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ENGLAND IN EGYPT.
Britain's Preparations for A Sow
dam. Cartinaigo.
SPATE OP WE BIOLP4Ortilint CITIES.
" Catnese " (Renton All Itipt-wreacit
Jubilation avec tituaineure Troubles.
A last (Sunday) night's London oable.
ram pays ; The Datil/ News Oates that
the report that England and France are
negotiating for a joint ocoupation of Egypt
is totally without foundation. The British
gunboats Euryalineand Decoy are now in a
position to shell the enemy at Suakim if
neoeseary.
A Suakim despatch says spies, from.
13inkat report that the men of the garrison
*here having eaten up all the camels, oats
and doge, are now devouring tree leaves.
Col. Bartorius has closed all- the liquor
stores, which have been infested by officers
and eoldiere. A letter from Tewfik Bey,
dated Sinkat, February 3rd, statethat he
bad eent to Osman Digna, the rebel chief,
an offer to surrender.
A Cairo despatch saw The reporirof
Gen. Gordon's arrival at Berber is prema-
ture. It angle from the receipt of a tele.
gam here from Berber eigned by Gordon,
which he had forwarded in advancs by fast
camels. The Khedive has appointed British
Admiral Hewitt commander at Suakim. A
lees glcoray view is taken of the situation
at Tokar and Sinkat. It is reported that a
convoy of provisions had entered 'Sinkab:
The first brigade of Egyptian battalions,
commanded by English officers, will mooed
to the First Calitent of the Nile as soon as
quarters are made ready. The movement
is made on account of the threatening
attitude of ,the ,Bedouins between Keneh
and the Egyptian coast of the Red Sea. '
The Arabs Gen. Gordon met after leaving
Korosko were friendly. The -Mom of
Khartoum pent messengers to welcome
Gordon at Berber and accompany him over
the remainder of his journey, to show the
populace) the Moslems were not inimical
to his mission. Gordon expects to reach
Xhartoum by steamer from Berber. The
G overnment In advising Gordon of Baker
Pasha's recent defeat leaves him full power
to evacuate or retain Khartoum as he
thinke fit.
TheKhedive appears to be in adeplorable
condition. He labors under the delusion
that a plot is on foot to poison him; and
sends his wife to the kitchen daily to inspect
his food.:
The Porte is sending troopsto EtHedjaz,
Arabia, where emisearies 0E1 Mali& are,
fomenting agitation.
A Suakim despatch says :a body of
Zobehr Pasha's black troops have. been
showing signsof Mutiny. Theywished to.
return to Cario, and ratted their muskets
in a threatening manner; whereupon
they were surrounded by • Soudahese
troops, who soon cowed' the would-be mutt..
mete:
During the reoent battle, the garrison
Tokar, on hearing the Egyptian gunonade
• a gallant sortie from the town .againet the
rebelo-but were compelled to fight their
way back. The rebels are reported within
six miles of Suakin. The ' Egyptian
cavalryare reconnoitering, and the British
' ships are prepared to receive the rebels.
Adniiral Hewitt has refused to alto* the
French and Italian gunboats at Suakim to
. land men to protect French and 'Italian
subjects respectively.. El Mahdi has sent
£300 to the guardians of Mahomet's grave
at Medina.
A London cable special saye,:' . In a lead.
ing article the Pall Mall Gazette says that
England, although•opposed to the annexa-
tion of Egypt,'will be under the rieodesity
of exercising absolute authority over that
country for the next five or ten years.. The
exigencies of the present crisis demands
immediate action, and further delay on the
part of England to -assume eon:trot would
be nothing lose than criminal. t- '
Zobehr Pasha, whole at Cairo; has been
questioned regarding the safetyof General
Gordon. He sail; that no friends of his
. will molest the patieage of General Gordon
to Khartoum, notwithetanding the !act that ,
General Gordon during hie former regime'
put Zoberhi's son to death. The GOVernOr,
at Cairo contradicts the report) that Gen:
Gordon carries with him a large suin of
gold. He has only bills, a Portof whieh are
on Khartoum. He left £40,000 in specie
at Amman. The rest of the gold, amount-
ing to £80,000, has not yet been forwarded)
from Cairo. •
After a conference yesterday between
Nubar Pasha, Sir Evelyn Baring, the
Britieh Minister, ancl., General Sir Evelyn
Wood, 4.jr. Evelyn Baring sent recommenda.
tams terthe Home Governnient to prepare
to despatch a etrong contingent of troops
to operate from Suakim fot the relierof
Khartenin. " . -
Minister Baring reports that therein.
foroements of marines now on theWity to
Admiral Hewitt will be barely stiffieientte-
hold Suakin; against the rebelo Admiral
Hewitt has himself telegraphed. to the
Admiralty that) he can guarantee the de.
_fence of the Island .and City of Suakim
When reinforced by 700 men. In that event
he ..will clear the town of all 'Egyptian
troops, whose thorough unreliability at the
critical moment hale been provedsby,reemt-
events. These and other . devices are cans-
. ing the Government to reconsider the
policy previously decided on to confine
operations to the Red. Sea and the imme-
diate coast region.
The Ministers are now discussing the
advisability of adopting a Mere liberal
courseoLaction,Ind of -greatly_ extending
• the sphere of their warlike operations:
They have about come to -the 'decision to
deapatoh a picked Anglo•Indian ocintingent
to Berber by way of Suakim. The pre.
parations at the War °Mee here and hi
India indicate that the probable Strength,
•of the expedition will. he 4,000 infantry,
• 1,500 cavalry and several batteries'of light
guns.
Military authorities consider the fall of
Khartoum certain before relief Oen posthblY
reach there. The oelebrated German
explorer of Africa, Dr. Boehht, who is now
direotor of the Geographical Institute at
Gotha, sap, in speaking cit. the adviees
received from Khartotun, that El Mithdi
himself will take no part in the siege of
Khartoum. He leaves thie to the tribes on
the Blue Nile, who aro now in full revolt.
Be himself ie preparing to march with hie
main foram direct from Kordofan to, Den.
gola. FfOm there he, will will paes down
the Nile valley intti Lotv,er Egypt.. IE le is'
'counting on the revolt of the fellaheen
througheut Egypt, and On a general up.
rising of the Mohammedans all .over the
north of Afrioa.•
Ninety.five persene, comprising the'
Catholic Mission at Khartoum, have arrived
at Aesouan. They assert that Menai hae
eleven missionaries and &number of sistere
prisonere at El Obeid, where the • 0
smelted the miseion with muChill.treatment
• theiteouteii. '
The Egyptian GOVernment,`dissitthsffed'
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with Baker'e report, has ordered him and I
Sarterius to Cairo. Col. Hallam who DOMINION PARLIAMENT'
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succeeds the diecredited General, will pro-
ceed together with Majors Pigge and FIFTH PARLIAMENT-4E0OND 8E8810N.
Hoggard, of the Egyptian army, to uakim,
to reorganize the beaten troop); with eome The following bills were read a firat time:
added marbles into an efficient garrleon. Ey Mr, Innes -To incorporate the Guelph
It is doubtful if Suakim can wait so long Junstien Railway Co.
for help. • AirSinkat Platten; are still more •By Mr. Platt-Respeoting the Central
eerious. The garrison are etarving, and Ontario Railway CO. •
TeWdit Bey vamly treating for sureender. To incorporate the Alberta Bridge Co.
A correspondent's interview with Stone To inciorporete the Calgary. Waterworks
Pasha, in which he declared a hundred Go.
thousand men would be necessary to PaoilY To incorporate the Calgary Oninibue,
the Boucle; has been Gabled to Path; and Tramway & Transfer Co.
'reproducedilb the glee and enthusiasm of •Mr. Beatty prompted a bill to provide
the Parisian press, as. an additional ray of • for the equitable distribution of the assets
light disoloung the true magnitude of Eng- of insolvent debtors. He explained that
land a problem in Africa. Nothing so the bill was the same as that brought for -
thoroughly delights the Genic heare or BO ward by hien laet seasion, and it was read
effectuallybeings out the best, brightest a first time.
and Wittiest qualitiee of Frenchmen as The following bills were read a B000nd,
British entanglements, eppecially when time
treated to such an appetizing delicacy as To authorize the Royal Canadian Insur.
the sight of British officers coming out moo Co. to reduce the number of directors.
eecond beet in a fight with Zulus, =goes -Mr, White (Cardwell).
or Arabs. The Journal des Debalz Toinoorporate the Lave Stook Insurance
gives vent to the wondroue elo- Co. -Mr. White (Cardwell).
queue° of johnLemoinne,lwho assumes the Respecting the Northern Railway Co. --
role of Peter the lierfoit, and soulsthe Mr. Small. •
following trumpet note: "At the present Respecting the, Northern and North..
moment it is not England only who is western junction Railway Company. -Mr.
struck, it is the entire 'Western world. It Small,
is the forefront of these who are menaced • To incorporate the Quebec( Railway
by thie renewed invasion of barbarism, and Bridge Co. -Mr. Bosse,
wo-beve no ether wish to form than that of . Mr. Caegrain suggested that a map be
seeing it arrested in its march." prepared, and plaited in the room of the
It is a curious and significant coincidence Railway and Canals Committee, showing
that on Saturday almost all the prominent all projected lines of railway:
newspapers publiehed in England, Ger- Sir Charles Tupper objected that so large.
Many, France, A,ustria, linens' and Italy a number of lines on one map would create
deyoted leading articles to 44 Chinos)" Ger- confusion; .
don, nearly all expressing. astonishment .Mr. Blake -There .wouldlie•-do
that Mr. Gladstone's Cabinet should have the ground. •
let matters go so far as to be reduced to the..
Sir Leonard. Tilley said, in reply to Mr.
extremity of etaking its existence on the Landry (Identmagny), that his question as
forlorn hope of the mission of it eingle brave to the amotint owing -from Quebec' to Can,
man, ridingon a °dromedary through a e,da, and from Ontario to Canada, would be
desert swarming wtth deadly foes to face a answered by the returns just laid on the
revcilution single-handa. "table. •
Sir Leonard Tilley, in reply.to Mr. Hall,
• THE FORLORN HOPE-
,
Tewils Paola and ems Herdic Band's
. Gallant mtroggle-G.enerni Gordon' Still
sanguine. •, .
' Gen. Gordon telegraphs thatin kite of
Baker Paehal; defeat he is etill sanguine of
etweeee. He has appointed Col. Coetlogatt
commander at Khartoum, and has sent
fresh messages tethe sheikhs to meet) him.
•Gen.' Gordon telegraphs : -" The peoPle
are meeting me on all sides with enthu.
shorn. I hope the .-golidan Will' 80011 be in
good order." •
A. Cairo despatch eaye. the disaster to
Baker Pasha's army caused nothing like
the sorrow which prevail e among English-
men here over the massacre at BMW.
There is .a universal feeling of humiliation,
and theme that the gallant) men of Sinkat
were killed almost within eight of British
ships. „ ,
• A Suakim despatch says for a fortnight
thebercho garrison at Sinkat had een.eat-
c
•ing mote and tree leaves. • It was an
enfeebled band which sortied to die idlit
the rebel hordes.. Tewfik- Bey harangued
.his men, saying that by fighting they might
lave themselves, but by remaining they
Mtifit die from hunger in a few days.
Flight was impossible. The then, animated
with Tewfik's spiritidestrived the military
stores, exploded the magazines, filled their
pouches zo the utmost with cartridges, and
issued forth Bit hundred strong.. •Osman
Digtia's men rushed to the attack.: Tewfik
Bey and hie men fought nobly. • For
a long- time they repulsed every at,
tempt to break their ranks. •Finally
superior numbers prevailed, and • with
a tremendous rush the rebels burst through
one of the Odes, of the EgYPtian. agnate.
A general Massacre ensued, and not a soul
escaped, according to the lateet reports,
only !Our sick men who Were unable to take
part in the eortie.' The Cadi of Sinkat and
30 women were spared by the rebels. Before
the sortie -a rebel sheikh approomhed Sinkat
and summoned • Tewfik Bey to surrender,
saying his life would be spared. The gar.
neon answered defiantly. During the
sortie women and children followed in the
rear of the soldiers. • A large number ' of
the rebels were killed. The rebels are now
massing in -the yotpity of Snitkini„ the
Siokat contingent' milling joined the main
hotly: An attack on•Suakim hi believed
imminent. ' • •• •
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._ AN AumiNsas laSAGEGY..
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resat Taket Practice On tne torrect--The
•• sad uenult.
'A Hot Springs, Ark., despateh eaYEI
•While three brothers, . Frank, Jack and
William Flinn, were proceeding.home in a
• hack on Satverday morning seven men.
armed with double-barrelled shot guns and
Winchesters 'stepped out Of a saloon and
epoxied fire. The•Flinnswete armed; but
the attack was Unexpected. Joel; Flinn
was shot thteugh the forehearl and died in'
k few minutes. ''Vfm. Flinn waif shot
through the breast, probably fatally.
Frank Flinn was idiot through the hand.
Fronk Hall, the ,driver of the hick, was
shot through the neck and died. Robert'
Hargrilve,, a bystander,. Was shot through.
the breast• and will probably die.
qtalg, a prominent lumber.
man, • reoeiVed k charge ofbuckehot
through hie bath ; big condition is pre.
carious. ,The difficulty originated in an.
'attempt of Frank Flinn to preirenf oneDorart
from opening' a . gambling:house. At the
time Doran -tried to aseassmate Flinn!.and
fled the city. Hereturned a few, •nights
ago, but Flinn was =aware of his presence
till the vcilley was fired.---Intenlie--exeite.
mentprevailOa•nd strong threats are Made
of mobbingehe prisoners, seven of whom
are now in jail, S. A. Doran, 'two Prutt
brothers; Howell and three ahem. judge
Wood has been telegraphed to by leading
°Wee= to collie 'here and hold Spacial
position of the court to try the intirderere.
If h sOnsents, the law will probably he
allowed to take its course. if not the chi -
sans threaten to burn' the jail and hang the
.prisoners.. •
• , •
113AdhAltersrie fi,T A witeenieitt.
rairty-five'ot the Party browned Throiigh
• the Breaking oi ace in a giver. •
A Vienna deepatth says : While e.wedding
patty was croseing the riv_er Theitai near
Donrad yesterday the foe broke, and thirty.
five of the party were drowned. The party.
occupied seven carriages, and were return-
ing from the wedding. When half way
across the river the vehicles followed each
other too closely, and the ice gave, way,
engulfing the whole party. Only a gypsy
musiolan 'wee saved, There Were a number
of witnesses= each bank, but they wet*
unable to render assistance. The screams
of the victims were heard for oomo mo-
ments, as the carriages fiank.elewly in the
water.
The marriage of.the Marquis of Carmar-
then and the -Lady Catherine Lambton,
second daughter of the late Earl of Durham,
and sister of the present peer, is announeed
to take place on Wedneoday, the
February. .
Give Work rather than alms to the poor.
The former drive); out indoleilbe, the latter
induetry.
aaid the Government were consideeing.the
' question' uttroduoing, in addition -to ths.
savings bra.. lh of the postal service,
system Of receiving deposits trecionneetion
with the sale of life annuities.' •
M. Holtonasked why the Finance Min-
ister did not accept , the pereonal seourity
• of , Mr. .Alexander Buntin for the last
advance of 6100,000 to the Exchange Bank
when offered; as: well as that of the Hon.
A W. Ogilvie. • .•
. Sir Leonard Tilley -The. Government
. decided to accept thesecurity of either of
these gentlemen. Alt. Ogilvie same and
tendered his heourity, and at was tiocepted:'
(Hear, heat, and laughter.). •
Mr. Smyth, the newly-eleoted member'
for Kent, was introduced:by Mr,' Pattereon
(Essex) and Mr. Wigle,..and took his seat.
Mr. Amyot moved for the correspondenoe
in relation -to the Sehool.of Navigation of
Quebec andasking ferahubsidy_froitithe
Dominion Government for the -said school.
• Mk. Fortin gave the history of the deca-
dence of • the naval school in Quebec, and
-said it wentdoWn at teat because the Pro.-
vinoial • Government could not. give, „even
61;000 for that purpose; . He was ashamed
. to eee that the Province of Quebec had to
come here and beg for, this assistance Of
61,000. The Province of ...Quebec ought to
.be'able to afford, 611000 for this purpose.
,He expressedregree that the poor Province;
Of Quebec was not able to. edueate..people
who had to week so hard and usually earn
to little.•. • • ' • '
. Sir Hector. •Langevill regretted that the
.member for Gaspe should have usedsuch
an . expression towards. the Province,:, of
Quebec,. Quebeo was not coming as a
beggar.. The representatives of that • Pre,
vinoe weresimply laying:her grievances'
befoto . the llonse jus t. as representatives of
°Mario might larliers.. • ..This was.the first
time the expression had been. 'need in this
Baud, andhe believed it was paedunwW
. •.. • • •
• Mr. Fortin laid he would' ne't withdraw
his 'expression, ' because it was true..He
did not say the evince. of (belie° was a
bagger, or that her people were ticoustotned
to beg; but he referred to this particular
question. • • ' • .. .. • • -:
• The motion was thirried. • •, •• •
• . blr:..Royal, in moving for. a' seleot.com.
inittee to -take into..consideration the.qhes-
tion of the. navigation .of Hudson, Bay;„
referred tothe agitation in Manitoba'with •
reference to this. subject.- .The fake:lore Of
Manitoba,. after . the ItOste of 'September;
me* the prices of grain min down by a coin.
bination of .millers and buyout, and; as was Mr. Gitoson:(Hantilton)Bill to . amendnathral,..eaught to blame sorciebody. for 'the Act incorporating Knox Coliege, • -
their grievances. A Meeting witsbeld and Mr. Clarke -Bill . iespeeting (thumb.
'after full consideration of. the Matter, they wardens in the Diooese of Toronto: .•
• pasteed a rsohu%ions favosorthe conettne- Mr. Phelps -Bill • to ;incorporate' :the
tion:Of the -Hudson Bay Railway, • Niagara . Falls Waterwerke Company.
WatsonAlt , said the information oh- • Mr. Gibson (Hareilton)Bill to ' moor-
tained- so, far. thowed Hudson Bay to be • porate the Silverbrook Tramway Company,
navigable for several menthe of-thtr. leer. • Mr. Balfonr-..Bill to amend the .Ontario'
Last silo.r it coot 42.oents Mistake a bushel Drainage Aot. " , ••
• of wheat. from Winnipeg to Toronto, Which • Mr. Awrey•Bill respecting the Hamilton
reduced vsheatin the NerthWest • to, kvery & Duodas Street Railway Company. --
• low 'figure. The People of Manitoba,' he Mk. Gibson (Hareilton)-Bill. te amend
bogeyed, Would bewilling to submit to _a_ the charter of incorporation of ..theCntario
iditect tax for the.purpose of aiding the Methodist clamp Ground Company.
He had learned' that a firm in. Mr. Mowat dated that as it was intimated.
Liveepool-were willing to place upon the yesterday that there Was • an intention of.
routeten steamers • of. 3,000 tons each,. diagnosing the matter Of the ' vacation of
hatiiig no doubt whatever . of its..naVi- • the'seatlor South Oxford; he would Mitch-
ettbilitY • • ' • • • • . • • "'pate a little and make a few 'statements
Sir John Macdonald said that: Puha- arhiehhe would not . Otherwise have done
ment had already granted charter's .to two at.this dap. It'. seemed to :him that the
companies tO build railways to Hudson Bay course be proposed to take would have•been
--one to Neleozi and One to Churchill. Miceded to as a matter Of course, and -that
There could be no doubt that the Straits theniotion,Would have heen referred to the
Were navigable a portion'of • the,year. The, Committee on Privileges and Electione, and
only question was how longthe navigable afterwards, When thatconniittee reported,
season was. As one means of Obtainingthadisonssion might 'have beenprooseded
information. the .Minister of Marine had with. The (mouton, for the RAMA pro-
obtained.froni- the Hudson Bey Company oeeding was, as they all folt,'a veoeaa
their lowbooke eittendieg over a series of one . When a member had occupied for
years, the contents of 'which 'he was now twelve years a seat an the House; and had
having collected. Thittwould no doubt be been a member of the Gcivernnient, • the
. valuable addition to the information. •regret at the necessity ibt the present course
The suggestion was agreed to, aathe • met be great: The Member for South'
Motion was carried.
Oxford had been; as well .as a most earnest
politfoicin; an • indefatigable Meister:
,Nytiat_he proposed was that the petitione
ot Willi= Feineter and other be refereed
to the Committee on -PriYilegee and Elec.
Sons ; that the -committee examine into
thestatements of the'petitione, and report
at once to the House. The rule in refer.
Owe to the matte,: appeared to be Very well
settled-, thoughfew instances had 'everted,
and the het being in 1811, but that whith
has taken place shwa at once that the Eng -
nth • rule i in accordance with common
MAO.' In the last edition of •May's " Par-
liamentary Companion" there is a rule
The followieg Bills Were introdueed and applicable to thepresent cage at page 82:
Mad le first.time:
To amend the Ad reppeothi the Nap: should &member, who was sarie at the time of
Mental imbecility is a disqualification, mid
anew, Tamworth kQUebeci Itailveity Co. his election' afterwards. become a lunatic, his
.To incOrpOrato the Sat Francisco, Win- betesporzabvubte voided, as in tho ease,of Gratnnound
the House will require proof that the
nipeg .& Hlidson Bey , Railway' Op.• -lift. Malady is incarable. • •
Royal; • • • Xn Alcook's case, .in 1811; the :precedents
Sir It. Cartwright in,quiredWhon the whieh bore upon the subject were eallated,
return aa to the approXimate number of and be • Might neentienin general tieveral
imnligrantli entering Ontario Would, belaid cases Which had OccitirredbefOre, to. Whieh
On the table,..., . new writs were ordered after the seats had
Mr. Pope raid he •did net knot* whether been vacated. The ptecedents even went
be could bring &MI the retain* as far as further, and new Write had been ordered in
Ohterie was deitieerned, but he would obtain the tame of the uhlneeB Of a ,theinliet. At all
it if petaible. eVentei it Seemed tecOgnieed. Wand any
Sit Chariot Tapper laid on the table the kind of aoot that in a eafie like the preetint
cotreepondenee tegarding.thei guarantee; of there was only One Connie to take: The
the C. p, R., and further eoneeteheile to the illtums Of an eclat Mould' Vacate- hid
itoinpany, eta, • agenoy, and a Menlbewattan agent for bio
ONTARIO LEGISLATURE.
BTyliemforl.lmowoiwnagt-pertirtolOmns,wwwer,e Iffiteoatteonradia:
andothers., of South Oxford, preying that a
writ may tone for the eleotten of a mem-
ber for that sonstituenoy in the dead of
Hon. Adam CroOke.
By Mr. Lyon -From repidents of Rat
Portage and Keewatin, praying that a road
may be constructed between the villagee.
Dr, Widdifield, Chairman of the Com.
mittee on Standing Orden!, reported
twenty-five privete bills as having complied.
with the Omitting Were.
Mr. Creighton moved That it be a stand.
ing order of tine House that questions asked
of Ministers after due notice that the
answers thereto be in writing, and, entered
upon the journals of thie House • Be
thought that if would be the means of teem.
ening the work of cleats and writers:
• Mr. Mowat*thought that in the adoption
• of the practice there would be no oorres.
pending advantage. ARA mire party mat-
ter he bad no objection to the motion, as it
was a ride which would work both ways.
be questions were not alwaye asked by
members of the Opposition, and it could be
add by members on the Government side
of the House td get themselves on mord,
He contended that it was 'mammary, un-
desirable and inconvenient.
Mr. ilieredit13 contended that there was
no reason' why the request should not be
noodled, to.
• Mr. Fraser thought that if the principle
were adopted the result would be that, as
. there was no notice of motion which roight
not be put in the form of a question, there
.7pp* he an official record of the views and
otiimotie �f'Members on both sides of the
House in the journals. • Questicins could be
• asked of private members Dist as well as of
Ministers. •• t_
Mr. Lauder --They can refine to &newer
the questiona. •
Mr, Fraser -Suppose the hon; member
for East Grey asked the member Tor North
Grey a question sato his opinion on various
matters, would the latter refuse to answer?
If it wore desired to gobo the -expense of an
official report, that sheilld have been put in
the motion.. The amount paidfor Govern.,
went printing was already large and in.
creasing.
Mr. Morrie; thought that Mr. Fraser had
been dealing with a man of straw, as the
%nation was directed to Milliliters Only. _
• Mr. Pardee contendedthat there had
been no reason shown why the old practice
should be done a,way with, or what ad-
vantlige would result from it.
• After btiet addreeses by Mr. Lauder and
Mr: Creighton the motion was lost on a
•' The debate on Mr.illeredith's Motion Re
'Algoma elections was resumed, but Alt.
Lauder
Lander moved that the debate be again
adjourned till the .papers were brotight
down, and the motion was carried.
, _Mr. Meredith asked *hex( the Geverti-
mat measures would be introduced.
Mr: Mowat stated that seven of the Bills
Were in type, but he would be able to give
some definite information on Tueiday.
• Mr..Mertidith asked when the -Franchise
Bill would be ready to be introduced. 'He
}me* that the Government supporters were
anxious on the subject of the franchise.
. Mr. Mowat replied that the Bill would
be introduced in good time,. and he did not
'know that • Mr. Meredith had his (Mr.
Mowat's) supporters in .oharge...:
Complaints were made by Mends,
•,Creighton and Lauder, that rettirne which
bad been ordered by the House had not
been brought down during the last Parlia-
ment. .•.
' The following petitiOne were presented:
-I3y Mr. Gibson (Hamilton) -Of the -Ham-
ilton andNorthwestern Railway Company,
in -favor of tre-13-11. 1 to incorperate -the to.
verbrook Traniway Company, • . . • .
By Mr. Morin -Of the Township.dOuncil
of Stamford, against the hill to legalize &-
Canada Southern , •
• By Mr. Gibson. (Hamilton) -Of the City:
Ctiunoil of Hamilton, for amendments to
the Free Libraries Ad: • ' .
By Mr. Balfour -Of the Connell orf3and.
wieh, for the' establishment of a police force
on the Detroit River; also of the County
Council of Essex, for amendments to the
LDrainage•Act. "• '•
By Mr.', Clarke -Of -Excelsior Assembly,
No. 2,305, Knights. of Labor, against any
change in the Mechanics' Lien La* re
priority, of claims.. " •
• The following . Bills- Were read a first
tibia '
Mr. Orton moved for papers not already
brought down in reference to theimprove-
ment of Fairfield River, the outlet ef Lake
Manitoba. -fl� advocated improvements
which would prevent the flooding of lands
which now took place.
Mr. Watson spoke also in •favor of the
meolution. There were largo timber
limits on Water Hen River that could hot
be navigated because of the lack of improve-
- manta. • He advocated alto the improve-
• ment Of the White Mud River, which would
°pent's:vigil:don to the south'bration of the
Saskatchewan,
conetituento and the agency was of the
moot important. Several things might be
urged to ehowthat clearly, the 84th section
of the British North America. Ad, bearing
fully on that point
Until tbe Legislatureof Ontario and Quebec)
respectively otherwise provide, all which
at the won are mime in these Rrovinclea re,
epeatively relative to tne following matters, or
any of there, namely . . . vacating
et the Seate of members and Me hoeing an
execution of new writs, in case of seats veAutted
otlierwi:30 tban by dissolution, Shall respectively
apply to electionof members to serve in the
respective Legislative Assemblies of Ontario and
Quebec. • .
That appeared to be quite conelueive Won
this point. The Howie would agree with
him that it the House took action in this
matter it should be taken without delay,
He conoluded by moving that petitions be
referred to the Committee ou Privileges
and Elections.
Mr. Monis odd the desire on the part of
the Opposition was that in making such a
precedent to guide the action of the House
in future they should take every step with
all formality and tare,: as it affected the
neat of every member in the House to a
certain extent. He cited a eimilar case
which had formerly cot= up in the British
House of Commons. There were two
points which should some haters the House,
If a member of the House became a lune, -
tic it was perfectly properfor the House to
deal with the question. The House should
also take the question' into consideration
-
as to whether the disease of lunacy io thp
partioular ease was incurable. They slionld
deat with the =Mee in the interests of the
riding and also in the intereste of the un-
fortunate member *fide case had come
before the House. Ho conourred in the
action taken byrthe hon. the Attorney -
General. -
The motion wire carried.
DOMINION ESTIMATES. •
money to be Asked for Next Year.
The eetimates of the Dominion expendi-
ture for the fiscal year 1884.85 were
brought down yesterday. The total esti-
mates for the oomiog year amount to
1129,811,639, against 331,010,327 for " the
current year, a decrease of 81,19E1,588. This
apparent diminution will, however, be more
than made up when the supplementary
estinattee come down. • The reduotion is
altogether in the expenditure upon public,
worlds and buildings. The following is a
antiparative summary of the estimates -of
the expenditure on the consolidated fund
for the current and coming years:
• 1893-84. 1884-85..
Public debt, including sink •
-
• ing fund 82,156,585 38,924124
Charges of management170,143 169,123
Civil government 1,117,346 1,161,048
Administration of justice.„ 615,165 '627,530
Police 15 000 15 000
Penitentiaries -
Legislation...........
Arts, agriculture,' statistics,
census
Inniaigration
Quarantine
296,771 298;794
651,344 657,940
113,500 • 100,450
520,221 . 526,870
53,166. 48,466
Pensions, fluperannuation- 293,385•
296,165_
Militia 260,100 1,099,410
Railways• and canals, in- • .
• 00Ene • 119,600 • 95,100
Public worksand buildings, ' .
do • • 3,148,500 •1,852,075
Mail and steamship subsi- , •
• dies• 386,973 386,973
-Meal and river service • . 211,000 231,000
Lighthouse and coast ser-•
'.. 520,925 • 527,708
Fisherlee
Scientific: institutions
Marine hospitals -
Steamboat inspectors
Superintendence of intim-
mice
Subsidieli
Geological survey
Indians.
Mounted•Police
Miscellaneous
255,500
55,750 55,750
• 62,00062,000
• 22,000 25,000
10,000 10,250
• 3,525,000 • 3,525,000
60,000 .60,000.
924,400 776.479
416000 ' 470,800
230,573 . • 230,569
Inspection of staples •• ' 3,000
Adulteration of food •• 12,000
Minor' revenues
Excise ' • , 294,025
Weights and measures, gas • • 89,090
• Customi.. • " ' • 779,440
Culling 'dither • ...67,800
Collection of Revenues-- . woo .
uuu
Railways and canals • 3,216,084 3,206722
Public Works 214,210 200,435
Post -office . • 2,258,510 2,460,966
Dominion lands income-- ,• 147,919 151,703
. • -
Totil bonsolidatedlund.=$31,010,327 $29,811,639'
Total increases, $665,744. .
Total decreases, $1,764,434. •
•' Comparative estimates of capital expenditure.
ate as follows: •• • •
' . • • . 1883-4. • .1884..5,
Redemption of debt • $ 1:378,506 334,820,304
'Railways and. canals • 13,733,350 11,444,100
Public works 207,000 150,000
Dominion lands• 600,000 300,000
.798,815
' 311,295,
71,800
• 81,700
' 3,000
15,000
• Total capital • $10,018,656 $46,714,404
Totall capital and income...46,923,984 • 76,526,045
• Increase on capital expenditure, $29,602,059.• •
The Pope's corner stone tor erconneire
• ai.onnuatent. ' •
• A'Rome cablegram says: :OIL -Saturday
the oorner stone given to Canon Brosnan
by the Pope for the O'Connell monument"
at Calliroiveea left Rome for Ireland. •. It
is a genuine &mar stone of - travertine,
weighing several' hundredwei,glit, and was
taken . from the ancient house of St.
Clement, pope and martyr, discovered some
years ago under two superposed ofiurcheo
by an Irish priest, where it had long' suck/
tamed the principal -arch, of the buildi g.
/
On•it have been engraved the words o the,
letter in -Which Leo. XIII. blamed anon
Brosnan's work. The Pope hem also given
Gabon Brosnan a white marliKele,b from
the tomb- of Saint Flayia - Domatilla;
which' will be placed in a, othasPiouout part
of' the projected monothent, with words
uttered by' the Pope ,t'the private audience
granted to the Iris eputatiou in Decem-
ber engraved on • . The eubecriptions- for
the O'Cohnel monument fund' so far
Amount to ,658, £500 of whitth was , re-
ceived by Oanon Brosnan this morning from
his delegate, Father Fitzgerald, now in
,
Rhode Island.- • •
2 a
A Mother poisons Her Eight Children tor
- , Money.• •
A. Berlin cablegram says: A murder trial
• which has aroused much interest in East
• Prussia has just ended at Insterburg. in the
oonviotion and sentence . to death of the
widow Eske for Murder of ninepersons of
her family. The crime as --shown by the
eviclenorwas a most atrocious one. Think-
obtaiii.thelegaoies left by her Ittis-
. band's will th eight children; amounting to
4,800 marks, she administered poition in
their fbod, caueing the death of alicas well
as of a young man who was betrothed to
ohe of the daughters and who lived with the
family. •
, •
Lord Lantdowneat Ottawa.
Lord Lansdowne has 44 fetched ""the in.
habitants of Ottawa by driving hie wife
about -in a sleigh without a servant, " juet
like any other man would, you know." The
doniestio ,oard is a Very strong one in
Canada, but even Lord Daffodil never.
thought Of playing his queen 0 such et.
,colleht ptirpOse..--/Orein, London Vanity Pair.
• ,
If the St. AndreVe-fi Church at Lindsay
will.wait until'ho hoe completed his theo•
logical course at 'Queen or a caniple of
months, Mr. D. MoTatish. M. A.,111
/
ttocepttheir call; St. Andrew's, et gio S-
ton, iti yet Without a pester. A etmamI t -
top Was appointed to select asticeeesor to
Dr. Smith, and they have boon ballotting
for some time, but have not yet been able
to agree upon a candidate,
A great Many driip a tear at the doer of
Poverty, when they thould rather drop a
lapenee. • •
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT"
The Egyptaan Question Disenosed Ost.
Lord. and Coloanients.
A. last (Tuesday) night's Tgiii4ou cable.
gram pays ; The House of Commons to-
day voted that a writ for a new election in
Northampton shall be loaned,
Bit Stafford Northoote Made ill the
House of Commons to -day a motion of pen-
eure similar to the Marquis of Saliabury'e
In the House of Louie,. He paid Egypt
had not received the oat/port fromEngland
she had every right toexpeet. He deolared
that the conduct of the Governmenb would
greatly complieate the present issues, It
would probably olooe the great trade route
from the equatorial laketo the Red Sea,
give an imp.etus to the slave trade, an
greatly dinunish England's prestige.
• Mr. Gladstone, on Aging to reply, w
greeted with loud and prolonged &eerie .
-He denied there had been any vacillation
or iaoonsieteney in the Government's
Egyptian policy. The situation in Egypt
was not a situation which the preeent Goy;
ernmenthad created, but one which they
had found. He said four thousand men
had been ordered to, Suakin:4 and that
General Gordonliad a plan of his own for
extricating the garrisons and restoring the
oountry tq ite fanner paelfie condition.
Mr. Gladdens said that General Gordon'S
plan would restore 'the former rulers to
their ancestral power usurped by Egypt.
Ha strongly opposed the reocniqueet of the
Saudan. • He asked the Home to accord tile
Government the acquittal to which it wa!
entitled. As he. sat dove he was again
loudly cheered.
In making his motion of ceneure in the
House Of Lords to -day the Marquis of Belie
bury said the news would now run through
the whole Mohammedan world that Eng-
land had been defeated again again and'
was now being imatecl out of Egypt. ' Eng.
land'name would be a legaoy of hatred ' •
and ciontenipt to Egyptians. .Be exhorted
the lairds not tabe acoompliPes in this dis-
honor. •
Earl Granville:Raid the policy of the Clov•••
eminent was not directed according to •
eras:ilea in foreign journals. • Englandand
India had no interest in the Soudan, nor
indeed had Egypt any permanent inter et
in that country. Since the defeat ot134
Pasha it has been altogether impossible to
relieve Sinkat. • T138 Govan:intent had no
'intention of annexing Egypt. It would re-
main, there simply dong enough to mute a •
stable Government.
The Marquis of Saliehury's motion was
carried by a .yote of 181 ta-81;---
LISA AIN TAM te.reseiii 4117DS.
- • • •
The Queen's New Book Dedicated' to the ,
Loyal Ilighleindet's and John Brown: '
A. London-cable....apaciaL_As40-: The
Queen's new book," Life in the Highlands,"
'vrill be oat in two or three days. The
_dedication is couched -in -the- -following
worde "To my loyal Highlanders, and.
especially to the memory ofmy devoted
• personal •attendant and faithful friend,
John Brown, these reoords of .rey widowed •
life in Eiootland are gratefully dedicated:-
Vietoria R." In: her opening chapter the
Queen • devotes a• number of pages to John '
•
Brown. She tells how. Brown becamethe
favorite of Trines Albert, and gives fully the
• secrets of • her own , reasons for trusting
bim.„;Then she -minutely , deseribes the
funotions that'Broln fuiffiled in. the Royal
household. `His praises are loudly and
feelingly sung. Other domestion of the
"Coed are mentioned in kindly terms. ,In
nil personal •references the- Queen invari-
ably ads the plural:number. " Ohrbeloyed,
daughter; Beatriee,"." Our devoted atten-
dant, John. 33rown," "Our beloved :uncle; - •
the Eniperor of Germany," -and "Our
deeply,loosented daughter, Alice," receive .
frequent allusion. There is knit refer.
once to the Prinee of Wales .e.only once
act -does oho speak Ofliim at any lengili;Var*
this was on the othiaaidp. of dis severe
frorn typhoid fever. The Queen-roakes. '
long comments npon political events, and
gives .many opinions on • men of the
tithes. She often expreseeo an ova:.
oially • high. • estimate id- 'Lord . Bea.' .
oonsfield She discleseo . Beaconsfield's
'views on the results of th•e .general
election of 11880,. and also his ideas on the
• foreign Elituationabout the time of hie -
death. In thio manifest.preference for the
ideas of the departed statesman ,there is an '
obvious implication- of oritithem of the
policy .d. Md. Gladden°. In/another part •
of the her& the Queen givefi an amount of,
the growth of the friendship . between her. •
self and the . Empre if Eugenie atter 'the
fall of Napoleon. TJ.Ie Queen, professes to.
hold the cbaraotier Of Napoleon, especially
under mieforpulo, in very high estimation.
The book. a whole refers leo to the
Queen's doineetto life than was anticipated,.
while it' han vastly more eommente than
ivere/xpected uponthe sooial and political
ev AM • of •the period. • • The first edition
)stumbens 100,000nopiee. Arran& edition,. ,
by Mato Deonsart, is to appear next week.
The Radical papers make light of the whole
thing. . .•
A JILTED. SCINOOL PlIA'A.111
_ - •
Iskoots a journalist and titen Suicides:.
•
A last (Tuesday) 'night's New York dee-
patoh.sitys At nth street station of the,
Third Avenue Elevated Railway this
morning an -unknown woman shot Victor •
G; Andre in the thigh, and, thinking She.
had killedhira, blew her 'brains out: The - •
shooting occurred while the two with -other
persons were waitingfor a train, and
&Gated Wild excitement. the mai:white'
been taken to the hospital. Andre is a.
•
jeurnalist; connected. -with a German nevni-
paper. He admitted he knew the woman
who shot him, but refused to give any ex-
planation. She Wee young and handsome.
Andre's wotind willprobably prove fatal..
.0 has been ascertained that theyoung
woman was Mies Jennie H. Almay, aged '
24, who taught in a kindergarten School. '
Letters found in Andre' s room, show that •
he hadpromised to marry her, and after. '
welch( deserted her. Hopes are entertained •
of 'Andre's ultimate recovery.
A: PAX:GARY metiettita....
The mend ot a Voltam Carpenter Severed
Prom Ins litidy-Arrest of . a Negro.
. Cook. ' ,
• . A Winnipeg despatch sari : brutal.
. Murder was committed at Calgary on Fri-
day evening inlife more of Graves &
MoKolvie, The viotire was a young car-
penter named Jas, II Adams, from Nate
Brunewiek. Adams and' a negro COOk
• netted Ies t winiama Were last seen
gather in the dere, and were heard .di
puting civet an aocount. Adam Wile found
half an hour afterwards, with We head al.
most severed from his body.. Williams
fled, but was overtaken by Mounted Polioo
and now lies in jail at Calgary. The deed
seeing to have been adoomplished without • ,
etruggle, the clothing was nob totn or the
betty mutilated. Only the skin at the,
beek of the nook held the heed and body
together. • • •
The Emperor *of Germany has ir* lades
Profeesor Sir William Thomson, Of Glae.
gow, a knight of the Order pew 14 Iferite
for Soience and Art. '
fSf Fe*