, 1890-10-29

who believe that they have a majority, have
been out Of power for fifteen years, owing, as
they believe, to an Unfair distribution of
the electoral districts. They therefore de-
manded that the Ultramontane Government,
which had made itself unpopularby screening
some defaulters should sanction the Referen-
DUN. The Government evaded th%edemand; and
the Liberals, hoping nothing from Berne,
whittier they ought to have appealed, called
their followers, secretly collected IN Belhn-
IONA, to arms. They seized the arsenal,
Government House, and the members OF the
Government, five in number, n placing
the latter under arrest, proclaimed a P1oyl-
sional Government This was OF TIE 18th
inst, and on the anne day inc Federal Codn-
Gil at Berne despatched 900 soldiers, unoer
Colonel Kinzli, with orders to arrests the
Provisional Government, and reAstate the
old one. On arrival at Bellinzona, however,
he was informed that the Liberals would rot
resist the Federal authority, but would fight
if the Ultramontane Government were re-
viyed. He Therefore, after obtaining perm]s-
sion from Berne, dismissed the Provisional
Government, and himself presided over a.
new Council Of four, two selected from eacn
marty. which decreed the submission oi g.
revised Constitution to the people On October
18Th. Since then, though the Ultramontane5
are iull Of threats, order mas been maintaslcl
The proposal to construct a Birmingham
Ship Canal has been revived IN real earnest,
All the Times Of Monday gives a detailed
account of the route which has fna'ly ben
decided or. Instead of striking for The Sc
vern, which was the old proposal, and one
Recommended by It's comparatively slight
cost. the Mersey estuary has been chosen as
the point of connection wish the sea. The
canal will run right through tee Potteries
and the Black Country and in spite OF the
network of railways and canals on the sur
face, and Of the hOneyc0mb Of both deep and
shallow coal-workings below ground, the
engineers declare the scheme perfectly FEAST
bic. The ground between Birmingham amt
the Mersey In some parts rises more than
400 #. above the ~sea-levol but this lmpodl-
unent is to be got over partly by deep cuttings
and partly by huge hydraulic lifts, which IN
one place will enable The canal to dlve under
two RAILWAYS and another canal. The mini
mum width Of the waterway IS to be y it.,
bpt it is only to accommodate vessels and
baroes Of from 800 to 400 ~tons,-unlika the
Ma0che ster Canal in this respect, which,
when completed, VIII float the biggest ocean
steamers. The total length IS to be about
eighty miles. It must be noted that the
failure of the Railway Rates Act to aPppre-
Gladly lower the Companies charges is the
real parent Of the new scheme,
The African TiGmoNd Fields Advertiser,
quoted ia the Times Of Thursday, contains q
thrlllin g account ofa scene Witnessed af5or
all the animals Of a menag"rie had been let
loose-at night apparently & ae person
who had o gEudge against the proprietor, the.
first act of tn G four liens was to attack the
q rmping horse" and it was his screams Of
pain and fright that, awoko the four attendants,
who at once attempted to recapture the en-
RACED anima Is. Ihey were. however, set upon
by the lions, and literally torn limb from limb.
.tHaving ia sted blood, the lions (male and
female), the cbeetahs, the wolves, and the leo
nards seemed to regain all the forocity OF their
class, and the proprietor's four Hungarian
horses and the performing horses fell victims
The elephant, frightened at the noise, in its
enaeavour to escape burst through the heavy
iron cate and rushed into the street, followed
nv nearly the whole of the animals, who ap-
near to have been startled by something
While engaged in their work of carnage in the
stables" 4 cahman named NeCon, who hap
Dened to see this strange procession, had a
narrow escape. He lIkened ths scene to the
exit from Noah's ark. An elephant came first,
and a few seconds afterwards tumbled out
a confused mob of lions, wolves, hyanas,
balloons, leopards, cheetahs, and jackals. The
wolves, with instinct OF their race, Immediately