Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-07-02
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
News From the Old World Through
the Atlantic Ocean.

ing DAY OF the denley regatta. Inc
weather is again beautiful and the
p tendance is immense. In the final
heat of the race for the grand
challenge cap for ejghts, the London
clab ccew, having Bucks Station,
won, de'ea ting the Hertford College
crew and the Leander crew.
LONDON, July IA dispatch from
Geneva says: Auberg, a large village
in the Canton Of Boine, has been de
stroyed by FIRE. Tive or three per-
sons were killed.
HENLEY, July 1.-The Twicken-
ham Rowing Club crew, having the
Berks Station, won the final heat in
the lace for the Thames Challenge
Cup, defeating the London Rowing
| Club crew.
| LONDON, June 80, 80 p. m.-In the first
| heat for Stewards Cup, the Thames Club
crew, London Club crew, and Cornell crew,
J finished in The order named. The Cornell
was bad third.
| A man is detained at Gravesend who is
supposed to be Lefray, accused of the muir
der of f. j. Gold in a carriage of the
Brighton Railroad express train Monday
/ last.
| A dispatch from Ccnstantinople to the
Da ,ly Telegraph says four regiments of
troops are under orders to start for Tripoi.
A quantity of war material is being sent to
arm fully the native police. A dispatch
from Berlin to the Times says The Dres-
den police have issued a decree putting
under ban the speech of Herr Bebel, the
I he acj
dent assurance bill, as reported in
pamphlet form at the headquarters
of his party at Zurich The police have
been lately making domicilary searches at
Dresden and Nuremberg. Two imperial
deputies have been arrested, and one or two
Others fearing the same fate, have taken
berths IN Atlantic steamers.
The many Americans from all parts of the
continent who are to participate in the
mol 3ter banquet at Leipsic on Monday next
will experience the rare sensation of cele-
brating Independence Day in a state of
6eige.
Another account gives the first heat for
the Steward cup as having been won by
two lengths, and declares that the Cornell
crew were six leng his behind In the second
heat for the Steward cup the Hertford Col
lege crew, having Berk's station, beat the
Leander crew by three lengths. OF the
eleven heats IN the various events roWad to-
day, it is notable that not one was won by
crew having the Berks Station. Nine
hea IS were won by holders of Berks Station.
ard two by holders of the Centre Station.
The disadvantage of the Station is strongly
shown in the case of the Leander crew who
We're the pick of the old University of oars
men in the first heat for the Stewards Cup.
At the first attempt to start the Cornell crew,
when leading, We're fouled by the London
Club crew. and there had to be a second
start.
A dispatch from Prague to Reuters Tele-
gram Company = Us festive gathering of
German students was disturbed by Bone
mians and an aifray ensued, during which
sege- ! Germans were severely wounded.
The bohemian populace again attacked the
G":man students the next day, when several
pef5ons We're stabbed.
Parnelle, P. O'Conner and Mccarthy have
Issued an appeal to the Irish electors of
Great B..'Sain stating that there is scarcely Il
town in which Irish exiles may not do some
thing to advance the Irish cause The action
of the ministry and the Liberal mensbes of
Parliament makes the o, ,ganizat.on OF The
Irish voters more necessary than ever. Sew
eral Liberals, who are most ardent l he
cause of coercion would not be in PARA
ment but for the hish electors, and he Ia
ter may have, any day, an oopo, IN Y of
repay g the t1eacherods ingta ace of
several of the Liberals as hey da-erve and
this can ollv be done by a thorough o=zan--
i on o. the Irish voters
p RS, June 30.-A dispatch !, ON Tunis
to Ieh,r' says a French fr;gate is transport
jng Tun san troops from Gabes to Seayiers
for the purpose of Restoring order among
the tribes ard Watching the TriOoi froatier
La Franco states that lis idea ; that il is a
French naval demonstration the waters of
Tripoli
/ CoNsFANTINoPIE June 30.-The presi-
dent o. the court In pronounciug sentence
on the persons co lvic ed of the mulder o.
Abdul Aziz and he others implica ed, said
that thele was or'y a maiofity of the
judges In favor of capital pun shme1, for
the pashas, but they were unanimous 10 re-
gard to the other pr sorers.
/ The Times says Lord Russell's
amendment disposes of the most
disputable point in the seventh
clause.
Mr.. Gladstone yesterday someS
what modified his previous declara>
ton concerning the mutability of
leases by the sta a'ement that some
relief should be given to the LEASE
holders, who are subjected to undue
pressure. How this is to be done is
reserved for future consideration
Mr. Gladstone favored quashing un-
just leases, while maintaining that
they could not be revised. THIS
concession saved an obstructive de-
bate, which the Irish members seem
ed inclined to raise.
LONDON, July lin the House of
Commons, in committee on the land
bill last night, by amendment moved
by the Attorney General of Ireland,
a definition of = fair rent was omit
! ted from clause Z. An amendment
offered by Lord Russell, L beral, re-
quiring the court to have regard in
| fixing statutory rents to the interest
of both landlord and tenant, was ac-
cepted by the government and car
ried.
The Daily News, in regard to a
suggestion for the introduction Of
American saloon coaches On English
railways, which subject has come
forward again in correction with the
murder of Mr.. Gold, makes the folr
lowing statement: 1--WE are in-
formed that few years ago the di-
rectors of the Brighton Railway
Conopanv discusSad tho matter hut