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pincSs. Gladstone also announced that
future wants could be referred to the com
mittee of the whole House. This an
nouncement was received with grcans, AZ
it was assumed to indicate an intention to
dover the coming royal grandchildren in
regular rotation.
The Revolution in Kashgar.
Sr. PETERSBURG, May l5.h-Repor,s con-
tinue 10 reach here from Tcheran concern
ing the revolt OF the Nohammedan popu-
lation of kashgar. in Chinese Turkestan.
against the Chinese rule. IL is now stated
that the reyolutionists have driven the
Mandarius from all the principal towns Ii
Is also said Jhe leader Of the Mohammedang
Is q son Of Yak01b Bcy, and that he has
invoked Russian protection, and has asked
Russia 10 occupy Kashgar and supply the
rebels with arms and ammunition.
Leaving SuaIIim.
SuAR,M, Nay I5th.-The Grenadiers aud
Scots Guard VIII embark tomorrow for
England General Graham and Cnlonels
MacSei! and Freeman Will follow with the
Australian contingent. \ battalion Of
British infantry. with Il battery and com
pany of the saTpers' corps, ANA native
infantry corps, viii remain here as per
manent garrison, under command of Col
Guel Hutchinson
The Egyptian Convention.
Berlin, May l5th.-Thc Egyptian Con-
Veutiou cannot be ratified by The Rcichs.ag
now until autumn. Austria will follow the
same course.
The English Budget,
LoNDoN, May i5th.-The growth of the
opposition 10 the proposed spirit and beer
duties leads 10 the belief that Nj. ChiidcrS
VIII be compelled to revise the budget
Railway Material for Sale.
CAIRO, Nav l5;h.-The English Govern
ment has asked the Egyptian Government
if it Is willing to purchase railway material
now on board the ships at Suallim
Collision OF Steamers-Ten EiVes Lost.
LONDON, May 15th.-The British steamer
Numidi& arrived at CarnCs to-day. She has
been in collision of DUrleSton Hold with
the steamer Messina. Ten Of the lattGr'5
crew were drowned.
The Irish Grimes Act.
LoNDoy. May 15th.-In the House Of
Lords, this afternoon, Baron Carlingtord,
Lord President of the Council, announced
that the Government intended TO introduce
bill embodying large number, but not
all, OF the provisions Of the Irish Crimes
| Act
The ArchbishOpric Of Dublin.
I RoNF. May I5th-The report that Mon
/ y "
! been appointed to the Dublin Archbishop
| ric is untrue. 1t is stated that Errington
! has taken . new list of names for the ap-
proval OF England, whose reply is hourly
! expected.
Fastnet Connected with the Mainland.
LONDON, May 15;h.-The laying OF the
submarine cable connecting Fastnet Rock
with the mainland ct Crookhaven has been
successfully accomplished. Commencing
to-day, the Transatlantic steamers can he
telegraphed direct to London,
Championship Won.
LoNDuY, May 18Th. j In the national
| court tennis championship between Thos.
| Petit, of New York, champion of the
| United States. and George Lambert, chsm-
| pion of England, Petit scored the last four
sets, and won the championship. The
score was to 10. Both played superbly
The Rebellion in Manitoba.
ST. PAU, May 15th.-A dispatch from
Clarke's Crossing May 11th. says; A half
breed courier arrived from Prince Albert
during the night. He reports everything
quiet there. He also reports that the half
breeds are arriving at MiddletOns camp
and surrendering in large numbers. All
say they were forced into the rebellion.
Charles Solin is blamed by all as the
instigatoI of the half-breeds, and Monkane
! as the inStigat0r among the Indians.
Forty bodies of rebels have been found on
the field, fifteen Of which are Indians.
REBEL LOSSES AT BAToUcHE.
BAroUcnE, hay 15th.-Fethcr Moulin,
parish priest, was asked to-day az to the
losses Of the rebels in the fight al BatOuche.
He gave them as 81 killed and 17J
wounded. His statement may be relied
upon as accurate.
The Revised Ola Testament.
LONDON, May 15th.-ELe Archbishop OF
Canterbury is the only person who has yot
been permitted to receive a revised copy Of
the Old Testament The $500 people EN-
plcycd in binding and packing are very
! close watched TO prevent q breach of trust
on their part. The Dean Of Canterbury,
who is 8 member of the Revising Commit
tee, Is preparing e paper on the revised yc--
sion.
Copies of the Revised Old Testament
Given TO the Press.
LoADoN, May 16th-A M-Copies of the
revised version OF the Old Testament were
given 10 the newspapers at midnight last
/ night. and all the papers this morning con-
tain copious extrHcts from the work In tie
2 following paragraphs is presented the sub
/ stance Of q seni-ofticial article prepared fol
| the London Times, in which some account
of the work of revision, with particular
: reference to the American part Of It, is
. given: q" Finally an international work Of
= fourteen years has come to q close. The
revised version of the New Testament was
issued in May, 1881. and now the revised
Old Testament Will soon be published III
al parts OF the English speaking world
{ This revision is the most important event
in the history of the English Bible since
i the publication of King James translation
S in 1911. The success OF the Old Testament
i may not be as great as That of the New, OF
$ which more than eco GOO copies were sold
l on the day of publication, and more than
5 1900 coo copies before the close Of the ye8T
i but it will probably be more fayorably re-
+ ceived, and less severely criticised for i
= involves no changes Of the Hebrew text, no
other manuscripts than the hasoredc bav
! ing been discovered, and the iG;Om OF tbs
authorized version is most carefully pre-
: served, out of regard for the conservative
| feeling of the church il its attachment fol
! ! the language OF the old version, All error
! , OF translation, however. have been removed
/ and the revision viii be pronounced by
5 every competent Bible reader to be q grea
| | improvement. 1t presents the result:
OF q large number of the best Eebraists ant
: biblical scholars OF England and tho Unitet
States, most of them professors of Hebrew
in universities and seminaries. II has
D moreover, the advantage of the vast ad
vance of the last fifty years in Orienta
philosophy, biblical and geographical his
3. tory and antiquities, al of which were bu
? imperfectly understood by the forty-seyet
t | translators of King James although it i
= freely admitted that they did the very bes
8 in their day. The new version is not gooi
c version in the place Of bad one, but :
= great improvement OF good version.
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