The daily critic., 1890-09-26
AFFAIRS m THE OLD WORLD
a Budget OF Interesting news and
Gossip from London.

] tuNEeU OF AmFereANiUE news and
Gossip from London.
LONDON, Sept 26 The Italian GOV.
ernment has caused a sensation aud a
good deal Of III feeling by prohibiting
bands from playing the Marseilles and
the Garibaldi hymn
Emperor William will pay another
visit to Field Marshal Won Moltke on
October 26, the nineteth anniversary Of
the Generals birth.
Or. Peters states In an interview that
he offered before starting for Africa, TO
cooperate with the English 10 exploring
the country, but Lord Salisbury snubbed
him for his pains.
The new Austrian torpedo ram which
has just been launched at Pola is con-
sidered a match for any ironclad.
The recruits for the November entries
TO the German army number 2t5, 600
The usual outbreak Of crime in
Sclvia previous to an election has oc
CURED. A deputy named Pavlovitch
has been murdered near Postorevac
and other fatal assaults have occurred.
Twenty. eight liberal electors have
been arrested without legal warrant
The appointment Of Prince William
of Wurtemberg to the chief command
of the Wurtemberg contingent of the
German army has amicably ended the
disputes growing out Of jealousy and
friction between the provincial and ma
tional military authorities
The Caledonian Railway Company
proposes to run a tunnel under the
Forth In order TO place their road in
position TO compete on equal terms with
Its rival, the owner Of the great Cantil.
ever Bridge over the Estuary.
The master tailors Of Great Britain
and ireland have organized an asso.
Ciation ITO pursue a defensive policy In
regard to strikes, and to prevent deteri.
Grafton In workmanship. by so arrapp.
ing that the best workman shall receive
the highest wages" On the other hand.
Lady Dixie, at meeting of the Society
for the Promotion Of Women's Trades
Unions, advises girls thatif young men
came sweethearting, the first question
they should ask was, did he belong 10
Q unionY' She said that at Grady
Heath girls were working seventy.fye
hours week for sixty cents day.
Advices from st. Petersburg state
that serious frauds have been discovered
In the Russian army near the Caspian
Sea. Several regiments had received
no pay for six months, and Il appears
that the officers had stolen the money.
Great excitement prevails In India
over the discovery Of gold az Nagpore.
and there Is a rush for shares In the
mining companies
The Times, while exonerating Mr..
Morley from any intention 10 influence
the court, thinks he set bad precedent
by his action. The Standard Is pleased
at Mr.. Morley's determination to sec
for himself the exact condition Of
affairs.
The CAroHicie's Calcutta dispatch
says II Is reported that the troops at Goa
are committing excesses and shooting
people unfortunately. A number of
popular leaders have been killed and
are btsieged In their houses. The peo
pie are taking refuge in the Cathedral
AT Old Goa. IL Is rumorcd that the
Governor is hiding in the palace and Is
deaf TO the petitions Of the inhabitants
A number of dynamite bombs have
been thrown at the palace by the citizen
soldiery. II Is estimated that 300 per.
sons were killed and wounded during
the two days fighting. Meetings OF
Goanese In Bombay have been held To
denounce the Portuguese Government
and ask for British annexation.