The Blackpool Herald. — 1876-03-10 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

THE KHEDIVE AND HIS ENGLISH ASSISTANTS.  The pity is that the Khedive's magnificent estate was so pressed for immediate financial aid that, instead of grave and quiet remedies being applied, there has been seen at Cairo a breathless rivalry of financialists, with the Viceroy between them, making the best of their jealousies upon discovering that England would take no part in such a scramble. The question respecting the revenues of the country stands outside the speculative frenzy, provided always that nothing rash is done to pledge them further without wise ameliorations. We believe that the matter of Egyptian solvency and future prosperity turns on the Khedive's sincerity in desiring to extricate his Government from the vortex of usury. If his Highness is resolutely bent on giving those proofs and securities for his new course without which prudent capitalists will not lend him their asai.tance, Egypt might soon be planed as far beyond the thought of bankruptcy as she is safe from frost and drought. Absolute governments have their little advantages as well as disadvantages, one Tentage ground being the facility with which Ismail can reform if he is determined to reform; and, without doubt. Mr. Rivers Wilson will not acoept the Egyptian Chancellorship of the Exchequer without positive convictions upon this point. Here again assurance must precede the assumption of responsibility ; but if the Khedive is prepared for the necessary limitations of the Civil List and the equally necessary payment of the revenues into the hands of his Euelish controller, a State bank, however founded, might be a conceivable and useful part of such new machinery. Should anybody want to use English credit to help drench speculation, their projects met be summarily discountenanced. But, under the well-understood indications which were contained in the late act of purchase, our national wish is and must be to see Egypt flourish; and there is no reason why she should not, if the ' Khedive shows himself straightforward, and the Conservative Government haa the courage of its opinions. • —London Telegraph.  The death is announced of Mr. James Dorrington, one of the directors of the Manchester Exchange. He had been for about a quarter of a century a member of the firm of George Fraser, Son, and Co., from which he retired about two years ago.  MR. RIVERS WlLsom.—Her Majesty has been graciously plessed to confer a Companionship of the Bath upon Mr. C. Rivers Wilson, for his distinguished services at the Treasury and also as Comptroller-General In the National Debt Office.  A paper was read at the Society of Arts, London, last week, on the depreciation of silver and Indian currency. It was urged that if England did not speedily take some steps to restore the general value of silver, the damage would be beyond remedy ' Thomas Carr, tinner, was charged at Blackburn, last week, with attempting to murder his wife. The prcsecutiix deposed that on the let instant her husband kicked her, struck her with his fists, and attempted to throw her through the window, whereby she was very much cut. The Bench sent Carr to prison for three ' months with hard labour.