SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5147, 16 July 1885, Page 2

SUEZ MAIL NEWS.

The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Standard telegraphs that the following is the exact state of the frontier negotia^ tions at the present moment:—" Roughly speaking, England, on the part of the Ameer, gives up Penjdeh for Zulifikar. la regard to the latter point, the question ia whether the pass shall form the boundary or remain wholly Afghan. In respect to Penjdeh, Russia insists that Meruchak belongs to the oasis, and mast therefore be included in the transfer. The English* Government, on the other hand, claims Meruchak for the Ameer, and makes its retention a sine qua non. It is this difference of opinion that chiefly delays the conclusion of an agreement, and it is on this point mainly that the present exchange of views between the two Cabinets turns." r

The Daily News has received the following telegram from Sinjou :—"On the 10th of May Colonel Stewart, Major Holdich, and Captain Peacocke publicly entered Herat, by the Ameer's invitation. They were entertained by the Governor in a house adjoining his residence, and were received by him in a durbar, attended by the Afghan generals. The entire garrison paraded in the evening. On the 11th the British officers left the city. The reception they met with from all classes was most satisfactory, including the priests, who were cordial, and the Cabulee soldiery, who were friendly. It is reported that 300 Cossacks still hold Zulifikar and Akßobat. The Afghan frontier Commission is encamped twenty miles to the north-west of Herat. Ita future movements are undecided.''

It is announced that Miss Helen Taylor, the well known member of the London School Board, and stepdaughter of the late John Stuart Mill, has accepted an invitation to come forward as a Radical Parliamentary candidate for the district of Camberwell at the next general election. Of course there, is no chance of her being elected.

William Sheehan, who was brought over from New Zealand in the Ruapehu, was brought before the Stipendiary Magistrate at Cork, on May 27, and charged with the murder of his mother, brother, and sister, at Castletownroche, in 1877, and was formally remanded for eight days. David Brown, brother-in-law of Sheehan, has been arrested as an accomplice. Brown is stated by witnesses to have been in Sheehan's house on the morning of the alleged disappearance of the members of the family, and he is also said to be connected with the removal of the bodies from the out office. It is stated that in addition to oral testimony the Crown will have documentary evidence bearing on the case.

The report is widely spread in the Euro, pean quarters at Cairo, that the present Khedive will resign before the expiration of the year, and that Ismail Paaha will be reinstated with the consent of most of the Powers. The probability of Ismail's reenthronement causes great satisfaction. The Madrid correspondent of the Petit Marseillais relates a striking instance of the intensity of family quarrels in Spain About a year ago a gipsy named Moralis was assassinated atZerza, in the province of Caceres, by one of his comrades -named Silra. The latter was in due course tried and condemmed to death; but his execution did not satisfy the vengeance of the victim's family. There had been ill-feel-ing between the two families for three years, but there had been no.open quarrel . until the murder of Moralis. Soon afterv^ the execution of the murderer, which took*s^ place last month, the two families met on their return from a fair near the town of Caceres. They had their mules and cattle with them. There were abont fifty on each side, including women and children. A regular pitched battle ensued, revolvers, knives and sticks being freely used by the men, while the women employed their,, nails with considerable effect, and the children threw stones indiscriminately. The result of the struggle was that the heads of the two families were both killed, as were two of the women and several of the children. There were ten or twelve wounded and the bodies of the dead were horribly mutilated. If the mounted police had not interrupted the fight, there would hare been many more lives lost. Several of the mules were killed, and the baggage of the two families were strewn about in such disorder that the road for nearly half-a> mile looked as if a large army had beaten a retreat aloDg it.