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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 50, 28 July 1885, Page 4

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PBHSS ASSOCIATION.) ' ! : - ' .Auckland, Monday. GENERAL SUMMARY. Reliable special despatches from London, June 18, say that the interview between the Queen and Lord Salisbury became known at the Carlton Club during the evening. From the conversation of the members who hud attended the Conference it was learned that the Queen displayed a knowledge, and grasp of the situation and a strength of determination such as she has rarely shown m recent years.' She brushed aside Lord Salisbury's objection to taking office on the ground of the Liberal majority m the House of Commons, by saying she •would see to'it" that "the Liberals gave his administration a reasonable degree of srippbrt. She said she had already been m negotiation with the retiring Premier, and the latter had agreed to re- : frain from obstructive tactics on condition that the pending legislation should be completed as begun. All fresh legislation to be initiated by the new Government In accordance with its own party' principles, without deferring the-late administration, and the Queen. promised to use her influence and prerogative to prevent the Opposition from causin? embarrassment. In regard to foreign relations the Queen was very positive m her demands that the agreement in^prbcess m negotiations between Lord ; Grahville and M. i)e Giers, regarding the Afghan frontier question, should be..completed m order that peace,.may.Be'preserved. On the 24th Mi' Gla^Btoheiread to the House the correspondence between himself and Lord Salisbury relating to the deadlock, and which was. conducted throughthe medium ot the Queen. jHe said-, m -addition^ that after consulting his colleagues he informed the Queen that he conceived it would be contrary to bis duty to compromise the liberty of the House of .Commons by giving pledges not to oppose the re- opening of the business. of the session before.possesiiigyali the facts : bearing upon such- business. He concluded by assuring thfe Queen, that facilities for expediting the supply* might reasonably be provided, and there would bo no attempt to withdraw Ways and Means for Jho public service;'. but lie could give no specific pledge m regard to undefined questions.; At a meeting of Conservatives^ June 25 Lord Salisbury, referring to the political situation, said he felt sure that all would agree that a timorous policy would be unwise, if not fatal. He reckoned upoA,the" united support of the party. Sir S. Northcote concurred. : On June Mr Balfour made an adr dress which attracted profound attention from the fact that he expressed no less a profound wish than that ot Mr.Chamber-i lain to see Ireland governed .by equal laws with' England, and to see all except tional legislation' against the Irish people for ever abolished. • Lord {Hill, M.P. for Down, Ireland,' and Comptroller, said m a speech on July; Ist ,that the Coercion Act was unnecessary at present, and the Land Act for; Ireland was a failure; but that he "would; support the Land Purchase .' Act which the Liberal Government bad proposed. . Lord John Manners, speaking at Leicester, said the Salisbury Government would try.to bring order out of chaos m Egypt, and would endeavor* to terini nate the tension m affairs, which endangers India. * / , London despatches of ->. J ; uly 3rd say that 'the* French Goyerrinieht has withdrawn its demand' for a fixed date upon which English troops shall evacuate Egypt, and offers to leave the period to the discretion 'of the English Govern merit if Lord Salisbury, ,-wiir admit the principle of evacuation. M. Waddington. French Ambassador; at London, also made conciliatory overtures regarding the question of of the .Suez-Canal. This change : 'of attitnde on'the part of.tffie French Government is" attributed to the good feeling between Lord Salisbury and Bi?marck. . ;: ■ ■■* . Despatches from London, June 22, say there is a growing fear m well-informed circles, that trouble is.looming up m; Afghamstkiu Riissia is continually picking up little occurrences here and there on ; the border of the disputed 'territory, and making them matter of complaint, seeni;ingly on purpose to enlarge ; her grievI ances and keep them before the eyes of Europe. . . : - ■ : ; Russian officials, now come forward with a strong protest against fortifying j Herat arid the massing of trpops byrthe asserting 'that this display ot Afghanistan at the present moment is 'uncalled tor, ' and has appearance of a direct menace towards Russia. A mild iwarningis also conveyed -to}the Ameer itnathe and his officers should exercise a little judgmentin|regard:to their nvlitary manoeuvres, and should riot try the temper of the Russian Troops m disputed territory too severely as did the Afghan cqmn^dpr at £en>deh recently;. -.This series of bickerings on the part "of Russia is to obtain an excuse for . a quarrel with tHe,Afgharisi '. \\ ■'■'(■ ■ .-'; • : I -; A clerk' m the British jQpnsul's office at Lusco waf arrested by" the Russians on the Russo-Persian-f roe ifcie'r lately, and locked up m prison at Askabad. His, mis-, : sion'wa's as the bearer of a friendly note;' from the Consul ; to the ? Russian corii^. lhander at Sarakhs. . , ' A despatch frdm ; Teheran, received m Londpnm Jime < 30th, stktes ■ thati I^ooo persrns are at work constructing the" Trans Caspian Warlike preparations are still being continued by Russia.,t Rumours are m ■circulation m the Bazadrs; of Teheran that war will probably occur after this railway is corn : -pleted:to-'Merv. . - ' The^.Russians.ate abridging the Murzhab: r6q 'the confines; of Afghanistan^ Eight : hundred Russian " soldiers are aY ' ' /- - : The Persians :are - fortifying Persian : Saraklis, and building barracks there for troopsi '• ; • ; A f ouridar^ has l/een startei at Herat ■ for casting heavy, guns. ■ ; •- '/ : A St. Petersburg despatch states that a telegraph- office has been started at Merv. ■ .. ; ■■' ■ ■■'■'■ *; ' '" ; Reports from Spain say that the cholerais raging furiously there m four provinces. The disease is moving along the Mediterranean,border. A thousand persons have left Madrid. The Government- Cholera Commission, and also many native foreign doctors, declare that the cholera is Asiatic and of a violent and rapid character, attacking all classes of: society. The inhabitants of the populous quarters m Madrid strenuously opposed all measures taken by the municipal authorities to disinfect the dwellings, and enforcement of all sanitary regulations were abandoned The facts of the existence of cholera m Madrid was denied, the merchants being apprehensive 6£ injury to business. Three or four Cholera Commissioners appointed recommended iuraocnlation with virus as harmless. The Ministry resigned on June the 19th m consequence of the decision of AlPonso to visit the cholera infected districts...: All shops and-, cafes in^ .Madrid 'were closed 'as. a precaution; against itli^i disease.- The dete.rminatipn of the King to visit plague-stricken provinces, and the action of the Ministry, led to a popular demonstration aeainstthe latter on June the- 21st. -"A ' crowd' becoming riotous, the military were called out and fixed up, the people, who m turn -stoned the soldiers. The Kinsy j after counsulting with his Ministers, doj cided to aban.dpri this prospected tomyr ; and th'o Ministry was reinstated. While the sanitary authorities of Mad rid wore , carrying -out their precautionary measures ' * agairtst>;-c.])plera, tho ;'■ '■ iriob -frequently' gathered and -attacked- theha. The rioteVa 1 were composed" of the lower classes, who

ire bitterly opposed to all kinds of prac- I ;ical prevent alive measures, and rely on prayers to' keep off the deadly scourge. Frequent religious processions passed along the 'streets, and solemn services wereheLTin Murciafor the purpose of. imploring, divine asistance. Dead wagsroriSjijjarijxled 'the city day and night. Many of tne cholera victims were buried Bofnnloss... Despatches dated Juno 28th, say laboring pao pie were dropping dead of hunger at Murcia, and that ths venality arid stupidity of health officers are beyond belief. They seemed +o regard the cholera as a. big paying: job. Merchants'who arrived m London on 29th from Miircia bay itis absolutely impossible to describe the national panic, loss of nerve arid reason, and frenzy of the .local quarantine; officers.. ■•. The plague finds 9§ m 100 of its victims m slums bf cities or" m poor villages where hygiene is an unknown word. The Geographical Society is equipping out> another African expedition, to be undo*' the direction of' Mr Lti3t. It is intended to start m August next from Zanzibar, and proceed thence to Liudy. Mr Charles Warren Adams and Miss Mildred' Coleridge, daughter of 1 the Lord Chief Jifptieo, were -married m London on Juno 24th. The maternal uncle the officiating clergyman. The . " marriage >vas private,- aud Lord Coleridge refused to attend. . , l?M&sW~tf^GaJetle of ; tne? 13th prints !V'Uitherto.*uupnl)lifilied proclamation of the Ameer..of -Afghanistan to his subjects.! issued .m 1882,. which incidentally feViewß the history of the lost ten tribes of Israel; ' . Lord Garmbyle -h&s settled. down at his, father's residence, Bournemouth. and resumed correspondence with Miss Fortescue. Itis expected, they will be married within the year. : ' '" By an explosion '.on June 20th m a pit m North f Staffordshire, ten' persons were killed. York arid North Dalston,. Yorkshire, were shaken up by an earthquake on the forenoon*-6f Jiinelßlh'.; The shock was rather severe at the place last named. The Oldhhtn. cotton mill owners have decided i on short ti.ti.ro and. a .reduction of 10 per cent. o,n vvajres. The operatives agreed to tfie former but struck on the latter proposition. ; ' The Queen has offered a dukedom to Earl Speneor. . ; The Gaundian Argonaut fonr-oar«d crew wore .^defeated by a Cambridge crew easijy^a^Lbndon on July 2nd* M. Wadilington, French Minister at London, afMHiis wiferef used tb attend m mouruiWg at a Court Ball as presented: by,:thd Queen, because of the death of/JPriuce.tlfrcrfe'rii.k Charles of Germany.. Tr Tho refusal wasconvryediii a courteous, note sent to Her. ,< Majesty^ and wa^j^jthe effect, that French Miu^ i inters' 'would/not wear mourning at the death of aa. enemy. of France.' : ■ '' Sir EetorVLumsdan was .entertained at a dinnei at Windsor Castle ou 'July tlie'22nd by : th'e Queen, meeting only tlie of Salisbury. ; London - .; newspapers have rebelled; against Reuters nert-sngency for increas-? ing the expenses of gathering news by reason of the recent campaign iv the; Soudan and ths difficulties iv South , „..,,.• ..-....-•■..■■.,-- -■". Professor Huxley will retire from his GoverhiHent position m October, ou.- a yearly pension of £1200 - Mr'Spurgeoii has created a great deal .of (jxcitement by an article m the\Moi)thly Review of June tho 27th, m which ho narrates m detail circumstances attending the death of Justics Williams and the disclosures brought. out m Jefferies' case. He makes these. examples from higlroSieialiife the basis of a'fullflavouredvdenunciation of English morality. . Sit Richard A:shloton Cross, the ; new Home iSeeretary, ljasdismissed the fifty Lush detectives imported by Sir William Harcourt for the protection of himself and 'colleagues. - ...The Duchess of Cou naught was greatjy iucenßed>oyer the obituary 'notices of some British papers, which did not .refer to her father (Prince Frederick Charles of Germany)' m very compliinenlary terms. '.■-'-Haiilau states that lie intends '-to revisit' Australia to agaiu compete with Beach. .... < -It is rumoured that Rolling' iWaggett, Minister of Hawai, isou a secret mission to Washington with a proposal to . the United States ; Government to purchase; th» Sandwich. Islands. • A syndicate of ' English capitalists is being formed to operate ■ a scheme of 1 fast steamship line with the terminus at ; Fort Pond Bayj to sa%'e a day aud a half fiu the Atlantic voyage. ; ' Adolph Speedles has been acquitted ■on a charge; ,o£ : aitempled assasidation ;of De Young. .'• • , : Mooji, -the. special correspondent'of tlie iAhstralian ,Spdrtßman, has gone East, ■and States been authorised by jDoebies, tli^'backer of vßeach, to. match the i Syduey^Bculier againat any- American oarsinau. for 5,000 to 10,000 .dollars;, ' ;. ',-../.•. ; '• ;