Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-01-09
% FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
The RitualIst War i'm England.

LONDON, Jan. 9.-The Times this morning
says; 1--WE are Informed that the Bishop of Lon.
don has signed letters of request to the Dean oil
Arches Court, province Of Canterbury, in 9
fresh suit against Rev. Alexander Mackonochie
of st. Albans, Church, Holborn: The new pro
ceedingS will be for the deprivation of Mr.. Mack
onochies rights OF priesthood"
American Competition with English
Manufacturers.
Lord Derby, speaking at trade banquet al
Haddersleld last night, said:-..The United
states might be our most formidable rival, but
the Americans do not fight us in the open.
They fight entrenehed behind a protective
tariff, even with the help of which they have
not wholly checked the importation Of English
manufactures into America, still American COM
petition is not to be lightly spoken off,
The AIl-ImpOrtant Question in Ire-
land.
conference of farmers clubs have been held
at Maliow, county OF Cork, to consider the land
question Several members of Parliament were
rule member OF the House OF Commons for Cork.
who said that the question involved was
whether d million people who might live COM
house or swept away to America.
Home Rule League.
DUBLIN, Jan: "a meeting of the Home Rule
league adopted a resolution that public meet.
ing be called for the 21St INST, under the aus.
pces Of the league, to consider the state of the
country.
Manchester Markets.
MANCHESTER, Jan. 9.-The Manchester Guar
ddf III itS commercial aTtlcle tnlS morning
says: ''The Quieter appearance noticed on We'd
nesday was again observable to-day CThursday) }
Yarns for export are still In fair demand and
business for China, Japan and Calcutta is again
reported at, in some cases, rather higher rates.
Yarns for home consumption are quiet but firm
The cloth market Is rather less active partly
because buyers have already supplied their
wants pretty freely, and partly because of the
advanced prices now generally required"
The TraMsvaal Troubles.
CAPE TOWN, Jan. "a warrant has been Is
sued for the arrest Of Paul Kruger, president of
the committee appointed at the meeting of
Beers on the 10th ultimO, which adopted reSo-
luton to maintain the demand for the indepen-
dence OF the TranSvaal and instructed Paul kru-
ger to summon VOlkSraad
Austria and Italy.
LONDON, Jan. 9-The Vienna correspondent
of the Times, discussing the Imbriani affair,
says: Nobody suspects any real intention on
The part OF Italy to pick quarrel with Austria,
but the matter excites distrust, which in the
long run must tell on the relations OF the two
states.n
The French Cable.
LONDON Jan. 9.-The authorities of the French
Cable Company informs this agency that there
is no truthfn the report recently mentioned by
the London Standard, that the syndicate which
them on the hands of the contractor in conse-
quence of the discovery OF flaw in the contract.
They say that as soon as the cable to make the
their cable, which is in perfect working order,
viii be opened for traffic. Certainly not later,
they think. than the first week in February.
The Cabul Executions
LONDON Jan. S.-A dispatch from Calcutta to
Reuters Telegram Company says: .sThe partic-
ulars OF the proceeding OF the court-martial In
Cabul on the Afghans who were implicated in
the attack on the British residency on the Sd of
September last, show that the whole OF the If
teen men who have been executed were either
concerned in the massacre of Major Cayanari
and his stan In the murder Of wounded soldiers
or had taken part In the treaCaherOus attacks
on the British. All the other prisoners were re-
leased. Gen. RohertA had communicated with
Mahomed Khan at Chain.