The evening times., 1895-10-05
ee-AdmiraI BuIIen Has Every
warship Under Rigid Orders.
WANTS TRADE EXPANSION
OId-Time Liberals Opposing Transfer
of Party Control to More Demo.
cratic Hands-Sugar Corner Scheme
Falls Through for Lack Of Definite
Information.

London, Oct. 5-Though the foreign
office processes to be satisfied with the
| full and prompt acceptance by the Pekin
| government of the ultimatum forw arded to
| it by the British government demanding
the degradation OF Liu Ping Chang, vice.
roy OF Szechuen, for his connection W itii ths
| szechuen riots, the trouble grow ing out
| Of the overt hostility of the Chinese
to British subjects is lot over.
The movements OF the British squadron
| in the Yang Use Kiang show that the tension
in the relations between Great Britain
| and China has hardly been Iessened by the
punishment of Liu Ping Chang Vice Ad-
nliral Butler, instead OF ceaslng to demon
strate the pressure that is being brought
TO bear on the Pekin government, keeps
under orders the British " ar ships al every
point where they are stationed before the
Tsung Ii Yamen apparently conceded the
British demands.
Prime N mister Salisbury has directed
Sir Nicholas O'Conor, the British minis
ter TO China, to expedite his return to
London. Sir Nicholas will go to st.
Petersburg as am ba ssadOr In place of Sir
+. C. Lascelies. He will be in London in
November, when a new minister to China
will be appointed.
ENGLAND's CHINESE
1t is evident that Great Britain Is de-
termined 10 conserve and expand her trade
and other interests in China. In order
to effect this end. important changes Will
be made in the dutie of the members of the
legation al Pekin. Besides the secretary
OF the legation. a special commercial at
tache Will he obliged to make an annual
tour of the treaty ports.
The secretary Will visit the chief con
sulates. and the commercial attache VIII
receive the British residents. learning their
grieva noes and watching the course OF trade
As Sir Nicholas O'Conor suggested these
changes, nothing will be done in the matter
until Lord Salisbury personally confers
with Sir Nicholas.
1t is runIored in diplomatic circles that
Sir Julian Pauncefote, British ambassador
TO the United States. will succeed Lord
Dufferin as amba ssador to France. Sir
Julian's preference for Washington over
some of the better paid European posts
is not concealed. but IL he should be offered
the blue ribbon of the British diplomatic
service, he would, it is said, be certain TO
accept il.
OLD-TIAlE LIBERALS IN ARMS. E
clique of old-time Liberals, mostly
members OF the Reform Club, are resenting
the proposed transference of the control of
the party TO more democratic hands. The
National Liberal Club. backed by inter
ested wire-pullers, Is trying to squash the
projected conference on party reorganiza-
tion.
The political committee of the National
Liberal Club is desirous OF avoiding internal
sGuabbles and is inclined to abandon the
conference. but, in the face Of the demands
of every Liberal and Radical association
in the country, 1t will be obliged to
proceed. The conference will be held at
the end OF October. 1t will concern itself
solely with plans for party reorganization.
Inquiries made in Mincing Lane to-day
elected the information that France is
now practically out of the sugar market.
exporting little or no sugar. This is due,
ii is said, TO corner in beet sugar.
The absence of the French product has
had sympathetic action on the markets,
and has been the factor in raising the price
to IL shi ,ings per hundred weight. an
advance of Is Cd within few weeks.
A larger corner" than that of the French
syndicate was, it is supposed, recently at
tempted.
GREAT SUGAR CORNER
A great insurance company OF London
was approached with a proposition that it
insure sugar in different parts of the world
to the value of f1 900 900 sterling This
company canvassed other companies, with
a view to getting them to cover part OF the
risk
Inquiries. however, rendered doubtful
what quantities of sugar had been actually
purchased and a question arose as to whetil-
er spectators meant TO operate on this in
surance. The proposal, therefore, fell
through, but it caused much talk in the
sugar market.
The agricultural papers are raising an out
cry against the free admission into Great
Britain of American sheep. A recent con-
signment of sheep from America was found
to be suffering from scab. the spread of
which disease in the United Kingdom is due.
according to the Live Stock Journal, to the
import alton of sheep from the United
States.
Many of these sheep were dispersed over
the country for grazing, and they spread the
disease The paper says that the board of
must. therefore. be asked to issue
an edict, similar to that applied to cattle,
providing that American and Canadian
sheep must be killed at their port oflanding.
QUEEN, TO VISIT IRELAND.
Ina c. Davis. who has been visiting va
rious English textile schools on behalf
of the Fall River Technical Textile School
with a view to learning the latest m ethods
adopted in the textile industry, says she
was welcomed everywhere. She was es-
pccially pleased with the courtesy of Man
dRtE d. H. ReyH VI tuC NduCueStcA
Technical School.
She was astonished to find that one
third of the day pupils were foreigners,
who, after completing their studies, re-
turn to their homes and compete with the
people who provided them with their
training at a nominal cost.
doubtful rumOr has gained currency
that the Queen will m axe a visit to Ireland
next summer. Though her majesty is en- |
toying fine health and is vigorous for her |
years, she has an increasing dislike for |
crowds or noise of any kind. During her |
rail way journeys all the stat ions at |
which she is Obliged to stop are cleared OF
people as far as possible. |
Lord Salisbury has sold the Chalet Cecil,
his property at Dieppe, France, to the Due
D'Aumale.
Countess Clancarty, better known as |
Belle Billion. who was some years ago de- |
,idedly welEknown concert hall singer, /
proposes to return to the stage. She is ne
,otiating with the manager of Liverpool
heater.
Ambassador and Mrs. Bayard are the
quests of the Hon. Mrs. Ingram, at Temple /
lewsam YORKSHIRE.