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vessel was admitted to pratique and proceeded up the bay, and anchored at noon, off Port Melbourne, Sixty-seven Chinese are for Mel bourne, 8g for Sydney, 105 for New Zealand. Of the Milbourne lot 58.are possessed of natu

ralisation papers, which were retained by Mr. Musgrave, Secretary for Trade and Customs, who is satisfied that none were issued to those by whom they were produced. It is the intention of the department to carry out the law in reference to the immigration of Chinese to the fullest extent. Therefore the passengers referred to will not be allowed to land. A officer was placed on board to prevent any landing is stated that the captain entered into a fond of 100 each-or a total of £16.800 -not to allow any to land. The yellow flag was hoisted to facilitate the carrying out of the precaution Subsequently the vessel was removed to quarantine. Two police were placed on board to prevent any leaving.

ADELAIDE, May ist.

The Sydney Authorities have decided that they will not recognize the naturalization papers of twenty-six Chinamen who arrived by the Calterthin. As they were unable to pay the poll tax, their fellow countrymen advanced the amount for eighteen, the remainder will be kept

under police surveillance.

Two hundred and sixty-eight Chinese arrived in Melbourne by the Afghan. The customs officers have refused their papers, and intimated to the captain that if he attempts to land them they will prosecute him for carrying more than his tonnage allowance,

Sir Henry Parkes he promised to take steps to prevent them from being landed in Sydney,

A large public meeting was held in Melbourne lant-night-on-the-Chinese-question.A proposi tion was carried almost unanimously that it is desirable to impose a poll-tax of 100 on all Chinese entering the colony, and an annual residential tax of £20 per head on all remaining in the colony.

May 3rd.

The captain of the Afghan intends to take all the Chinese, who are refused admission into Victoria, to New Zealand where the Government will allow them to be landed on payment of the

poll-tax.

A meeting of Melbourne workmen thanked the Government for refusing to allow the Chinese to land, and asked that similar action might be taken by the Government against all who arrive by the Burruablet.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, MAY 28, ib 8.

The Ballarat Chinese are protesting against. the restriction movement, and have decided to petition the Chinese Government to assist them in their troubles,

At Croydon, the Chinese refused to leave the goldfields, after receiving counsel's opinion, 11 they are ejected they will bring test actions. The time for ejectment expires to-night..

The Anti-Chinese League has wired to the Queensland Premier that if their ejection is not enforced by the authorities, the miners will eject the Chinese themselves. Twenty special constables have been enrolled to preserve the

peace.

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Way Lee and others formed a deputation to the Minister for the Territory yesterday, objecting to the manufacture of opium at Port Darwin,, owing to the demoralising influence of the drug they also asked the Minister to prohibit the import of opium. Mr. Johnson replied that he would make enquiries, and, if he found that the manufacture of opium in Port Darwin increased the local consumption, he would prevent it.

The London Evening Standard writes that the Australian agitation against Chinese is taking place none too soon, The Times hopes that treaty obligations will be respected.

The Sydney Telegraph advocates the hauling) down of the Union Jack if necessary for joint independent action,

The Press generally advises moderate action, unless the pressure of events compels, them to act otherwise, as the colonies will need to become confronted by graver difficulties than even these before Imperial connection can prove of more real service.

NEWS BY THE AMERICAN MAIL

BERLIN, April 24th... Count Herbert Bismarck has been appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs.

· Sofia, April 27th. Prince Eerdinand accompanist by M. Stam: Julpff, Minister of the Interior, and M. Natcho vitch, Minister of Finance, has left Sofia on n northern tour. The was cheered enthusiastically by the troops and the populace as he departed.

DUBLIN, April 27th,

The Freeman's Journal mges the people to exercise calinaess and patience, and receive the Papal decrees with profound respect and loyalty to Rome. I declares that boycotting is rare.

VIENNA, April 27th,

The lower house of the Reichsrath has passed a bill giving the Government power to summon the reserves and supplemental reserves in times of peace under certain circumstances.

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HALIFAX, April 27th. --

An unknown warship is ashore off the southern point of Scatary island, near Cape Breton. There is no communication with the island,

who indignantly resent the Government's in trigues with the Vatican.. Conservatives and egemen fear that in return for the Pope's action the Government will make concessions in connection with the educational question, which concessious they are prepared. iustrenuously

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BOSTON, April 28th. *** The steamer Catatonia, loaded with John L. Sullivan, pissed in by Hull early this morning On the arrival of the steamer the pugilist was taken aboard a tugboat and brought to the city, and was driven up town amid the cheers and salutations of hundreds who had congregated on

John L. Sullivan has issued a tha tenge to fight any man in the world in a sixteen-foot ting, London prize-ring or Marquis of Queens. berry rules, for $10,000 a side, Kirain or Mitchell preferred.

NEW YORK. April 28tli. The Times' London correspondent says that a sensational statement has been made here

Wall Street gossip has it that James R. Keene has come from his actirement and that to him is due the recent handsome rise in the Northern Pacific slocks and Villard shares. How much

to explain, but certala it is that his office has recently. Keene has been attending to his own been the scene of some lively conferences business affairs in a very quiet way during recent years, but there have been few among his friends swim for good,

they will have no quarrel with the latter they will stand an, dictation from the former, and especially when no question of faith or morals is involved Aresort to such methodetohelp their ends by the Tory Government indicates that they are indeed getting into desperate strits."

Duman, April 30th. Cardinal Simeont has written a letter to the the papal decree relative to the plan of compaign Irish Bishops from the propaganda, inclosing and boycotting.

The Mitchellstown branch of the National League-discussed the decree and has decided that is will not take its politics from Rome.

The Court of Queen's Beach unanimously decided to-day that the election of Thomas Sexton as Lord Mayor of Dublin is valid.

One hundred men belonging to the Sixteenth itifles have started for Gweedore to airest

another priest./

The following is a translation of the Latin text of the Papal circular to the Irish bishops on the plan of campaign, a few copies of which have reached Dublin 10-day "My Lord! When- ever the affairs of their country secured to require it the Apostolic See has frequently addressed to the Irish people, toward whom it has always shown special affection, seasonable words of warning and counsel, with the object of enabling them to defend or to assert their rights without prejudice to justice or to public tranquility. At the present suoment our hely father, Pope Leo XII, fearing lest right conceptions of justice

called the plan of campaign, which has been people in consequence of that mode of warfare the landlords and hohters of lands or farms, as employed in, that country in contests between niso in consequence of a form of proscription in connection with the saine contests known as

by unnamed authority that trouble has been brewing between Italy and France, until now it has reached the explosive point. He is at a loss to know what foundation there is but expects BERLIN, April 27th. to get some light from a paper on Italy's secret Prince. Bismarck has declined the title of duke policy, written by Sir Charles Dilke, and shortly

lo te published. position to on the ground that he is not in a support the dignity.

PARIS, April 27th, The Boulanger business took a further develop nient last night. The boulevards rang with the truth there, is in this theory Keene is not incline and charity should be perverted among that news of the protest of the Deputies of the Seine. In answer to this solemn protest against the pinlicy of a plebiscite, Rochefort makes a dan getotis su gestion in this morning's Intransigeant. He proposes to draw up a list of Socialist- Republican candidates pledged,, under the points of his programme, namely, the dissolution of the chambers-and-the-revision-of-the- monarchical Constitution of 1875 by a Constiturut Assembly elected for that purpose. Then the Deputies of Paris, he says, make an anti- Boulangist declaration, and the result may be left to the with of the country. The Intransige ant promises to furnish most of the funds he cessary for the electoral campaign. This is really a formidable move...........

The Socialist party continues its vigorous opposition to Boulanger. The Parti-Cutrier of this morning has a sarcastic article on the "Perfect Boulangist."

It is stated that the Societé des Metaux of París last $1,000,000 in their tin speculation, and the now intend to confine their energies exclusively-to-operationa-in-coppos, an

In the House of Commons (o-day Balfour, in moving the second wearing of the bill to pay a salary to Colonel King Harman, Quity Secretary for Ireland, urged the necessity of having a

He reminded the House of the distinct pledge salary attached to the past.

John Marley tooved that the bill be rejected. given by the Government that no salary would he attached to the office. The appointment of Colonel King-Harman to the post, he said, was regarded by the people as an indication that the Government was taking sides in the social war again in beland. The office was wholly need- less and was created to give something to a man whom, the Ministry found on their hands. It was an appointment which had plucked out by the roots any confidence which the Irish had still felt in the Government. After a heated In the debate on Balfour's Irish Land Com debate the bill passed its second reading. mission bill, Balfour offered to give favorabile consideration to any suggestions of amendments which would improve its workings.

Parnell said he failed to see the necessity for the bill, which was frivislous and unsubstantial to the last degree. The proper thing was to in-, crease the number of sub,commissioners, not to raise the already swollen and bloated salaries-of Irish County Court Judges.

The raotion for the second reading of the bill was then carried by a vote of 228-to 130.

A dispatch from Róme says that the College Monsignor Persico's reports, and whether of the Holy Office was charged to examine Catholics belonging to the National League. were guilty of sin and debarred from absolution.

The Pacific Mail S. S. Co.'s steamer City of Honage of General Boulanger, to the two chief who believe that he is out of the Wall-Street boycotting,-commissioned-a-supreme-congrega. The congregation, the Pape presiding, replied in

New York, Capt;T: Decring, with the American mails of the 2nd inst., arrived here this morning For the subjoined telegrams we are indebted to our San Francisco exchanges -i

BERLIN, February 24th.. Three thousand shoemakers are on a strike here. The shipbuilders at Schwerin have struck,

LONDON, April zştı.

tlou of the Holy Roman and Universal Inquisition the affirmative, and drew up a decree to that CHICAGO, April 18th,

effect. to makeihe matter the subject of grave and careful.

Cardinal Simeont, Scting, under the The Chicago police have been notified that examination.,

"Pope's orders, forwarded a decree to Ireland: Harriet Caffin, the eccentric young woman who

"Accordingly the following question was sub-with special instructions to Monsignor Persico wants Kyrle Bellew's blood, will soon make her misted to the most eminent fathers who share and the Irish-epise pacy, when instructing the appearance in the Lake City. The proceedings with me, the office of general inquisitors against clergy to enforce it, to inform them that they any one declining to' against Harriet have been dropped at the request heretical erinr, viz.: In contesis between land- must refuse,absolution of her aunt, who has given her word that she tords and holders of lands or farms in Ireland is

renounce membership in the National League, will take good care of Harriet. When Missit lawful to have recourse to thos means known is further stated that neither the league nur Cofin went to Boston in search of Bellew she

its political aids are explicitly condemned by the holy office, which confines itself to declaring that the methods employed are contrary to the religious duties of Catholics. The Pops approved the decision without in any way entering into the political question pending, between England- and Ireland.

had a pistel with her. Whether she secured another weapon for her Chicage trip is not known. The Chicago police will keep a sharp eye on her movements while she is in this city. The slightest hostile demonstration on her part toward Hellew, either in the theatre or on the street, will result in her instant incarceration. Son of Bellow's friends here believe that he lady before the curtain rises on Monday night.

as he plan of campaign and boycotting? And their ensinencies, having long and maturely weighed the, matter, replied in the negative. Our Holy Father confi:med and approved this reply on Wednesday, 18th of the present month. "How equitable this decision is any one will sec who reflects that a rent fixed mutual con

by sent caunot, without violation of the contract, be

An important emigration movement lins been started by Lord Lothian, Secretary of State for Scotland, for the transfer and settlement in the Canadian Northwest of families from districts in the Western Highlands and Scottish isles. The In the New South Wales House of Assembly Chancellor of the Exch quet has consented to yesterday, Sir Henry Parkes said that the advance funds for one-third of the expenses if Government had finally decided to stop the influx of Chinese and other inferior races. The whole the other two-thirds are rai ed hy private { he has never forgotten having fought and shed will have the theatre carefully examined for the This is the more so since for the settling of such question is a very difficult one to deal with, and might cause very serious trouble for the colonies. but the Government of New South Wales would enforce their decision, whatever the ultimate cansequence might be.

May 8th.

The Chinese question has reached the acute stage in South Australia. Fifty-five Chinese pastengeis en route for the Eastern. colonies. arrived at Port Adelaide by the Menmuir on Sunday last. Owing to those colonies having decided to prohibit further landings, a fear arose that the captain of the, Mienmuir might here tender the poll-tax and land them in South Australia. Immediately the vessel was reported in sighs, the Customs detailed officers to watch 'her, pending instructions from the Government. The Salous unions and labour" "Agrociations" "NY" Port Adelaide hurriedly convened a mass meet ing to consider the position. About a thousand persons attended in the Town Hall. The meet

a number of speakers nddressed by ing including

the members for the district, and Messrs. W. C. Duik and G. W. Cotton, and it was resolved to forward to the Cabinet a protest! against their being allowed to land.

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subscription. The scheme is experimental. if -successful.it will be carried out on a large scale. The Times prints a joint letter in which Drs. Mackenzie and Hovell announce that they have brought a libel suit against the Colugne Gazette and the Krend Zeitung. The suit grows out of criticisms concerning the treatment of the Emperor.

In the Commons to-day Justin McCarthy

Boulanger has written a letter to Gitlio Tozzoni, editor of a Garibaklian gaper published at Rome, in which he regrets greatly the strained relations existing between France and Italy, adding that his blog for the dry of Italy, The Camicia Rossa (red shirt), the paper in question, makes enthusiastic comments on this letter, declaring that "if France shouli and herself to-day at war with Germany, we, ourself, and our numerous friends who have donned the red shirt will cer tainly fight for the liberty of France."

PESTH, April 28th.

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the Lower House of the Hungarian Diet yesterday adopted the Army bill in the form in which it was proposed by the Government,

PARIS, April z8th. Boulangist members of the Chamber of General Boulanger gave his political banquet Depalies have renounced their intention to The creditors of Colonel-Mapleson, the opern--at-the-Gafé-Riche-this-evening Thero was interpellate the Government in regard to the manager, had a meeting to-day and accepted the crowd of atout 1000 persons outside the caté xe-arrests made after the Boulanger banquet laat offer of 25 per cent, in settlement of all debts. 6pm. General Boulanger and Count Dillon night. M. Paul de Roulede, who was one of arrived at 7 o'clock. The crowd then swelled to Floquet affirming his constitutional right to the 'mon arrested, has sent letter to Premier an enormous size, entirely. stopping traffic, and

cheer whoever he liked, protesting against there were frequent ́eries of “Vive Boulanger |" and "A bas- Ferry " At 11 p.m. there were the aggressive manner in which the police treated the people gathered in front of the Café about 4005 persons outside the cafe. General Boulanger, responding to M. Naquel's toast' to Riche last night as unjustified by statute and, the former's health, wished to utter an emphatic holding M. Floquet responsible for these protest against the charge that he aspired to the violations of law...

There was a renewal of disorder at Nancy Dictatorship. Moreover, if the question were raised in the Chamber, he would vote, to abolish-to-night. Ten arrests were made, but the the Presidency.

crowd refused to disperse, and the bussars were ordered to charge with the gendarmes and clear the streets. The mob increased and the streets resounded with shouts of "Vive Boulanger." At 11 o'clock mounted gendarmes succeeded in breaking up the crowd into small groups, and by midnight the town was quiet..

moved that the House adjourn on urgency in order to call attention to the departure from usual practice in the Irish County Courts by increasing sentences on appeal. Heargued that the whole practice was opposed to all previous experience.

**Madden, Solicitor-General for Ireland, held that it was not an appeal but really a rehearing of the case, and it was the duty of the judge to pronounce the judgment he considered warranted. Sir William Vernon Harcourt said thạt no single case of increase in sentence had occurred in England. He denounced the practice, and said that after this Irishmen could not and ought not to have confidence in the administration of The Cabinet held a meeting early on Monday, the law, because it was carried out in a manner when it was decided to prevent them from land-repugnant to Englishmen.

and the decising was immediately wired to Balfour defended the practice, and asked the Port Adelaide, with instructions to the authori-House to reject the motion, which was done. ties on the subject. The telegram was read to the meeting at Port Adelaide arpidst great cheering.

The Alenmuir sails to-morrow, and it is expected that she will return the Chinese passengers to Hongkong.

Great satis Action is freely expressed at the prompt action of the Ministry in dealing with the difficulty.

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Public feeling is now unanimous for identical measures throughout the colonies.

The Hon. J. C. F. Johnson, Minister for the Northern Territory, addressed a meeting of the Australian National Union last night on Austra- lia's attitude towards Chinese immigration, and strongly supported the prohibition of further immigration, as Europeans are quite as well able to engage in any and every occupation in the Northern Territory, as they are in North Queensland. If it is found that Asiatic labour.

is required to do the drudgery, then, he says, employ Indians and others from the other British dependencies.

The election of two members to represent the Central District in the Legislative Council bar resulted in the return of Dr. Magarey and G. W. Cotton, both of whom are opposed to the Chinese.

Nearly all the candidates for the other districts are in favour of the adoption of prohibitive measures for the restriction of Chinese immigra tion into South Australia,

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New Zealand has decided to follow the

Gladstone said that the fact that an appeal had heen granted showed that it was intended to be exercised in favor of the accused and not against him. He taunted Balfour with breach of faith in granting an appeal and then practically putting a veto on it.

Balfour appealed to the Speaker to declare Gladstone out of order, but the Speaker ruled in Gladstone's favor and the decision was received with great appinuse. Gladstone said the practice was a trick of the meanest kind, the discredit for which he would not divide between the Govern ment and the authorities in Ireland, for he did not know how to divide it. He believed that in this discussion McCarthy had struck a death-blow at this outrageous practice, totally impossible in England and Scotland, but good enough for Ireland as long as the people of England were disposed to tolerate it.

The Boulangist demonstration at Nancy was renewed to-night. The people refused to disperse and were charged upon by mounted gendarmes, Finally the attention of the crowd was diverted. by a large fire and the people moved off with shouts of "Vive Boulangeri"

reduced at the arbitrary will of the tenant alone..

contests courts have been established by which allowance is being made evin for the failure of crops or of disasters which my have occurred to reduce excessive rents and bring them within the limits of equity.

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cannot be held to be lawful that runt should be extorted from tenants and

deposited with unknown persons, no account to be taken of the landlord

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Finally, it is altogether foreign to mutual justice and to Christian charity that a new form lessly be put in force against persons who are persecution and of prescription should ruth satisfied with and ate prepared to pay the rent ngreed on with their landlod, or against persons who in excrcise of their right take vacant farms. Your Lordship will therefore prudently but effectively rdmonish the clergy and people in * tefcienda to this matter, and exhod, them to. observe Christian charity, and not to overstep the bounds of justice while seeking relief from the evils which afflict them. Your devoted

servant in the Lord,

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The latest development is that Miss Endicott is engaged to be married, but not to Joseph Chamberlain, Sigourney Butler. Second Controller of the

Treasury,

The lucky man is said to be

WATERDURY (Conn.), April 30th. Allen B. Wilson, perfecter and part inventor of the sewing machine, died yesterday at Woodmont.

R. CARDINAL MONACO, "Rome April 20th, 1888,"

WASHINGTON, April 30th The President to-day nominated Melville W. Fuller of filinois to be Chief Justice of the United Notice has been given in the Chamber of

States. LONDON, April 28th, Deputies of the proposed introduction of a Helen Crosmond, a prima donna, committed resolution signed by 12 members, representing suicide Wednesday night. She had signed a the necessity of amending the present system of contract with the Drury Lane Opera Company, international law, and expressing the particular but owing to a misunderstanding she tore up the wish for an u iderstanding between Fiance and contract in a fit of temper. Afterwards she tried the United States, with a view to obtaining to re-open negotiations, but meantime a substitute definitive acceptance of the principle of arbitra-had been engaged, and in a fit of despondency tion among civilized nations.

she thot herself. Mrs. Crosmond was the daughter of Mme. Rachael, and accompanied Colonel Mapleson on one of his American tours. General Ignatieff has been unanimously elected president of the Slavonic Benevolent Society of St. Petersburg in place of General Durnovo, who resigned. The election of General Ignatieff has produced a bad impression in Vienna and is considered to bode ill to the peace of Europe, The Russian Government has decided to expel Jews from Helsingfors, except those who served in the army. The Finnish papers are vigorously protesting against the decision.

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LONDON, April 27jb. Australian Lees, who has been talking about a match with Jake Kilrain, desired that the latter should fight at 154 pounds. As Kilrain now. weighs 220 pounds, the possibility of so greatly reducing himself is out of the question, and the match is off. Lees boasts that he intends to challenge Jack Dempsey.

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The statement that the Pope has issued a decree condemning the plan of campaign"in Ireland is confirmed. His Holiness says he does so because he is convinced that the plan of Attorney-General Webster, amidst derisive campaign is legal. He says he is also laughter, denied that the Government had inter-convinced that the land courts will reduce | fered with the Irish magistracy.

all unfair renis. Another circumstance that influenced him, he says, is the fact that funds are extorted from contributors to the plan. The Page condemns boycotting as a practice contrary. to justice and charity. He makes no mention of the National League.

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In the Waterford County Court to-day was heard the appeal case of Mr. Pyne, member of Parliament, who was sentenced at Clonmel to six weeks' imprisonment for an offense under The Pope's pronunciamento against the plan the Crimes Act. The Judge declared the con of campaign in Ireland does not discompose the viction of Pyar contrary to law, and said that he homerulers. A-prominent Liberal enld to-night: would quash the decision of the lower Court, "On cesential matters and on those about which he could not be misinformed the Holy Father is NEW YORK, April 241b.

still with his faithful people, but on certain. Bishop Ryan, Monsignor Quigley and Rishep

of detail, a due maltern

of the imme- The agents of all the lines of steamers trading President Cleveland's congratulations and a dinte facts, designing persons have instilled false between China and Australia bave wired to their copy of the Constitution of the United States to reparts into the ears of his Holiness and hir We respect and venerate the Holy head houses in China, advising them not to the Pope, have returned here from Rome: ship any

Chinese immigrants to Australia Bishop Ryan says the Holy Father in feeble and Father as much as ever; in matters of religion until the present difficulty has been seuled.

very much emaciated, un'is natural for a man of as been settled his advanced years, but he is wonderfully active advice based on Unianisi falsehoods it would be we are as loyal as ever; but as for accepting. The London Times has Chinese

question in Australia, in which it and his faculties are perfectly clear.

vely wrong to the Holy Father himself to do any deplores the want of unanimity which character- The Board of Aldermen hąd: a live session

such thing. The Irish people will not follow ises the answers dispatched by the Australian today when a resolution curtailing the Mayor's the Pope's wrong advice; only regret

to the Chinese ambassador's power in displaying fings on the City Hall was

that he has been misinform they will

example of the other colonies by declaring Burke of heyenne, who were delegated to deliver, depends on an accurate cratanding of 'which

Chinese porta infected.

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The second of three bicycle races to be con- tested by William A. Rowe of America and Richard Howell of England for the champion ship of the world was run to-day at the Molineux, grounds, Wolverhampton. The distance was one mile, and Howell won by twenty yards. Howell also won the previous pace, distance five miles, which was run two weeks ago at Leicester. The ten miles match, the last of the series, will take place at Coventry on Saturday, May 12th.

The revolutionary rising in Roumania has been renewed, this time close to the Russian frontier.

NEW YORK, April 29th,

PARIS, April 30th.

M. Heburt, who killed M. Dupuis in a duel yesterday, and the four seconds, have been arrested.

General Boulanger has written a letter protest ing against the warlike ideas thất have been attributed to him. He wishes now to declare distinctly before France and Europe that demo cratic France is maligned by being credited with thoughts of aggression, to which he has eves been, and still remains, resolutely opposed.

The Radical defents in three provinces in the elections are considered as indicative of a reaction in the Boulangist movement. In Paris the Boulanger fever is cooling.

President Carnot left Bordeaux to-day. A crowd awaited, him at the depot and cheered him enthusiastically.

Archbishop Walsh is still in Rome in cont- pliance with orders from the Vatican,

The Pall Mall Gazette, commenting on the Popal decree says: "The Pope's blunder amazes us. It will make no difference in the condition of affairs in Ireland, while the alliance. with the Pope will displease England."

The St. James Gazette usks what Gladstone thinks of his position now. What the Vatican declared to be a damning sin, Gladstone, it says, considers exclusive dealing

The Globe says: "Archbishop Walsh doubt- less did his injort to relite Mgr. Persico's statement relative to the condition of affairs in Ireland. It is possible, as the Daily News estimates, that the Pope has been threatened with something like a schisin.. The decree means law and order, which were menaced by the junction of a strong British party, with the Parnellites. The Government has now, in the Vatican's opinion, overcome the disturbing forces assailing it.

"The Star, denounces, the decree "as perilous and wanton. It says: "Ireland, fighting with its back to the wall, will never perhaps discover the methods by which the attack was instigated. If Ireland submits to sacrifice liberty to a base Tory intrigue, she will be unworthy of the freedom which in a few years Englishmen. will grant her if she maintains, her demands." The paper summons Englishmen to denounce their Ministers' intrigue. Ireland, it declares, will accept political advice and counsel from no Power but her chosen political leaders.

The Standard argues that the effect of the decree will be disastrous to the National League, by lessening its contributions.

The Dish parliamentary party will take no steps in connection with the decree, but will leave the question on its merits to the appre ciation of the people. The promoters and supporters of the plan, of campaign do not expect that the decree will act as a serious check to their enterprise. Englishmen, at, Aldershot, have condemned the Pope's decree and resolved to found a branch of the Home Rule organization, and to cease contributions to Peter's pence. Her remarks concerning the American view of Mis. Ashton Dilke has arrived from America.

Gladstone's position are not very complimentary to Joseph Chamberlain. She characterizes ns absurd Chamberlain's statement that the bulk of the representative men of America disapprove of Gindstone's home-rule policy.

The News

publication of the Pope's decree reduces the matter to very narrow limits. It will probably have little practical effect, for the account of the plan of campaign. given to the Vatican will not be accepted as Accurate by those defending it. The Nationalists are presented with good advice, not in a menacing

and

it unlikely that the decree spirit, cause much excitement.

The Rome correspondent of the Timır says 1 Most of the Irish ecclesiastics give their cordial adhesion to the Pope's brief. It is reported that Archbishop Walsh said he never approved of the plan of campaign.

WRISTADEN. May 15.

Mr. Pendleton, American Minister, went out driving yesterday. The effect of his stroke of paralysis bas nearly disappeared. S

Moscow, April 30th, It is authoritatively stated that the Cear has expressed antipathy toward Boulanger.

Santiago (Chili), zid Galveston, April 30th

Yesterday afternooni a mob composed of the worst clements of the populace gathered to destroy the cars of the tram company because A fire occurred to-day in buildings 403 and the company bad not acceded to the demand for 405 Bedford avenue, Brooklyn. The losses were a reduction of rates of fare. More than thirty of $200,000. Several-persons were injured. the company's cars were burned. The police

PARIS, April 29th,

and military captured the leaders. The tram In a duel in the Bois de Boulogne to-day company loses ALEXANDRIA, April 30th.

$100,000 as the care alone. between Dupals and Habert, art critics, the A desperate conflict took place yesterday at former was killed.

MORE ROME, May 1st collected outside the Students' Club, where 300 number of escaped prisoners had taken refuge at Fort, Tiburton, just outside the city, to-day, a

Saturday night a crowd of Boulangists the mosque at Damanhour, near this city. A

During the progress of an artillery experiment students were assembled. The students gathered in the mosque and refused to surrender to the dynamite shell exploded, and the Prince of the windows and, on hearing shouts for police, who had surrounded the building. In Naples, Crown Prince of Italy, was slightly

men Nobody was injured, but the people and two wounded. The police lost four to the Quirinal,” attended; by Dr. Saglione, were so angered that they forcibly resisted the killed and wounded,

General Donceux, commander of the Rome April 30th. division of the army, was also slightly injured. The resolution who passed ‹ vet Rage.

peers was inde by Lord Onslow, a subordinate then issued in a body, and a general melde his vote by a vale of 30 to 3. It gives the Mayor of the Government, at a banquet given by the ensued which at one time threatened to become to arbitration the dispute between his Gov- power, unless the Aldermen otherwise direct. Lord Mayor a few days ago. His words caused serious. Finally a troop of mounted gendarmes crament) and the United States, regarding

dangerously hurt The whole trouble grew out of the Mayor's no comment, but now it appears they were fuli arrived and dispersed the mob. A few persons the Imprisonment at Rabit of persons under the refusal to display the Irish fiag on the City Hall of meaning, and Salisbury says that something were injured as to-day elected Senator for i

The excitement continues. protection c of the American Congul-The on St. Patrick's Day, May: 12l6.

must be done to stem the ide of a

fagitation against The Chinese difficulty is now the leading The Churchman will in the next issue publish responsible hereditary legislators. Palmerston The Vosges department, defeating the Boulangising further orders from Washingto

colonies in reply advises the colonies to offered for passage over Mayor Hewitt's veto. The first intimation offered that the Govern Cromer, fired, four, sevolver shots into the the fight that followed fifteen convicts were killed wounded in bath thighs. He was able to return abandon internni dissension and recrimination By an ordinance the Mayor had unlimited power ment proposed to increase the number of life lice, who tried to disperse them. The student The Sultan of Morocco hesitates to submit Colonel Benedict and Captaid: Miedda wero.

protest. The

between themselves, and to act unitedly to secure the exclusion of the Chinese from, the colonies.

The attitude assumed by the Times on this question is greatly appreciated.

feature in Australasian politics.

over the

Charles Ferry

BERLIN, May 1st,

The Empress has received a letter from Queen Victoria in which her Majesty expressen great PRAQUE, April 30th....

gratification at the cordial reception accorded to a long letter from Rev. Mgr. Leon Bouland of was once defeated because he proposed to make and Conservative candidates.

of Berlin, & VAN, To-day in a menagerie here where a crowd of her by the people this city, honorary private clamberlain to his

Judge Bargn Park, life

Since then

ATHENS, May 1st, The Mermair left to-day, Mr. Arthur Searcy, Holiness Pope Leo XIII, adresatd to the Pope, the printple has beats admitted, but only Lords on the question of Coral (Net) Aption of the 15 or person, had lets cented a plampede for the In the laland of Crete unprovoked murders are

LINCOLN

1500 assembled, pick pocket ralied by the

plan of campaign Patrick Egan, ex-presidcut of doors. During the frantic efforts of the crowd to frequent. The Governor of the island has he cannot subscribe to the teachings of the act of 1896, have been, eligible,

people,

Customs Officer, accompanying her outside-to withdrawing from, the Catholic Church because of Appeal, under appellato and at present the National League of America, said to-day i escape six persons were trampled to death and resigned because of his inability to control the".

see that all the Chinese left by her.

The Government, having thoroughly

DUBLIN, May tat The irritation, caused by the decree of Fope Les against the plan of campaign. "is mani- festing itself in strong antipathy to Monsignor Perico, on whose reports of the state of affair

Ireland it is belied the decree is based, Int

Premiler, Mr. Playford, wired to the diffèrent Vatican Council, and, because he cannot adnit?- proposal will not conciliate the reform party, and expected by those acquainted with the intrigue |--

the

QUEENSTOWN, April the pretensions of ultramontanium, claiming, as Salisbury, personally, would rather leave things between the Tory Government and the Vatican. A furious gale prevails here....' The Inman lida Premiera, proposing a confercoce to formulate it does, absolute authbilty, not only in mallers as they are their future course of action Sir Henry Paikes

It has long been the ambition of the Papal steamer City of Chicago, was compelled to seek April 281b advisers to secure direct diflem

reg diplomatic relations shelter in the inner barbor and transfer her replies that he will gladly confer with the other religious, but also in matters scientific, philosp; take Governments, and suggests that each ColonyNA PARIS, Asil 24th. The Papal letter has plready been sent to the lative at the

phical, social and political

A dispatch from Rome to the Times says: with hEngland, and have

an accredited represen mails and passengers LONDON, A 30th: ander-responsible Government should be reprcE

of theirs to have endowed a The Turkish Governmental

nt has recalled the l the neighsorhood of the convent where the papal sented by two members. The. Executive. Panama Canal charet ve göhe bakorning, drish bishops and will be publishest about ten been a pet ser ut of St. James. It has alio; Council

expects that

that the other colonies will and De Lesseps friends ne jubilant Specula days hence. The versions hitherto printed are Catholic university in Ireland. It is understood Turkish Minister at Athens and hat demanded emissary resides the people who formerly paluted PARK NEW Itors bought freely on the Bourse yesterday, more or less conjectural. The Pope forbids that the Tory Government has promised to satisfy that Greece shall dismiss her Consulat Monaster bim with respect refuse to recognize him, and Anti-Chinese demonstrations are being held driving the shares op 31 francs. Every budy has Catholics to adopt the plan of campaign or to these desires, on conditon that the authority-of and other Greek officials in Macedonia. The the local baker refuses to farslan bread to the everywhere. A agreed that the Chamber of Deputies will have engage in boycotting, and enjolos obedience u the Papacy be directed to what they are pleased Porte claims that these officials have been convent so long as Monsignor Persico is any

The Chinese on-board the steamers Afghan 10 sarction the issue of the loit ry loan to the laws Other questious are in abeyance to term the pacification of Ireland, in other fomenting political agitation under cover of Inmate, and Trinan having refused to leave those vessels comph to the work Yesterday the Committee The Nationalists have determined to continue words the crippling of the national league. This brigandage, assisted by their agent. Greece has at Sydney, the boats were allowed alongside the of Initiative, to which the proposal was referied, the plan of campaign in spite of the Papal decree attempt at spiritual interference in matters purely not compiled with the demand for the removal wharf for discharge, Customs and police officers ordered its reporter to make a reprit in favor of It is asserted that the movement will not suffer temporal and political will, instead of suppressing of her Consul at Monaster who denies the charges -keeping strict which,

the De Lesseps bill. Yesterday M." Muret much from the necessary defection, the priests put new life and determination into the against bim, ple

sympathise movement,

unexpected dificulties for There is a panic in the tin market. tabled the favorable report to the Chamber, I who will andoubtedly

cles can tanily be England

no credit or advantage to French syndicate has ceased buying. The advises that the canal company be authotard to with the people, and that

Atter Venused Romez

ognize very clearly price har dropped from 4166 to 2 ros per ton also 330,000,000 francs on the lotte pin, with filled with laymen

Extremély.

while and httle has changed bands at thle pricez the Government approválá

as

Five former Sydney residents ch board the Afghan, holding naturalisation papers were allowed to land, all the rest and future arrivals wil ba returned to Hongkong.

to

on that church

lone cur, share concessions,

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