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GENERAL NEWS. A great deal has been heard lately about the Bosphore Egyptien. The Bosphore Egyptien is, of course, a ridiculous rag. It seems too unspeakably preposterous that an international quarrel should or could be involved out of the suppression of the in- cendiary sheet. But it is not because it is prepos- terous that it is not possible. The history of war- fare teaches that where there is an object in forcing a dispute any peg will serve to hang it upon. And the quelching of a journal notoriously written by Frenchmen in the interest of France, and with a purpose hostile to this country, has in it germs of development capable of swelling any extent. France used to go to war for an idea, why not for a newspaper 1 According to the Daily News, Russia is con- structing a railway which is to proceed through Askabad, Sarakhs, Herat, and Candahar, to India. When the line is completed and connected with the Indian railways, passengers will book at Victoria or Charing-cross, and go via Cologne and Vienna to Odessa; from that place by steamer to Batoum; and then by railway, now existing, via Tiflis, to Baku. Here a steamer will take the passengers across the Caspian to Krasnovodsk, and after that there will be no break in the line, which will go through Askabad, Sarakhs, Herat, and Candahar, on to the Indus. It has been calculated that the journey.by this route could be done in about eleven days, and although the journey, even then, would be a very tedious affair, the majority of travellers, in the piping days of peace, would find this route far preferable that by the Suez Canal. Russia has been steadily working at this railway for years, and military men make no secret of their belief that when it is completed an invasion of India will be possible. The farmer named Douglas who deliberately shot Mr William White, a corn dealer, at Sevenoaks, in consequence of a dispute about a horse on Friday last is still at large. After committing the act Douglas rode to his farm at Ide-hill, a distance of abrout three miles, and, having changed horses there, proceeded into Sussex, and notwithstanding the efforts of the police no further information of the whereabouts of him or the horse has at present been obtained. Mr White is in a most precarious condition, and on Monday evening his recovery was considered to be extremely doubtful. The prospects of the fruit crop in Kent are ex- ceedingly promising. The cherry orchards present a grand appearance, the trees being one mass of blossom. The buds upon the apple trees are fast expanding into pink and crimson flowers, which, like. those on the cherry trees, look strong and healthy. It is ten years since there was a really prolific cherry season and an abundant fruit crop would go a long way towards compensating the agriculturists for losses in other directions. Henry Turner and Jane Turner, his wife,, were at Crews on Saturday charged with the man- slaughter of Louisa Turner, their child. An in- quest was held on the child, and the Coroner directed a post-mortem examination of the body, which showed it had died from starvation. The prisoners were remanded. The eldest son of the Rev. J. D'Arcy Preston, Rector of Freemantle, near Southampton, who has been spending his holidays at the Vicarage, was found dead on Saturday, having been shot through the head with a revolver. Whether the deed was the result of accident or design has not transpired. After being out exactly a week from Liverpool the Guion Line steamer Abyssinia returned to the Mersey on Saturday afternoon. The Abyssinia, with a large number of passengers, left Liverpool, on the 25th of April for New York, and sailed from Queenstown on Monday last. She had then about 550 passengers, and, after getting several hundred miles from Queenstown, she met with an accident to her screw shaft, which got fractured. Finding the injury could not be repaired, the captain decided to put back. A favourable wind prevailing, the vessel was not taken into Queens- town, but headed for Liverpool. She was reported off Holyhead in tow at four o'clock on Saturday morning, and this was the first word the Company had of her after she passed Browhead. The Abys- sinia entered the Mersey shortly after noon on Saturday. The owners had not. the slightest anxiety as to the 'safety of the vessel, as she is known to be able to proceed fairly well under sail. A number of passengers sailed again on Saturday by the steamer Nevada, belonging to the same line, and the remainder will be going next week by another of the Guion vessels. The Abyssinia her- self has been taken up by the Government as a transport, and will be repaired with all speed to enter the Government service. The body of a marine engineer, named Peter Robinson, was on Sunday morning found lying on'a grave in Kirkdale Cemetery, near Liverpool, and beside him was a bottle containing laudanum and carbolic acid, some of which he had evidently taken. A short time ago Robinson's daughter committed suicide, and was buried in the grave on which his body was found lying, and subsequently his. wife died. In his pocket was found a letter addressed to his brother, stating that he had walked all the way from Perth to die on his daughter's grave. A Galashiels telegram reports that on Saturday afternoon Mr Alexander, barrister, of London, lessee of the Dryburgli Fishings on the Tweed, was drowned while out fishing on a part of the river below Boatpool. As he was standing in shallow water he stumbled and fell, his wading trousers filled, and prevented him recovering himself, and, f getting into deeper water, he was carried away by the current. A fisherman named Johnston, who was on the spot, launched a boat and tried to save Mr Alexander, but without success. The body was recovered about an hour later. A singular death is reported from Devonshire. Dr. Phelps, of Exeter, was walking along the rocks at Teignmouth on Friday, his family being in advance of him. Suddenly lie was missed. On arriving home his wife began to trouble, and search was instituted. On Saturday the body of the gentleman was found jammed in a cavity into which he had evidently fallen, and the water coming in while he lay there helpless and drowned him. At Liverpool assizes on Saturday, Daniel Murray O'Hara pleaded guilty to sending menacing letters to Jane Amelia Griffiths, demanding money two years ago, when acting as assistant doctor. Prisoner, it appears, had been convicted of fraud at Belfast, and his name had been removed from the list of practising surgeons. He was now sentenced to ten years' penal servitude.

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