Union observing that it would be better to hold their own in existing institutions. Mr. Dillon, speaking at the fortnightly meeting of the National League on Tuesday, said Ireland was willing to wait and see what the new Government were going to do, but if they entered upon coercion the people would strike in return at the landlords. Mr. Mundella took part in a discussion at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition on Tuesday on railway extension in the colonies, and maintained that money might be safely lent to the colonies for enterprises of this description. In consequence of certain transfers of jurisdiction provided for by a recent statute, a fishery department will be created in the Board of Trade, with an assistant secretary at its head, and a chief inspector and two other inspectors. The Bishop of Baugor, presiding on Tuesday at the anniversary of the Beaumaris Grammar Schcol, ex- pressed disappointment at the prolonged delay there was exhibited in dealiog with the question of inter- mediate education in Wales. It was seriously affecting the recently opened colleges as well as the schools Judge Bedwell decided an important case at the County-court on Tuesday afternoon, in which the Rev. J. S. Shrewsbury, We«leyan minister, claimed JE50 of Mr. Asher, a chemist, for a breach of indenture of apprenticesfcip in respect of plaintiff's son Plaintiff paid P30 premium, and in May last defendant per- emptorily discharged the plaintiff for refusing to clean a pair of brass scales. His Honour gave a verdict for B15 and costs. A farmer named Oostelloe was shot by Moonlighters on Tuesday night at Ardfert, near Tralee. The Waterford Corporation have resolved to remove from their council chamber the portraits of the Geors-es, and to replace them by that of Thomas Francis Meagher. Ahmed Moukhtar Pasha has been ordered from Con. stantinople to bring his negotiations with Sir H. D. Wolff to a close, aad to hold himself in readiness to leave Egypt to take the command of the Turkish army on the Russo- Turkish Asiatic frontier. The Vatican has forwarded to the Governments of Spain, Austria, and France a proposal for the appoint. ment of new Papal Nuncios to those countries, the present representatives of the Holy See at Madrid, Vienna, and Paris being about to be recalled, in view of their elevation to the Cardinalate. Another fatal accident has occurred on the Gross. glockner mountains, the victim this time being a lady. The death of Sir Alexander Matheson, Bart., took place on Tuesday morning, suddenly, at his residence, 38, Hill-street, W in the 82nd year of his age. In consequence of this sad event, the marriage of Lord Vaux and Miss Matheson, which was to have taken place on Wednesday, was unavoidably postponed. The late baronet was a director of the Bank of England from 1848 to 1878, and sat as the Liberal member for Inverness from 1847 to 1868, and for Ross and Cromarty from the latter year until 1884. A memorial drinking fountain, erected in the Thames Embankment Gardens, in memory of the late Right Hon. Henry Fawcett, wa3 unveiled on Tuesday by Louisa Lady Goldsmid, who explained that it had been erected by the women of England to give expres- sion to their sense of the late Professor Fawcett's invaluable services as an active pioneer in the cause of the advancement of women. Lady John Manners also addressed the assemblage, and paid a tribute of sincere respect and reverence to the memory of the late Mr. Fawcett. A shocking accident occurred at the new post- office at Leicester on Tuesday afternoon. A workman named Bryan Feeley, belonging to Yorkshire, was en. gaged in the top part of the building, when he fell through an opening in the floor, striking some joists with his head. On being picked up he was quite dead, his neck having been broken by the fall. The deceased was aged 32 and unmarried. Mr. J. Collier, deputy. coroner for East Middlesex, held an inquest on Tuesday night at the Mermaid Inn, Hackney, concerning the death of George Jefferys, who shot himself on Hackney Downs last Saturday. The evidence showed that the deceased, who was 49 years of age, and a cabinet-maker by trade, arrived in England from Sydney about 10 weeks ago, having a sister at Dalston. He was addicted to drink, and was subject to fits of depression. On Saturday he went to Hackney Downs and shot himself with a revolver under the circumstances already reported. The jury returned a verdict of Suicide whilst temporarily insane." An amusing assault case engaged the attention of the Croxton magistrates on Tuesday. The complainant was George Parker, and the defendant Thomas Price, both young Cheshire farmers. It seemed that Parker had been paying his addresses to Price's sister, a comely widow, but had been ordered by Price to keep away, However, the latter saw the pair together one evening. and after castigating his sister he struck Parker a heavy blow with his fist between the eyes. In cross-exami- nation Parker said he had been in the habit of visiting Price's sister late at night. He went early enough, and then sat on the pump till she found it convenient to come to him. On one occasion it was midnight when she made it convenient to come. The magistrates dismissed the case, remarking that the complainant had no right at the de.'eld unt'r, farm after being warned off. The half-yearly gathering of the Fire Brigade Asso- ciation for the Northern Counties of England took place in Liverpool on Saturday afternoon; The various brigades in uniform assembled in front of St. George's Hall, under the commatd of Sir Charles Firth, presi- dent of the Association, and Captain Sheen. Preceded by the Liverpool Polico B nd, they marched to the International Exhibition, where Sir David Radcliffe, the Mayor received them. The officers of the associa- tion afterwards dined in the Exhibition buildings. The number of visitors to the exhibition on Saturday was close on 28,000, making a total for the week of nearly 90,000. Altogether 1,650 150 persons ha- e visited the exhibition since it was opened on the 11th May. A deplorable boating accident occurred on Sunday at Kilcummin, on the West Coast of Ireland. It is cus- tomary for a pattern to be held at the place on this particular Sunday in July. liundreds of visitors as- sembled there to take part in the sports and festivities provided. Amongst them was a party of four-con, sisting of Thomas Williams, Peter Egan, James Dela- bunty, and Anne M'Loughlin—all of whom were under the influence of liquor when they went to the boat in which they were to return home. After getting some distance from the land the boat became submerged, and the whole of her occupants were drowned, one man who clung to the boat for a little time being too intoxicated to retain his hold. j Mr. W. J. Sweet, who had been an inspector at the I Swindon Station, on the Great Western Railway, for eleven years, while superintending the departure of the up-mail train early on Sunday morning, dropped dead I on the platform. An inquest has been held, and a verdict of Death from apoplexy" was returned. The deceased was well known to the travelling public. Mr. Kinglake, having been asked to give his opinioo- on Mr. Gladstone's Home Rule proposals, has replied that they would not even establish a moioeatary set- tlement, and that they would produce either persecu- tion or civil war. Lord Roeebery has t ffioially informed M. Wadding- ton that the Australian colonies are opposed to the arrangements suggested with resptct ro ttin New He- brides, and that her Majesty's Government C-illot, therefore, consent to any departure from the p eftut understanding between Great Britain and France. The sale of the Duc d'Aumaie's hunting stud at Chan- tilly took place on Monday, and excited much interest. The twenty-five horses moll realised 1:2425, aud the fifty-three hounds fetched £186. The King of Italy has sent a large sum of money to the Syndic of Rome, with a request that a Oentral Committee may be formed to distribute relief to ihe small towns and villages that have been attacked by cholera. A serious riot occurred in Amsterdam on Sunday night, in consequence of the police havine- prohloltei a popular but cruel sport. On Monday the disorder was renewed to such an extent that both infantry and cavalry had to parade the principal thoroughfares. Sir John and Lady Macdonalci have had a very long journey by the Canadiar. Pacific Railway, of which he was the originator. They were everywhere received with great rejoicings, and presented with addresses. Mr. David Jones, a Welsh merchant who niesi re- cently at Liverpool, has left a bequest of two thousand pounds to the Welsh Oaivauistic Methodist corctr-ction for the object of preparing missionaries for wors in India. It is proposed to establish a college in India for this purpose, Edward Brewi:, a stock and share dealer, was com- mitted for,trial on Monday at the Guildhall Poiice- court on a charge of having used threats against Mr. C. O. Humphreys, of the firm of Humphreys and Sons, solicitor The prisoner had been a client of the pro- secutor. It was alleged that during the past twelve months he had written many offensive letters and postcards. Several cases under the new Act relating to the main- tenance of married women who have been deserted by husbands, came before the Westminster and Worship- street Police-courts on Monday. The magistrate at the latter court pointed out defects in the Act, particularly with regard to the want of definition as to what is de- sertion in point of time. A special jury in the Middlesex Sheriffs' Court sat on Monday to assess the damages in an action brought by Mr. Cyrus W. Field against Mr. Gordon Bennett, for two libels contained in false statements transmitted from London and published in New York. Mr. Field gave evidence to the effect that the libels were calcu. lated to do himimmensa injury. In answer to a juror, he said he had not yet taken any action in America, but he intended to do so. The defendant did not appear, and the jury assessed the damages at five thousand pounds. An address to the Queen passed at a meeting held at Sierra Leone to celebrate the opening of direct tele- g, aphic communication between Freetown and England having been sent to Earl Granville, his lordship has replied conveying the thanks of her Majesty to her loyal subjects.; A man named Cook, agent to an East Kent brewery, committed suicide very deliberately early on Monday morning at Ramsgate. He first cut his throat, and then stabbed himself through the heart with a large kn fe. The Liberals of Cheshire have rerolved to raise a testimonial to Mrs. Tomkirson, wife of Mr. James Tomkinson,of Willington Hall, Cheshire, and daughtes of Sir George Palmer, Bart., of Wantop Hall, Leicester, for her exertions on behalf of her husband in his candidature for the Eddisbury Division of Cheshire, against Mr. Tollemache, M.P. Every week day for a month Mrs. Tomlinson addressed one meeting, and frequently two political gatherings, and aroused re- markable enthusiasm. James Donald Wildsmith, 39, was committed to the assizes for trial at Wolverham oton, on Monday on the charge of stealing a quantity of silver plate gold watches and other jewellery, of the value of 12CCO, the property of the Misses Perry, Wergs Hall, Tetten- hall The prisoner had been in the service of the Misses Perry as confidential servant and butler several years. He had since the robbery returned the stolen property, and begged forgiveness. An alarming fire took place on Monday n'ght at Sneinton, a suburb of Nottingham, on the premises of Mr. David Morton lace and hosiery bleacher. An extensive building of three storeys containing a large stock of lace and hosiery as well as much valuable machinery, was totally destroyed. The damage is esti- mated at £ 1.5,000. A fire took place on the same premises about two years ago; the damsge was very high. A sad boating accident occurred on the River Medway, near Sheernees on Monday. Three lads—sons of Mr. Goodban, of Sheppey—left Oakham Island in a boat for a sail down the river. The boat is believed to have capsized in a squall, as it was picked up a few hours later in Sheerness Harbour bottom upwards, and with the sail set. William Samuels] was executed at Shrewsbury on Mon- day morning for the murder of Wm. Mabbott, a grocer's assistant at Welshpool, whom be poisoned by placing a quantity of strychnine in some stout, which he gave the deceased to drink. Samuels, who slept badly during the night, and partook of a little breakfast, had to be supported while being pinioned, and also on the drop. He made a full confession, and expressed deep contrition for having taken the life of an innocent man. Berry was the executioner. Death was instan- taneous. The people of Grimsby gave Private Jackson, the winner of the Queen's Prize, an ovation on his return on Monday night. The Mayor and all the leading men of the borough met Jackson at the railway station, and congratulated him upon the honour he had achieved for his own town and for the county. He was chaired through the principal treets to his residence. Thou- sands of persons lined the road, cheering enthusiasti- cally. The streets were gaily decorated with flags and banners. On reaching his residence Mr. Jackson thanked the people for his reception.

THE MARKETS, MAEK-I..AHE. A quiet business lias been passing at Mark-lane, but the market has not been without steadiness. The sules of home- grown wheat 111 the leading markets of England and Wales duriog the 47 weeks of the season h ve been 2,715,666 qrs., against 2,651,3 il qrs. last season, at an average of 80s 9d against 335 2d per qr. The sales of barley were 2,821,499 against 2,853,855 qrs at an average of 23s Od against ols Od per qr. and of o its 332,755, against 397,470 qrs., the average being 19s 6d against 20s 8d per qr. English wheat was in quiet request, but at full prices. A moderate business was done in foreign wheat at quite late ntes. Flour was toler- ably firm, but not active. In barley dealings were limited, but the trade was firm. Oats were purchased quietly, and not a firm market. M aize realis; d fully late prices, with a quiet demand. Flat samples were 3d dearer. Beam steady. Egyptian again 6d dearer, at 28s 6d to 81s per 4801b. Peas unaltered. American cake Is 3d dearer. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week amounted to 18,932 head. In the corresponding period last year we received 21,940 in 1884, 15,058; in 18&3, 1-366 and in 1882, 14,0.87 heai. At Liverpool were received 675 beasts from B(-s'on 1494 baasts and 2478 sheep from Montreal; and 536 beasts from New York and at South- ampton, 36 beasts and 6 calves from Jersey and Guernsey, and SO beasts from Oporto. The cattle trade has been quiet and featureless, Throughout a want of animation has prevailed, and paces have remained about the same. Fresh supplies of bessts have been moderately good from our own grazing districts, and have been sufficient for requirements, the demand being of a slow, dragging cha- racter. Buyers certainly have the advantage, the best gc-ts and crosses going at 4s 6d to 4s Sd per fib. On the foreign side of the market a moderate number cf beasts was on otfer. There was a quiet demand, at drrop- ing pric s. The sheep peus were not so well filled as on the last two or tlree occasions. A quiet !vri!»5R was doing, but with a steady tone. The bast Cortiis and lialf-breds reaHsed 5s lOd to 6s Od per 81b. Lambs were dull at 5s 6d to 6s 4d per 81b. Calves and pigs sold quietly at about late rates. Prices: Coarse and inferior beasts, 3s 2d to 3s Gd; second quality ditto, 3s 8d to 4s Od. prime large oxen, 4s 2d to 4s 6d ditto Scots, &c., 4s 6d to 4s 8d coarse and inferior sheep, 3s 6d to 4s 6d second aualitv ditto, 4s 6d to 5s Od; prime coarse- woolled ditto, 5s 6d to 5s 8d; prime Southdown ditto, 5s 8d to 6s lam! s, 5s 6d to 6s 4d; large coarse calves, 3s 2d to 4s 2d; prime small ditto, 4s Sd to 5s 2d; large hogs, 2s 8d to 3s 6d neat small porkers. 3s 6d to 4s Od, per 8Jb by the carcase. Total supply: Beasts, 3270 sheep and Jambs, 9440; calves, 190 ■ pio-s, 0 milch cows, 50. Foreign Beasts. 1140; sheep and' lambs, 770: calves, 20. From the Midland, Home, and Western Counties we received 1S40 beasts from Norfolk. Suffolk, and Essex, 500 from Ireland, 80 from Scotland, 10; and from Canada, 150 beasts. METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET. A moderate supply was on oSer. There was a slow trade at the annexed prices Inferior beef, 2s 4d to 2s Ed middling ditto, 2s lOdto 3s 2d prime ditto, 48 Odto 4s 44; Scotch ditto, 4s 4d to 4s 6d American (Liverpool) killed, 3s 8d to 3s lOd; ditto hindquarters, 4s Cd to 4s 4d; ditto forequarters, Is 8d to 2s Od; veal, English, 3s Od to 3s Sd. ditto, Dutch, 28 8d n 3s 4d; inferior mutton, 2s Sd to Ss 4d middling ditto, 3s 4d ito 4s Cd; prime ditto, 4s Sd to 58 4d; Scotch ditto, 5s 4d to 5s 8d; New Zealand ditto, 3s Od to ?s 4d lamb, 5s 4d to 6s Od; large pork, 3s Od to 3s 4d small ditto, 3s lOd to 4e 2d per 81b. by the carcase. FISH. Black soles, Is 6d to 2s 6d per pair; slips, lOd to Is Id per lb; cod, A:5 5s to £ S per score crimped ditto, 6s 6d to 10s each native oysters, 2s 6d to 3s per dozen common ditto, 7s Od to 8s Cd per 100 large salmon, Is 2d to Is 6d per lb, lobsters, 8s to 30s Od per dozen mackerel, 4s to 6s per score: large crabs, Is 6d to 2s 6d each; small ditto, Id to Is lOd per couple grilse and trout, lOd to Is per lb; and bloaters, Ss to 5s per box. POTATO. A good supply of potatoes was on sale. The demand wa moderate, at the following prices Essex kidneys, 6s to 8s Ken, regents, 5s to 7s Jersey kidneys, 5s to 7s; and Cher- bourg round, 4s 6d to 5s 6d per cwt.