Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-31
the REAL ISSUE
10 ireland, Says Earl cowpsr, is
Anti. Rent.
HARD FIGHTING IN THE souDNA
Rebels RspuIsed and a Town Captured.
The Commercial Outlook in
England.

LONDON, December 30.-Esrl Cowper,
who was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland under
Mr.. Gladstones administration, has writ
ten to the times in regard to the Irish ques
tion. Earl Cowper says; Home Rule,' &c:
its own sake, is no, desired BY the Irish.
Any one can see BY perusal of the Irish
newspapers published during my own term
of office in Ireland that they do not reveal
single mention Of the Home Rule scheme.
but are solely involved in discussing the
question of rents. The late Mr.. Isaac
Butt, who may be called the originator Of
the National and Home Rule movements,
and Me-. William Shaw, ex-member Of Par
lament for the City Of Limerick, who was
q member oi the Home Rule League, but
~itbdre~ from that body in December.
1881, failed to attach the Irish people TO
their schemes, and NJ Parnell will meet
~i,h the same fate, eScep, in an appeal to
their pockets. The strike sgains, the pay.
ment Of rent will sooa be q bigger dificul.
ty for the government to deal with tbsa
was ever the Home Rule question, and
must eventually interfere with imperial ir'
terests.'
nrsprp.rr yIcuT WITH TUr snrnIsysy
LONDON, December 30.--General Ste.
phenson, commander in-chiei OF the British
forces in Egypt, in dispatch to the War
Office, dated st kosheh, and sent via Al
exandiia, announces the capture Of Gin
nis, town on the Nile, ieW miles aboys
Kosheh, held by Fl Mshdis followera 10
his dispatch, Gen. Stephenson states that
the place was occupied oy the British after
three hours desperate fighting, ia which
the rebels lost heavily. The enemy" con
cludss the dispatch, was wholly routed
and rstreated in great disorder. Our csr.
airy pursuing captured two OF their guns
and twenty banners. We lost one officer,
and twenty one Of the men were wounded.
The Egyptian allies lost six killed and
thirteen w0undeC.
GREAT BRIrAIS's COMMERCIAL OUTLOOK.
LONDON, December 30.-Everybody IA
England who is interested directly or irdi
rettly In trade 10 now anxiously s,udtng
the commercial outlook for 1896. The
general belief 10 rather doleful. bu'some
expert economists declare that FACTION
from the long depression Of ipds has
already begun. They admi, tht just at
the beginning Of the year there 'lI De IN
unusual number of bsnLruptcss. but they
think that tbes9 will only, GEAR the com
mercisl atmosphere, and .hddd no, be rs
a--sd With serious alarm They predict
tpat gen. trade will steady improve
ai'er tue hfst wees AZ two Of .lnusry. and
that there will be large i,e,ssse in III
volume Of railway tran, in lshs, 80
pared With the present yea. ''
This hopeful forecast does no., boSs.
include the British shipping trade Ts
prospects Of Brit;sh thip owners are bu.
iitrle improved, aud the outlook for Scotch
is a. had as ever 4 vast amoonl
OF csp,'sl is tied up to Scotch xharges IN
the shspe Of steamships. which ire rus,ins
and rottiDg for lack CT employment In
the Leith docks alone hfteen steamers are
lying idle Some Of them have not been
in commission TOR many months. All OF
them have been laid Of because they
could not earn enough for ibeig maip,e.
nance out OF the low rates 10 when freiphts
have been forced By competition These
Efteen vessels have an aggregate capacity
oi II 627 tons, aud they are worth 81, 500.
900. This Ia only one example of shs
general condition Of the ocean Carving
trade in Scotland, The above fgarrs
would have to be multiplied mary liz es TO
represent the total tonnage and value of
the s,esnsss lying idle 10 oil the Scotch
ports.
cAcsE ~ THE sFIPPIsG DEFREssI0s.
The oyerproduction IL Jteam freiaht.rs
10 generally assigned as the cause of this
state Of affairs but il 10 not its only cause.
Close competition 10 the past has stim !s.
ted ingenuity in the construction Of vessels
and engines with viss of economizirg
fael and labor. Great strides have been
made 10 this direction by the inventive mo
chsnics Of the Clyde. The result is tha,
vessels which were considered almoet per
feet q lev Jears ago cannot how com ,>e,e
With the new craft which carry lesa coal
thus saving part Of the cost ri feel and
leaving more room for freight. and which
can be hspdlsd BY smaller crews There
is bat one hopeful indication for the ship
owners. The returns from the Clyd. ship
building district prove that tbers baa been
les building tbis year tbap last by IS per
cent. II this rate Of decrease il maintained
the greatest case Of the dspres,iou in
freigtu ~il! disappear. The number go
tonnage Of vessels saost will again b. pro
porrionsie 10 tho amount OF ifsigki TO be
carried. and rates can be raissd TO profit
able point.
THe suLTAs PREDICTS 4 GENERAL TlE
LoSDos, December 3O.-Mr. Charlie.
Williams. the special CORES pendent Who
has been reporting the Balkan war for The
cable news, bss returned to this city, and is
protuse in eulogies Of the Bulgsrisns fght.
ing qualities While in Constsps s;pople lss4
month, Mr.. Williams met Gen. Lev Wal
lace, the eI.U..~S. MiDhisT TO Turtsy, Who
related significant convervti ton lie hsd
just had With the Sultan. Hs Majesty was
full Of gloomy forebodings as 10 tbs out
come Of the Eastern problem aud the late
Of his empire 10 Europe He said the, a
general European var voold probably &c.
cur ss soon ~ the weather m,dsrates syl
fcieh,ly next spring to make IL suitss.s fc,
campaigning. In that case he be!ieyed
that Turkey would inevitably sofer. Be.
gsrding the decision Of he po~ers 10 f.yo:
Of the Bulgsrisn anton, be remarked tia,
every .lics d tefri.ory taken from Tu,re,
diminished her Sighting s,sscptb. ana A. ,b,
same time reinforced her eremies. Gen
Wallace differed from tho Suhsn on ,ki,
point, and said be thong ht that .yen,s .er.
proving that the Bolgarians word iu.
siinctisely tsyn TO Turkey. prefesiog Tur
kish rule 10 f.assian dsspotsn.
l COAST oF EarrT 20 NJ BLocKAnSn
/ CArxo. December 30 British men =
war have been ordered 10 tlockad, ,h,
coast Of Egypt from Nsssomsh 70 Suez /,
order TO prevent The importation in,o ,h.