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MARRIAGE.
On the 14th September, at H.B.M, Consulate, Swatow, by the Rev. H. L Mackonale, M.A. ANTHONY MILROY, chief officer of the Douglas steamer Thales, to JESSIE, only daughter of Martin, Esq., of Switow.
AN Emergency meeting of Zetland Lodge, No. 15, EC, will be held in Freemasons Hall, Zetland Street, on Thursday, the arst instant, at 8.30 for 9 p.m. precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited.
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ACCORDING to the Japanese Oficial Gazette, one thousand three hundred and elghter orses of dysentery, of which three hundred and twelve jongkong Melegraph. terminated fatally, were reported at Osaka between the 29th of last month and the 3rd fast. Typhold is also very prevalent in that country
The Houghong Celegynyk.
· Honokona, "TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1893.
TELEGRAMS.
THE REVOLUTION IN BRAZIL.
LONDON, September 18th. The revelation in Brasil is extending north. ward. The majity of the imops composing the Rio de Janeiro garrison are in a state of mutiny.
RUMOURED ISSUE OF INDIAN TREASURY BILLS.
The Times publishes a rumour to the effect that the Indian Government will fire threa and a half per cant. Treasury bills to the extent of fire millions sterling. The bills will ran for Ave
years.
COLLISION AT SEA,
A colli-ion bat occured between the British A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. steamer Stordimas, 1,136 tons, and the Dutch steamer Gelderland, 2,978 tons, in which the foxmmer was sunk, six Lascars being lost. The collitan took place near the Seychelles Islands.
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TYPHOON WARNING:
We are indebted to the courtesy of Sefior Dos Ortiz de Zugasti, Spanish Consul at this port, for the following telegram --
MANILA, September 18th,
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There are indicaitons of a slight depression to the Pacife.
The Observatory notice this afternoon says: Red drum (typhoon east, further than 300 miles) boisted. Typhoon appears to have entered south part of Formosa Chaarel, moving W.N.W."
LOCAL AND. GENERAL.
Just now.
We have received a lengthy and very strongly worded communication from a lady correspon dent in San Francisco, but which is not of suffi- cient public Interest to justify its Insertion in the Hongkong Telegraðk. Jardine, Matheson & Co., the alleged Imurls Mines, a lost trunk, Canadian Pacific Company, British Justica In Shanghai-together with several other odds and ende, are mixed up in a most remarkable manner. On the whole it is an interesting document, sibelt a trifle disconnected
the
THE old Victor Emanual la decaying so badly that unless a new depot ship is very speedily provided there will soon be no depot to provide lor. Her lower timbers are hopelessly rotten and beyond repair, and every foot of her takes in water like a sponge. Pumping has to be kept up almost incessantly, and the effect of so mach bilge-water coming up is that already about thirty of the men s in the Naval Sanf
rium or the hospital with fever. The rate of sickness is increasing at an alarming pace, besides which it is impossible to patch n the leaks so as to make the aged hulk anything like fall to pleces from sheer old age.
In consequence of the Intense heat the men in the brigades at the Aldershot mancares were permitted to parade in their shirt-sleeves.
Her Majesty the Queen has commanded Slr Henry Evelyn Wood, V.C., in chige of the Aldersbet district, to proceed to Osborne, in the Isle of Wight, to report on the health of the troops.
The hot weather now prevalling helps the
excellent.
harvesting operations in Billain. The grain le
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The wheat harvest la France is finished. The total yield is estimated at 35,000,000 quarters.
The intense heat has ripened the grapes in the Médoc and Borderer districte la four days, The vintage la France is unusually large.
Mr. Gladstone's new form of closure excludes the putting of any amendment except such as may be expressly sanctioned by the Government. Both the Timer and the Standard denoutico the threatened closure as an arrogant violation of the liberty of speech, never equalled since the ume of Cromwell,
The Finance Committee of the United States Senate has reported favourably upon the bill for the repeal of the Sherman Act.
All the miners employed at the collleries in the counties of Fife and Kinross have struck work.
The Scotch ironmasters intend to shut down their furnaces in consequence of the dearness of fuel.
Four banks to Des Moines, State of Iowa, have suspended payment.
There have been 460 financial and mercantile fallures In America within the past week, AN Another ablpmest of gold to the amount of against 193 last year.
360.coo has been despatched to New York. Gold la a drug in the market in Chicago,
to the World's Fair.
The Indian Government has decided to allow half the salaries of Indian officials to be remitted to England at the rate of rs 6d per rupee..
The unemployed at San Joaquin Valley, California, made an attack on the Chinese employed in the vineyards and ousted them. Several Chinese were killed.
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Owing to the prospect of more gold being despatched to America it is expected that the bank rate will be rattad to 5 per cent.
It has been decided by the Admiralty that the Hood shall realsco the Viktoria na thè flagship of the Mediterranean squadron,
The turret ship Hood was the third ship launched of the eight first-class bat le-abips, each of 14 150 tons, called for by the Naval Defence Act, and was put afloat on the 30th July, 1891. Of these, however, she is the only turmet wessel, the others being built on the barbelle principle, Her length is 380ft, breadth 75ft, draught of water forward 26ft, and aft 18/1,, displacement 14.150 tons, ledicated horse-power 13 on more 17 knots. She has thus nearly 4000 tons displacement than the Victoria. Her armament consists of four 13in. breech-loading guns in turrets, 10 6ia, quick-firing guns, so 5-pounder goick-firing guns, and also 3-pounder quick
ring guns, besides seven torpedo-dischargers and boat, field, and machine guna. Her total complement of crew in 614. The total cost of the vessel was 900,000.]
A match between the Australians and the Second-class Countles of England was com menced at Birmingham to-day,
Tha attendance was moderate. The weather was fine, but the wicket was heavy owing to the recent rain. The home team hatted first. Qualle and Bainbridge made a good start, but the rest were unable to cope with Giffen's bowling, Rain fell during
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of the M'Kinley Act, replacing it by an entirely revised tariff.
Many factories and other works in America, which had to be closed in consequence of the depression throughout the country, kee being xa- opened. The crisis is passing over.
Mr. John G. Carlisle, the Secretary to the Treasury in the United States Cabinet, has declared that it would cost 113,000,000 dollars to recols the currency at the proposed ratio of 10 of silver to t of gold.
The advocates of the free coinage of silver arg unable to advance say arguments in reply to the Trasserer's assertion."
August 23rd,
The miners' conference, sitting in London, bas decided that the men will resume work Immediately on condition that the masters with draw the notices of seduction in the rate of wages.
Mr. W. St. J. Brodsick, Conservative mensber for Galldford, who was Financial Secretary for the War Office in the Marquis of Salisbury's last Government, was horsewhipped in the West End by an ex-employee of the War Office, on the ground that he had been unjustly treated by the late Government,
The accused was brought before the poliga court on a charge of assault, but the case was remanded.
The court to-day sanciloned the reconstruction scheme of Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Limited, as agreed to by the shareholders and creditors.
It is reported that his Holincts the Pope is displeased with the result of the French general elections
The Welah calliery proprietors have conceded an advance in the rate of wages, and men on
sound, She cannot be docked, as she would owing to the large quantities brought by visitors bright and arch time, but the weather wan | strike are returning to work."..
FATALITY ON H.M.S. "PIGMY.”
The magistrates in the disturbed colliery dis- tricts in Wales are ready night and day to read the Riot Act if deemed necessary. The authorl ties are very determined in their efforts to suppress the trouble, and to this end are taking
drastic measures.
Three thousand troops are under arms in. Cardiff and Newport.
The cavalry and the police are patrolling the There is much excitement at Pontypridd. tects. The stock of coal at the gasworks is most exhausted, and it is feared that the town will be in darkness to-night.
The condition of financial stairs in America as a depressing effect on the wheat market, despite the unfavourable reports concerning the creps and the decrease in the visible supply of wie it.
TO-MORROW with be a busy day for the majority / fired eff or drawn out before the gun was suicide to New York. The deed was the result
of the local sons of Israel. It will be the Day of Atonement.
H.M.S. Pigmy was out several days last week off the south side of the laland, going through the usual quarterly gun-practice with all her armament. On Friday evening, one of the ship's boys," a promising youth 17 years old, who seemed likely to make a fine able seamen in due time, met his death in a very sad manner. He was one of the crew of four attached to a Nordenfaldt machine gun, and was standing at his post beside the plece when orders were given to knock off work for the day, and of course to put everything in order, There were two cartridges still in the gun, though they ought to bare been either brought inboard; and in any case the firing-lever or trigger
should have been locked. However, through some oversight the gon was left in this dangerous state, and was THE Aquatic Sperts in connection with the being brought into a fore-and-aft position pre- Victoria Recreation Club will be held on Thurs-phratory la making fast for the night, when, ia day and Friday, opposite the Cricket Ground.
pulling it round, the lever was touched, and the the ather passing THE Japan Mail is strong on many subjects,two bullets struck the boy, one lodging in clean through his stomach. He was at but geography is its forte. New South Wales the right lung and and Victoria are now la America, according to
once attended to by the Pigmy's surgeon, and | the oracle of the Jaos.
the gunboat returned to Hongkong harbour with all speed. The boy was taken to the Naval hospital the same evening, and everything possible was done for him. He lingered until Sunday morning, when he passed away quietly, after about four hours of unconsciousness. An enquiry will, we understand, be held by the Naval authorities, but will not be open to the public or the press.
WI beg to acknowledge receipt of the I. M. Customs Garette, No. 98, giving trade returns for all the customs ports of China for the second quarter of the current year.
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THE P. & O. S. N. Co.'s steamship Malwa, with the next English mail, left Singapore for this port at 5 am. to-day, and is expected here about 3 p.m. on the 34th inst.
THY Chlon Squadron is not expected to return southward from Japan until the end of October, after which, as usual, several of the vennela will be recommissioned in Hongkong.
MORE Japanese newspapers suspended for exposing the rattenness of the enlightened Government of Dai Nippon. At this fate all the journals in Japan will shortly be 'dead birds.'
The Countess of Stolzberg has committed of a love affair.
Further particulars of the melde which took place at Nimes, in the south of France, between French workmen and Italian labourers, fadleate that the incident was more serious than was al first supposed to have been the case.
fiue afterwards.
The Australians made a bad start in their Arst innlogs, Bannerman, Lyons, and Giffen being disposed of by Hulme and Davidson for 7 runs. Trett and Gregory made a stand, and at the close of the day's play the Australian had scored 89 runs for six wickets.
The following are the principal scores :--- SICOND-CLASS COUNTIES-FIRST INNINGS. Qualle, & Georga Giffèt.................................... 47 Bainbridge, cBannerman, b Bruce... 18 Haime, b Gifta ............................ 16 All out for 147. Bowling Analysis.---Geo. Glifen, seven wickets for 53.
AUSTRALIANS.—TIRST INNINOS. Troit, bowled....................... ................ 33 Gregory, ibw.... Bruce, not out a sumtur. 28- Six wickets for Bg.
2.50 PM. August hand. Heavy rain fall to-day, and prevented the match from being continued.
On an average, 30 deaths from cholera occur daily at Kieff, in Russia.
August 22nd.
The cholera epidemic is on the increase in Hungary.
About 14 deaths from the disenes occur daily at Smyrna, in Asiatic Tarkey.
Two cases of sicknesss supposed to be cholera have occurred at the East End of London.
In the House of Commans last night Mr. Gladstone moved the resolution of which be had given notice in favour of the closure being applied on Friday zext to the debate on the report stage of the Home Rule Blil.
The Fremier said that the metlen of the Government was intended to secure the liberty and efficency of Parliamentary discussion.
7.30 p.m.
The British Miners Federation has decided that members shall not submit to a reduction in the rate of wages, but they will not nok for an increase at present.
August 24th.
Mr. G. J. Shaw-Lefevre, Gladstonian member for the Central Division of Bradford, has been appointed chairman of the Royal Commission on the depressión in agriculture.
In the House of Commons last night, in com mittee on the Home Rule Bill, an amendment, moved by Sir Henry James, making it compul | sory, for the Irish Legislature to meel once a
year, was accepted by the Government.
An amendment, giving the Imperial Palla ment power to summon or dissolve the Dablin Legislature, has been rejected by a majority of
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Eleven deaths from cholera have occurred at . Antwerp, in Belgium.
Cholera has broken out at Duisberg, in Rhenish Pussia,
A case of cholera has occurred on board a ship at Constantinople.
The epidemic is spreading la Italy.
Eighty per cent. of the cases in Galicia and Hungary prove fatal.
The labour riots in Vienna wern renewed last evening. Boiling water and heavy weights wern thrown from windows on to the poller, whe anbred the crowd freely.
A strike has taken place among the cabmen of Naples. The silks burnt the tamears, Traffic was suspended, and the shops had to be closed
Troops are now guarding the streets to prevent any further outbreak.
In the conflict 50 were killed and 150 wounded. Thirty-three per cent, of the cotton mills in America are closed on account of the depression. An explosion of fired amp has taken place in a colliery at Dortmund, in Westphalls, Pewasia, Colonel T. Waring. Conservative member for Fifty miners were killed. the North Division of Down, will present to her Majesty the Queen the resolutions passed by the Orange Ledge of New Zealand, protesting glost the granting of Home Rate to Ireland. to take place in Belgium have been counter- The military manceperes which were about manded in consequence of a prevailing epidemic of dysentery and other diseases,
The Government of Manitoba, in Canada, estimates the crop of cereals in that province at Gradients are steep on the' Observatory Com. 49,000,000 buskefr, including 21,000,000 bushels amounted to a deprivation of the const/ta:fonal embraces alt the self-governing colonies,
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of wheat.
It is reported that a serious conflict has taken place between the strikers and the working misers at Dowlais, in Glamorganshire. Ten thousand miners are said to have been engaged in the struggle.›
As the outcome of the attack by a number of French workmen on a body of Italias labourers Nimes, in the south of France, hostile
The mob heated the French Ambassador, M., Yesterday upon the French Embassy in Rome Palazzo Farness,
During a debate in the House of Commons last night, the Speaker ordered the Sergeant at Arma la eject an occupant of that portion of the gallery reserved for distinguished strangers for applauding the speech of one of the mraibers.
The Australian party in the House of Com- mens has been re-named the Colonial party. It
The Standard welcomes the party, and sayı Elements that its members are among the best of the House.
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Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, leader of the Liberal Untonist party, moved an amendment protesting against such application of the closure. The terms of the amendment declared that the resolu tion of the Government to apply the closure right of Parliament to discuss a policy which seriously affects British interests, and that the motion was dictated by party expediency, Mr. Chamberlain, in speaking to his amendment, asserted that the motion of the Government was
At a meeting of the Colonial party, Sir Charles unprecedented. It was impossible any longer, be said, to rely upon the sense of equity and like said that the party had no wish to inter- fere with the Agents General, but would assist bonour of the majority--such a majority due to them la zecuring cable and postal reforms, and the votes of priests, moonlighters, and liliterstes, in dealing with the question of the French spiracy to destroy the kingdom.
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YOUNG PAULSEN, the only European survivor of which was lost in the typhoon of the 8th lost, under the care of the Rev. A. G. Goldsmiths at present but will eventually be sent on to Australia.
mission. First of all the barometer jumped down on consideration of the sore point-who shall be Chalman? Of course, Dr. Doberck ether posillon and ap Governor at would occupy no
once. The pealed to the Governor naturally backed him up-for it was established in the Po Leung Kak Com mission, and maintained in the Retrenchment at Commission, that every defendant ought to be into a criticised department ought to be under & wonder Sir William Robleson did not put Mitchell-Inres on the Treasury Commission as Chairman. Perhaps that genius would have made an even greater exhibition of insanity.
Then the question of recording the proceedings
in cases where special circumstances exist, to have Commlsilons supplied with a short-hand clerk to take verbatim notes of every meeting, But not for Doberck! He wished apparently to satile the minutes bimself he could do it to his own satisfaction, and nobody else could. Ho was not going to have any shorthand if he could help it.
The Observer says that the Australian cricketers have scarcely succeeded in convincing experta that they are better than the ordinary second-class county elevens. Cricket in Austra-
testa as that now la England is regarded as a representative one.
LAST night Lieut. Carey, B.A., met with a nasty accident at the Hongkong Club; be was on thepped up. It is the invariable practier, except | {ia, it adds, must be at a very low abb lỉ xuch a first floor, waiting for the elevator to come up, and was looking over into the shaft, when the cage, being above Instead of below, as he thought, caught him on the head and cut him rather badly Medical assistance was soon obtained, and he is doing well.
THz band of the 1st Shropshire Light Infantry will play the following programme at the Officers' Mesi, Murray Barracks, this evening, com mencing at 8 o'clock Over..."La Circassienne *huber.
"Glory to The... Gatmod. Sacred Songs...”
“Nell GwynnoTM Selection. Simmer Nights Plaquette
O. H. Stone, & Selection Dor Battel Studentlocker. Descriptive," The Yllinge Westival “.....O'Kenía,
Barometer very low.
Now the trouble has begun. Of course, the Erst witness whom the Commissioners with to get evidence from is Dr. W. Doberck. But every time they ark him a question he has to Ob, I must get Mr. Figg," or Mr. Plummer, say or anybody rather than himself to answer. The report of that commlesion will be funny!
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LAST Saturday moming a prisoner engaged in "shot drill" in Victoria Gaol varied the mono- tony by putting the shot into the ribs of Capt Lethbridge, governar of the gaol, who was doing the rounds. The prisoner was brought The Chins Navigation Co.'s steamer Chingtu, before one of the vialling justices, and pleaded that he wished on behalf of all the prisoners to Capt. R. Janis, from Sydney August 31st, arrived protest against the increased stringency of the in port last night. For the subjoined telegrams gnol rales. He was soothed with "three dozen." | we are indebted to our Colonial exchanges -
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LOWDON, August 18th. Despatches from Prague report that a most
THIS Valuable Work, with many NEW Hotel this afternoon. Mr. T. F. Hough, Clas serious disturbance has taken place in that city. A body of 2,000 socialists, who objected to the of the Course, occupied the chair and although celebrations to connection with the blathday of there was but a limited attendance, the fact the Emperor Francis Joseph, caused a general that ag ponies have been subscribed for clearly rist. The police interfered but were cloned by Indicates that
the love of sport has not yet was the socialists, who did great damage to property killed in Hongkong. As in former years it we and completely wrecked a number of houses. unanimously decided that the Shanghai Horse Mr. H. H. Asquith, the Home Secretary, Bazaar should be entrusted with the selection of desles the seport of the release of Dr. Thomas ponies, subject, of course, to the approval of a representative of the Hongkong subscribers. Gallagher, the Irish-American, sentenced to Griffins will be supplied at the rate of $150 per panal servi'ude for participation in a dynamite head, the primary condition being the covering of six farlongs in 1 mín, 40 secs., 10 st up. Ar the Magistracy to-day, belore Mr. Wadahones, the owners of the ferry launch Tolding warn charged by Pollde Cocutable John Wilson with carrying an excess of passengers to the amount of thirty-six. Ms. Grist, of Mr. C. D. Wilson office, appeared for defendant. According to the evidence adduced is appeared that on the
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Replying to a question in the House of Commons last night, Mr. H. Campbell-Banner- mas, Secretary of State for Waz, admitted that Sir Frederick Abel and Professor Dewar, members of the special committee on explosives, appointed in 1889, sold the secret patent of cordile to a foreign facto y.
It is reported that a number of creditors of the Liberator Building Society have sent than to the Argentine Republic with a view of having fast. between 5 and 6 p.m., Constable Wilson. S. Balfour, the absconding managing director,
Crossing over in the sald launch from
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August 21st.
There have been renewed anti-French demon. strations in Rome and other cities of Italy, as consequence of the recent attack by French workmen on Italian labourers at Nimes, in the South of France. An excited feeling prevails throughout Italy.
A farther attack has been made on the French Embassy in Rome. The windows were smashed. The palice were powerless to cope with the mob, and the troops bad to be called out to disperse the rioters.
Rioters wrecked and burned French trameurs at Genoa, and chased the official,
The general elections in France took place yesterday. The results, so far as they are known, are in favour of the Republicans. All the Ministers were re-elected.
'LATER.
The results of the election in 86 districts arO.
Ing districts for which MM. Lockmy, Floquet, now. There will be 36 second ballots, inclad- Gablet, and Andrieng are condidates.
MM. Brlison and Clémenceau hava bren elected, but M. Drumont is def-aled.
Five hundred and ten deputies have been returned,
The position of partien is-Republicans, 3091 Radicals, 143 Conservatives, 44 The Repubil- cans have gained 45 seats..
In the House of Commons, Mr. Gladstone will suspend the midnight rule to-night, in the hope of being able to pass the closure motion at one sitting
The amendments to be moved in committes on the Home Role Bill cover 29 pages. Three
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ed in and fifty amendments are to be pro- The Daily Chronicle considers that the form shown by the Australian cricketers is dis appointing when they are opposed by the best English teams.
Sir George Dibbs, Premier of New South Wales, has invited a Canadian delegation to visit Austrails about the middle of September.
Should the Invitation be accepted it is believed that the Hon. Mackenzie Howell, Minister of Trade, will be the chief delegate
to Yamat and noticing that the BMD) BAGIÐmant has refused to extradite charged the mob several times.
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A large body of coal-miners on strike, estimated passenger aboard exclative of the crew, which numbered 11, while her passenger
Certificate
to member fully 20,000 men, is marching to the only allowed her to carry 56 passangers and Merthyr and Trehamis collies, in South Wales,
ampha crew of 12 The charge was, of coness, tically denied and evidence was brought in the to compel the free labourers to cease works.
August 19th. shape of the captain of the launch and a
The strikers have compelled the miners at friendly barber, to prove that at the time mentioned there were only serealy or eighty the Merthyr and Treharils collleries to die passengers and a crew of twelve on board Kr, continue worke
Wodehomes remanded the case for a few days Owlox to the prasi kast, the miliary ties amotiver wiwess for the police might appont) | mandówyson að Aldershot Maya hoon stepped:
The amendment was pat first, and was
result of the voting was 1--
For the amendment anmu. 161 Agafast ......... 100
Majority for the Government...... 38 Mr. Gladstone's closure motion was then put and carried without a division,
The following are the latest results of the general elections in France :- Repablicans *****
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Radicals and Socialistamennoueur 30 Conservatives.....
Rallies (the section of the Con
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servatives who have accepted the Republic as loevitable)... 13 There are 155 second ballots, which will be decided on the 3rd September.
M. Leen Say (leader of the Left Centre, or Moderate Republicans) and M. Eilenne bave been re-elected,
M. Clémencean (Radicial) and M. Paul de Cassagnac (Bonapartist) are included in the second ballats..
The Right, er Opposition, has been completely defeated, as also were the Boulangists and the Panama scandal agitators. In this number is included M. Delahaya.
Comte de Man, a leading member of the right, has been defanted.
M.M. Keorier, Bourgeois (ex-Ministers), De Loucis, and Wilson (son-in-law of the late ex- President Gréry) have been elected,
There is little excitement over the elections. The
Republicans have gained 63 seats and lost none. The Royalists lost 30.
appointment of colonial Geverdoss.
Several speakers at the meeting supported the land from the Southern portion of that colony,
The Matabeles are again making raids into the territory of the British South Aldex Com.. pany in Mashonaland, and are killing and Caslaving Mashonas.
Dr. L. C. Jameson, the British Administrator In Mashonaland, has telegraphed to the eme Government that it is imperative that definite action should be taken to suppress the rising.
A strong impl, or warlike party of Matabeles, Is threatenlog Fort Victoria, in Mashonaland, on the cast and wert sides of the township.
́ ́August 25th.
Sir Edward Grey, Parliamentary Secretary to the Foreign Office, slated to the House of Commons last night that it was imposible that the Government could have reasonably supported a demand for 10,000 from the Dutch Giverne ment as personal compensation for the captala of the Costa Rica Packel. The claims on behalf of the crew and the owners of the vessel were being considered.
The miners who are on strike in Staffordshire sto parading the country in large bodies, terrily. ing and waraulting free labourers, and destroylog property. A detachment of Lancers has anived at Stoke to suppress the disturbances.
Fifty thousand Welsh miners siill remain out on strike.
The military are checking any attempts at
disorder.
It has transpired that during the late parleyg tugs with regard to the French demands, the French Inhibited the Sismere from receiving M. Duppy,
the French Premier, has expressed assistance from foreign legal advisers. The to the Italian Government is regret for the French demands exceed the contents of the attack by French workmen, upon Italian | ultimatum.
In the House of Commons Ist night, Mr. labourers at Nimes.
The Italian Goverment. has suspended the Gladstone, on behalf of the Government, Prefect of Rome and the Chief of Police for granted the appointment of a select commit having falled to protect the Franch Embassy to inquire into the financial relations of England
and Scotland. from attack by the mob.
There have been renewed riots, between
In Rome the street traffe was suspended French and Italians in Turin, Milan, and Genoa Military cordons have been drawn around the French consulates
A number of collieries In South Wales which were stopped by the miners' strike have resumed work with free labourers. The Ainers at work are protected by the military.
In consequence of the scarcity of coal la England, many vessels are coaling at Dunkirk, in France,
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Twenty-three Anarchists have been arrested placed under arrest in Rome for a similar reason. A great fire has taken place in Chicago, Milan for fomenting slots. Thirty were also
Five Blocks of buildings, berkies larga cost and timber yards, were destroyed.
Five thousand persons have been rendered homeless by the conflagration.
The damage amounts to $1,500,000 In commlites on the Home Kale Bill in the Hours of Commons last night an amendment (Anglo-Autinding those of the Milburn retaining the Irish Secretary in the Imperial
Parlament was rejected on division by The Welsh cosiminers on strike looted the The number of fron, steel, tisplate, and ether, majority of 53. An amendment declaring that bakeries at Ferodala last evening. The police works which bave been compelled to close on the Viceroy's assent es vai to bills should be dependent upon the advice of the Queen, and The labour members in the House of Com set upon that of the Irish Executive, was also
· police were injured. Risting Many account of the lack of coal is increasing.
are strongly opposing the despatch of rejected..
The Duke of Devonshire will move the rejec The miners at Ebbw Vale are working on a troops to Wales. sliding scale of wages, and the miners in the A ballot has been taken amongst the cost- tion of the Home Rule Bill in the House of neighbouring valleys are endeavouring to in miners on strike at Aberdare, in Glamorganshire. Lords on the 5th September. The debate closes timidate them. It was only the presence of the The result was in favor of the resumption of on the Biha
new I is believed that there will be Hide excite milltary and the energy of the magistrates that | work,-- prevented an invasion of Ebbw Vale
As a meeting of creditors of the Standard meat over the closure of the discanton on the boelies of strikers yesterday.
Bark of Australia jesterday the scheme of report stage of the Home Rale Bil to-night. reconstruction was sanctioned, depen The colllery-owners have had under consider Mr. Wilson, Chairman of the Commlites ef ation the offer arrived at by the Miners' Confere Ways and Maans in the American House of ence in Londen for an immediate resumption of Representatives, fe draftlag a hill for the pepet) i work by the minern now aù strike en nondiilat
A vigorous crusada agalust Protestants is being carried on by Roman Catholics at Connemara, in Galway, Ireland. Numerous | entregas have beou perpetrated: