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FRANCE AND CHINA. I DECLARATION OF WAR. HONG KONG, August 15th. The Chinese Government have decreed wai I against France. Admiral Courbet having demanded the despatch of 2000 men from Tonquin, General Millot sent him 600, with two batteries of artillery, on Monday I' last, with sealed orders. A body of 6000 Chinese troops have landed at Hoihow. Heavy masses are stationed on the Hwang-si frontier. FOOCHOW, August 15. The French Government has rejected the over- tures of mediation made by the English, German, aD American Cabinets. The Chinese, on their part, have definitively withdrawn the offer of an indemnity. LATEK. The Chinese are now determined to go to war, and orders have been sent into the various pro- vinces accordingly. FOOCHOW (via Colombo). I have inspected the Min River up to Foochow. The French and Chinese war vessels are under steam and cleared for action. War is fully ex- pected, and threats are constantly heard against the lives of foreigners. The ignorance of the Chinese officials is pitiable. They pretend that they are quite prepared to meet the French, whereas the condition of the forts, troops, &c., is no better than it was at the time of my last visit, in April. The tension and excitement here are extreme, while we are awaiting decisive news from Shanghai.—Times telegrams. PARIS, Saturday. The Senate met this morning at nine o'clock, when the Combe de Saint Vallier, reporter of the Committee upon the Credits demanded by the Government for the operations in Tonquin, speak- ing on behalf of his colleagues, recommended the House to vote the sums required, and to defer the debate on the Tonquin question until the re- assembly of Parliament after the recess, when the Supplementary Credits would be discussed. The Due de Broglie declared it to be impossible to give a vote of confidence to the Ministry. M. Jules Ferry accepted the postponement of the debate, and declared that the Government would regard the passing of the Credits as equivalent to a vote of confidence. The Ministerial Bill in its entirety was then adopted by 193 against one vote. PARIS, Saturday Evening. The Temps this evening denies the statement that the Chinese Government has withdrawn its offer of an indemnity, and the Ministerial papers give a general contradiction to the reports from China as to the declaration of war against France. PARIS, Sunday. A despatch from Thnan announces that French troops this morning occupied the citidal of Hue. The coronation of the new King of Annam was to take place to-day. SHANGHAI, Sunday. There is no news from Pekin confirming the announcement that the Chinese Government had declared war against France. On the contrary, Tsung-li-Yamen, on the 14th inst., addressed a note to the membeis of the Foreign Diplomatic body inviting their mediation with a view to effect an amicable settlement.—Renter's telegrams. Hoihow, where the 6000 Chinese troops have landed, is a port on the northern part of the island of Hainan, which the French have long talked of seizing as a "material guarantee. Foochow, before which the French fleet is lying, is on the east coast of China, midway between Hong Kong and Shanghai. It has a famous arsenal, which and Shanghai. It has a famous arsenal, which was constructed by M. Prosper Giquel, a French officer, who, in communications to learned societies and interviews with reporters, has given many particulars respecting his work, and of Foochow generally. M. Giquel states that Foo- chow is one of the three principal export ports of the Chinese empire. Its annual transactions in tea amount to between 65 and 70 millions ster- ling. The port is not on the sea coast, but about 20 miles inland, on the river Min, at a. point at which the channel widens into a large bay, with abundant anchorage, and during the tea season is filled with English ships. The city or settlement, which lies about eleven miles higher up the river, is not acces- sible to steamers drawing more than 12ft. of water, and the entry at the river mouth is by no means easy, as ships of heavy draught have to wind through a narrow, diincult channel. The arsenal lies about midway between the mouth of the river and the city. It employs at ordinary tunes about 2000 native workmen, under the superintendence of 66 Europeans. At the present I moment the port must be full of English steamers loading with tea, and any attack upon it might lead to complications with more Powers than with China. The outbreak of cholera at Toulon, also, will render it exceed- ingly difficult to reinforce Admiral Courbet. Toulon is the great port of preparation for distant naval expeditions, and a ship leaving Toulon just now would be detained in quarantine at every port at which she touched. Admiral Courbet, therefore, for some time to come will be able to oount on little more than the squadron actually under his command. In any case the most he can do, as a French writer points out, is to seize the arsenal. He can no more bombard the city of Foochow than an English fleet could bombard Rouen, Nantes, or Bordeaux. SHANGHAI, Sunday. The Tsung-li-Yamen has addressed a circular to the European Foreign Ministers, detail- ing the recent Franco Chinese discussions, and deploring the French Minister's refusal p 17, of the American Minister's mediation. The Tsung-li-Yamen in this document denies that the Chinese are guilty of a breach of the Fournier Convention, and accuses the French of committing several breaches of it, including an attack on the Chinese fortifications. The Chinese Government, it is added, is desirous of submitting the case to the judgment of Europe, in the hope that the Powers may discover some mode of settlement. Otherwise, China will resist as best she can, throwing the responsibility for the consequences on the French.—Times telegram. FOOCHOW, Sunday, With reference to the new Chinese circular, the important crux for determining with whom right and with whom wrong rests is to be found in connection with the Accord passe of May 11. The Chinese assert that the charge brought against them of violating it is untrue, and take their stand on the Convention. The document is entitled Communication ecrite." It was copied in facsimile, and copies were sent to both negotiators. Li Hung Chang objected to the clauses respecting the evacuation, and Captain Fournier thereupon erased them, initialled the correction, and handed the amended document to Li Huuo Chang. This account of the matter is consistent" and is corroborated by the following fact. I was myself present in Tientsin at the time, and although intimate with both Captain Fournier and Li Hung Chang, the alleged agreement to evacuate was never mentioned to me by either of them, rimes telegram. CALCUTTA, Sunday, nu- by telegram last night, that China had declared war against France naturally excites much interest here. There are great anrhranwtronTPT°V8t0tbe Probable effect of hn+ if is irenn ° 1&n a<^e an<l finances generally: but it is by no means universally believed that hostilities would operate prejudicially upon ^e opium revenue On the other hand, a Franco! Chinese conflict may be expected to give some impetus to the Indian trade in tea and silk although it may be doubted whether that impetus will be lasting.—Times telegram. TOULON, Monday. In anticipation of war with China, orders have been issued that all naval officers on furlough shall return to Toulon. -Reuter's telegram. PARIS, Monday Evening. According to the Liberte, negotiations are still proceeding between M. Patenotre and the repre- sentative of the Chinese Government at Shanghai, and France may possibly consent to reduce the amount of the indemnity demanded, in exchange for certain advantages which China would concede the treaty of commerce to be afterwards con- cluded between the two countries.—Reuter's tele- gram. fi .^e J^^ster of Marine has received a telegram .eileral Millot, dated Hanoi, yesterday, Fmnnh m?-8 'hat he was about to publish the in reply to the pretensions put forward by the Aunamite Regent.-Reuters tele- fiUu* T* u-O PARIS, Monday Night. t exP]*iued to me that although China has not virtually declared war against France, she disregards the ultimatum sent her after the Langson massacre. M. Ferry, there- fore, might assume the ewateuce of a belligerent atate, and so might the Tsung Li Yamen. The Chinese insist that they have given no cause for quarrel, a position that will not be ad- mitted here. I believe Btrenuora efforts will be ■aade dunoc tbfl Parliamentary receee to follow r ¡;OJ I; up toe successes m xenquin ana xamatave, and create a situation which will be accepted by the Chamber as justification of M. Ferry's colonial policy.-Daily News telegram. PARIS, Tuesday. A despatch of to-day's date from Thuan reports that Colonel Guerrier has left Hue with troops on his return to Hanoi. The success of his mission was complete. It is stated orders have been sent to Admiral Courbet to take possession of the arsenal off Foo- chow, but not to carry military operations further. -Reuter's telegram. FOOCHOW, Monday. An Imperial edict has been telegraphed to the Viceroy, ordering him and his associates to return from Shanghai to Nankin. Five thousand men are proceeding to Keelong from the south. Note- worthy progress has been made with the coast defences since the 1st inst.-Times telegram. SHANGHAI, Tuesday. Tso Tsung Tanm and Shee Tseng Chen Kie, Chinese Plenipotentiaries, have left Shanghai in accordance with instructions from Pekin. Thirty- five members of the Board of Censors have pre- sented a memorial to the Empress opposing the conditions demanded by France, and strongly urging hostilities. The Empress is reported to have decided upon declaring war against France. -Reuter's telegram. TIENTSIN, Tuesday. The two Chinese plenipotentiaries left here yesterday for Pekin. There is no prospect of a settlement of the- difficulty with France. Kno Chuan, the Viceroy of Nankin, was the func- tionary appointed to negotiate with M. Patenotra at Shanghai, and his being ordered to return to his post at Nankin shows that the negotiations have failed.-Reuter s telegram.
|FRANCE AND MADAGASCAR.
FRANCE AND MADAGASCAR. THE REPORTED RECAPTURE OF TAMATAVE. PARIS, Aug. 15. The French Government have to-day received an official despatch announcing that Tamatave was retaken by the Hovas on the 3rd inst. The enemy numbered 10,000, and were directed by Colonel Willoughby. The French garrison escaped to their ships after being driven out of the fortifications. The news has created an immense sensation here.-Central News telegram. The report published by Le Matin to-day, that the Government had received a despatch from Madagascar stating that the Hovas, on the 3rd inst., attacked the French garrison of Tamatave and took possession of that place, is unfounded.- Reuter's telegram. The French Government deny having received a despatch announcing the recapture of Tama- tave. The News was published by the Matin this morning as an official despatch.—Central News telegram. The Minister of Marine has received, via Mozam- bique, despatches from Admiral Miot, dated Tamatave. 9th inst., reporting the condition of all the French posts in Madagascar to be satisfac- tory.—Reuter's telegram. PARIS, Aug. 15 (Evening). The Matin prefers to believe the information it published yesterday as to the recapture of Tama- tave, in preference to the inaccurate statements of M. Ferry, made to deceive the public. Many Opposition journals follow in the same strain, and profess belief in the news published.—Central News telegram. TAMATAVE, August 2nd. j Owing to difficulties of transport, Admiral Miot, the French commander in Malagasy waters, has hesitated to advance against the Hovas. Mules, however, arrived a week ago, and a forward move- ment is shortly expected.-Reuter s telegram.
EG 11*1 ANJDTHESOCJDAN.
EG 11*1 ANJDTHESOCJDAN. LETTER FROM GENERAL GORDON. CAIRO, Sunday Night. The Mudir of Dongola telegraphs the receipt cf a letter from General Gordon, dated 20th July. Khartoum was safe. General Gordon asks :cr news of the expedition. He says he intends tc remain at Khartoum, harassing the rebels Ly his steamers until the expedition arrives, but that the cataracts are very rapid and dangerous at present. He adds that the troops are well. Colonel Chermside telegraphs that Osman Digma s followers are deserting. Three thousand are said to have retired to Hatpeh. Colonel Grenteii telegraphs that the Bashi-Bazouks have arrived at Assouan. An Arab has just arrived here from Berber. He declares that the town was taken by a horde of hungry Arabs not under the direction of the Mahdi's lieutenants, as supposed. Cook's steamers are to be engineered by navy men in place of blackso-Daily News telegram. CAIRO, Monday. Official telegrams from Suakim state that Osman Digma's following is much reduced, aud that he makes demonstrations to keep up appearances.- Reuter's telegram. ASSOUAN, Sunday, The Mudir of Dongola telegraphs that the iacesfc letter he has received from General Gordon is dated July 20th. Gordon reported Khartoum to be tranquil, and asked for news of Dongola.— Reuter's telegram. GULF OF ADEN, Monday. Major Hunter will leave to-morrow for Zeila on board her Majesty's gun vessal Arab, in order to arrange for withdrawing the Egyptian garrison from the Harrar district. A uetachment of troops will follow next Wednesday on boux the Indian transport Tenasserim.. ler the The Arab insurrection in *em310 leadership of a Sheikh na' dant of the former Imaums of bauaa. The mercantile community have left Massowah from fear of the Abyssinians devastating Boj,i cs.- Reuter's telegram.
THE KHARTOUM EXPEDITION.
THE KHARTOUM EXPEDITION. A considerable degree of discretionary power respecting the Knurtoum expedition hav<ng been vested in Lientenant-General Stephenson, who commands the British forces in Egypt, it is thought in official circles that distinguisneu'cliicer may be able to materially hastan the operations for the rescue of the boudan garrisons. It is no secret that General Stephenson for weeks pusc has regarded the military situation there as very grave; indeed, he is reported on excellent authority to have expressed himssif about the projected Khartoum expedition and the Mahdi's i operations as a case where it was I necessary oar troops should at once set out, not to save Gordon merely, but the British forces themselves. The Government are quickening the despatch of drafts and reinforce- I ments both from this country and India for service in Egypt. Next week a number of men belonging the Royal Engineers and Transport Corps will be Bent out. The Peninsular and Oriental steamer PooDah will sail with 800 men as drafts to strengthen the regiments. On Sept. 15 next the time of all officers absent ou leave from Egypt expires, and they must sail from Europe so as to be with their regiments by that date. A Portsmouth correspondent telegraphs:—Four hundred boats, each to accommodate twelve men, have been ordered by the Admiralty for service on the Nile, and the type of boat was on Monday selected at Portsmouth by Colonel Butler and several naval officers. Each boat is to weigh 13001 bs., and to carry 67001bs., including camp equipment and ammunition, each of the 12 men being allowed 3501bs. Several contractors have received orders, to be completed within 27 days. At the experiments, during the day, a boat was loaded with three tons of commissariat stores, it being intended that each boat shall carry 100 days' provisions, and when the ammunition was placed on board, the cargo weighed three-and-a-half tons, and the boat answered so well for stability and buoyancy that the pattern was at once accepted. Drafts from the mounted infantry for Nile expedi- tion are now being prepared at Aldershot and Winchester, and drafts from the 19th Hussars, Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, Commissariat ?i> i £ ansP°rt Corps, Ordnance Service Corps, + Sussex Regiment, South Staffordshire Regi- Highlanders, and the Cameron High- numbering in all 1150 men, will be tra.nnnnrf' p°m •^ort8m°ath to Egypt in the hired Daring the first week of infaiitrv -will ^proportion of the mounted L camels, the remainder, as well &8 the cavalrv bains? supplied with horses recently purchased abroad. The following troops will Wady Haifa as soon as transport is.pwvided-^ 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment 9n,?r\.r Duke of Cornwall's Light InEy w fc* £ °a South Staffordshire Regiment, squadro? of 19°S Hussars, and corps of Mounted Iniantrv Reuter s telegram. SIMLA, Monday Two British infantry battalions, onder orders for Egypt, will land at Suez and prooeed thence to (,'aim. -Reuter's toleirram- i
A FRENCH VIEW OF CHINA.
A FRENCH VIEW OF CHINA. Baron G. de Coatenson, who was lately French Military Attache at Pekin, has. Bays 'the Times,, filled an interesting little book with an account of his travels through China, Mongolia, Japan, and Batavia in 1883. His principal object is to show his countrymen what are the military resources of China; but he has certainly a subsi- diary purpose of hinting to them, as deli- cately as possible, that they have nothing much to gain from wars with the Chinese. He is persuaded that France, or any other great European Power, could easily conquer the whole of China, and, by letting the best national institu- tions alone, rule the country with the acquies- cence of the natives; but when he adds that the invading power must be free from preoccu- pations in Europe, must have a first-rate transport service, and be prepared to spend a good deal of money, this is only a way of saying that he does not think France equal to the task. He rather looks to Australia as the nation destined ultimately to take the destinies of the Celestial Empire in hand. M. de Contenson knows I the differeuce between conquering and subjugat- ing, between subjugating and colonising; and his strictures upon French colonial administration as compared with the English, which he praises without stint, are free and somewhat unex- pected as coming from a French official. Stop- ping at Ceylon on his voyage out, he admired the prosperity of that island under British rule. 44 The English," he says, U carry everywhere not only comiort, luxury, and elegance, but justice and morality—things too often wanting in our colonies." At Saigon, under the French flag, he saw nothing to make him proud. There is a splendid Government House with a ballroom that could contain a thousand dancers if it were possible to collect so many in the town but the streets are lit with oil, and trade languishes because there are few French immigrants, while Englishmen are de- barred from settling in the place by the vexatious trammels which the authorities put upon com- merce. As to this, the author remarks: "We talk a great deal about liberty, but we do not know how to practise it." The question which the French would have to consider in a war with China would be as to their own staying powers. At the outset they might carry everything before them till they grew sick of carnage; but their very victories might prove fatal to them if they led the French Government into thinking that it was un- necessary to send out reinforcements. Yet how could the Government ask the Chambers to vote credits for sending out more and more soldiers, at enormous cost, if the first small army had been I victorious? The Chinese might vow that they had "no stomach for this fight," they might sign treaties, and call the whole world to witness that they were in good faith, but as soon as they oould take their enemy at a vantage they I would commence hostilities afresh. This is the conclusion of M. de Contenson's book; and we incidentally draw this inference from the writer-that the 0 £ saese do not like his country men. They would J^jfeid less readily to the French than to any other nation. This may be because they no longer live, intellectually speaking, behind a big wall, but know pretty well what passes in Europe. If their own envoys have not told them how France stands, there are Germans enough in China, as our author observes, to whisper that France has not an inexhaustible purse, and is not free by any means from difficulties near home.
A WHOLESALE MURDERER.
A WHOLESALE MURDERER. A shost time since the African mail steamers arriving at Liverpool brought particulars of a re- markable discovery of human remains in a bush near the town of Lagos, which led to the belief that the victims had been decoyed there and butchered, as all of the skeletons found appeared to be those of women. The last steamér which reached Liverpool from West Africa has brought some further particulars, from which it appears that the native, Adeoshnn, who is under arrest charged with the murders, has for some time past been regarded as a Ju Ju medicine man, and had great influence over the females at Lagos, owing to his dealings in "charms "and "fetish." When the last ad- vices left Lagos Adeoshun was undergoing a police examination, and so great was the excite- ment in the place, and particularly amongst the female portion of the inhabitants, that a force of Houssas had to be specially in attendance at the police-court to protect the accused from the violence of the mob, which numbered some 3000 people. The first charge against Adeoshun is that of the murder of Mrs. Selina Cole. This lady disappeared very mysteriously some time since, and it was thought that she bad been decoyed outside the protectorate and sold into slavery, a circumstance which is stated in the despatch to be not of a very unfrequent occurrence. Subsequently the husband of the missing woman became aware that certain property, which formerly belonged to his wife, was in possession of the accused. A search warrant being obtained, goods to the value of some £ 150 were found on the premises of Adeoshun, all of which were said to belong to Mrs. Cole. The matter having been taken up by °., Willoughbv, of the Houssa police, a bush near th 3n was searched, resulting in the discovery of first four skeletons, and subsequently eight more 12 in all The remains of Mrs. Coie were amongst the number. It is said that the accused, bv the aid of his charms, was believed by the females of the colony to be able to bring them wealth. From Mrs. Cole alone it is asserted that Adeoshun obtained some JE500 prior to her dis- appearance. The alleged modus operandi of the accused, though ridiculous to the civilised mind nevertheless contains an element of ingenuity: It is stated that the prisoner induced his victims to meet him in a lonely part of Ikoyi (near where the bodies were found), and there compelled them Wl down with their eyes blindfolded. A live Ind whiL HPU 1U-°- 6ach hand of the victims, and while in this position it is believed they were despatched by the aid of some heavy weapon. The kneelIng and blindfolding of the poor people was. no doubt, to add solemnity to the operation of the "charms," but it also rendered the victims incapable of resistance, whilst their hands being occupied with the fowls made the power of resist- ance even less.
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The Registrar-General reports that the annual rate of mortality last week, in 28 great towns of the United Kingdom, averaged 24-1 per 1000 of the aggregate population. The rate in Birkenhead was 20; Birmingham, 27; Blackburn, 28; Bolton, 31: Bradford, 25; Brighton, 21; Bristol, 17; Cardiff, 24; Derby, 18; Halifax, 28; Huddersfield, 18; Hull, 24; Leeds, 29; Leicester, 28; Liverpool, 26; London. 21; Manchester, 25; Newcastle, 22; Norwich, Nottingham, and Oldham, 30; Ply- mouth, 25; Portsmouth and Preston, 30; Salford, 28; Sheffield, 27; Sunderland, 24; Wolverhamp- ton, 43. The rate in Edinburgh was 16; Glasgow, 26; Dublin, 24. & A singular incident is reported in connection with the Russian naval manoeuvres which are to end ten days hence in a grand attack upon Cron- stadt, in the presence of the Emperor. The enemy's fleet being concentrated at Biarkesund, on the Finnish coast, between Cronstadt and Transund, where the Russian squadron had assembled, the Vladimir Monomakh, the new armoured ship of the Alexandra type and the pride of the Russian navy, left Cronstadt on Aug. 15, to join her consorts down the Gulf. On the way, however, she was intercepted by the enemy in overwhelming strength, and, according to the Admiral's decision, was considered to be placed hors de combat, and was ordered to take no further part in the manoeuvres. But the Standard corres- pondent says that this not suiting the temper of her gallant captain, he took an opportunity, when part of the hostile force went out to reconnoitre, slipped his cable, and, although repeatedly blown up by torpedo boats, and again sunk by the re- turning enemy, went at full speed ahead, and got clean away. BANKING AND PRAYING.—The New York Nation says: The experiment has been tried of opening a Newark savings bank with prayer. The Security savings bank is one of the successors of the defunct Newark savings institution, whose managers are now on trial for violation of trust. Proceedings were begun by the president calling the managers together, and advising them that as the institution was one of trust, they should all pray to be delivered from temptation. The Rev. FatherTaylor, of the 1st Baptist Church,thereupon rose and prayed earnestly, not only for the success of the bank, but for the honest administration of the trust by the managers." This was appro- priatelv followed by the opening of a hundred accounts and the deposit of 50,000 dols. There is certainly no objection to opening a bank with religious exercises, nor to reminding a trustee that his position is one of trust, and not designed to fdrnish him with an easy road to wealth; but prayer is not enough; the trouble with all the banks now-a-days is the irresponsible control the president seems to have over everything connected with them. This cannot be corrected by prayer only.
fAFGHAN DISTRICTS UNDER ENGLISH…
f AFGHAN DISTRICTS UNDER ENGLISH RULE. Some interesting particulars are given ivo an Indian paper received by last week's mail as to the consequences of the establishment of English (administration in the districts of Quetta and Sibi, ) of which the latter contributed an annual revenue I to the Ameer of Afghanistan. It is a matter of figures. Sibi used to furnish the Afghan ruler with a sum each year of 10,000 rupees; it- now yields us 125,000 rupees. Quetta never pro- I vided the exchequer of the Khan of Khelat with a greater sum than 20,000 rupees; we derive from it 150,000. The larger increase in the case of Sibi is no doubt due to the presence oi the railway. If the experience of I these pI, 8 may be applied to the districts of Afghanistan proper, and there is no reason why it should not, less ought to be heard in the future than has been written in the past about the im- possibility of raising a sufficient revenue in the country to pay for its efficient garrisoning and ad- ministration.
f HORRIBLE TRAGEDY IN INDIA.
f HORRIBLE TRAGEDY IN INDIA. Intelligence has been received in Bangalore of a most outrageous murder which was perpetrated in the village of Chickanaikpallu, in the taluk of Nelavangalum. A villager, accompanied by his sister, was en route to Bangalore. Being overtaken by night, and as the weather was threatening, they accepted the hospitality of a gowda and his eight sons, the only residents of the village of Chickanaikpallu. Here the guests appear to have been properly treated, and, after partaking of a meal, all appear to have retired to rest. It is then reported that at midnight the unfortunate woman heard a conversation between the gowda and his sons, in consequence of which she stripped herself of the jewels she was decked with, and made them over to her brother for safe custody. The latter then appears to have left the house, and on his return found his sister weltering in a pool of blood, with her abdomen ripped open with some sharp instrument. Before the cruel mur- derers could efface any traces of their cold-blooded crime the house was encircled by a cordon of police, and the monsters were arrested. The corpse of the ill-fated woman was recovered, and on further examination eight human skulls were discovered in an empty well, all of which have been sent to Bangalore for medical exami- nation.,
THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL.
THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL. A meStiag of subscribers and others interested in the Manchester Ship Canal scheme was held on the 15th instant, in the Manchester Town Hall. There was a good attendance, and Mr. Daniel Adamson, who took the chair, was greeted with enthusiastic cheers. He was supported by Mr. W. H. Houldsworth, M.P., Mr. B. Armitage, M.P., the Mayor of Salford, and other prominent local men. Mr. Adamson spoke very hopefully of prospects of a new bill for construction of a canal which should avoid the estuary of the Mersey. He observed that the committee had been very well supported in the past, and he did not think the subscribers were likely to leave a sinking ship, but would fight the battle out. The auditor appointed by the oommittee said the books showed the following figures:—Subscribed funds, £ 95,662. 13s. interest and miscellaneous income, J63486. 011. 3d.; making the total income, up to the 31st July last, £ 99,148. 13s. 3d. When other promises were fully realised the income would be £ 100,101. 13s. 3d. The expenditure had amounted to £ 86,651. lis., leaving a balance, less any failure in subscription, available to meet further liabilities not yet fully ascertained, of £12,497. 2s. 3d. A resolution, anthorising the Provisional Committee to promote a new scheme, was carried.
THE ARTILLERY COMPETITIONS…
THE ARTILLERY COMPETITIONS AT SHOEBURYNESS. rl REVIEW OF THE CAMP. An inspection of the whole force of the Southern Division of the Artillery Volunteer Camp took place on Aug. 15th. Col. Fox Strangeways, R.A., addressing the men, highly complimented them on their conduct and regard to discipline whilst in camp. After pointing out that the appearance of the force would be improved on parade, in marching order, if greater attention j were paid to details, the gallant officer went on to say that the firing this year was an improvement on that of last, especially with the 40-pounder. With this gun all the detachments showed a high level of excellency, which might, however, be improved if the num- bers one did not hurry, and paid greater attention to the result of the first round. The repository exercises, too, showed a high level of excellency in many respects, but there was some careleasnesB with regard to the use of stores which ahonld. e corrected. He advised the men to stick.to.their drill bv which means they would gain in quicK neBS and in precision, and in the end it would be found that the squad which stuck to the drill would win. The men marched back into camp, and afterwards marched to the railway station, en route for their respective destinations.
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The stables containing the stud of Prince Chelkoff, in the Government of Tula, have been burnt down. Nearly 100 race horses have perished. i ,Ti?e Admiralty have selected Capt. ivr 5 CurtiB for the command of her Majesty s ship Canada, on board which Prince George of Wales is serving. The brigands who carried off the son of the British vice-consul at Rodosto have been sur- rounded by soldiers, and have released their prisoner without a ransom. At Hanley County Court, Richard Phillips, labourer, has obtained a verdict of £ 120 and costs against Mr. T. J. Keeling, timber merchant, under the Employers' Liability Act. The Rev. James Smith, Catholic curate of the parish of Lavey, while bathing in the Beaghy Lake, was drowned almost within sight of his own residence. He was much euteemed by all creeds and classes. At Bootle Police Court, oa Aug. 14th, a woman, named Mary M'Ready, of Dundas street, was charged with unlawfully cutting and wounding her husband. She struck him on the head with a hatchet while he was in bed, inflicting a severe wound.-The prisoner was sent to gaol for one month, with hard labour. Mr. H. H. Fowler, M.P., addressing a crowded meeting of Liberals at Wolverhampton last week, said our whole political system rested upon the principle of the supremacy of the House of Com- mons. The Peers had no right to control public expenditure, and the home and foreign policy of the country depended exclusively upon the judg- ment of the House of Commons. Dr. Diplock, coroner for the western district of the metropolis, has concluded an Inquiry re- specting the death of Mrs. Hannah Harris, who was found dead, with her throat cut across, in her house at Herries street, Kilburn, on August t 9th. Her husband admitted the crime, accusing her of having brought him to poverty and robbed him of over JE600 within a year. The jury returned a verdict of "Wilful murder" against Thomas I Harris, who is in custody. The Press Association is requested to make known to shipowners and others trading with foreign countries that the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs cannot undertake to intercede with foreign Governments in individual cases. In cases where shipowners have reason to believe that the regulations have been infringed, time may be saved by the parties interested communi- cating directly to her Majesty's diplomatic repre- sentatives in the countries in question, who have full instructions to do what they properly can on behalf of British interests in such cases. Accounts received at Vienna represent the state of affairs in Russia, concerning which the Russian press is allowed to say little or nothing, as being particularly disquieting just now. Arrests on a large scale have been effected in rapid succession for some weeks past. Amongst them is that oi a candle manufacturer, at whose house an under- ground passage was discovered, admitting of a mine being placed under the road taken by the troops to the field of maceuvres. A secret police agent was shot the other day in a cafe at St. Petersburg while taking a suspected person into custody. A young officer, Lieutenant Wein- marn, lately dismissed the service on the charge of meddling with politics, committed suicide while his lodgings were being searched by the police, who had received information that he was concerned in the Warsaw conspiracy. Several professors at the different universities have been suspended from office bv order of the Czar, as nn- trustworthv. The list includes the following Barnes:—-Professor Muromzeff,' of Moscow; Pro- fessor Mischtschenko, Doyen of the Kieff Uuiver. sity; Professor Syziankpo, Doyen of the Charkoff University; and Professor Drill, a master at the Mosoow University. The three first have been placed under police surveillance.
DANGERS OF AMERICAN BATHING.
DANGERS OF AMERICAN BATHING. A Newport telegram of August 6 in an American contemporary says:—Pilot boat No. 9, at Newport yesterday, reports that she caught a grey shark, 91 feet long, with a sheath knife sticking in its stomach, and a man's right hand in the shark's stomach."—A telegram from Rockaway, Long Island, says that large numbers of sharks have appeared within short distances of the beaches from Rockaway to Long Beach, during the past few days." On Monday, a visitor to Rock- away while bathing saw what appeared to be a person drowning, about 100 feet from the shore, and swam towards the object. When within a few feet of it he discovered it to be a large shark, which immediately turned upon him, and it was with difficulty he succeeded in reaching the shore before the monster could reach him." 44 When the body of Katie Donnelly, the daughter of Peter Donnelly, who with her father was drowned at the Isle of Wight on Saturday, was found yesterday, the lips, eyes, ears, and portions of the limbs were found to have been bitten off, evidently by sharks, several of which were noticed in the vicinity."
THE ALLEGED CANNIBALISM BY…
THE ALLEGED CANNIBALISM BY ARCTIC EXPLORERS. A New York correspondent, telegraphing on Sunday, says:—In connection with the Greely expedition affairs are now very much at sixes and sevens. The evidence as to there having been some cannibalism in the course of the expedition in- creases daily, and the excited imaginations of rela- tives and friends supply whatever may be lacking in the horrible stories. Henry's body is to be exhumed by order of his sister. The belief is that Henry was shot not for stealing, but because he was a strong man, and when the cannibalism began the others feared he would be able to beat them. The theory of cannibalism is certainly supported by the statement that Kisling- bury's body showed signs that the flesh had been skilfully out off. It is said that 201bs. of meat was obtained from each body, and that one victim was eaten every six days. The first experiments in the flesh eating caused nausea, and then boiling was resorted to. The flesh was too poor to make soup, but it was boiled with as little loss of substance aa possible, and then eaten. It is said that Greely was at this time confined to his tent from ex- haustion, and that he was sustained with human flesh for a long time, unknown to himself. When the party were rescued all but two were insane. The struggle had for days been on the each-for-himself principle. Long and Fredericks made a sort of partnership to resist the others. At the time of the rescue they were comparatively strong, and capable of several more week's endur- ance. They had a supply of ducks hid near the camp. I may add that the Government are try- ing to prevent the exhumation of Ellis, despite the wishes of his mother and his wife. Linn's mother also believes her son was shot for food.
THE DEFEAT OF HANLAN.
THE DEFEAT OF HANLAN. Edward Hanlan, of Toronto, and William Beach, of the Illawarra River, as reported on Mon- day, rowed over the championship course, on the Paramatta, New South Wales, on Saturday after- nOOD, for the championship of the world and stakes of £500 aside. The weather was fine, and enormous crowds of people assembled to witness the contest. Beach had many supporters, as he was generally regarded as the coming oarsman of Australia, but Hanlan was favourite. After a very hard race, Beach suceeeded in winning by a length and a half, and the enthusiasm dis- played over his victory was greater than has ever been witnessed in Australia over a sporting event. The length of the Paramatta river course is three miles 300 yards, and it has certain peculiarities in the way of tidal flows which require careful mastering. Hanlan openly professed his dislike for this stretch of water, and declined to row Lay- cock on it last May, selecting the Nepean in- stead. He further wished to row Beach else- where, but the latter objected, and eventually the Canadian gave way. Hanian, who is 29 years of age, and stands 5ft. 8ïin" has never before been beaten in a match, his nearest approach to a defeat being when J. H. Riley rowed a dead heat with him in America. Among others he has vanquished are Wallace, Ross, Ken- nedy, Courtney, Riley, Hewden, Elliott, Trickett, Laycock and Boyd. His last match, previous to that of Saturday, was with Laycock, whom he defeated with the greatest ease. William Beach is also 29 years of age, and stands 5ft. lOin. He is by trade a blacksmith, and is a very powerfully-built man. He has rowed in many small regattas in Australia, but it is only recently that he took part in any contests of note. In January last he rowed in a regatta in Sydney Harbour against Trickett, C. Messenger, Clifford (a man who was regarded as very likely to develop into a champion) and H. Pearce, who will be recollected as having visited England. On this occasion Beach ? £ e 5 he Was 8aid t0 have i uriDn the coatest, and an appeal • 6 ko the umpire he and Trickett were ordered to row over again for the championship beit. This race took place on February 1 last, and Trickett, who had greatly improved in condi- tion, defeated Beach, the latter being reported by his friends at the time to have deteriorated. Im- mediately upon Laycock's last defeat by Hanlan, Beach was matched to row the champion, and at once went into training, with a result that has greatly delighted his supporters.
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==- The public examination of E B. Hadfield and Co., skipowuers, Li*e £ P^° place on Monday at the Liverpool Banl^P*cy Court. The liabi- lities are £ 8500, aC* 4 &ts showed a defi- ciency of £ 6400. Th« ure waB attributed to the loss of ships .and' a.specula.tions. A return of a recei" 8 and expenditure in respect of Ilsn,krtiiDtoy Proceedings during the year ending March 31st.¡ .1884, shows the total receipts to bavw been *-119,745, a net increase of JM986 oa the pcevoas yeM. Xh- expenditure was f 115,208. which M QCQble on the previous year of £ 11.801.
REPORTED INSULT TO THE BRITISH…
REPORTED INSULT TO THE BRITISH FLAG. Information has reached Liverpool that the German war vessel, Moers, while on a West African cruise, visited the port of Bageida. The British Gold Coast authorities had previously made a. treaty with the natives, and the British flag was flying. The report is that the Germans landed, immediately hauled the English flag down, and hoisted the German colours. The Central News says there is no foundation for the report of an alleged insult to the British flag. The English flag was not flying, and waS not, therefore, hauled down and the German flag substituted, as stated.
THE NATIONAL BALANCE SHEET.
THE NATIONAL BALANCE SHEET. A parliamentary paper issued on Tuesday gives an analysed account of the public income and expenditure for the year ending March 31, 1884. The total income was £75.486,365, of which £ 71,735,523 was derived from taxation, £ 2,897,42? from services undertaken by the Crown (chiefly the Post Office and Telegraphs), £473,415 from Crown rights, and £ 380,000 from Crown lands. The total expenditure amounted to J675,280,745, which is accounted for under the fol- lowing heads :-Public debt, £28,344,729 (made up of £21,603,105 interest and JE6,741,624 redemption of debt); army, £16,064,574; navy, £ 10,727,781; grant to India (the Afghan war), £ 1,000,000; localisation of the military forces, £40,000; Trausvaal, £ 15,363; miscellaneous civil services* £ 16,440,212; Customs, £ 910,976; inland revenue, £ 1,767,863. The excess of income over expendi- ture was £ 205,620.
STEEL RAILS IN FRANCE.
STEEL RAILS IN FRANCE. The following brief table shows a steady in. I crease in the annual consumption of steel for rails, with as steady a decrease in the use of I iron, the extinction of which for the permanent way of the railway system is only a question of short time: Year. Iron rails. Steel rails. Total, i Tons. Tons. Tons. 1873.. 135,000 85,000 220,000 1874 154,000 123,000 277,000 1875 104,000 139,000 243,000 1876 57,000 161,000 218,000 1877 53,000 171,000 224.000 1878 50,000 211,000 261,000 1879 39,000 231,000 270.009 1880.. 38,000 262,000 300,000 1881 28,000 290,000 318,000 1882 27,000 350,000 377,000
TRAGIC AFFAIR IN PARIS.
TRAGIC AFFAIR IN PARIS. A workman named Hap, living in the Rue St. Sauveur, a dingy locality near the Central Market, Paris, made a desperate attempt on Monday morning to murder Marie Valor, a woman who lived with him as his wife. Hap was lately dis- charged from the Vaucluse Asylum, where he had been a patient for some time. In an access of chronic madness, during which he accused the woman of having attempted to poison him, he took a revolver out of a valise which he used for his work, and fired four shots in succession at Valor. The latter, although bleeding profusely from her wounds, managed to seize the madman, who turned the revolver on himself and fired, the u e odging in his left thigh. The police havinfl been summoned by the neighbours, the unfortu- £ a8 t £ ken.iu a dangerous condition A v i 08P1':a^ In the meantime the madman had escaped; but, after having systemati- cally bandaged his wound, he went to the police station and gave himself up,when he was immedi- ately taken to the infirmary of the depot.
A FIGHT FOR LIFE.—A MOTHER'S…
A FIGHT FOR LIFE.—A MOTHER'S EXTREMITY. A six-storey house in New York caught ire early on the morning of the 1st of August, and of the five persons who were in it at the time one was burned to death, one fatally injured, and the other three so dreadfully burned that their lives were despaired of. The one who lost his life outright was a child, named Jamea Gibbons, four years old. The firemen found him in his bed burned to a crisp. He was the youngest of three children, the family of John Gibbons, a carpenter, who was absent at work at the time, while the mother was preparing his breakfast. The experiences of the poor mother in the endeavour to save her offspring were terrible almost beyond expression. She was unable to carry the three, and quickly decided to carry the baby and the one nearest to it. Witk ing screams she left her four-year-old boy,^«dw°th the other two hurried through the blinding smoke up two flights of stairs leading to the roof, when she sank exhausted. The flames leaped in about the landing below and sent the smoke to where the mother and children lay. The fire caught her clothing and that of her babes. With a super- human effort she struggled up to the roof, the flames and smoke following after her. She could not open the scuttle, but the fresh air revived her. She was seen by the firemen, who burst into the adjoining house, and ascending to the top, tore the burning clothing from mother and children. Their flesh was cooked in some places. They were carried downstairs amid the woman's wails for her little son who was left to die.
DIABOLICAL NIHILIST OUTRAGE.
DIABOLICAL NIHILIST OUTRAGE. VIENNA, Monday. Intelligence from St. Petersburg received by the Tagbhtt states that a fortnight ago the authorities at Kasan received an anonymous warn- ing from the Nihilists to the effect that the powder magazine and several public buildings would shortly be destroyed. The warning was disregarded, but last Thursday the town was thrown into a panic by a terrible explosion. The powder magazine and five Government offices had been blown up, and over 100 lives lost. A dynamite shell was found under the window of the Central Police Station. Further explosions are apprehended. A large detachment of troops is employed night and day ia removing the wreckage."—.London Telegraph telegram.
FRIGHTFUL MISADVENTURE.
FRIGHTFUL MISADVENTURE. PARIS, Tuesday. Seventeen workmen employed on the under- ground canal which is to be connected with the rivers Oise and Aisne, at Bray, have been suffocated by a rush of foul air.—Exchange Com> pany's telegram. b
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The Belgian Government are building four new steamers for the Dover and Ostend passenger traffic. At Chester, on Monday evening, a young man named Charles Evans, a striker, was bathing in the Dee. The river was very low, and Evans was trying to walk across, when he suddenly sank into a hole, and was drowned before assistance could be rendered. The same night Henry Beeton, a boy, was also drowned in the Dee, near the Dee Mills, whilst bathing. A Roman telegram states that the carabineers sent out in search of the malefactors infesting the neighboarhood of Rome have succeeded in dis- covering and arresting a band of three men armed with guns, and lying in ambush on the road to Salciano; and in a wood near Velletri three others Were encountered by two Campagna Guards, who captured two of them after a sharp struggle, in which the Guards were severely wounded by billhooks. The malefactors were cutting fuel. Arrests of other individuals believed to be impli- cated have been made. The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Malwa, which arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday morning, brings among her passengers Lige Mercha, Lige Marshasha, Sen., and Lige Marshasha, Jun., three envoys to the Queen from King John of Abyssinia, bearing presents to her Majesty, including a male elephant, about three and a half years old, and a large monkey. The envoys converse in English, but imperfectly. Their seven Abyssinian attend- ants could make themselves understood to only one man on board the Mal wa-one of the Indian seamen. The Malwa was detained at Plymouth until 7 p.m., when she proceeded to the Isle of Wight to land the elephant at Osborne. A prize fight for JE10 aside took place at three o'clock on Tuesday morning near Newtown row, Birmingham, on some ground called the Old Peek," the combatants being Everall, alias Gab- bet, and 41 Young Lee," alias Nick. After fighting several rounds, lasting over an hour, the police appeared upon the scene, and the combatants, together with the seconds and a crowd of about three hundred persons, made a stampede. The police are in search of several of the persons whom they can identify. Later in the day a dis- orderly gang assembled, and several brutal assaults were committed. One old man, named Green, was rendered insensible by being beate* with a stick, and was conveyed to the General Hospital. Another man was also oarried to the hospital.
"MARTYRS OF THE SOCIAL REVOLUTION."
"MARTYRS OF THE SOCIAL REVO- LUTION." The following is a translation of the proclama- tion issued by the Socialists of New York on the execution of Stellmacher:—" In memoriam of our brave, true, and courageous comrade Herrmann Stellmacher. The International Workiug Men's Association, Group New York, to the proletarians of all countries. Fellow men, comrades, — The highwaymen of a shameful 4 law and murder have soiled their hands by another execrable murder. Our long-remembered com- rade Herrmann Stellmacher has been throttled, in cold blood by the hangman of that crowned criminal Franz Joseph Hapsburg. The revolu- tionists look down into the grave which encloses their comrade with a burning sensation in their hearts, for they are and will be as firm as he was whose body has been thrust into an early grave. But no tears. More powerful than sorrow, hate arises in the hearts of the thinking worki^e class, generating the thought vengeance for the destruction of our brave comrade. Herrnaan11 has made his entry into the pantheon as ^e" fender of suffering mankind. Among the m^;r .gfa of the social revolutien, side by Bide with Vorlin, Brady, O'Donnell, Passanante, Perows. Kaya, Solovieff, Bodel, Nobeling, Lebenyi.^na numerous others who have testified wit& blood, in our time his name shall long b0 hered. In the war of the impoverished a^ tyrannised against the rich and a brutal society, he, too, fell in the ranks, in love, self-denial, and desire '°r y* Herrmann Stellmacher entered the °* those who are willing to make an he slavery of the people by the force of eeas. With a heart full of hate and derision he battled against the tyrants and 1 on3* What he did was not for P^°^| reasons. He acted for the welfare of tb*°?oiaip nf tim volunteered, fought, and fellas LIT Revolution Working men, hon.ed honour this brave warrior, who & id0 -by taking the example he gave a d8 ]it tending with you all for libertJ y battling to the last breath ag obbers and l" tneir tools, against capitalistic y ig preachers, ever the producers tv,.„ them! You have the power to b^1ityOU^r]aDts and bloodsuckers to perdition- • ou h&Te the right—aye, tb. dW-f ""ovme^ of""Y?r free labour and equal e for yourselves and Pjjjse th; banne/ Agitate, organise, revolt, ra» r 01 the social revolution upon all c Palaces. Make capital the servant the'fr;utBU^er DOt that idle parasites squan worti8 °* y°ar labour. Will, dare, act, and the world i8 yours. This is the testament le» J ine expiring friend; these his words toy w his grave. Let them not be heard u d. Herrmann Stellmacher is dead. rJ Propaganda of deeds! Hurrah! The S°ciai "evolution 1-The Executive."