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The Week.
¦ was adjourned . The body of the sailor , Cheeseman , who was drowned at the time of the collision , has been recovered . A fraud of rather a curious character was exposed at the Mansion House on tho llth inst . In 1 SG-1 a steamship , called tho Glengyle , left GlasgowTor China . At Hong Kong , owing to some dispute the master discharged tho crew . One of them
named Bridgeman found his way to London , and calling upon the owners of the Glengyle ( Messrs . Mackay , Matheson , and Co . ) demanded compensation for illegal dismissal . The matter ¦ was referred to the Board of Trade in the usual way , and £ 20 was ordered to be paid to Bridgeman . Having got this , he set about inducing men to personate others of the crew of the
Glengyle , and succeeded in six cases in getting £ 20 eacli for supposed stokers and others belonging to the vessel . The fraud was discovered through one of the mon who had been personated making application to Messrs . Mackay and Matheson for compensation . Bridgeman was brought up at the Mansion House and remanded .
FOHEIGN INTELLIGENCE .- — " Tranquillity prevails in tho Peninsula , " says a telegram from Madrid . The insurrection is then wholly at an end , and Narvacz has another lease of power . In Franco and Belgium , however , there is a strong opinion that tho quiet in the Peninsula is only likely to bo temporary . Tho revolution is scotched , not killed , and will surely show itself again
before long . An official despatch from her Majesty's Consul-General in Egypt informs us that nothing is known at Alexandria respecting tho alleged release of tho Abyssinian captives . Tho Armenian Patriarch at Jerusalem , who sont tho bishops on their intercessory mission , is now staying at Cairo , and siueo their departure , so long since as Juno last , ho has received no information whatever respecting them . Further information in reference to the same matter says that the Armenian Patriarch did not expect
to havo any reply to his mission till twenty days more at least havo elapsed . These facts make tho conduct of our Government in hurrying on an Abyssinian expedition more and moro strange . Who has convoyed to King Theodore tho peremptory demand for tho release of the captives which was spoken of in the Queen ' s Speech ? The Government must havo known of tho mission of tho Armenian bishops , and ought at least to have awai tod the result of it .
But , instead , they have rushed into an enormous expense . From Malta come reports of their activity in this direction . In obedience to instructions from the Secretary of State for India , the Governor is busy purchasing mules for the expedition . No sooner is one rumour disposed of in Europe than another springs up . There is in Paris a journal newly founded , called
La Situation , the purpose of which seems to be to get up a war somewhere . It made much of the reported alliance of France and Austria against Prussia . That having been disposed of , it now prints a sketch of a treaty which it says has been made between Austria and Prussia . By virtue of this treaty Prussia binds herself to assist Austria to extend her dominions in the
East ; while Austria binds herself to help Prussia in her German policy . This would be a startling state of things if it were true . But then it is not . Austria is not in a condition to go into any alliances just now . Russia is certainly busy in the East . One after another the Christian populations under the rule of Turkey make demonstrations in favour of independence . It is
openly stated that Russia favours all these , and the statement receives some support from an article in the Invalide Russe , which calls upon the South Selavonian races to help the Bulgarians to win their independence . The Emperor Napoleon , the Empress , and the Prince Imperial , left Paris for liiarritz on the 7 th instant . A very wise step seems to have been taken
by the Spanish Government . The massacres which have hitherto followed insurrections are not to be repeated this time . A royal
The Week.
decree has been issued commuting the punishment of the participators in the recent insurrection from death to penal servitude . The re-opening of the Cortes is to take place on the llth October . Matters are looking very serious in tho East . The Christian populations under the Turkish rule are in a state of great ferment . Any clay there may be an insurrection on a
wide scale . Turkey sees the danger , and is massing troops on the frontiers of the Principalities . Meantime the Russian General Ignatieff is having private audiences of the Sultan . Tho French papers are seeking to discover in the speech of the Grand Duke of Baden , on the opening of the Baden Diet ? material for a fresh war cry . The Grand Duke plainly urged
the union of South with North Germany , and declared that considerable progress had been made in that direction . This , say two at least of the Paris papers , is a war cry ; and it shows that France , Russia , and Italy must be united against the overweening ambition of Germany . Moreover , it seems that the story of the Situation , of a treaty between Prussia and Austria ,
meets with more credit than we could have believed . Clearly the Emperor will have to be very firm in his peace policy to put down the alarm which the Paris papers do their best to create . An insidious paragraph finds its place in the Etendard . It states that Garibaldi , on his way to the Peace Conference , was entertained by the Count von Useclom , the Prussian ambassador
to Italy , at his country seat in Piedmont . -Austria and Hungary have not yet settled their financial arrangements , and the matter seems likely to give a good deal of trouble . It is stated that the Austrian Finance Minister has resigned in consequence of tlie difficulties attendant on this matter . The Emperor and Baron von Buest are going to take the matter in hand . Garibaldi has arrived at the city of Geneva , at which place he will preside over the deliberations of the
Peace Congress . His first speech was not very pacific . He declared that he would go to Rome . This , however , is not inconsistent with the platform ofthe Congress , which rests on the principle that national freedom , as well as the abolition of standing armies , is essential to the establishment of a lasting peace . The London Peace Society is not officially represented at Genevathe programme of the Congress not limiting the
, action of that body to the overthrow of the war system by purely moral instrumentalities . The North German Parliament was opened on the 10 th inst . at Berlin by the king in person . His majesty made a speech which seems to have been wholly of a congratulatory character . He expressed his satisfaction with the work done by the Federal Council , and urged the Parliament to consolidate the « -ork which had been so well
begun . The Zollverein treaty with the South German Governments is to be submitted to the Parliament , and various measures relative to domestic affairs will have to be considered . No allusion whatever was made to foreign politics . If we may believe a Marseilles telegram , the Turks have been guilty of an abominable atrocity in Candia . A Turkish frigate , says the telegramhoisted French coloursand when women
, , and children came to tbe beach expecting to be taken off as refugees , shots were fired into their midst . Surely this must be an exaggeration or misrepresentation . The telegram says that the matter has been represented to the consuls of the great Powers . It is stated that France has strongly urged Turkey to desist from further warlike proceedings in Candia . The Peace Congress continued its sittings on the 10 th inst . The speeches
were of an eminently democratic nature , and at the close of one of the most pronounced of them Garidaldi embraced the speaker . M . Fazy , the Swiss democratic leader , has , for some unexplained reason , resigned his oflice of vice-president .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
* % * All communications to be addressed to 19 , Salisbury-street , Strand , London , W . C . TAU ( Devon ) . —Your queries will bo answered in our next . C . P . COOPEIC . —Proof of article will be sent this evening .
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The Week.
¦ was adjourned . The body of the sailor , Cheeseman , who was drowned at the time of the collision , has been recovered . A fraud of rather a curious character was exposed at the Mansion House on tho llth inst . In 1 SG-1 a steamship , called tho Glengyle , left GlasgowTor China . At Hong Kong , owing to some dispute the master discharged tho crew . One of them
named Bridgeman found his way to London , and calling upon the owners of the Glengyle ( Messrs . Mackay , Matheson , and Co . ) demanded compensation for illegal dismissal . The matter ¦ was referred to the Board of Trade in the usual way , and £ 20 was ordered to be paid to Bridgeman . Having got this , he set about inducing men to personate others of the crew of the
Glengyle , and succeeded in six cases in getting £ 20 eacli for supposed stokers and others belonging to the vessel . The fraud was discovered through one of the mon who had been personated making application to Messrs . Mackay and Matheson for compensation . Bridgeman was brought up at the Mansion House and remanded .
FOHEIGN INTELLIGENCE .- — " Tranquillity prevails in tho Peninsula , " says a telegram from Madrid . The insurrection is then wholly at an end , and Narvacz has another lease of power . In Franco and Belgium , however , there is a strong opinion that tho quiet in the Peninsula is only likely to bo temporary . Tho revolution is scotched , not killed , and will surely show itself again
before long . An official despatch from her Majesty's Consul-General in Egypt informs us that nothing is known at Alexandria respecting tho alleged release of tho Abyssinian captives . Tho Armenian Patriarch at Jerusalem , who sont tho bishops on their intercessory mission , is now staying at Cairo , and siueo their departure , so long since as Juno last , ho has received no information whatever respecting them . Further information in reference to the same matter says that the Armenian Patriarch did not expect
to havo any reply to his mission till twenty days more at least havo elapsed . These facts make tho conduct of our Government in hurrying on an Abyssinian expedition more and moro strange . Who has convoyed to King Theodore tho peremptory demand for tho release of the captives which was spoken of in the Queen ' s Speech ? The Government must havo known of tho mission of tho Armenian bishops , and ought at least to have awai tod the result of it .
But , instead , they have rushed into an enormous expense . From Malta come reports of their activity in this direction . In obedience to instructions from the Secretary of State for India , the Governor is busy purchasing mules for the expedition . No sooner is one rumour disposed of in Europe than another springs up . There is in Paris a journal newly founded , called
La Situation , the purpose of which seems to be to get up a war somewhere . It made much of the reported alliance of France and Austria against Prussia . That having been disposed of , it now prints a sketch of a treaty which it says has been made between Austria and Prussia . By virtue of this treaty Prussia binds herself to assist Austria to extend her dominions in the
East ; while Austria binds herself to help Prussia in her German policy . This would be a startling state of things if it were true . But then it is not . Austria is not in a condition to go into any alliances just now . Russia is certainly busy in the East . One after another the Christian populations under the rule of Turkey make demonstrations in favour of independence . It is
openly stated that Russia favours all these , and the statement receives some support from an article in the Invalide Russe , which calls upon the South Selavonian races to help the Bulgarians to win their independence . The Emperor Napoleon , the Empress , and the Prince Imperial , left Paris for liiarritz on the 7 th instant . A very wise step seems to have been taken
by the Spanish Government . The massacres which have hitherto followed insurrections are not to be repeated this time . A royal
The Week.
decree has been issued commuting the punishment of the participators in the recent insurrection from death to penal servitude . The re-opening of the Cortes is to take place on the llth October . Matters are looking very serious in tho East . The Christian populations under the Turkish rule are in a state of great ferment . Any clay there may be an insurrection on a
wide scale . Turkey sees the danger , and is massing troops on the frontiers of the Principalities . Meantime the Russian General Ignatieff is having private audiences of the Sultan . Tho French papers are seeking to discover in the speech of the Grand Duke of Baden , on the opening of the Baden Diet ? material for a fresh war cry . The Grand Duke plainly urged
the union of South with North Germany , and declared that considerable progress had been made in that direction . This , say two at least of the Paris papers , is a war cry ; and it shows that France , Russia , and Italy must be united against the overweening ambition of Germany . Moreover , it seems that the story of the Situation , of a treaty between Prussia and Austria ,
meets with more credit than we could have believed . Clearly the Emperor will have to be very firm in his peace policy to put down the alarm which the Paris papers do their best to create . An insidious paragraph finds its place in the Etendard . It states that Garibaldi , on his way to the Peace Conference , was entertained by the Count von Useclom , the Prussian ambassador
to Italy , at his country seat in Piedmont . -Austria and Hungary have not yet settled their financial arrangements , and the matter seems likely to give a good deal of trouble . It is stated that the Austrian Finance Minister has resigned in consequence of tlie difficulties attendant on this matter . The Emperor and Baron von Buest are going to take the matter in hand . Garibaldi has arrived at the city of Geneva , at which place he will preside over the deliberations of the
Peace Congress . His first speech was not very pacific . He declared that he would go to Rome . This , however , is not inconsistent with the platform ofthe Congress , which rests on the principle that national freedom , as well as the abolition of standing armies , is essential to the establishment of a lasting peace . The London Peace Society is not officially represented at Genevathe programme of the Congress not limiting the
, action of that body to the overthrow of the war system by purely moral instrumentalities . The North German Parliament was opened on the 10 th inst . at Berlin by the king in person . His majesty made a speech which seems to have been wholly of a congratulatory character . He expressed his satisfaction with the work done by the Federal Council , and urged the Parliament to consolidate the « -ork which had been so well
begun . The Zollverein treaty with the South German Governments is to be submitted to the Parliament , and various measures relative to domestic affairs will have to be considered . No allusion whatever was made to foreign politics . If we may believe a Marseilles telegram , the Turks have been guilty of an abominable atrocity in Candia . A Turkish frigate , says the telegramhoisted French coloursand when women
, , and children came to tbe beach expecting to be taken off as refugees , shots were fired into their midst . Surely this must be an exaggeration or misrepresentation . The telegram says that the matter has been represented to the consuls of the great Powers . It is stated that France has strongly urged Turkey to desist from further warlike proceedings in Candia . The Peace Congress continued its sittings on the 10 th inst . The speeches
were of an eminently democratic nature , and at the close of one of the most pronounced of them Garidaldi embraced the speaker . M . Fazy , the Swiss democratic leader , has , for some unexplained reason , resigned his oflice of vice-president .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
* % * All communications to be addressed to 19 , Salisbury-street , Strand , London , W . C . TAU ( Devon ) . —Your queries will bo answered in our next . C . P . COOPEIC . —Proof of article will be sent this evening .