Is a 'battleship of a formidable type. In the general arrangement of her guns and armour. she somewhat resembles the fagnificent class. She has a displacement of 12,350 tous, and la steel balit and and copper sheathed, ao as to be available for distant duties, like the Centurion And Barur. In length she is 350ft, with beam of 72ft, and is to have a speed of eighteen knots. She has a belt of 18la, plates, and above this her sides are protected to a considerable height above the waterline by 4le, steel, while her flotation is further secured by a sin, deck. Her two barbelles, in which are placed her four solo 19-ton guns forming her primary arma ment, are of 17a, compete armour, and covered In by thick boards or shields, while the ten 6in. quick-firing guns forming her secondary battery are placed in armoured casements, three on either side of the main deck, and the remainder st four corners of the central superstructure, Besides there heavy weapons, the Renown mounts eight of the new ra-pr. rapid-fire guns, and score of lighter machine and rapid-fire guns, while her torpedo equipment comprises seven impulso, tuber. Her cost is estimated at £679.136.
OBITUARY.
The death of the Earl of Pembroke took place at Franklost on the 3rd May. The family honours devolve upon his brother, the Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., for Croydon, who was born in 1853 and married in 1877, Lady Bastila, daughter of the second Earl of Dushant. The family to one of great antiquity, iha late peer being descended from Herbert Fits herbert, Chamberlain to Heary 1, and the first Earl of the present line was Williams Herbert, who married the sister of Catherine Farr, King
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1895.
to-day. Amongst the witnesses was the Earl of Kimberly, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, who appeared in response to a sub, cosa, and produc the original, warrant for B four's exiradi.ium from the Argentine Republic,
Evidence concern's Baliour's connection with the Liberator Building Society, Impiles log him la the frauds, was given, and the accused was committed to stand his talal.
Arther Dries, the Tichborne claimant, who was sentenced to 14 years merisonment in 1874 on a charge in connection with the case, has confessed that he la really Arthur Orton, the son of George Orton. He died to his career biography, giving the whole facts of his career as the claimant."
A serious quarrel between a musician and a doctor, of Frankfort-on-the-Main, has resulted fatally. The musician, meeting the doctor in the street, shot him dead, and then committed suicide.
disastrous
Ara occurred to-day in Bermondsey. The fire spread over an acre and half, and the damago is estimated at £240,000. Dr. W. G. Grace, the cricketer, is at present In good form with the bat. In a match against Bristol be to-day scored 288
A mysterious explosion has taken place in a railway carriage in the city. A gentleman was the only occupant of the carriage at the time, but ke fortunately escaped serious injury, although he was manned. A brass cylinder, which had evidently contained the explosive, was found in the carriage. The affar in a mystery.
THE BOMBAY, COTTON INDUSTRY
In the treaty of pance jost concluded between China and Ispan, the most important em for the Indian cotton splaner is certainly that In which the Japanese allpolate for the right to open colton factories to their newly acquired teritories. The mere fact that prominencs is given to this matter by making it one of the pla clauses in the Japanese ultimates, shows value that nation attaches to it. One would naturally suppose that the possession of territory
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All doubt about the fate of the Strale deded. Dilli Instructor Manibal kas, I am told, goue this pleasing news. They point out that it in steamer Billion; which was supposed to have Lover to Ha Ja-fen's camp at Machang Ma. the most natural thing in the world for the Cfar -been-burat while-o0-2 voyage (lipid (yetd | Ja-fen apparently intends to put some Daich to realists thus to Fogland's really antagonistic-`'
Penang with a cargo of kerosene all, hat boen | courte into his troops if notblog else, an he has | position as to the Japanese-Chinese affair.). It is removed by the fading of one of her boats, bad-y | reported to the throne that he has given his men wisely blated, airo, that France will find a way scorebed, near Mala Head. No tidligs of her in equipment, in every respect the same as that to give Russia valuable support if she chooses
to re-open the quesilon of the Pamirs, and for crew up to the 4th lost 1113riven to foreign troops; including grog in flasks
„sp„ be carried by every soldier on the field of ther, that the whole African question will soon **LUBACXina Gazette.
be taken vigorously in hand by Rasula, Franicu and Germany in a decidedly anti-English splet. The most significant fituro of this Parislam talk is the fact that it showne, for the moment al any calo, that the hatred of England in diitleefy
Franco-German alliance with, Russia as a COR- stranger than the dislika of the enemy scrots the Rhine. The political phenomenon of a necting link, cannot, of course, last long pat the fact that it has been made even tolerable to the French people by their overwhelming national antipathy towards perfidious Albion in feature in the European alination which loops big with importance.
The American blg Tillie E. Starbuck, 1,93′′ tons, Cipitáln 'E. Cirtis, which left here on March 27th, arrived at San Franciacion May NEWCHWANG NOTES. 4th, and mede, the passage is the quick time of 30 days. Although this har, "says the" "Frisco Commercial News, been beaten a number of
times, it is pas worthy of note, as the average
CORRESPONDENCE,
(Wu do not necnomelly madorse the options
Correspondents in this column.)
THE KOWLOON INSTITUTE, To the Rogram or vun “Howsicona Trimarans,” DEAR SIR-WIL you kindly insert the sacloved acknowledgment in your paper and obilge,
Yours truly,
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Tokyo (Japan), May rath The recent achievements of Tapan havo'led her to turn her attention to securing a treaty with Nicaragua, in which she would secure market privileges in the Nicaragua canal "The subject has been under consideration at Wash ington between DA Gœman, representing one time the basis of a treaty seemed to hars Nicaragus and the representative of Japan. Aï
bean reached. Dr. Garman foared, however, tha United States might have cause to object to seeing privileges accorded to Japan.
NEWCHWANG, May 18th. ing our mail and provistons. Both Pigmy and H.M.S. Pigmy surived here yesterday, hilng, upen it from a lighthouse to a battery--the ane for the protection of life, the other for its destressge is from go to 60 days.
Plover leave this evening for Chefoo The Japanese ganhost Akagi will be the only pro- tion. It is most significant that this provision for the erection of cotton factories should be
fector left us for the present. This boat, by-the- considered worthy of a place is a treaty of
bre, is the one that was roughly handled by the peace between such powers as Chian and
by Chinese at the Yale sen fight. The after gun 3325 was shot away, the Caplain and some men were Japan alongside of a clause involving the
-blown off the bridge; one shot passed clean Payment by China of an indemnity of
through one side and out at the other, Boati 200,000 000 ym. Japan evidently foresees a
were smasked, and the malumast shot away, the mine of wealth in cotton spinning, more than in
latter not being replaced yet. It is fatended to anything else that presents tall for the meat The
place a gunboat (Br.) In harbour for an indefinite Bombay mills have, as is well known, bean
fangth of time after the return of the Chinese; pilacipally dependent on China and Japan for their export trade. India, beginning” in 1854.
as long as the Japanese remain, it is thought, bas taken forý years to sittäin to its present
ample protection is afforded by them. | The Japanene have effectively blown to places total of some ibres and a half millions of
the foundailons of our forts and stockades, and spindles of which probably two-thirds have been
brèsches may be seen in the once solid' wail- working for the China and Japan markets.
wanton destruction one would think; smoulding Japan, a few years ago, pat un by way of exper!. ment, some twenty mills of from 1,000 to 2,000
ruins of houses inside the walls are in evidence ADELAIDE, May 17th,
apindles each. These were started in different
Kwark of the departing Wafu. The two George Giffen says his article on the tour of provinces, simply, as it were, to feel the pulse
large guns of 37 tons each, are rendered Stoddart's leves In Austrails, which was of the country in this new industry, and although
steless, their murales having been blown off, published in the London Pali Mali Gaseifi, was | manliestly too small to show a great inancial being proceeds of the "Café Chantaple THT conceivable article of the feast value, are being | United States is antiilad to superler måvantages
Old repay, hawsers, chains, wires and every The death of the Dowager Duchess of Rox-written at the request of a representative of that success, the results were sufficiantly encouraging
to justify their extension in samo osses.
shipped to Dal Nippon, Some fire torpedoes burgue, whleb occurred on 7th inst, has to be paper Giffen mentioned the cricketlog and
1,080
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have also been raised for export.' announced. The late Duchess was a Lady of social success of the Engilshmen, and also the this way one mill at Osaks, miglastly
· DEAR SIR,—I sea by your "North Borneo
At the present moment the people at the forts the Bedchamber to "er Majesty, and a Lady financial success of the tour. He pronounced spindles, has extended to 52,000 spindles, and of the Order of Victoria and Albert. She acted unhesitatingly that the team was the most 550 looms. Another as Tolo, started with Notes that mention is made of The Labuan era isolated, three cases of cholers having broken popular ins that had visited the colonies. A roca enindles: has now 80,001. Besides the Club Case. There wire two cases. In one, cut among Japanese coolies, who were employed exicasions many new milla have been started in the plaintiff sued for a declaration that that the place. It is thought that either bad water Lady Kimberley, the wife of the Secretary of large measure of the popularity and success of
the team was due to the courtesy and geniality Japan, until la a comparatively short spaes of peecordings of the defendants (who were memor shell-fish (the later are largely consumed at State for Foreign Affairs, died on 4th lust, after
time Japan has about 750,000 spindles, combers of the Committee of the Laburn Club) were this time of year) is the cause of the outbreak. some weeks' illness. Lady Kimberley, who was of Stoddart, whose agaclly as a captalo was the eldest daughter and co-heir of the third and beyond praise. Gen considers that the best pating chiefly with Bombay mills and at the illegal in the other, he saed for d'images for The outbreak occurred yesterday and ne further cases have been reported si-ca than ---Mercury. last Earl of Clare, was married to the Earl of Australian eleven, was stronger than the English same time Chira is extending, although more alleghi libel Contained in certain fetters pab team, the batting and fielding of the Australians slowly, her colton spinning capacities. Unless tisbed by the defendant. The Sessions Judge Kimberley on Angaat 16th, 1847.
A Reuter's telegram from Geneva states that M. being better than the Britishers, but the fatter new markets are found for the produce of Bom gave judgment for the paintiff in both cases, Karl Vert, the celebrated German biologist, died bad rest variety of first-class bowlers. bay rolls it would seem as if (as expressed by and in the latter awarded $1,000 damages. there on the 6th May, at the age of seventy-eight, Richardson was regarded as being a most leading member of the Manchester Chamber The Defendants appealed. It may interest some
Sir George Buchanan, long the chief medical effective member of the eleven; and lavish officer to the Local Government Board, London, praise is given the Eaglisbrian for their victory
In the final test match. in dead.
Henry VIII's last wile.
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(Enchsure.) The Treasurer of the Kowloon Institute Build, ing Fund begs to acknowledge, with thanks, the sum of $75.45 (seventy-five dollars and forty-five coats) received from Captain A. Miller, R.N.,
"THE LABUAN CLUB CASE.
Toura Glthfully,
ED. ROBINSON.
Hongkang, rath June 1995
[So far as we understood the facts of the cases we never agilcipated any other result than the certafa reversal of both of these very extraordinary judgments.-Ed, H.K.T.]
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LONDON, May 4th. -There was an important conference at the War Office on Wednesday last between the Daks of Cambridge, the Duke of Connsught, Lord Wolseley, Lord Roberts and Lieutenant-General Sir Redvers Baller, and it revived the rumours of the approaching retirement of the Duke of Cambridge an Commander-in-Chief. This would be most welcome news, as his continued retention of the office, which the Hartington Commission advised the total abolition of, mesas an immense pecuniary loss to the country,
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The objectian was met by the representative of Japan by a propostion that Japan shonla receive the same privileges as the countries with which Nicaragua has trestles, except the Unked States, it being expressly, recognised that the because of proximity to Nicaragua. This nego. tis ions stopped at this point and the tresty has not as yet been concludedțaor is it being further urged for the present, although no doubt exists among oficials that a satisfactory arrangemant will be made giving Įspan privileges in the canal commensurate with her growing power as a military and commercial nation.
WASHINGTON, May 12th.. Minister Kurino will leave for Mexico at an early date to present his credentials a
that country, to which he: "Is Minister to accredited as well as to the Valled States.
TRENTON (N. J.), May xgth. The Gottenburg “big four "— Gottfried Walbaum, Denuls McLaughlin, Jacob Crustus and John H. Curr-will have to undergo their sentence of and year's Imprisonment and $1,000 fine each for running their race track In defiance of law.
The Court of Errors and Appeals to-day unanimously affirmed sentences imposed by Supreme Court Justices Dixon, Magle and Lippincott. An, Appeal was taken on a slny, which will run out on May 18th. The Supreme Court will meet on that day, probably in Jersey City, NE
LONDON, May 20th. GENERAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
'Particulars of a mysterious occurrence af sen GERMANY:-During the past week disappointment in Germany as to the participation have just been received from Lowestoft, The of the German Government fa a demonstration detalla of the tragedy are of a most ghastly again! Japan, In conjunction with Russia and description. The master of a fishing smack France, has been on the Increase; but quite noticed a foreign barque off the coast evidently unexpectedly a telekram yesterday brought the in distrem early yesterday morning, and sent nows that Japan would give in to the protest of two men in a boat to render assistance to the vessel. The men did not returs, and a second the European Powers. Although this news bas removed a little of the discontent of German party was sent out to the strange barque. They, mercantile men, la so far ss, a war will be however, falled to discover any traces of the first boat which had been despatched from the shore, mvoided, stiil every one experienced with the
. There appeared to be no person on the strange babits in the Far East feels-persuaded that the action of the three Powers will not be forgattas. barque, and the men boarded her. There they At Hamburg the building of the new City Hall were surprised to find all the boats belonging to Is being proceeded with day and night to get it the ship in their proper places, and for a time ready for the reception of the Emperor and suite there appeared no expianailon for the desertion in June. On the Alster Lake also work la carried of the ship.
A search, however, revealed that a cagedy of on with the utmost despatch to build an artificial Island, and on it a castle able to hold a thousand a terrible character bad been enacted on the people. Money at present is no object la vessel. The bodies of four men were found in Germany.
different parts of the ship, two of the corpses Major vor Wismann, the well-known African being there of the men who had first been sent traveller, who bad been out there for a number to render assistance to those on the barque, of year, but bed to return on account of his The mate of the ship was amongst the murdered shaken Lealth, has quite recovered, and has | mazn, and biz 'death was evidently caused by a necessary for the Bombsy splaners to consider | Frkice dis #q It is quite possible that knocked down' at auction amid an excited crowd her to be to educate and prepare women not only
cut which appeared on his forehead.
already returned to East Africa. but this time as Governor and Commander-in-Chief,
A new steamship, bullt on account of the Nordd. Lloyd, at Stettin, and named the Crafeld, has made her trial trip, attaining 17 knots; she is a large vessel, and will be employed in the Bremen-Brazilian trade.
One of the most celebrated German poets, Gustav Freytag, died last week at Wiesbaden,
On May 1st the leaders of German Socialism had agalo striven to secure a general holiday, but in all parts of the Empire the lower classes almost entirely neglected this Socialistic arder, At Hamburg three great meetings had been prepared, but none of them were well attended, although several thousands had been expected.
Place You Radollo has been named German Ambassador at St. Petersburg,
The German Ironclad Kaiser was despatched to Japan yesterday, fully manned and with war. like call!, This vessel is one of the oldes wests of the German navy, but be hus been kept is good order and is still a formidable vestel, The Wauren Commissions Bank in Hamburg, which has been created to foster the account business in diffee and sugar, and which has hitherto worked with a capital of m.2,000,000, has resolved to reduce is paid-up capital to m. 1,000,000, for 1294. The business of the Bank has shown a small development, and after payment of all expenses net profit remains of w.63,129 (in.45,999 in 1895), so that a dividend of six per cent, is paid for 1894-
(To be continued.)
NEWS BY THE AUSTRALIAN.
MAIL.
LONDON, May Tath. The International Commission enquiring fato the Armenian atrocities has had somn shocking experiences lately, The commision on leaving Mooth passed the charred ruins of two villages which had been devastated by the Turkish. soldiery, When Ghelly and Egoonam were reached it was found that to houses had been harted down and that the outcast people were starving in the buts. Da search belug made two bailai plis were found where human remains and fragments of clothing wers unearthed. The frightful smell almost soffocated the diggers. The Commission had the greatest difficulty in compelling the diggers to continue their work. May 15th. Mr. Willam O'Brien, M.P., la about to resign his seat owing to financial dificulties. He is being forced into the bankruptcy court owing to his fillore to pay the costs incurred in an action at law brought by him some time ago against the Marquis of Balisbury for slander,
Serious labor disturbances have occurred in Arisons, where coz dicis have taken place between the Indians and the miners. The Indians made an attack upon the men working and the feeling has become so at the mines, Intense that in insurrection is feared.
Lisatea Latest news from Chitral state that ants Fowler and Edwards have been acquitted of all blame, in connection, with the recent outpost fiasco.
The two foreigners, members of the crew of the barque, who were found deal were each armed with knuckle-dasters. It was evident there had been a malloy on board, and that the matineers, after killing the men sent to their saxistance and scottling the ship, made their escape in the boat which put out from Lowestoft. The barque sank shortly afterwards,
MELBOURNE, May 31st. Mr. Michael Daviit, the Irish patriot, lectured to a large audience at the Hibernian Hali last night taking so his subject "Parliamentary Photographs." The lecturer discussed the aumorous notabilities of the Commons fa an interesting and at times powerful manner, draw- ing the sympathy of his audience with a magnetic eloquence which laft imagination to fill the gap which the reality of fact would barely grasp. Since tas retirement of Mr. Gladstone, said Mr. Davitt, "Mr. Morley has bean the most popular man in the House. His utterance may not be briliant but his friendship towards the worker is undoubted, and the Irish party sar in him the man on whom Gladstone's mantie most worthily falls,” Mr. Asquith he described sa a bellliant young politican, whose eminence was in a great messure due to bis connection with the notorious Timer ces before the Parnell Commission. The address throughout was couched to a similarly instructive vein,
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of Commerce) India's business, as naturally' of your readers to know that newe just to hand 10 agricultural country, should be confined | la_jhat the judgments have both beeny" set to the production of raw cotton, leaving | asķis” with costs. other countytes to spla and weave it. ThĪJ is not a-poil lon which the Bambay spinner can accept with equanimity, and the question more immediately before him is, how in the | face of the present and coml g competition of Japan and China, he can most profitably dispose of his produce. There is no doubt that in the matter of manufacture of the courser cloths the primlive processes of the up-country native must graduilly disappear-the warping by a women handling a bamboo resembling a fishing. rad, farked at the end to cany the yarn, and working in a circle equal in circumference to the length of the piece, the yarn afterwards belog: The plonters of Japanese progress have sized in a klad of rode-walk by means of a } already made their appearance amongst us, white-wash brush. All this must eventually Japanese merchants and Japanese officials will give place to the power-loom with its highly no doubt soon follow, if all goes well with the perfected prepiratory machinery. In view of | plancers. By the way, steamers lately entrived this change, extensions of machinery to Hamber are, according to the Straits Timas, chiefly confined to putting down looms a comple
sent to spinning machinery or adding to the number of exisilag looms. This is double less fo the right direction, but in the probability of lacreasing competition in the Far East it is seriously the la'ure of their important industry~| They have now contentedly replaced Lancashire yama late the cessatr counts by similar yarns produced here at a low cost, chiedy owing to geographical position. In the face of growing competition it remains to be seen how far they can, with profit, extend thele operatie.
SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS,
MAILS DUR: Indian (Kufrang) xgth (Inst. English (Khedive) 16th inst, American (Cily of Peking) atat läst, Canadian (Empress of India) ayth lust,
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The confirming of this opinion of the Suprema Coast means that the "big four" will have to go to prison and serve thele sentences unless the Court of Pardons Interferes. As the latte court does not meet until July, it looks as if the sentence would have to be carried out.
NEW YORK, May 13th. Mm. I. A. Conklin, of San Francisco, has organised a course of delils for the instruction of women in the details and intricacies of paritas. mentary usages and proceedings. Mrs, Conklin was a graduate in parliamentary law in Sun down filiy-two lessons which she attended. Info a short course of five drills. Francisco two years ago and she has bolled
Mis. Cookiin's demonstrations aro avowed by
The sale of the jewels and racing cups of the late Duchess of Montrose, kaown in sporting circles as the "Red Duchess,” who raced horses, Junder the name of "Mr. Manton,” realized över $125,000. A pearl necklace was sold, according to the terms of her will, for the benefit of the poor of Fast London. It brought $17,000.
The necklace is said to be almost unrivalled It is composed of seven rows, con 'taining 302 finely gradusted pearls, with a report passing twelve Japanese transports loaded diamond tablet saap. It is understoed that the with troops, bound south from Listung, possibly pearls had been collected with the utmost care, necklace, for size, from Newchwang: for Formosa to form a litio, so that the bike of such
cert for the newly appointed Japanese Gover-colour and faultless matching, can hardly be aser that the Rasinos and Japanese are sure to declared that only three necklaces exist which anger at the The Chinese officials, however, found. Experts in the jewellery business have declare with each other, whilst Germany, and can be compared, for splendour or symmetry and to fight about the pose dimensions, with these seven rows. It was zession of Formons. the Japanese will teach the Chinese Government of would-be buyers. Two of those three neck to preside over and conduct public meetings, but another lesson, which it sadly needs, and the faces minilosed as possible rivals belong to also for that fature sphere fis representation te sooner it gets it, the better for all concerned. Queens. The third is the property of a wealthy | which it may please public opinion to call them. Mrs. Conklin devoted to-day's drill to explains From the Paling Gas we learn that judge fally.
WASHINGTON, May 4th.ing, by practical methods, the massing of “msia Chou-la of Chibli, a prominent Lite, b received, parmlesion to resign his appointment,
By the death' of Miz. Rhoda Ann Lester, questions,” and then initiated the class into the and to withdraw to his native home where he is mother of Count Eugene De Mitklewics' first wife, use of subsidiary motions, by which the main to the furetfrement. The real cause of bls which eccurred at Amherst, Miss, yesterday question or subject before the house might be rethemant is found la his' past misdeeds the children of the Count, who live with him in smended er blocked. In connection with Port Arthur d-fences, Washingtor, will inherit about a million dollars.
NEW YORK, May xyth? and von Hashéken's employment, as a military | M/s. Lester's only child wan the first wife of
If a dynamite gun had exploded at the
·Enginger, for as many years, and at läht:getting | Count Eugene Mitkiewicz. Mrs. Lester was Brooklyn Navy Yard to-day, it could not hayə Frarch engineers to do the work, which It was | related both by birth and marriage to the most caused greater consternation than did the com said von Hanteken could not secoppiab. It la prominant orionisl familles and was a direct munication received there from the Secretary of only spelber lastance of the ordinary mismanage descendant of Miles Staudist.
the Navy by the commandant and the different mente!" Things Chirene" goncially, and of the fron tuz
beads of bureaux. very great ́nged there seems to be for a thorough change throughout the Chinese Empire. The Chinese at Peking, with characteristic gratitude, now say that they have been deceived for years. by Sir Robert Hatt, whose advice the Chinese | Government than blindly followed until now) wild “U bis now discovered that it has been drosived
and misled.
Herr von Brandt has wiltten a private letterko Earl Li Hong-chang, and our Commissioner, In his usual and Indiscreet mannor has bear talking abeat it because he had to translate it probably, and falled to find himself recommended for the post of Inspector-General of Chinese: Imperial Maritime Customs. Herr von Brandt
sensible man and knows that this individual- totally unfit to fill ausch an important post that now beld by Sir Robert Hart.
Our friend is now in high hopes of getting the post of foreiga adviser to Chang Chiastung, so to be independent of Sir Robert, who has kept him so many years in the post of Cm missioner of Customs at Tientsin.
· MADRID, May 5th,
· Notwithstanding, all reports to the contrary, It can be stated that no decision has yet been arrived at in Spain la respect to joining Russia, France and Germany in their protest against the terms of the Chinese-Japanese treaty of peace,
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In this communication the Secretary culled upon those officers to explain why the civil ware vice rules govering the appointment of labourers The Secretary's Deder is the outcome of the the Navy Yard I have been violated,
recent investigailon made at the yard by. Lieute- nant Napp, who was detailed by the Secretary tolovestigate the employment systems inaugurataki by Secretary Tracy and continued, by Socratary Herbert.
The lieutenant made a statement, in which he made most asfasading disclosures and charges. He specifically states among other things, that the regulation had been systematically violatai. * - Frequently dand men have been carried on the rolls he says, and men have drawn pay frons the Government for,work suppased to be done at the yard who have úf the same time been employed elsewhere in New York and Brooklyn. It is reported at the yard that unless the chiefs of breasts can make a satisfactory explanation, the Secretary will do away endrely with thers,
LONDON, May 13th,
In the House of Commons to-day the Earl of Selborne who as Viscount Wolner, represented West Edinburgh in the House of Commons, and who succended to kia tiila, on May 5th by the dasth of kis father, took his sent as usual, ThưÈS. upon Mr. Henry E. Labouchers, member from Northampton, asked the Speaker, Mr. C. Willum Court Gully, whether the Karl was entitled to sil in the House of Commons
LONDON, May 5th. Painter Taxen is at present quartered in one of the Imperial palaces at St. Petersburg as a grest of the Czar, and is treated with unusual consideration. He is engaged upon a great picture representing the Imperial, wedding in November last, at which he was present and took many sketches. The picture is said to be (tended as a present to Queen Victoria, but s reduced copy will be given to the Car Michelet *. The talk at St. Petersburg le that Nicholas promises to be quite a model husband and *father, and that his wife's influence over him grows daily. The reform party still clings to the hope that the Can's political and social policy cannot fail to be affected for good by that Irfinence and the more moderate members of the Nihilat party, shaving this optimisms, are steadily I am glad to be able to inform you that young Kabdeavouring to rostrals the extremists, whó Riler, who was for many days unconscious, as read in his Majesty's recent speech to a visiting the result of an accident to his head, bas now delegatlón a declaration of war against liberaliend recovered and is again about town, bearing bat | "tà every, form, few signs of his awful secidcct, though he is much more quiet. I am told that he presented John Burns, a member of Parliament and the Athletic Club with, ino prizes for boys and labour leader, in the course of a speech at the giile at the recent meeting of our local athletes, Labour-day demonstration at Hyde Park, Was in compratmnestion of his recovery!?! (1.JA greeted with gross and cries: Why didn' An, Imperial decree, published in a sacent you support-Hair Hardie Trältor } # std; Paling Gasstig, sunnances the springement of star meld. "If you don't want to hear me CA
Chilg had to the post of paida Com will go home. This was followed by criés. missioner d'Chih-ll/provitica, Įtist vecsted by
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EN BREZLER, May 8th of Commons was decided. The Earl of Belberze Other important changes are "Taw, Vossiche Zalbung publishes a raport that complied with the Speaker's request and on the 23rd ultime, and Port Darwin on the Spending and all the L-fles, who have been und Count Klebelsbers, formerly an attacks of the B'ancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Willie and south-east winds and general fe weather blight and sula of Chiss for the pesticfuarter of Ausulan Legallon at Bross is, has been arrested Vernon Harcourt, then briety explained his law A existional occurrence arising out of the throughout.
Contary, ie prolly sure to bend out at Vienna, charged with having been connected of the situation, which was that aftesike usual Wilde scandal occurred in the streets
of Leadon
despite their daring attempts to retain positions why the scandal which caused the suicide of formalities, had been gone through, with, a well last sight. The ill-feeling engendered between
and irfluance by bribing the Empra Dowager Count Andrassy A, Bokros, President of the should be fawned for a new election for the seat the Census and the Court generally, Chang Lower House of the Hungarian Dist, on October occupied by the Earl of Selbome.
A heated discussion followed, and finally tha Vin-huan is likely to get the treatment be 181, 1893 Count Bokros embezzled funds so justly merits, He is a Canteness and ble entrusted to him by the Countess Mont Bairck Chancellor of the Exchequer consented to more fellow provincials bate him to min, owid to is and spent the money to unfortunate speculations to refer the question to a small spacial.com- scandalous bebarless whilst holding the pesten the Bourse. The Countess began grocsed mittes. Sir William said that he thought the of Chinese Minister in the United Sizes, when ings and the disgrace drove the Count to suicide, Earl of Felbourne was being badly advised, and he is said to have pocketed about 2 quarter of a
therefore he would move to issue'll wilt for an LONDON, May 9th. milion dollars of the returned indemnity. John Lawrence Todle, the well-known English election in West Edinburgh, and thus and the why randing of an earn twenty thousand actor, L. suntsing from paralysis and will persible thing. Later, however, the Chescalier of Chinese troops Into Maschuela, on the ground | manently,
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the Exchequer was, parsanded to withdenw hin NEW YORK, May trib. motion and the subject was dropped;JAKA The Sun's, cable from London says: Thà The friends of the Earl of Selborne my that
If a special Commitee decides azalı
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The British steamship Beledt left Slagkpore on the 5th fuitant, and had fresh north-cast wlods and fine weather;"
be made disgusting charges agales: Lord | H. W. Farberg When they met on Plccadilly Lord Douglas demanded that the Marqueshould cease welling those latters. The Marquis was silent" until they came to blows when he fought repeatedly
The Marquis said he had heard that Wilde was staying with Lord Douglas' (f Hawick, and hã desired to satisfy himself that Lord Allend was not there. He bad ceased writing the letters. Result; Each was bound over in the sum of £300 to keep the peace.
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The Speaker questioned his lordship on the subject with the result that he asked him to with draw below the bar of the House until the'quasi
The British sjeumshia Chaserka left Sydnevi 1:the ralérument of Chou-fons MoMUM Tou are no working man /tion of his right to si33 84 a member of the House
the Marquis of Queensberry and his son, Lord The British steamship Achiller leit Shanghat Alfred Douglas, on account of the latter's person the gih instant, and Foochow on the Tolk, sistence in his fiendship with Oscar Wilde, and and had light breeze and fine wasther to Too is disregard for his father's command to dis- chow I thence to port had moderate to fresh continue the inimity, found vent in a aceps of easterly breess and cloudy weather with some violence, in which father and son each received rain. On the 11th instant passed the thig Glanardich, of Liverpool, bound to Shanghai, off personal fofury at the hands of each other.
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LCNDOW, May 2711. The Times wiringly urges the adoption of drastic measures with a view to the reorganiza-
The British steamship Zoo, Sek left: Kok-sl- tion and strengthening of the British army, arguing that an at pressent constituted it is utterly chang at 4 pm on the 5th lastant, and had:
light, southerly and south-enst wlada qand: ・mayilosers, is only another Chinère rusy, got #PImpression is beginning to obtain is some quar; } inadequate for the efficient defence of the Empire smooth sex to Pulo Ohl. Rounded Pais Out on The race horse Carbine was in drst-classcondi- the yth af 7 m, and had light east-south, tion on the arrival of the stesse at Naples, art winds and smooth speed Cape The antives in Chitral conthine to cause the bunkan Putved - safely:'ns, the Duke of Padaran to Gsp Rock had strong north-fitant - months, mutialed, and another @lat “ply, newly hurry, now that the milginal tresty with Ching: House of Commons, or whether a peer can be.
Padaran on the 8th at 3 p.m. Froid: Cape east winds and rain with high confused, ona y Following up the confession made last week passed Gap Rock at 7.30 p.m. last mighty and Arthur Orton has boom making farther disclosures" | nchored in harbour at 11 p.m. as to the Tichborna fraude,
May 29th.
From Todie news has been received of the death of Liesianant Limond, at the Punjab Light Infratry. The officer was fatally stabbed by a fanatic.
British forces under General Sir R. C. Low a . Carbine her great deal of trouble. The outposts have boan | Portland's stables. attacked by tribesmen, and telegraph linen kavo basa cat.
Particulate of the 'attacks have been received through privale sources,; and were conveyed to the nearest telegraph stáilon by a body of coolier,
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May 17th.
The Maquis of Quamnaberry has created some amusement in Leaden by again thenthing Jahaz Spencer Balfuur, charged with freud in one of his pana in the street and offering to Aght connection with the suspension of the Liberator kim for £10,000. The police arrestad both of Buldig Society and several kindred iustite them, and they were subsequently bound over to Kloss, appeared in the Bow-gizest Follos Cung Ljung 'the patet,
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the same ruse was observed in Tongking. As tera that a new grouping of the European powers will seek re-election. The question as to number of troops, walch had not been paid for of the Eastern problem. Japan will be in nor of the realm can contfome to all In the soon as the Franco-Chinese treaty was signed a may be one of the results peading the salation whether a member of the House who becomes a
raised troops were sent into Tongking to restore is rallied, to settle the points raised by Russia elécted to membership in the House of CommODIY order lt was sald, bet le reality to lecrease the and her Alles. The new triple alliance will is exciting the mom keen interes number of those who were sirendy causing great | therefore continue, at least in nominal existence, mundr anbe to the French there. T'wow ply the for sama time, and Koreans, and the Formosana sito, sr the samin. taellen or Paidi da quei fears being followed them Xam, hogayar, grosily surprised wift) Ping-hing, Governor of Shantung, han noi bien degusted for having falled to send the Fréqukad reisfordomment to Vľmi hal-Wal- kyping
The report has been allowed to circulate la DEAFNESS, An may destriblog a "iendly Paris this mask, with some show of authority, genele Color Deafness, Slaplow in Barn, No. that. France is to recalva a reward for no militer A patrz koirabandidg," wil playing: Russia's game in the Far: Rast be sent post from marifcial Eardrums and La the shape of the. Ceur's-active support | similar applidiicas estirely supervelled, Address
in her damagd" for the. Kagilah ericuaitos | Wabicas Boers, Victoria Chambers, 19, Bouc of Kgypte "Tid Wrench mea very ready to believe Vasepron Buildings, Holborny Land