, 1882-04-08

house could be built which would hold him
when in that condition. AS an extra
penny for seeing him would pay in a single
year for any possible house, we cannot
think the Council has been we'll advised.
There seems to be every chance of
another Cape war. The Colonial Govern
ment has determined either to reduce the
BaSutoS to complete subsection and confs-
cate their lands for their recuSancy, or to
abandon the territory to the Crown. Lord
Kimberly, informed of this decision, has
practically given way, telling the e0lOnists
that he should not resist moderate and
reasonable contiscation as a punishment.
The ~coloniSts, however, are not content
with this, and insist that if they are to
govern the territory, they must be allowed
to settle affairs their own way. The Bas-
utos are, doubtless, troublesome, but this
system of contiScatiOn can be, and has
been, frightfully abused. We cannot but
think that it would be wiser to take the
colonists at their word, and govern the
BaSutoS through a Resident, responsible
to the Governor alone. Even as it is, if
the Colony is defeated, the expense of the
newest native war will fall upon the Impe-
rial Government.
The Prussian Government has virtually
given up the K~ulturkampf. Prince Bis
marck has proposed, in the Prussian
Chamber, that G4,500 a year should be
voted to re-eStabliSh the PruSSian Mission
at the Vatican. He argued through DR..
Busch, that a State containing S,O0O,000 OF
Catholic subjects could not transact bust
ness with the Roman Curia either prOtita-
bly, or rapidly without a mission. DR..
Virchow, for the PrOgresSistS, st0utly OPP
posed the grant, on the ground that the
Chancellor was = going to Rome, if not to
CanOsSa," and that a special mission could
manage any indispensable negotiations
without re-establiShed permanent rela-
tions and DR.. Weber, for the National
Liberals, followed on the same side.
The Conservatives, UltramontaneS, and
Free Conservatives, however, supported
the Chancellor, though Herr Windthorsts
speech was a gruIging one, and the
grant was carried. Prince Bismarck has
found out at last, as the French Govern
ment will find, that the very best hrupp
artillery will not lay a ghost.
The Servian Parliament ON Monday, by
an unanimous vote, invited Prince Milan
to declare himself King ofServia. The mYI-
tdtion, which was, OF course, arranged, was
accepted, and all foreign Courts OF lmpor-
lance have recognised the new Sovereign.
The assent of Austria had been previously
secured, and is understood to indicate that
on the one hand Vienna will not threaten
Servia, and on the other that SerVla Will
not assist the HerzegOyinians. The new
kingdom covers 10000 square miles OF
territory. or Denmark and d halt, and con-
tains nearly two millions of people, who
can, as they boast, place 1000 900 very
brave militiamen under arms. a regular
CONSUMPTION, with three years service,
would give the Government 10000 men
but the country is as yet too poor, the
revenue beng under a million. The King
controls the whole administration and
even appoints the Council of State; but
the Skuptschina, elected by universal sui
frage, is irresistible on important queS-
tons.
In spite of the sad fate of Mr.. Walter
Powell, the late Member for Malmsbury,
Colonel Brine and Mr.. Joseph simmons
attempted last Saturday to cross the
Channel in a balloon, starting from Canter-
bury at 11.2O, and passing over Shake
speare's Cliff at about ten minutes before
one. The balloon succeeded in getting
about halfway across the Channel, but
then, about half-past two, the aerOnauts
finding that they were floating up into the
North Sea, and not going for the French
or Belgian coast,-the wind having turned
+o +ba h. wnst -SiUnalIpd the Calais