The Blandford and Wimbourne Telegram. — 1881-05-06 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

COMMISSION.  A. Parliamentary paper contains the instructions to the Royal Cimmisaion for the settling of at! airs in the Trans. vaaL After briefly recepitulating the terms of settlement agreed to between Sir Evelyn Wood and the B stir leaders. and to which the Commission is directed in the first instance to address itself. Lord Kimberley goes on to deal more fully with the matter. He defines the word "'suzerainty" as describing superiority over a Stet 3 priestessfug independent rights of G wernment subject to reservations with reference to certain specified matters. The most material of theses reaserved rights was the control of external relations, which will he vested in the British Government, including the making of treaties and conduct of relations with foreign Pow-re. It will probably be four ii in at convcni‘mt that as regards comtuunications with foreign Governments tie Transviast Goversosent ehould correopind sttch matte's with the British Government through Vie It oudrut and High C.mimissioner Toe geueral semis-Oven ICII3II of rehtions with mu lependent native tribes %Timid fall wi bin the functions of the R-sident. under the High Commissioner. As regards natives residing in the Transvaal, Lord Kimherley says it shunt(' he rememlered the severance of districts prfncip dly inhabited by na ivos would lessen the niesese sity fur interferuce for their protection, anti might, therefore, recemmend itself to the Boers. Such inter- , ference shouli he confined to the fewest pasittle peints, I but among these might he stipulations that natives should be allowed to h 'ld laud and move abut freely. The Sand R;ver Cmvention &gaited slavery must be reafhrmed. It will be the duty of the Commissioners t secure freedmi and prot-ction of property for all loyal inhabitants, and to bring to justice the murderers of Captain Elliot and lifr..B atter. The Commission will have to consider a rangetnenss to he made for the assumption by the Transvaal Stasi of the debt incurred in connection with the administration of the country. Full security for continued enjoyment of their rights must beguaranteed to all holders of 1 rtperty after the establishment of a new G iverntnen.. m,ittter wtth plOViiiol2B securing to Brit 911 uhjects freed tet of trade on the same footing as the Trenevaal citizens. With regard to the name of the country, it is recommended that it should be styled " Trativaal State." In a further despatch dialing with the financial question, Lord Kimberley says the British Government will be disposed to consider whether the repayments of all ontlay arising out of the annexation should not be for gone.  At the Manchester Assize, on Tuesday. Mr. Justice Williams sentenced William Townson to twenty years' penal servitude fir the murder of his wife. At a court held on Saturday at Inverness, an application by Mr. Walter B,intly for • theatric 41 licen-e was opposed by the Rev. John Mactavisb, who said that Shakspere's plays sere objectionable on arc runt of their profanity. He added "I earnestly pr ay that, looking at the mat•er in the light of eternity, the justices will contribute to the glory of God by refusing the application." The license Wal granted by 19 votes to 8. At a L rndon theatre the other night the audience were electrified for the moment by the appearance of a wellknown leader of fadron in her box, apparently robed in her nightgown. It was soon discovered, however, that, following the popular desire to be c msidered mare, the lady had enveloped herself in a white satin ulster with cuffs and collar of white velvet. Doubtless white satin ulsters will now be quite the rage at our theatres. Arrangements have been definitely completed for the ' visit of an Australian football team to England during next winter, arriving at the end of October. They will play in a series of matches in the United Kingdom under Rugby Union Rules. They couninence a Colonial tour next week, end will leave Adelaide about the end of August. The Rugby Union has undertaken to meet them with Northern as well as Southern fifteens, besides arranging a grand match between England and Australia; and negotiations Sr. on foot for engagements with Manchester and Lancashire early in November. At the Chester Assize, on Monday, before Mr Justice Cave, Henry John Llewellyn. with several aliases, who was preaching at Tipton to evangelical audiences as a convertod clown in Joly last, was brought up t) receive sentence for bigamy, of which be was found guilty on Saturday. The judge said that the prisoner appeared to hare treated the second wife well; hut hi had married her only three years after the marriage with his first wife. whom he had deserted. Under these circumstances he would to soutosooll to tour calendar mouths' iMPrioOtiamt.