Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1887-06-18 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

NEWS NOTES.  We do loot Identify onrseives with our Correspondent's opinions.  FRANCE and Russia are throwing obstacles in I he way of the ratification by the Sultan of the Egyptian Convention. The chief objection of the French Government is to the clause which empowers Britain, after the evacuation has taken place, to land troops in the event of the occurrence of any trouble. In the meantime Sir Evelyn Bating and Nubar Pasha are on their way to London for the purpose of conferring with Lord Salisbury on the state of affairs in Egypt. Papers respecting the Convention are to be laid shortly before Parliament.  THE Embassy from Crete is now in Constantinople. It is stated that the Grand Vizier declines to give any heed to the Cretan demands until the proclamation is withdrawn enjoining the non-payment of taxes. When this is done the Porte, it is believed, will be prepared to make some concessions, especially with reference to the Customs Revenue. The Embassy on their part mean to insist on the clause of the memorandum which requires that the Christian members of the Assembly shall constitute an actuarmajority, and not merely two-thirds of the entire number.  INTELLII:ENCE as to the condition of affairs in Afghanistan comes from Central Asia through Russian sources, and through British sources from Bombay, Simla, Calcutta, and other parts of India. The latest news from Central Asia received at St. Petersburg reports that tho Ameer's troops are gaining the upper hand of the rebels, and that the dread of Abdul Rhaman himself taking the field is producing a wholesome effect upon the Ghilzais. This would be everywhere satisfactory if the report were to prove quite accurate.  Frunren news respecting the progress of the Stanley expedition for the relief of Emin Bey has come from St. Paul De Loanda. It was expected that the Stanley Falls, from which point on the Congo the march northward was to begin, would be reached by the sixth of the present month. The passage up the river had been somewhat slower than anticipated, owing to the steamers being heavily weighted. The flotilla, headed by the Stanley steamer, flying the British and Congo Free State Association flags, caused much excitement among the natives, who ran along the banks on both sides in large numbers. No signs of hostility were, however, displayed.  THE deputation who waited upon the Chant cellor of the Exchequer for the purpose Of recommending the adoption of a system o decimal cainage did not receive much encouragement. Theoretically the decimal system is no doubt the best, but practically the introduction of it would cause disarrangement of a troublesome kind. Mr. Goschen reminded the deputation that it would affect the smallest commercial transaction, the whole system of taxation and the duty on every article. It was from a Chancellor of the Exchequer's point of view that Mr. Goschen advanced these objections, but the general public, if appealed to on the subject. could have supplemented them with objections of their own. Disturbances of long-established ystems of coinage are not to be lightly underrakes, however much there may be to recommend tuggested changes. THE twin screw armour-plated battleship Sans Pareil, which was launched from the dockyard of the Thames Ironwork and Shipbuilding Company at Blackwell, in the presence of a large concourse of spectators, was, perhaps, the last of the same huge class of iron leviathans likely to be built and hammered into ship- I shape. Thera has been a vast expenditure of money on these modern monsters of the deep, and their efficiency in actual warfare, except for purposes of bombardment, as shown at Alexandria, is open to doubt. Preference is now being exhibited for a more manageable class of fast-sailing steel cruisers.  THE advice to let well alone implies that any attempt to make it better may have quite the contrary effect. It might be all the better if this advice were to recommend itself to the owner of the yacht Thistle, which has of late been winning its first laurels in racing regattas. Notwithstanding the proofs that the Clyde cutter has already afforded of her excellent style of build, it is stated that her owner contemplates having some alterations made, which he considers will be improvements, before she proceeds across the Atlantic to try her mettle in the forthcoming racing competitions in American waters.  THE man, Lawrence M. Donovan, who is designated "The Champion Aerial Jumper of the World," and who obtained notoriety on the other side of the Atlantic by his daring leaps from Brooklyn Bridge and the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge, has arrived in London apparently for the purpose of sharing, to some extent, in the public attention which is being largely bestowed at present upon the riding feats of Buffalo Bill. In addition to making what he called a "Jubilee jump from London Bridge into the Thames, he attempted, on a subsequent day, another jump from the parapet of Westminster Bridge, but was prevented from carrying out his intention, and brought before the magistrate at the police-court of the district for causing a crowd to assemble, and thereby obstructing the thoroughfare. Mr. Vaughan did not think it necessary, in the circumstances, to mulct upon him any punishment, but cautioned him against causing any similar obstruction in future. It is probable that Donovan will next be heard of as having made a header from Clifton Suspension Bridge, though not with the intention, as so many have done from the same spot, of committing suicide. At the same time, it is just possible that Donovan, albeit his skill seems to be equal to his daring, may make one "Jubilee jump" too many.