Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-04-18
ON THE OTHER SIDE
Comment on Recent English
 Publications.
TORY VOTES IN BIRMINGHAM.
The Conservatives to Man Voted for the
 Unionist Candidate

the Glntlsto stoninn Victory in Rochester, Intense Irritation in England Over the Proposal to Increase the Tax on Malt Liquors-What Is Going On in Britain and on the Continent.
 LONDON, April 1S-In the election to choose a successor to the seat in the House of Commons for the Central Division of Birmingham so long and honorably occu- pied by John Bright the Tories to Il man voted for the Unionist candidate Mr. Albert BrigAt, in spite of repeated declarations on the part, of the local leaders that the Con- servatives would make no special effort to swell the majority in favor of the great mans son forvarlous and obvious reasons.
 These assertions, however, were simply put out as a ''bluff," for nobody seriously believed that the Tories would consent to the election of a Gladstonian by default.
 In the election just held in Rochester the disreputable Colonel Hughes Hallott, rampant Tory, was actually driven from his seat by the reactionary influences of his private conduct.
 His majority at the last election was very small-only 247 out of a total vote of 2, ,953- and the Conservatives were driven by the force of party pride and the despera- ton created by their recent loss of seats to make a hot contest for the par tvs retention of the seut. Every legitimate election dodge was resorted to to hold the division, but to no purpose, though the earnestness and extent of their work may be seen in the fact that while the total poll has increased since the last election by 2S2 the Liberal majority is only 75. The Liber- als are not growing over their victory.
 
 There is intense irritation throughout the beer trade over the proposal of MT. Cos chen to increase the tax on malt liquors. The brewers have already held meeting to | discuss the matter and have informed MT. Goschen that deputation representing g them will wait upon him on April 30 to pro- test against his method of imposing what is apparently to be permanent tax upon their product.
 MT. Goschen is reminded by these gentle men that MT. Gladstone once attempted to raise the tax on beer and lost the Premier l ship in consequence The retail dealers | have already added 9 half-penny per pound 1 to the price of sugar.
 MT. Parnell has engaged Sir Charles Rus | sell, MT. Asquith and Mir. Arthur Russell i'll 1 his libel suit against the Times. The trial l will come off next autumn. The charges l a letter falsely ascribed to Mir. Parneu in | 1887 and various other forgeries ascribed to 1 MT. Parnell. The case will be confined to | the forged letters.
 Professor Harrison, of Balliol college, who was arrested at Donegal for supplying with food and otherwise assisting besieged l tenants in Gweedore, was arraigned before magistrate in Londonderry yesterday ana I -l S,1 hs f,ssnl ct hr Sessions on Tuesday.
 Private letters from Vienna convey the intelligence, undoubtedly authentic that the Austrian Court is exerting every possible endeavor to conceal the actual condition of the Emperor and Empress Both are represented to be in the last stages of mental dissolution and incidents are related which bear out the OK treme probability of these assertions The malady aflicting the imperial pair is, when ever it is thought safe to speak of it ascribed to excess of grief at the death oi the late Crown Prince Rudolph; but com mon belief credits the cause to circum stances much more remote and of an en tirely different character.
 Prof. Leroux, the American aeronaut made an ascension in Berlin yesterday be fore the military authorities and a large number of their friends. He ascended te the height of 2,0O0 feet when he leaped from the car with parachute and reached tht ground in safety. I5
 The trial was made under extraordinary difficulties. A heavy snow and hail storm was raging at the time and the ropes hold ing the balloon captive became entanglo< several times.
 Count von Waldersee was delighted with the exhibition and will probably adopt tn parachute as part of the paraphernalia O the balloon department of the army. *xx
 It is announced that M. Cristilch, the Ser vian Minister to Berlin, will shortly be re called by the Belgrade government To gether with this announcement comes tn statement that ex-Queen Natalie will arriv t in Belgrade in about three weeks. The re moval of the anti-Russian Minister and tn l arrival of the Russian ex-Quee ) at the Serv1an capital in spite of the remon } strances of the King augur no good to tn continuance of Servia's independence.
 
 The Cologne Gazette asserts that formal ir vitations to the Samoan conference hay been issued and that the first meeting of tn = Conference will be held during the last day 0 of April.
 Herr Lore4zen, chief of the Kiel police died suddenly yesterday under circun stances suggesting the probability of hi having been poisoned. It is suspected ths 8 he was the victim of Socialist vengeance, c : he was very prominent in the recent arres f and prosecution of Socialists and has frt l. Quently been threatened with assassin, tion.
 It Is stated that Bulgarian exiles wh
 have taken refuge in Roumania and Russi .- are plotting with a view to the organizatio i, of a formidable invasion of Bulgaria. It '. probable that M. de Giers will interfere 1 . put a stop to the scheme.
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