Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-18

his brief terms in the India office and the treasury made the time between midnight and 8 o'clock in the morning his favorite working hours, also insisted up- on the attendance of his staffs during his presence, owing to his desire to be thoroughly informed in regard to all small matters.
 The cable dispatches from New York regarding the delay in the transatlantic mails, received by the Times, has given new impetus to the agitation here upon that subject. and MT. Chamberlain will shortly bring up the matter again in the house of commons
 The Speaker, in an article on the sub iect, says it believes that the preference given the White Star and Cunard com panies in the matter of transportation of the mails is a part of the price which the British government has paid for the use of the reserved merchant cruisers from the vessels of these lines, and con tinues, that if this is so. the price is heavy and it is hardly fair to charge a part of it on the Americans.
 The United States cruiser San Fran cisco will on Tuesday next proceed to Havre where she will go into dock to be cleaned and overhauled. The work will take at least a fortnight, and much longer unless the vessel is ordered away by the United States navy department.
 Rear Admiral Kirkland, commanding the European station, whenever ne speaks upon the subject, is emphatic ia his condemnation of the missionaries Tn Turkey. He says he has found that one of the most prominent Sunday SchoOl teachers in Syria spent three years in the penitentiary in Pittsburg, Pa, and that taken altogether they are bad lot The cause of all the trouble, Admiral Kirk land asserts, is that they rely upon the protection of the American government. The missionaries defy the local laws, bo nti of the authorities do not merit the dispatch of a warship at every appeal made by the missionaries, most of which are not true.
 Notice has been given by Mir Vincent that he will at an early day move in tho house of commons a resolution that Great Britain give years notice to the government of Belgium and to Germany of the elimination of the clauses In the commercial treaties of those countries of 1862 and 1865, respectively, precludlng the treatment of British goods in Brltlsn colonies upon more advantageous terms than are accorded foreign goods.
 The Statist advises MT. Chamberlain, secretary of state for the colonies, to give notice of the termination of these treaties. and expresses the belief that should this be done Germany would not take any retaliatory steps.
 In regard to the company which it was reported recently had been formed with Sir W. T. Lewis as chairman to estao- fish regular line of steamers to run direct between Cardiff and New York, the Transport newspaper) says It Will be called the Cardiff-American Trans port company. Many leading merchants are interested in the line.
 The Butte Docks company of CardiH will shortly begin the erection of large import warehouse for the accommoda- ton of the new company, the vessels or which will be mainly devoted to the car rying of freights, including cattle. It is also proposed to expend f650,00O in the construction of a new dock, which will be accessible at all times. The building of this dock will take several years.