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IRISH BOARD OF WORKS.

Lord Belmore, in moving for a return relating to
loans by the Board of Works in Ireland, explained
that his object was to show that between 1847 and
1881 the owners of land in that country made very con-
siderable improvements on their 'Atates.—Lord
Cadogan said the Government had no objection to lay
the return cn the table.—Lord Cowper explained some
remarks made by him on a farmer occasion with refer-
ence to landlords' improvements in Ireland, but he
argued that in that country the improvements had
been mostly made by the tenants.—Lord Erne referred
to figures to show that it was impossible for landlordd
in Ireland to make improvements as those in England
did.—The Duke of Argyll cited provisions in the Land
Act of 1881 to prove that it afforded landlords no
security for their expenditnre on improvements which
they might make for tenants.—The motion was agreed
to.

Their lordships rose at a quarter past seven.
TRIFLING WITH THE HOUSE.

In the HOUSE OF COMMONS, at the end of question
time, Mr. T. Healy proposed to bring before the House
as a matter of privilege the reflection of the " Times "
of Saturday on the Attorney-General for Ireland and
his unsatisfactory conduct of the debate, but he was
summarily stopped by the Speaker, who informed him
that he was trifling with the House, and that there
was no privilege in the matter.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-07

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THE FIGHTING IN THE SOUDAN.

The following telegrams have been received at the
War Office:

"FllO3l TIIE GENER.U. OFFICER COMHANDING IN EGYPT
TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR.

"CAIRO, April 30, 10 a.m.
"Mine 29th. Further particulars engagement
Sarras. Before front attack on enemy cavalry got
completely in rear of his position. Native reports
state enemy's fint line of about 200 dervish fanatics
almost annihilated, second line consisting of about
300 Dongolese, under Sheikh Tahir and Sheikhs of
Anibigol, Akasheh, Sukkot, &c., when turned by
cavalry dispersed, swimming Nile just below Sarras.
"Emit Kunzi and the two other leaders killed.
Egyptian battalion engaged was Black Battalion.
Sergeant Healy, Cameron Highlanders, severely
wounded.
"CAIRO, 10 p.m.
"Following from Chermside in continuation of
mine this morning:
Cavalry pursued five miles beyond point where
Dongolese levies crossed river in flight, but found no
enemy beyond to pursue. Entire force returned to
Haifa to-day.
"'This hostile movement of dervishes supposed for
purposes for maintaining prestige amongst popula-
tion. Only 14 real dervishes escaped. Dongolese
levies dispersed to their districts. All enemy's corre-
spondence captured.
"'Above remnant believed to be only real dervishes
left between Haifa and Day Matrass. Egyptian force
engaged: 300 Black Battalion, 100 cavalry, 40 Camel
Corps, 50 irregulars, two guns.'"

A TRXVELLER announces as a fact (and though he is
a " traveller " we b3lieve him) that he once in his life
beheld people "minding their own business!" This
remarkable occurrence happened at sea, the pas-
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THE HORSE ARTILLERY:

The military members of the House of Commons
met again on Tuesday, and decided to send a further
letter to the Secretary of State for War respecting the
reduction of the Horse Artillery. The letter, which
was signed by Lieut.-General Craufurd Fraser, begins
by assuring Mr. Stanhope that the object of the mili-
tary members in making the appeal against the reduc-
tion is the efficiency of the whole service. It then
goes on to prove by figures that more than one army
corps of the strength proposed for the war establish-
ment cannot be formed, even by concentrating the
men tnd horses of the nine attenuated batteries pro-
posed only to be retained, and that for the otherarmy
corps there will remain 423 men and nine horses' so
that 277 men and 643 horses will still be required to
complete the two army corps to four batteries each,
while the ninth will be left without men, guns, or
horses. Continuing the letter states that how to
obtain horses is a difficult problem, and yet a number
of well-trained animals are being dispersed from the
artillery for transport work, which could easily be
done by inferior horses. It also condemns the
depending upon reserves, who would be much out of
training, to make ue the serious deficiency in times
of emergency, and then points out that the Horse
Artillery batteries in India will have to be relieved
by batteries in these array corps, and that, during the
transits, the batteries will be lost to the service.
Arguments are then given against the objects which,
it is stated, will be obtained by the reduction. The
letter then alludea to the work done by the horse
artillery in the Peninsula, the Crimean, and Indian
ware as showing the value of this arm, and con-
cludes by expressing a hope that Mr. Stanhope may
be able to take into favourable consideration the
postponement of reductions so deeply affecting the
efficiency of the horse artillery, service until he is
enabled to carry the whole schenae of which the re-
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-07

KIDDERMINSTER.

THE PROCEEDS Or THE BAZAAR. -- The results
show that the Grand National Bazaar realised its
promoters' ant cipations About £l,OOO was needed
by the Building Committee of the School of Science
t) meet the expenses of the equipment and finishing
of the building, and this stun has been netted. The
t3tal takings were £1,116. In addition to this
about £3O was realised by the fancy dress ball, Lund
donations received during last week brought up the
grand total to about £1,186, It is believed that
the expenses will be covered by £2OO, so that very
little sh,rt of £l,OOO will be handed over to the
equipment fund of the School of Sciance. The
borough member, Mr. Godson, has taken a most
active part in the bazaar. He cattle down from
London to be present at the op.ini ig ceremony and
was again at the bazaar on Saturday evening, ad
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-07

THE CHAMBER OF AGRICULTURE, '

A Council of the Central Associated Chambers of
Agriculture was held on Tuesday at the Society of
Arts, Adelphi, under the presidency of Viaeount
Ebrington, M.P. Mr. C. Smith, of the Staffordshire
Chamber, moved a resolution approving of the Tithe
Rent-charge Bill of the Government, in so far as it
gives effect to the resolution of the Council on the
Bth of December last to this effect: "That the tithe-
rent charge should in all cases be paid by the lai (Hord,
and that facilities should be given for the redemption
of the title." He thought the terms of compromise
offered by the bill were as fair as could reasonably
be expected, although he would not now redeen his
tithe rent-charge at 20 years' purchase. Mr. Bell,
of Newcastle, seconded the motion. Mr. Charles
Grey believed that the farmers had a real grievance
in connection with the present position of tithe. In the
eastern counties a great deal of land had been laid
down to grass to save the expense of arable cultivation,
and in view of such a fact tithe should be based on
the price of corn. He thought the Government Bill
did not go far enough. Mr. Gardner, of Essex,
moved an amendment declaring the bill was in-
adequate to meet the just requirements of the tithe
payer, and that no settlement of the tithe question
would be satisfactory that did not include as a primary
condition a revaluation and re-adjustment of the
tithe. A long discussion followed, in the course of
which Mr. Hoare, MX., and Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen,
supported the motion. Major Basch, M.P., thought
the Government Bill did not do much more than touch
the fringe of the tithe question. He thought redemp-
tion was the key to the difficulty, and if it was to do
good it should be absolutely compulsory. It would
probably cost £70,000,000 to redeem the tithe. Mr.
Jasper More, M.P., drew attention to the fact that
there were lay tithe owners as well as clerical tithe
owners who had to be considered. In the end the
amendment was negatived by 26 to four. After some
further discussion the debate on the motion was ad-
journed. Mr. Finch Hatton, M.P., moved: 'That
this council thanks the Chancellor of the Exchequer
for the proposals of the Budget so far as they extend
to agriculture, and welcomes with peculiar pleasure
the prospect afforded by his speech in introducing
the Budget that a further and larger instalment of
our legitimate demands are in store for us both in the
Local Government Bill and in future Budgets." After
some discussion the resolution was adopted.
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SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1897.

A COLONIAL QUESTION.

ON Monday night, in the House of Lords,
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look, but which upon closer scanning, will
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serious import in the imperial policies of the
fature. All things Colonial, just at this
junettuv, are regarded with especial interest,
and there is a large-hearted aspect about the
disposition our Statesmen here at home are
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sentative of the younger lands beyond the
ocean which form part of the realm of our
sovereign lady Victoria. On the other hand
our vigorous Colonial offshoots are relaxing
a little of their go-ahead speed in deference
to the graver and statelier tread of the Great
Power to whom they are proud to own their
allegiance; so that there has been a pleasing
drawing together of motherland and colony
which well befits the Jubilee year of the
Queen's reign. One would not have such
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TERRIFIC GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION

Shortly before nine o'clock on Tuesday morning a
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Hanworth Gunpowder Works of Messrs. Curtis and
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that either from friction or BOMB other cause the
powder was ignited. fhe whole building, machinery,
and all was blown to pieces, and Lewcock must have
been instantly killed. Parts of the machinery and
the masonry were found some hundreds of yards
sway embedded in the earth; in some places the
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DUDLEY CH.VMBER OF COMMERCE.

On Tuesday the annual meeting of this Chamber
was held at the Town flail, Dudley. Alderman
Garratt presided, and there were also present Messrs.
H. G. Walker, W. Green, F. GrAzebrook, anl J. R.
Tilley.
The report cotninoricel with an expre..si ;n of
regret teat the long-continued depression in trade
had in many cases been intensifiA daring the past
half-year, a strike of the chainmakers, which had
lasted six months, aiding much to the di-tress of
the workmen, an I azzeravating the general saga-i.
ti )1. To ward 3 the close of the v. ar, however, there
hal been an upward mowment in demand for
led p0ie,,35 oc pi ion, and it was hoped that this
increased activity was the presale of more pros-
peeous timeseiee At present mauufacturers bad ex-
perienced it corresponding share in values, but of
con-se it would take some time before purchasers
would realise that th 3 very unremuuevative pllcS
which had prevailed for several years were no longer
ruing the market- The Council regretted to say
th it no improvement had been effecttd in regard
to railway I atus, but they were pleazed to see that
Lord Stanley, the President of the Bcard of Tra le.
had announccd his intention of introducing the
Railway Rates Bill into tLe House of Lords durin4
th present seas on, and trusted that the bill would
settle the vexed question of terminal chat ges, The
Council had had under consideration a proposal of
the Bristol Dock Committee t) levy dues on inland
and coastwise traffic, and feeling this would be a
serious charge on the traffic between South Stafford-
shire and Bristol, they decided to memorialise the
unnaittee in opposition to the proposal. which had,
however, since been abandoned. The report con-
cluded with an expression of opini n sg..inst flat ther
leaislaft n in regard to the inspection of steam
bolers. The statement of accounts showed a
balance in hand of .254 14s 71

On the motion of tie Chairman, the repot t was
approved.
It was resolirel that the Mayor (Alderman
Walker), Mr. B. llingley, M.P.. Mr Manly, and
Mr King-Harrison he appointed to represent the
Council, at.tha it coming meeting of the Asso-
ciated Chambers

The eight reti.inv memburd of the Conneil were
re (-hetet:, and thE: pr ecedings terminated.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-01-29

THE BRITISH MINISTER AT THE
PORTE.
CORDIAL RECEPTION.

A Constantinople correspondent, writing on Mon-
day night, said: The British Ambassador and Lady
and Miss White, accompanied by Sir Alfred and Lady
Sandison, went on Sunday at five o'clock to Yildiz, in
response to an invitation from his Majesty the Sultan
to dinner. His Excellency and his companions were
conducted to one of the smaller Imperial Kiosks,
where they found assembled en petite tenne the Grand
Vizier, and Osman, Dervish, and Munir Pashas.
Sir William White and Sir Alfred Sandison were
introduced by Munk Pasha to the Sultan, to whom
his Excellency had the honour of presenting his owa
credentials as Ambassador of her Britannic Majesty,
and at the same time the letters of recall of Sir E.
Thornton. His Excellency also delivered an auto-
graph letter from her Majesty announcing tha birth
of a son to the Prince and Princess Henry of Batten-
berg.
The Sultan thereupon delivered a little speech, and
in most flattering terms expressed the pleasure it gave
him to see accredited to his Court a Diplomatist so
experienced and sympathetic as Sir William White.
After this Lady and Miss White and Lady Sandison,
who were in an adjoining apartment, were prtsented
to Abdul "[amid, who received them most graciously.
Giving his arm to Lady White, the Sultan then led
the way to table where her ladyship eat on the right
and Sir William White on the left of his Majesty.
Facing the Sultan sat two of the Imperial Princes,
with Miss White and Lady Sandison. During the
dinner, which lasted upwards of an hour, his Majesty
carried on an animated conversation with his guests,
who were charmed by his affability. On rising from
table, the Sultan accompanied the ladies to the harem,
where he introduced Lady White to the Imperial
Princess, Lady Sandison acting as interpreter.
On returning to the hall the Sultan spent another
half-hour conversing with the new Ambassador.
The chief topic of his Majesty's conversation, I un-
derstand, was the mission of Sir H. D. Wolff, who is
shortly expected to arrive here. The Sultan ex-
pressed the hope that the English Commissioner
would bring with him proposals on the part of the
British Government of a nature to furnish a solid
basis for a settlement of the Egyptian Question, a
settlement such as would satisfy the two parties
, chiefly interested.
Charmed with their reception, Sir William White
and his party returned about half-past nino o'clock
to the British Embassy, whither by command of
his Majesty they were attended by an Imperial
escort.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-01-29

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THE CAMPAIGN IN BIIRMAH.
(Through Reuter's Agency.)

MANDALAY, January 21.
The Theebaw Tsawbwa has arrived, with a thousand
followers, at the British post at Zebingale, in order tq
renew his friendship with the British authorities
The sth Bengal Cavalry will escort him to Mandalay.
General Cox's brigade has occupied WooLtho
without opposition.
Commissioner Burgess will instal the Kinwoon
Mingyee to administer affairs at Woontho until the
Woontho Tsawbwa has been persuaded to return and
submit to British rule.

MANDALAY, January 22..

The option of volunteering for service in the
Native Police Force in Burmah has been offered to
the men of native regiments who are under orders to
return to India.

General Roberts has issued an order urging the
officers of these regiments to encourage their men to
jenlist in the police, inasmuch as it is imperative that
ithat force should be raised to 16,000 men before the
rreduction of the present military force in Burmah.
MANDALAY, Jan. 23.

It is officially announced that the Ruby Mines in
the Mogouk Valley cover an area of twelve miles by
eight, and that they are capable of yielding profitable
1 returns provided that the Government assume their
I entire control, excluding promiscuous purchasers and
1 granting concessions to experienced persons belonging
I to substantial firms.

Sir Frederick Roberts and General White, accern-
, panied by their staffs, returned to Kyan Nhyat Myo
,I on Monday from the Ruby Mines, where General
'Roberts inspected the troops and selected sites for
camps. A hundred Ghoorkahs were left to garrison
Mogouk and 50 at Kyat-pen. The remainder of the
force will proceed to Keng-Yuah, near the source of
, the Tsampa River. A small force is also being de-
spatched to open a road to Thabeit-Kynz, the vil-
lagers being reluctant to supply the troops with pro-
visions.

The Inspector at Myaung-Toungla, with a detach-
ment of Chin Police and a number of the villagers,
has attacked Boh-Shway's camp near Pedin. Fifteen
dacoits were killed, but Boh-Shway himself escaped.
General Arbuthnot, who will take up the chief
command in Burmah on General Roberts' return to
India, arrived at Rangoon on Monday and proceeded
to Mandalay.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-01-29

A "DRAMATIC INCIDENT.*

William Frederick Coleman carrying on a large
business as a boiler-maker at Loughborough, was in-
dicted at Leicester Assizes on Saturday, before Mr.
Justice Field, for forging and uttering a bill of ex-
change for payment of .£lO9 7s. with intent to
defraud. He was further indicted for forging and
uttering a bill of exchange for ..£92 Bs. Mr. A. Toiler
prosecuted, and Mr. Weightman appeared for the pri-
soner. The evidence, which was of a very mule*
character, showed that the prisoner handed the bill
of exchange to Mr. J. Jones, ironfounder. It
purported to be drawn by W. F. Coleman, Lough-
borough, upon J. Jessop and Sons, engineers,
Leicester, and to be accepted by them for £lO9 75.,
due an November 23 last. All the bill, except the
printed portion, was proved to be in the prisoner's
handwriting. It was paid into a bank at Leicester,
but before it became due Mr. Jones received a letter
from the prisoner and a cheque for £9O in part pay-
ment of the bill. The letter was destroyed, but the
bill was banded over to Mr. Deane, solicitor for Mr.
Jones. Afterwards the defendant was arrested for
forgery, but meanwhile the solicitor, acting under the
advice of counsel, received from the prisoner's wife
the sum of £l9 155., making up the full amount of the
bill, and he then handed her the acceptance. The
document was called for, but was not produced. The
counsel for prisoner objected that the bill had not
been shown to have been in the prisoner's possession.
The judge held that the possession of the bill by the
prisoner's wife was sufficient. It was clear the ac-
cused had sent his wife to get possession of the bill,
of course, with the hope of concealing the crime, and
in a novel this might be very effective, but he had
foreseen this "dramatic incident," and had
fully considered it. It would be a gross
miscarriage of justice if a bill could be ob-
tained by a wife in that way, and an objection to its
being described maintained. Farther evidence baying
been given as to the transaction, the jury found the
prisoner guilty. Mr. Weightman pointed out that the
prisoner had been in business many years and had an
excellent character, and urged in mitigation. of the
sentence that the amounts had been paid in full, and
that no one had lost a farthing by the acts of the
prisoner. The:judge, in passing sentence, said he did
not know that he had ever met a more determined
attempt on the part of a criminal to smother up evi-
dence and ward off the consequences of the crime
than in this ease, It was a crime which fifty years
ago he would have expiated by death, and the offence
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-01-29

FOOTBALL.

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STOuRBRIDGE v. WoLVEuiIAmPTo-s- A mach
played on the Cricket
between tlicse teams
la last, and after a
resulted in a draw
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13F1-,1,5, /703 -lin-, and during the scrimmage which
vert'l no side" was calle.l F,r the Wolves
astle.
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nickinson, Page, and Edwards distin.4uisla d them.
S Ives, while f..r the home team Parkes, Thurston,
11. Penley, 'rano?, Bolder°, Harris, and
played exceedingly well, the latter gain.
llBthie:°mtli
ryein.fg or his side. Strattoo, ol the Wolves, had a
nasty fall and unfortunately broke his collar hone.
Tne following are the teams Stourbridge :—Back.
Harris; three-quarter-back, Parkes (c ptain) and
Thurston ; half- back, Garrett and Talbot; forwards,
lln.d
IHemalionlgv' Bloomer, Bolder°. Moore,
a erhampton : Back, Edwards;
P.Fe. Rpleeyn,
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three-quarter-back, Dickinson (captain), Stratton,
and Skidmore; half-back, Smythe and Gaze; for-
wards, Stirk, Pickering, Franks, Hodgson, Stratton
Brierley, and Thomson
OLvNtric v. DUDLEY (A TEAM) These teams
met on the Olympic Ground, at Norton, on Satur-
day last, in the second round of the Dudley Charity
Cup, and it proved an easy thing for the home team
who won by 6 goals to 1,
STANDARD V, WGRDSLEY HARRIERS The
S aidards were enjoying themselves last Saturday
at Wollaston, when they Eucceeled in defeating the
Harriers by 6 goals to I,—Stqurbridge is certainly
coming to the front in the football line.
STOURBRIDGE RANGERS V. ALBERT ExCELSIORS.—
Piayed at Iverley, on Saturday last. Ta, vidtois
kicked off with a slight bra ze in iheir favour and
scored a grand goal three minutes fro a the start.
Harrison for the home team showed up, a-id equal-
ised, and at half time the gains stood Rangers 1
Excelsiors 1, On changing ends the home team
ecored three goals, and the R Ing.rs left the fiel I
victorious by 4 gods to 1.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-01-29

A CNIPANY CHARGED WITH
MANSLAUGHTER.

A case which has excited widespread interest in
North Wales was investigated at Rhyl on Friday. It
was a case in which seven gentlemen of position
were charged with the manslaughter of a miner
named 4 ohn Griffiths. The defendants were Messrs.
James Hassell Ffoulkes, ex-High Sheriff of Den-
bighshire; H. Bowers and P. R. Royle, of Chester;
R. Wright, of Bodfari ; Vries Boomley, of Holywell ;
J. Enyon, of Manchester; and H. Ellis, of Gronant.
These gentlemen formed a syndicate which works the
Gronant Lead Mine, near Rhyl, and on the Bth inst.
John Griffiths, who was employed at the mine, was
discharging a shaft called Sawney Shaft, when he fell,
and his lifeless body was shortly afterwards found
hanging near the bottom, his foot being en-
tangled in something on the side of the shaft. Mr.
Clement Foetal., Government inspector of mines, now
deposed that, though the condition of the platforms
in the shaft amounted to a breach of the Mines Regu-
lation Act, the fatal accident might well have occurred
even had the platforms satisfied the requirements of
the Act. Evidence was given that defendant Ellis,
who is captain of the mine, had warned the men,
deceased included, that as there was another shaft
with a proper engine and cage, the men who
descended by Sawney Shaft must do so at their own
risk, and that the company would not be responsible
for the consequences. On this evidence the magis-
trates considered that there was no prima facie
case, and dismissed all the defendants. They,
however, stand committed to take their trial on the
charge of manslaughter under the Flintshire coroner's
warrant.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-01-29

THE EXTRAORDINARY WILL
SWINDLE.

Canon Bagot, who some time ago went over to the
United Btato3 to investigate the truth of a statement
that a Mr. Moore. of Denver, had died, leaving
£50,000 to the Irish Prote4ant Church, now con-
siders it to have been a well-planned scheme to obtain
money by false pretences, and blames the Foreign
Office, particularly its acting consul at Denver, for
the mode of inquiry pursued. The alleged swindler
is a Mr. Keegan, a Denver lawyer, and the Foreign
Office are charged with confining all their inquiries
to the swindler himself. Lord Rosebery assured
Canon Bagot the statements were trne. The expenses
incurred amount to £5OO, and Canon Bagot now
suggests that application should be made to the Go-
vernment to reimburse this out of the Church Surplus.
Some £3OO is also wanted to prosecute Keegan, a
lawyer, the concoctor of the fraud, for forgery.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-01-29

gout ant ij,P;istritt. licm.

D Ebl RUM I'VE FIRE.

A fire of a destructive character occur', at the
works of the Cliaiax Patent Boot Prot. etc.:: Co ii-
pany, in MU Street Stou bridge, on Saturday morn.
jn labt. The works consist of a long row of
build nys facing Mid sqteet, with a number of sht.ds
at the back, some of wlLch hal wcoden roofs,
vered with tarreu felt They are rituated in a
thickly-populated pait o: the town. Th., alarm wki,
given at the fire stuti nat 4-35, and at 4.40 the
inembets of the brigade- were lion the scene of
action, under the superintendence of Mr. Williams.
Hobe was attached to tnree hydrants, end rix jets of
water w eie quickly turned on to varicus parts if thet
building. One of the sheds containing the boiler,
engine, and other indchinery was burning lien oy ;
and the fiatres from it, reaching about fifty feet
high, lighted the whole of the surrounding niigh.
bourhoud. Thanks to ti e fact that the brigade are
summoned to attend fir t s by electric bells, and not
Lla gougor sham whistle, viry tew lorsors knew
of tiro, and the oi,ezations of the brigade were
nt,t titfiniirca by a crowd. t ccingtilat he pertion
of It e let.ileittg uircudy ruentioned was d. omed to
destritetier:, tt,e rdigbine &AT:Aid all their aforts to
localism tt e tiainis. In :his ti.ey were t mitten ly
strxe.ss- ire duce ect appear to ht e ex-
tended a ya..d MU]: t!Je bgae embitter ced opera.
lions, to., wort.tA,uses stock:Ai how ficr t. cufinag
wit. gou, bithough setuaily adjoining the burning
premises, were rased. There was ai.i.ntjful bupidy
aviator. The hag Eillichillerj. and (lamas to
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-01-29

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-01-29

THE BULGARIAN CRISIS.

VIENNA, Sunday Night.
Grave doubts are still entertained whether the
forthcoming negotiations at Constantinople will lead
to a satisfactory solution of the Bulgarian question.
At Sofia a condition of great unrest prevails, and in
evident anticipation of the worst, a fourth company
is being added to each of the eight infantry regiments
of the standing army. The other arms are also being
strengthened and generally reorganised.

A Soils telegram gives what purport to be M. Zan-
koff's proposals for the settlement of the Bulgarian
question. These embrace the dismissal of the Regency,
the appointment of two Russian Ministers, the disso-
lution of the Sobranje, the election of the Prince of
Mingrelia as Prince of Bulgaria, the disbandment of
the army, and, in fact, the general Russification of
the Principality. The Turkish Grand "Vizier is said
to haie declared that the proposals are unacceptable.
A conspiracy against the Bulgarian Regents has been
discovered by the Roumanian Government. Some of
the ringleaders escaped and others were arrested and
expelled the country.

PLOT AGAINST THE BULGARIAN REGENTS.
_ _ BUCHAREST, Jan. 23.

The Roumanian Government has given information
to the authorities at Sofia of a conspiracy which was
being organised against the Bulgarian Regents. The
object of the plot was to incite the population near
Slivnitza to revolt and to make an attempt, with their
aid, to surpriso Sofia. Papozozlu and kitakoff, the
two chief ringleaders, succeeded in escaping across the
Danube to Bulgaria disguised as Bulgarian popes. An
ea-captain named Dicoff, who held tLe threads of the
conspiracy at Giurgevo, was arrested at that place
and sent out of the country, together with his accom-
plice Gudjef.

I learn authoritatively (a Vienna correspondent
wrote on Tuesday night), with reference to the
negotiations that have already begun at Constanti-
nople' between M. Vulkovitch, the Bulgarian repre-
sentative, the Turkish Grand Vizier, and M. Zankoff,
that the Regency of Bulgaria has officially acquainted
the Powera with their readiness to resign, thus
accepting the first of the conditions exacted by Russia.
Their willingness to retire, however, is conditional
on all the Powers requesting them to do so. At pre-
sent the only power that has not either given this
advice, or is prepared to give it, is England; and it is
hoped that England will join the remaining Powera
in the matter, if thereby a pacific solution can be
facilitated. It is doubtful, however, whether a re-
quest of the kind will have any such result, as
Russia's further demands are wholly unacceptable,
not only to the Regents and the Government, but to
the people also of Bulgaria. It would appear, how-
ever, that Russia is now willing to drop the candida-
ture of the Prince of Mingrelia, and to withdraw her
demand for the dissolution of the Sobranye. in
official circles, however, the hope still prevails that
a peacaful way out of the difficulty will yet be
found.