Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-08-18

Dillon vszs pesssnt, and the attendancl
WAS large. Th0 Lord Navoe rad q let
ter from 0rey, dated IN prison. II
in0lo1ed &90, and declared their eaus1
vas that Of jostiee and progress. Ths
reading Of this letter wAs received vitt
cheers and shouts Of "DoWn with Law
son" The police appeshend disturb
anos tonight. - Rrsa: indignation pre
DuHM, Aug. 17.-At the Lord MAY.
! or's meeting today o resolution va
passed In favor Of the formation Of q
National Fund to meet the election ex.
penses Of Irish members, With visv
70 obtain an efficient National party In
Parliament, and for the support Of Irish
| people At homo and abroad, and the co.
operation Of local and pnblic bodies Il
solicited.
Jusaly CONDEMNED.
LONDON, Aug. 1.-THE Pail Xou Ga
esfse condemns the sentence pissed On
Grey.
Den'e Waue aim.
DURBAH. Aug. 1.-THE intention oi
the Government to restore Cotewayo
causes CONSERVATION.
LONDON. Aug. 17.-An experienced
military officer Of standing, Who will re-
main some time in Zululand a. British
resident, will accompany Cetewayo on
his return, In order TO asaist In sffoctinQ
an understanding with the present
Chief.
Crsp Prsspeess.
BERLIN, Aug. 17.-Althou9h damaged
IN a few districts in Germany, the grain
crops, as whole, are fully up to aver
age. In Russia, crops in the central
and southern provinces, which suffered
considerably from rains. insects and
blight, are considerably under the aver
age. In Finland. COurland. Livania.
Rostad, and the valley Of the River
Don there was a medium harvest, which
has been secured. Throuehou. Hungary
the yield is good, especially in Southern
Hungary, where the rice and maize
crops are cxcellent. In European Tur-
key they arc superior to any since 1872
In Norway and Sweden there is a fair
average. Rains ruined two-thirds of
the harvest in Bohemia. The potato
stroysd. and beet roots suffered severely.
War Notes.
ALEXANDRA, Aug. 17.-The British
transports ERvptian, Monarch AMI Ne
vada have arrived. Reports continue
to assert that a combined land and sea
attack on forts at Aboukir ia imminent.
According to the latest account the at
tack will be made on Sunday morning.
The Duke Of Connaugh goes on board
the transport Orient without delay.
6p.m.-The Sixty Eighth, Forty Sixth
and Sixtieth regiments are breaking
camp at kamleh and preparing to em-
bark.
MALTA, Aug. 1.-The tIanspOr. Duke
of Argyle, with pOntoOn, telegraph
and railway company OF engineers. and
the Grecian. with battery of artillery.
have arrived on the way to Egypt; also
the transports Lusitrinian, Ludgate
Greece and City of New York.
GIBRALTAR. Aug. 1.-THE transport
Prussian passed today on the way 10
Egypt.
PARIS, Aug. 1.-THE following tsle-
gram, dated at lsrnailia, was received
from De Lesseps: THE Governor asked
me t'da whether tho Egyptians could
legally cut fresh water canals from
Cairo to Ismsilia. replied in the neg
ative. shall allcommunieate my opinion,
which has tho sanction OF legal decis
ions, to Arabi Pasha. who has always
scrupulously respected my rights"
4 Big steal.
vienna. Aug. ia great burglary
was committed at the Palace court Of
Andressy. ALI the Courts ordere and
many objects Of art and intiquity we're
stolen.
''Klcked the Buckel."
CAPIrowN, Aug. T.-Nathaniel James
Merriman, Bishop Of Grahamstown is
dead.
For Hls Health.
LONDON, Aug. II. - The Prince of
Wales. in obedience to the advice Of his
physician. started for the continent, ac-
companied BY Princess Alexandria TO-
day.
A SlEnlacant Action.
LONDON, Aug. l6.-A ConstantinOple
correspondent says small body of cav
airy which embarked for service in
Egypt landed At Suda Bay instead Of
Alexandria, and the Albanian infantry
battalion which was ordered to embark
at Scutari received cOuntermandinQ or
ders. This is significant when takvn
into conjunction with the fact that the
Porte has not yet fixed the day for dis
cussiOn OF the military convention, and
the Times says with reference to the
foregoing: I'VE cannot profess to re-
Rret this sign that our troops NAV be
spared cooperation Of their incOuveui-
ent ally" Il is said Ottoman delegates
have demanded the conference to be
kept open.
Rejected Conyenalona.
CoxsTANTrNoPLY, Aug. 15.-The draft
Of tho military convention proposed BY
the Porte 70 England was as follows:
Turkish army undertakes paciicatiOn
Of Egypt without foreign assistance,
the British to remain in their present
position and not to participate in oper.
atiOns. Tho Turks shall bo allowed to
use Alexandria as base Of operations,
and Turks and British to withdraw after
the paoificati0n Of the country. Du6er-
in rejected this draft and submitted an
other, with stipulations that Turkey
should not undertake operations with
out previous consent Of the British
commander; that British officers should
be attached to Turkish headquarters,
and that the question Of evacuation
should b the subject Of . special con-
venti0n. Il IL believed that there u no
probability Of the Porte accepting the
conditions.
CsnAe0nlag cray's senteaee.
DUBLIN, Aug. 1.-THE Freeman's
Josrsal. Of which Gray il proprietor,
says: 0say's sentence il absolutely un-
parallelsd. He only received notice of
the nature Of the proceedings against
him Tuesday night, and was without
any time to prepare his defense. which
would probably have consisted of afi-
davits showing the truth Of his pub
lished assertions. II his imprisonment
tends in any way toward tho reform OF
legal abuses and p0vocation Of freedom
Of the press, he will cheerfully endure
it.
Fast R1yonS.
ToloxTo. Aug. ia hominQ pigeon
heW from Detroit 70 Toronto, III miles,
in less than i've hours today.
The Reverse Tfae.
HAVANA, Aug. l7.-Rumors have been
circulated that the 6psnish government
would exact from Cuba the money TO
meet the sxpsnses Of the Egyptian ex-
peditiQn. the 0me arc officially denied
Spain, on the contrary, has authorised