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COERCION FOR IRELAND. Gy^toDc's I'owerrul Sptcdi .Coopells Ihe GovenuneDt to Weaien. HEALY PREDIOTS BLOODSHED. Oroke ud the Vaticanâ€" Attack on Balfour Co Not Favor Home Rale. A last (Thursday) night's London cable wya : la the iloUBu of CommouH thin evening the debate on the motion for ardency for the Coercion Hill was resumed. Mr. Gladhtone referred to the " unprece- dente<l " pohition of the House, which had already sat two mouths, during which, lie saiii, its indeiwndcnt initiative had been Boppressed. Kven now the CJouservatives exulted over the prosi^ct of pasKing a motion forcing the House to an absolute larrender of its whole time until u Hill of an extronifly severe character had been carried. The House was threatened with a fre-jueiit application of closure if the debates were protracted. No greater calamity c^)uld befall the House than this •ort of' pressure. It would sap the authority of the Chair aj>d brinfj the procedure rules into disrepute. He had seen more Tarliamentary life than any other man in the Houflc, but he never knew of HO urave a state of affairs. It was due to the extreme abuse of power by the majority, which, if iK-rsiited in, would leave behind a sense of intolerable wron(?. The pofiition of affairs was now very different from that when the Coercion IJill of IHMl was passed. There were no papers before the House now, nor was there any indica- tion of the nature of the projiosei Ciovcrn- ment measure. Heretofore in askin); â- pecial legislation for dealing with crime in Ireland, the members had tried to show that a terrible prevalence of crime threatened social order. Was that the case now ? No. The House had been told that the number of agrarian offences prior to the passage of Mr. l-'orster's coercion Act exceeded the highest number since. Crime then, however, was of a different oharactirr from that which the (iovern- ment now sought to check, At present crime consisted in combining to obtain a reduction of rent. (Irish cheers.) Even the evidence which the Government put before the House showed that this crime was restricted to demands for jost abatements of rent. Never had any former (Jmrcion Act l)een resisted by a majority of the members from Ireland. (Cheers.) Now there was a protest against coercion from an overwhelming majority of the Irish members. (Cheers.) Had the Uovernmcnt any just claim for demanding coercion or urgency for new repruesive meaHures.' After ap(iointing a commission to examine on the spot the rent ijuestion and the evils arising from land lawp, the Oovernment now put aside the recom- mendations of the commission, and asked IVrliament for increase<l power to make the laws still more offensive to the general â- ense of the people. (Irish cheers.) Gen. ItuUer's eviilenue proved that tenants now paying rent were anxious to pay ; that there was no general movement against payment, bat only a combined effort to obtain fair rents. The Irish (K-ople were apt to follow the example constantly set by others and scf; what they lould make of it. (Cheers.) Th* Government said the contracts should not be broken, yet Mr. Halfonr, while preaching the doctrine of the sanctity of contracts, was goin,\; to intrcMhice a Hill breaking lu^seholil contracts adjusted under the Land .\ it of IKNl, just as the judicial rents were. It was not to vindicate the sanctity of contracts, nor to repress the widespread outbreak of crime, that the Government now demanded coercion for Ireland. Of what nature the (iovernment measure should turn out to be it was the duty of the Liberals now, whether in min- ority or in majority, to refuse urgency. He trusted that the p«.ople of Kngland would oe the LiU'rals united in opimsing this ill omeno<l measure to the last stage, and that the Lilieral memliers woulil ring out the voices of justice and reason against a Gov- ernment which, afUT eighty-si.x years of experience, were preparing, under the name of a statute of Parliament, to strike a fresh blow at the life and happiness of Ireland and at the pros[>erity, contentment and unity of the Kmpire. (Cheera.) Mr. Healy, remarking that he hail jnst heard for the tirst time the real object of the Crimes Hill, said he would be delighted if the (ioveniment would sup press the National League, bt.cause this would relievo the Irish members of great res|Mjnsibility and thir |x!ople would then oonduct the agrarian movement hy them- â- olvea. " Kuppress the League by all means," said Mr. Healy, "even slop publii; â- peaking ; but in the latter event the Tar- nellites will leaver to the Government the rnHixinsibility for thi^ blood that might bo â- pillu<l." In res|i<>nse to a circular asking their views on the subje<;l, the Irish Wesleyan ministers, with Bi.\ excM-ptions, have replied that they areop|)osed to Home Uule. VnitfJ IreUinit (Mr. rarneU's organ) pub- lishes a bitter attack on Mr. italfour. Chief Hecretary for Ireliind. It calls him " The niiKHly Halfour, with tiger's heart wrapped in a woman's hcMxl," and says : "lie has enUTwl lightly into n struggle with the Catholic Chunrh. In such struggles the proudest desiK)ts liavt! been humbled into the dust. l'rini-,o Hisnmnk, swaying the destinies of KurojH), in his whole career but once learneil the bitterness of defeat, and that was when he laid his hand on the Chureh, which reHeiitssacrilogioiis handling of the sacred privileges of the priesthood." WRECK OF THE SCOTIA. The NIeamer Aahore, but her I'aasencers Safe -A Terrible Voyase Across the Atlantic. .\ I'atchegue, L. I., despatch says: The steamer Bcotia had 1,'2(X) passengers on board. She exjjcrieiiced terrific storms for over a week, and many passengers had limbs broken and received other Injuries by being thrown about thesteerage. On Friday the machinery gave out, and the wind and sea were running so high that the captain : decided to run ashore after cutting the mast away. There are about .'KH) women among the passengers. The steamer is in no im- mediate danger. Her appearance gives unmistakable evidence of hard usage by the waves, and the absence of masts and rig- ging, together with the general disorder of her deck, makes her a most distressing object ; while the l>oor foreigners who crowd her decks, gazing longingly at the land, so near and yet so far, create feel- ings of commiseralion in the hearts of the hundreds of men who swarmed to the beach from all points along the mainland. For nearly twenty days the steamer met a series of storms, the waves dashing over the decks like huge mountains, and at times threatening to entirely oubmerge her. IJuring most of the time it was necessary to keep the emigrants packed like sardines in the steerage, where they were subjected to indescribable suffering, being thrown from side to side of the vessel, pitched from their berths, and sustaining more or less serious bruises or fractures of their limbs. Several men and women had their arms and legs broken, while many of the children were black and blue from freijHent contact with the ]x)sts and beams. The machinery of the steamer had been of little use for nearly a week, and the fact of the vessel having run ashore with her head northeast, directly opposite to her proper course, would indicate that she had been tossing ab<jut but with slight control. At H p.m. the Scotia was lying easy in •bout two fathoms of water 200 feet from shore, and was working in through the pounding of the rising tide. The vessel is leaking, and the pumps are kept continually working to clear her of water. The wea- ther continues tine and a <)uiet sea prevails. There are no apprehensions entertained as to the safety of the vessel and liir passen- gers during the night. ONTARIO LEGISUTURE. K.\I>KKS.S ANIt FKKKillT COLMUK. The Kngiiieer KUIedaiid Mail)' I'MjtKencem Injured. A Pittsburg des|>atch says : A railway accident occurred about 1 o'clock on Friday morning, near Leetonia.Uhio, on th" Pitts- burg, Fort Wayne A- ('hicago Uailro;id, by which one person was killed and a number of passengers injured. The express train which left Chicago in the morning had reached Leetonia, at which point there is a heavy grade, when the engineer dis- coverol the air brake >vas break- ing. He stop|X'd the train, and while examining the brakes a freight train c4ime along and crashed into the rear end of the express, completely telescoping the sle<!|>er and the {lassenger cur next to it. Fngineer William Ueall, of .Mlegheny, who was underneath the engine fixing the air brake, was horribly crushed and killed almoHt instantly. The names of the in- jured are : ,J. C. Ha/iett, in the sleeping car, fatally hurt ; left at Leetonia ; Lee Hill, a('hinaiiiaii,ciit in the head severely ; .lolin T. ISingley, conductor of the Pullman car, bruised about the head, leg and hand, and crushed, lives in Chicago; Mrs. Davis, Pittsburg, very badly cut and face bruised ; P. I'edow, New Orleans, slightly bruised ; Mrs. Louisa Kdeiis' H-ycar-old child, badly bruised ; Mrs. Gray, of Minnesota, slightly injured; Delia Cnyne, of lirooklyn, N.Y., cut about face and hands. Mr. Ileeeher's I<|pa of Heaven, Mr. Heeclier's idea of heaven was not that of u place of rest, but of holy activity. I warrant that Iteecher hail nut been in heaven twenty-four hours before he was •â- king for something to do. â€" lltr. llr. Armitage'$ l-'iinfral Addmi, Th« Pint Caniie. Hostess (a Hoston laily) Can I send you some of the liiup, Mr. llreezy ? Mr. Hreezy(from Omaha) A v< ry little, ma'am ; not over half a dipperful. Ban Diego, Cat., has one of the wisest Chinamen in the world. He is a laundry- man, and he has kept an advertisement running in the local paper for fifteen years. A Juhllaff Ketnlnlscenee. Mr. Calvin Phelps writes to the St. Catharines .lounuil an ac<H>uiit of the annoniiix.-mcnt in Canada of the iiccession of Qii(«n Victoria to the throne. He says: " I well remember the day when this event liecaiiie known in St. Catharines. It was, I think, the 'J'.ith of .lune, now nearly fifty years ago. When the news arrive<l, it came by way of New York, thenoe by steamboat to Albany, from which place it was brought by the ' ti'legraph lino ' of mail coaches to Lewiston over Uie ilidge road, thence to Quocnston and Niagara, which latter were the two most thrivingand im|K)rtant places in Up|)er('anada [leiiiiisula. From Niagara the news was sent by aiiiefmeiig.!r on horse back to this and most other places in the Province. It was nearly noon on that June day when, as several loads of new made hay were being pitcho<l into a large now brick barn, just com- pleted by my father, on the old hoinestead place on Geneva stretit, near the ' red mills,' a man dressed as a cavalryman made his ap|M!arnnce at the junction of Kt. Paul, Geneva and Niagara streets, on a foaming horse, and carried a lung tin horn on whicli he blew a tremendous loud blast, that called about him in a very short time nearly every jierHon oast of what is now the Hiiw factory, and as soon as he could get his breath he made pr<H-,lani»tion of the fact that the King (George the Fourth) WHS dead and that Victoria now reigned as the Ijiieen of Great liritain and its <le|wiidoncies. Afterwards he proceedeii to Khipman's old Wellund Canal inn (back from the corner of Ht. Paul and Ontario streets), where he repeated his pro<dama tioii to the rest of the (leople of St. Catha riiies, and then with a fresh horse iK.gaii his journey towards the west, to make known to the rest of the )«<ople of llpp<ir Canada this, to thorn, interesting and most important event." _ ♦ lie Was Trell Prepared. Hyinpathetic ('lergyman (to widowed parishioner) " Was poor llrother Haltoii stall prejiared togo?" Consoled Widow " Yes, indeed. He was insured in a half-do/.en (wmpanies." â€" I.iitifll Ciiurier. Information Wanted. An advrrtist^ment in a Hoston pajier states that an netive servant is wanted, * who must be a plain rook, and able to dress a little boy ."i years old." Are the advertisers cannibals ? And (we ask for infnrmatioi.) with what sance do they eat little boys 5 years old ? â€" Teiat Siftingt. ^ _ - Misers may be likened unto patent leather boots the longer they last the tighter thoy become. Hon. Mr. Hardy presented aBili respect- ing distress for rent and taxes, which wae read the tirst time. Hon. G. W. Koes presented a Bill to amend the Act relating to the Public Schools, which was read the tirst time. Mr. Clarke (Wellington) asked whether the regulation regarding the reading of the Hible in the High aiifl Public Schools of the Province, which provides that the por- tion of Scripture used shall be taken from the selections authorized for that purpose by the Department of Kdiication, is still in force ; or whether such readings may be selected by the teacher, under the direction of the trustees, from the authorized version o fthe Bible. Hon. G. W. Iloss replied. â€" Where the trustees of a school prefer that the reading shall be from the Bible itself instead of from the book of selections, or where trus- tees prefer to have passages read which are not in the book of selections, the Govern- ment have no desire to interfere, as long as the Bible or its contents are read daily and systematically. If the text of the regula- tion re<|uireB any moditication in order to admit of this course, the moditication will be made. Mr. Waters rose amid applause to move the second reading of the Bill to enable miirric^l womea to vote for members of municipal councils. He said that the tendency of the day was in the direction of the extension of the franchise, and that extension was not confined to the men. The giving of the franchise to women bad everywhere been followed with good results. Ill Britain woman had voted in 'nunicipal elections for years. The law bad been applied to England first, but had after- wards been extended to Scotland, this its -If Iwing a proof that the women of Eng- land had used their tranchise well. In the last municipal elections in Untario, not- withstanding that the day was exceedingly inclement, a large woman vote was brought out. 'The total number of women on the lists was 'iO,l'J'2, ami the total number cast was 4,ti.VJ. Hon. Mr. FrMer said his hon. friend was an old campaigner in regard to this ques- tion. The members of the House knew what his (Mr. Fraser's) opinions uu this subject were. They were his own opinions; he was not expreBsin<{ the opinions of any- body else. This was an open question. He objected to the hon. gentleman's proposition of the Bill, because of itself, and he ob- jected to it bocauBO of what it Aould lead up to. He objected to this mode of dealing with the subject, piece by piece. The H ..i-;v should look the whole question in the lace and come to a sensible conclusion U|ion it. Possibly it the Scott Act and the question of prohibition were dinposed of they would hear no more of this question of woman suffrage. Yet, in order that prohibition might be carri' i, they were asking that women should be given the franchise for all time to come, and to trans- fer the political power of the country from one sex to the other. He believed that nature never 'utended that this should be done, and all experience was in favor of his (xisition. He wanted to meet tne question sijuarely, and J^crefore he moved the six months hoist 'J'lio anicndin(i{t was carried on the fol lowing divisioi Vi \H ,\ll»n. ^n«y. Ilallaiitvne, Bletanl i;. K. (I'liroiitol, Clarke, H. H. (Toronto], <:iarke iWelliuijIou), (.'oiiuKHi, <'raig, I'reiKliton. C'ruenu, Hrydtfii, Fell, Kraatir, r'reeinaii, Kr.fiK-h, (tllmoii illHMilltoni. (lllmon i Huron), (iutlirii', Haniiiit'll, liarcoiirt, IIcnh, lliidKoii, luKrain. Kitiih, l.eeH, Lyon. McMalioii, MaHtvr. Mereilltli .Motcalf, Mil- iar. Monrk. Morijaii, Nairn, O'Connor, Pardee, riirlprt, I'restou. llaysiile, Uoka (Midilli.Hext, Siildfr, Stewart, tipra4{uu, btrattoii, To4iI»y, Willouiiliby. Wilinet, Wooil (Hastings). Wooil lIlrHiitl. Wylie -.V.. Navk.- .VniiNlroiig, llalftiiir, Itif^'iir, ItiHliop, Dark. FcrKUHon. (iamoli, (ill moll r, (.rnhaiii, Leys, Mi'Kay, Ma'-k, Martur, Meachain, Muriu, &lowat, OKtroiii. Smltii, WaterB 19. Mr. Ingrain moved the second reading of the Bill to amend the Assessment Act by Increasing the amount of the exemption on incomes from J4U0 to JHOO. The Bill was read the second time and referred to Uie Municijial Committee. Mr. Gibson's (Hamilton) Bill dealing with the same subject was read the second time and referre<l to the Municipal Com- mittee. The following Bills were introduced and rend the first time : For the prevention of accidents by fire in hotels and other public buildings Mr. McKay. To amend the Franchise and Kepresen- tatioii Act, IHHCi Mr. Tooley. To iimeiid the Ontario Medical .-Vet- Mr. Gibton. Hon. A. S. Hardy moved the second reading of the Hill for the prote<'tion of women in certain cases. The Hill provides for the punishment of iH'rsons having criminal intercourse with a woman in an asylum or other place to which the Iiis]ier- lion .\ct appliiH. A case of this kind had arisen, and the prisoner had been ac<|uitted l>ecauiie the woman was not at the time of the comniisHion of the offence a lunatic. Th" Hill made the offence punishable wliethir the wimian was a lunatic or not. Mr. Meredith said he must sympathise with the object of the Bill, but ho doubted the [lower of this Legislature to deal with the matter. Hon. O. Mowat said he thought there was very little doubt that the Provincial Parllaineiit hud juris<lietioii in the matter. It might be well, however, to add a few words making it clear that the Legislature wax dealing with only such cases as were not provided for by the criminal law. As ho hud said, he had very little doubt on the subject, but, even if he had more doubt, ho did not know that that would prevent him from advoi'ating action by this Parliament. He did not knowthat the Dominion Parlia- ment would be ready to pass such legisla lion. The Charlton Act was passe<i with some difiicultv, and it did not go as far as this Bill. The Bill was read the second time. Mr. l'"erguson move<l the second reading of a Hill to amend the Ditches and Water- courses Act. Mr. Meredith said that the whole matter should be dealt with after a full investiga- tion, and that there should be no patch work legislation. Mr. Harcoiirt said that several County Councils had decided to send deputations to the Municipal Committee to make repre- sentations in regard to this matter. He hoped that a day would bo fixed to hear them. Bo far the Act has worked well. not because it was perfect, bat beoase the ratepayers were so desirous of having the drainage done tbftt they gave all the assist ance they could. But any ratepayer had it in his power to obstmct the working of the Act. Hon. A. S. Hardy said that Thursday next had been appointed to hear the engineers, and the County Conncils might be heard at the same time. Mr. Clancy said that he did not wish to cast any refiection on the engineers, bat be never knew them to cast aside a profitable job. He was opposed to the Bill, believing that no person should be allowed to cover any portion of a drain. The Bill was read the second time and referred to the Municipal Committee. Mr. Garson moved the second reading of a Bill to abolish property qualification for municipal offices. He thought that electors should have the greatest possible freedom of choice of candidates. It was not always the best business men in a municipality who owned the greatest amount of pro- perty. In the town of Niagara it was almost impossible to get any change in the Council, on account of the small nnmberof persons who were qualified. Mr. Gibson said he had introduced a Bill of the same nature. He was in favor not of an entire abolition of property qualifica- tion, but of a material change in the law. If wealth was to be the test, those who were best qualified for councillors in that respect would not offer for election. He was in favor of such an amendment in the law that any one whb was qualitied to vote in a municipal election would be qualified as a candidate for municipal honors, and he had introduced a Bill to that effect. Mr. Fraser said there was no reason why the Bill should not go to the committee. The Bill was read the second time and referred to the Municipal Committee. Mr. Gibson then moved the second read- ing of the Bill which be had referred to. His Bill also provided that where street watering was done under the frontage tax system, the more valuable property might be compelled to pay a higher tax. The Bill was read the second time and referred to the Municipal Committee. Mr. McMahon moved the second reading of a Bill to amend the Act relating to mutual fire insurance companies. The Bill gives legal voting power to all share- holders, irrespective of the amonnt of stock they hold, and allows thelocation of a head office to be changed by a majority vote, instead of a two-thirds vote. Hon. O. Mowat said that he thought the interests of all the shareholders were best attended to when the greatest power was placed in the hands of those having the greatest |>ecuniary interest in the company, and he therefore did not think there snoold be any change in the law in this respect. He intended to bring in a Bill dealing with the question of insurance, and he would, therefore, suggest that this Bill be allowed to stand. Mr. Meredith said it should be distinctly understood that the Government was op- posed to the changes, otherwise the House would be fiooded with insurance agents from all over the country. The order stood. Mr. Bishop moved the second reading of a Bill to amend the Municipal Aet by re- ducing the qualification for councillors in rural municipalities. Bead a second time and referred to Municipal Committee. Mr. Itiggar's Bill to amend the Assess- ment Act was read a second tine Mid re- ferred to the Municipal Committee. Mr. Balfour move<l that the order for the second reading of the Bill to incorporate the Village of TilburyCentro be discharged and the Bill referred back to the Committee on Private Hills. Mr. Meredith asked with what object. Mr. Balfour explained that the village was partly in Kent and part'y in Kssex, and the object was to have it annexed to Essex instead of to Kent. Mr. Meredith said the object was to escape the operation of thoScott Act, which was in force in Kent and not in Essex. Hon. C. F. Fraser said that this was only an incident of the pru|>osed change. The I>eople of the village had aright to be heard on the question of whether thoy preferred to live under the Scott .\ct or not. The Bill was referred back to the Com- mittee on Private Hills. Mri Meredith suggesteil that business might Ik- ex(X!<lited by not holding any ses- sion of the House on Friday next, but devoting the whole day to committee work. Hon. O. Mowat accepted the suggestion. Mr. Meri-dith said he hoped the members of the House would not go nome. Hon. O. Mowat said ho could answer for his friends attending to their duties. Hon. Mr. Hardy brought down the report on immigration, a return relating to schools in Prescott and Russell, and the papers connected with the new Parliament buildings. Hon. Mr. Fraser moved that the last return bo printed.- Carrie<l. l.jkt4*Ht From the Northwest. It is probable the Proviucial Minister of Agriculture will visit the eastern Provinces after the session of the Legislature, with a view to presenting the claims of Manitoba from an immigration 8taiid|ioint. Mr. Nonpiay left for Ottawa and Mr. Siarth for Toronto this morning. Oen. Strange also left for Ottawa. He says it is im|x>ssible to make any estimate as yet as to the losses of cattle on the ranches in Alberta. Kev. Messrs. Uobertson and Pitbladohave gone east to attend the sittings of the Presbyterian Home Mission ('ommission. Throughout the Territories the snow has disapiwared and the rivers are moving. Petitions are being circulated in some portions of tho Territories for iwrmisslon for the manufacture and sale of beer. A I^ockout. " Is that you, Mr. Brown ?" oalletl out Mrs. Brown from tho window above as Brown fumbled with his latchkey at the door. " Yosh hioâ€" my dear, I've beenâ€" hie â€" to a meeting â€" hio-Laborâ€" hio â€" Club, and " " Well, I've I'oelareil alockout," snapped Mrs. Brown as she slammed down the window. The Birmingham, Conn., Bleotrio Light Works were overrun with rats until the su)i«rintondeiithad a happy thought. To wires attaclied to dynamos ho fastened bits of meat and scattero<l thorn about. The rats smelled the meat, nibbled, and â€" good- by, rats. TELEGRAPHIC SUMMAYR. The Mayor of Belleville has been served with an indictment for maintaining a nuis- ance in the police cells. The case will come before the police magistrate to-day. It is rumored at Ottawa that the Gov- ernment will at the coming session of Par- liament ask for a grant of money to build a new residence for the Governor-General on Nepean Point. The New Brunswick Legislature unani- mously passed a resolation yesterday de- manding reciprocity with the British colonies in the West Indies, South America and elsewhere. The Montreal Trades and Labor Council are petitioning for amendments to the city charter restricting the powers of the Chair- man of the Finance Committee and giving the Mayor a veto power. Edward Tiemey, a young man who lived near Trenton, she' himself fatally with a shotgun on Saturday afternoon. Dissipa- tion is supposed to have been the cause. An inquest was not considered necessary. A drunk named Wni. Duff, who appeared before the London police magistrate on Saturday and was fined S'2, indulged in a saucy remark about the Chief of Police, whereu|)on the court raised his tine to 810, and sent him down for two months in de- fault of cash. On Saturday night, between 10 and I'i' o clock, David Haun, a resident of Bertie, was run down and killed by a train on the Grand Trunk Railway about two miles west of Stevensville, his body being mangled in a horrible manner. A bottle of whiskey was found with him. The Earl of Derby has declined to act as Chairman of the Silver Commission. At Wienner-Neustadt, Lower Austria, yesterday a powder mill exploded, blowing three soldiers to atoms. Eighty-five persons lost their lives by the explosion in the Bulli colliery at Sydney on Thursday. The bodies have been re- covered. The French Chamber of Deputies has raised the import duty on ojfen to 38 francs. The Chamber also voted in favor of placing import duties of "20 francs on cows, M francs on calves, 5 francs on sheep and 1'2 francs on fresh meat. I>e8patchea report another revolutionary scare in Spain. Last evening the garrisons of Madrid and other cities were under orders to be in readiness for immediate action, the Government fearing a coup d'etat would be attempted by the revolu- tionists. Lord Salisbury's health excites continued uneasiness among his friends, who say he is rather going down hill than up, and complain that he continues to work twice as much as he should, and insists on deal- ing himself with all the most difficult and intricate subjects. Monsignor Galemberti, the special Papal Delegate to Berlin, has telegraphed to the Pope that he has obtained from Prince Bismarck all the religious concessions asked by the Vatican, but has not obtained any political concession. The leaders of the Centre (Catholic) party maintain great reserve toward Mgr. Galemberti. Gen. Gene telegraphs from Massowah as follows : â- â-  Ras Aloula demands a further quantity of arms in exchange for Major Savoiroux. I have refused. The com- munications I had with King John of Abys- sinia for the release of prisoners had no connection with peace negotiations." Advices from Germans who have settled in Livonia announce a renewal of the system of Russian repreL'sinn there. The teaching of Russian as the primary language in the (ierman Lutheran schools is enforceil, and (lernian workmen are continually molested. The Lutheran pastors sent a memorial to the Czar, who confirme<l the action of the authorities. NO ONE IS TAXED. A I'lare Wherelhfi Citizens Kcielve ln«tea<l of l*H>llig; llevetiue. Tilt Eldorado of taxpayers is the large villagi' of Langeiiselbold. in the district of Hanau. It has a pop'ilation of about H,000 souls and a communal proiwrty of upwards of ♦3,000,000, the annual income of which is about J100,000, nearly one-third of which revenue is derived from the rent of meadow land. The communal forests r«iuiro the services of four foresters. The villages are not only fortunate enough to be entirely free from comninnnl ta.xes, but they actually receive each year two cords of tirewo<Hl and twenty marks of money. Tho gooseherd would sc»rc«"ly swap placed with many a village " dominie," for his income is fully l,oi)0 marks. The streets of the village are lighted free of cost, and when one of the villagers closes his earthly career, he or she is taken to the last resting place " free gratis, for nothing. ' In order, however, to check immigration into this Canaan, the wise fathers of the commune have fixed the cost of aoiuiiing the citizen- ship of the place at oOO marks. Knew Wiiere He Came Short. .\. Stinit, of Cornwallis, Ore., knows hia pt?t weakness and has orriveil at the con- clusion that he will never begin earlier than now to fight it. Ther«'foro ho has published in tho Iwal ihroniclf the follow- ing unique notice : " 1 hereby notify all (K-rsons within this State that they must not give or sell me any intoxicating drink under any consider- ation. If they do. Is hall prosecute them to the full extent of Ih) law." New Title forthe guren. Mr. Howard Vincent, M. P. for Centre Sheffield, England, intends proposing that in conse>|uence of the.]ubiU«an addition should bo made to the title of the Queen, in compliment to the colonies. He suggests that Her Majesty shall b« entitled Queen of Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, South Africa and all the British Colonies, and Empress of India. It is probable the proposal will receive the attention of the Cabinet on Saturday. 4 Baalneu 1% Uaslnmis. Old Lady (to street urchin) -Wouldn't you like to be a good little boy and go to Sunday scluxil and he taught not to swear or say wioke<l things '.' Little Boy â€" No'm. Me ladder's goin' to git me a job on the canal to drive mules aoon's navigashum oiions, an' I mustn't dc anythin' to interfere wid de bizness. r'- 1