, 1886-03-21

LONDON, March 20.-The Monarch
line steamer Persian Monach, Captain
Watson, which left here March IT for
New York, by way Of Ha~re, vent ashore
near Torquay, Devonshire, in a dense fog,
this evening. Tugs succeeded in floating
her, and she proceeded to Plymouth,
where she will be o~verhauled.
Mrs. Adelaide Bartlett and Rev Mr..
Dyson, a Wesleyan minister. were commit
ted to-day for trial at the central criminal
court on the charge of having caused the
death of Edward L. Bartlett, the woman's
husband, on New Years eve. The allie
CATION is hat by the advice of the clergy
man, to whom several years g Bartlett
had surrendered his wife, she killed him
with chloroform furnished by the pastor,
while she was resisting an attempt on the
part of her husband to regain the place
he had given to the preacher.
Madame Christine Nilsson has signed a
contract with Maurice Strakosch for a
farewell tour in America. The tour will
begin with a performance on Oct. IL.
Madame Nilsson will sail IRON Paris
early in September.
The Pail Mall Gazette states that it is
authorized to deny that Mr.. John Morley,
chief secretary for Ireland; Mr.. George
Osborne Morgan, under colonial secre-
tary, or Mr.. Henry Broadhurst, under
secretary for the home department, are
opposed, as has been reported, to Mr..
Gladstone's Irish appropriation scheme
The authority for the statement was a
cabinet minister. He adheres to the
statement despite the denials put out in a
semi official way in behalf of the gentle
nen reported to be detected.
The interview between John Bright and
Mr.. Gladstone to-day lasted two hours.
When Mr.. Bright departed, Mr.. John
Morley, chief secretary for Ireland, bad a
conference with Mr.. Gladstone, and the
premier and his Irish secretary were in
council together for a full hour and a half.
BERLIN, March 20.-On Friday night,
after the police had scattered the social
Democrat gathering in Andreas Platz,
which Bebel had harangued,a mob assem-
bled which the police experienced much
difficulty in dispensing. Seven Of the par
ticipators in the affair were arrested.
The semi Official organs continue to dis
cuss the prospect of war of retaliation by
France against Germany. They attribute
the probability of such an action by France
to an Orleanist scheme. The Post de-
clares that Germany will await the com
ing Of war, proudly r%esolute and ready.
All hope is abandoned that a reconcilia-
ton between France and Germany can be
effected by peaceable means. The Ger
mans cannot be restrained for an houi
when the war cloud bursts. The NdhoaaI
Zeitun0, while admitting the great
progress made by the French army in re.
cent years, says that Germany has moth
ing to fear, while France is isolated from
other nations. Frenchmen, il declares
cannot pardon the Germans for their vic
tories over them on the battlefield anC
their successful competition against Frencl
merchants in foreign markets The intro
duction Of an espionage bill in the French
chamber of deputies has greatly embit
tered the feeling in Germany against thu
French.
After the rejection by the rcichstag of
bill prolonging the a~nti.socialist laws
Herr Windhorst, leader Of the c~lericals
declared on behalf of that party that thei
advance vote in committee does not impE