token of the pleasure she had received through the late loyal welcome from the citizens, and in recognition of his own services.

18. Mr. M'Arthur (Gladstonian) returned for the St. Austell division of Cornwall by 3,540 votes, against 3,329 polled for Mr. Brydges Willyams (Unionist).

At a meeting of the Eighty Club, called to determine its attitude towards Home Rule, 143 voted in support of Mr. Gladstone's policy, against 55 Unionists. The minority subsequently withdrew from the Club.

Mr. O'Brien, on attempting to leave his hotel in Toronto in order to proceed to Ottawa, is mobbed by a large crowd. Stones were thrown at the party, some of them being injured, and Mr. O'Brien had to escape down an alley and return to his hotel. The crowd

afterwards destroyed the windows of a cigar shop in which Mr. O'Brien was believed to have taken refuge.

19. The Emperor of Russia received in great state at Novo-Tscherkask by the Don Cossacks, to whom he presented his eldest son as their Hetman.

Died, aged 78, Francisque Michel, an eminent writer upon philology and AngloNorman history.

22. The Speaker of the House of Commcns, attended by the two ex-Speakers, Viscounts Eversley and Hampden, and about 450 members of the House of Commons, proceed in state to a special service at St. Margaret's, Westminster, in celebration of the Queen's Jubilee. The sermon was preached by the Bishop of Ripon. Both the Archbishops and most of the Chapter of Westminster attended.

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23.-Dublin Corporation agreed by twentyfive votes to five not to take any part in the public proceedings in connection with Her Majesty's Jubilee.

The sale of the French Crown jewels, which closed to-day, realised 7,207,252 francs.

Mr. O'Brien's reception at Hamilton, as had been anticipated, was of a hostile nature, and it was even said that a deliberate plot existed to murder him. On leaving the hall where he had spoken to an audience of about 1,500 Irish sympathisers, eight shots were fired after the vehicle in which Mr. O'Brien was riding, but without effect, and he reached his hotel in safety.

24. Died, aged 92, the Hon. Sir Charles Cooper, late Chief Justice of South Australia.

Died, aged 87, the Ven. FrederickTwisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, Lord Saye and Sele, Archdeacon of Hereford, and Canon of the Cathedral.

27. After restorations and rebuildings extending over four years, the Lantern Tower of Peterborough Cathedral, which had shown signs of subsidence, completed and reopened to the public.

28.-The Prince and Princess of Wales opened the new wing of the Deaconesses' Institution and Hospital, named after Mr. Samuel Morley, and erected at the expense of his sons.

- Disastrous explosion at Udston Colliery, lying between High Blantyre and Hamilton, this (Saturday) morning, by which seventythree miners lost their lives; a large number more were seriously injured, and many men, who were ultimately rescued, had their lives placed in jeopardy. At half-past six o'clock in the morning 158 men descended the mine to begin work, the usual inspection of the lamps taking place at the pit-head. Everything went well until half-past nine o'clock, when the workers on the surface heard a loud report from underground, and presently a large volume of flame and smoke shot with great velocity up No. 1 shaft, scorching the woodwork of the pit-head framing, and setting fire to some of the timbers. At No. 2 shaft the cage was blown up by the force of the explosion. In the afternoon Mr. Ralph Moore, H.M. Inspector of Mines, received a telegram from the Queen expressing sympathy with the sufferers, and stating that she hoped some of the men entombed might be rescued. Moore, in his telegram of reply, while thanking Her Majesty for her kindly feelings, had however to state that there was no prospect of any more men being got out of the mine alive,

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29. Mr. William O'Brien arrived at Boston this (Sunday) morning and met with an enthusiastic reception. In the evening he addressed a crowded meeting in the theatre, and declared that there had been kindled in Canada a blaze which would make Lord Lansdowne's life upon his throne in Ottawa less enviable than that of the homeless peasants in Luggacurrat. Two thousand dollars were raised for the Eviction Fund.

30. The nineteenth annual Congress of the Co-operative Societies opened at Carlisle, under the presidency of Mr. G. J. Holyoake, one of the founders of the movement, and attended by about 500 delegates.

31.-The Sikh priests of the golden temple at Umritsuhr, having learned that the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh had openly lent himself to Russian intrigues, discontinued to offer the customary prayers for his welfare.

A destructive fire breaks out on the quays at Hamburg to-night. Over twenty railway trucks laden with goods were destroyed. An English vessel, the Gladiator, was burned to a complete wreck, and the City of Dortmund and the Progress, from Goole, were seriously damaged.

June 1.-Presiding over a conference of the National Radical Union at Birmingham Mr. Chamberlain said that Liberal Unionists had hitherto been afraid of taking a forward movement lest they should injure the chances of conciliation, but this could not indefinitely continue. The time had arrived for a new departure. They could not join the Gladstonians in a surrender to the Parnellites. No doubt they would be taunted with an alliance with Tories, but at least their allies would be English gentlemen, and not subsidised agents of a foreign conspiracy. The Government might be Tory, but if its measures were liberal he was prepared to discuss them on their merits. Old party names had lost their meaning. They might have to discard them, and find new ones better representing the facts of the situation. Mr. Chamberlain read a letter in which Lord Hartington complained that the only object of the Gladstonians seemed to be to retain at any cost the support of the Parnellites, to follow their leadership, and adopt their Parliamentary methods.

2.-The memorial erected by the Islay Association to the late John Francis Camp

bell, who was chief and patron of the association for nearly a quarter of a century, and otherwise widely known in the field of Highland literature, unveiled at Islay by the Marquis of Lorne. The monument, which is of grey granite, is over thirty feet in height.

3.-The Emperor of Germany lays a stone to inaugurate a canal projected for connecting the North Sea with the Baltic,

Died, aged 68, William Almon Wheeler, late Vice-President of the United States.

4. At Swansea, where he was sojourning as the guest of Sir Hussey Vivian, Mr. Gladstone delivers two speeches having a marked effect on the present position of political parties. He spoke of public business as being still blocked by the Irish question. His Government, he said, had endeavoured to remove this block by remedying Ireland's chief grievance, but the present Government, on the contrary, were increasing that block by a further invasion of the liberties of Ireland. He denied that he was responsible for the delay in the progress of the Crimes Bill. That delay was due to the mismanagement of the Government itself, and to the indisposition of Ireland to submit tamely to the lash. At a dinner in the evening Mr. Gladstone denied that he had made the exclusion of the Irish members from Westminster an essential part of his Home Rule scheme, and he also drew attention to the fact that he had previously stated his belief that a land scheme which did not raise the question of English credit was quite practicable. Little had been said on the question of Home Rule in recent months, because the subject had been barred by coercion, which, in its turn, was at one time in danger from the painful question raised by an attempt to ruin a man who possessed the confidence of five or six millions of Her Majesty's subjects through the use of weapons which all right-minded men indignantly condemned. The right hon. gentleman expressed his willingness to accept any invitation from Lord Hartington to a social conference having for its object the re-union of the Liberal party. He insisted that what he desired was a scheme which, while securing the supremacy of the Imperial Parliament and the unity of the Empire, would give the management of Irish affairs to a strictly Irish authority, accepted as such by the Irish nation.

The Cunard steamer Umbria completes the quickest Atlantic passage on record from Queenstown, her time being six days two hours aud thirty-seven minutes.

Mr. O'Brien's refusal to attend the labour demonstration at New York this evening creates great commotion in local politics. The members of the Labour Union considered themselves affronted, and Mr. O'Brien's action was freely denounced. Father M'Glynn, in the course of a speech, averred that Mr. O'Brien

was himself a landlord at heart, and the only difference between him and Lord Lansdowne was that his figure was 10 or 20 per cent. lower.

5.-Died at Upper Norwood, Edward Francis Harrison, C.S.I., of the Bengal Civil Service; he held the appointment of Comptroller-General of India for twelve years.

6. The Council of the Society of Arts awarded to the Queen the Albert medal for the year "for distinguished merit in promoting arts, manufactures, and commerce.'

Mr. Gladstone presented with the freedom of the borough of Swansea, and at the same time opened the new building of the Swansea Free Library. The Corporation and various local authorities, trade and benefit societies, marched in procession from the Town Hall about noon to the Free Library building to receive Mr. Gladstone, who arrived there from Singleton at half-past twelve. The freedom was presented in the chief room of the library, and when replying in declaring the library building opened, Mr. Gladstone referred to the history of the free library movement, and its influence, in connection with education, in diminishing crime.

7.-The Marquis of Lothian, Secretary for Scotland, takes the oath of office as Keeper of the Great Seal before a full bench of Judges of the Court of Session. Thereafter he was presented by the Solicitor-General with the Great Seal, and delivered a short speech, in which he said that the interests of Scotland were already looking to the office as their centre, and with greater hope for the future. His lordship was afterwards presented with the freedom of Edinburgh.

Speaking at Cardiff on his return from Swansea, Mr. Gladstone admitted that while there might be a majority of what he termed Parliamentary England against his Irish policy, he expressed a belief that a decided majority of the people of national England was with him. He dwelt at length on the isolation of Parliamentary England not only in respect of sister nationalities, but the British colonies, the American continent, and European States. He believed that the English constituencies would now, if they had the opportunity, listen to the voice of reason and justice. In conclusion, he urged that we should follow the example of other countries in granting autonomy to sister nations, and bring to an end the long, tragic, miserable tale which seven centuries had made up of England's treatment of Ireland.

Two more evictions carried out on Colonel O'Callaghan's estate of Bodyke, both of them with considerable opposition from the tenants. At the first house visited that of an old man named Patrick Macnamara, farming about twenty acres-great trunks of trees

had been placed end wise and the doorway and the windows blocked with bushes. The Sheriff's men attacked the house from behind with pickaxes, and when a hole was made they were assailed with pans of boiling meal and dirty water by the inmates, led by a niece of Macnamara's named Johannah Kennedy, whose parents were evicted about forty years ago. A file of police entered the house first and arrested the inmates-Frank Macnamara, son of the tenant, his three sisters, and Miss Kennedy-but the women were afterwards released. Mr. Davitt witnessed the eviction, and afterwards complimented Miss Kennedy on her spirited defence of the house. The other eviction was that of Henry Murphy, a man with six children. Hot stirabout was here also flung on the crowbar men, and one was slightly scalded. This eviction concluded the day's work, and the troops and police returned again to Fort Anne.

7.-The old palace of the Archbishops of Canterbury at Croydon, together with a portion of the grounds, purchased by the Duke of Newcastle for presentation to an Anglican sisterhood.

8.-On the Commons resuming consideration of the Criminal Law Amendment (Ireland) Bill, Mr. Healy moved to omit the preamble to the clause which said, "Whereas it is expedient to amend the law relating to the place of trial of offences committed in Ireland for receiving more fair and impartial trials, and for relieving jurors from danger to their lives, property, and business, be it enacted," &c. The hon. gentleman said these were offensive and unnecessary words. Mr. A. J. Balfour replied that the Government, while they did not insist on every part of this clause being passed without amendment, had always laid it down as one of the chief grounds of justification of this bill that a fair trial could not be obtained by juries in Ireland. A long discussion, taken part in by Mr. John Morley, followed, and the amendment was ultimately rejected by a majority of 64.

he state what period should elapse before the Bill should be reported. The House afterwards went into Committee on the fourth clause of the Crimes Bill. In the course of subsequent debate the cloture was once applied. Mr. Balfour intimated that the Government intended to withdraw the second sub-section of the clause dealing with the change of venue to England, and substitute trial by a Commission of Judges. The sub-section was by leave withdrawn.

9.—An unusual ceremony witnessed at Elswick Cemetery, Newcastle, to-day. Two Chinese sailors who had died from dropsy in the local infirmary were interred by their comrades after rites usually observed on such occasions in China. What is known as "joss" paper was scattered on the way to the Cemetery in order to purchase the happiness of the deceased in the next world, and, arrived at the grave, the mourners, forty in number, bowed their faces to the earth three times.

Serious fire at the Manhattan oil wharf at Silvertown on the banks of the Thames, which at one time threatened the destruction of 80,000 gallons of paraffin oil. By the efforts of the firemen the fire was isolated; but although the tanks were saved enormous destruction was done to other property.

Died, at his residence in Cadogan Mansions, Sloane Square, aged 72, George J. F. Hatton, eleventh Earl of Winchelsea and Nottingham.

10. In the Commons Mr. W. H. Smith moves that at 10 P.M. on Friday, 17th June, if the Criminal Law Amendment (Ireland) Bill was not previously reported from Committee of the whole House, the Chairman should put the question, clause by clause, that such clause stand part of the Bill, and that when this was done progress should be forthwith reported. Mr. Parnell moved an amendment, declaring that the House refused to grant the request of the Government, and contended that the Government were themselves their own obstructors. The debate was continued by Sir William Harcourt, Mr. Goschen, and others. At ten minutes past eleven o'clock Mr. Smith moved "that the question be now put." The question was then put when there voted-for the closure, 284; against, 167-majority 117. The House then divided on Mr. Parnell's amendment. The result was-for the amendment, 181; against, 301-majority for Government, 120. Two further amendments were proposed and rejected by large majorities, and the closure was again applied. The main resolution was then put to the House, when there voted-for the resolution, 245; against, 93-majority for Government, 152.

11. Three hundred members of Parliament visited Portsmouth to witness experiments with war-ships and torpedoes.

11.-Continuation of Bodyke evictions, four more tenants being dispossessed of their holdings. Michael O'Callaghan, of Knockbreck, Peter Wall, Pat Lyddy, and Michael Hill were the four tenants put out, and a fifth, Thady Collins, of Lisbareen, near the house of O'Halloran, was spared in consequence of the illness of a married daughter. A most exciting scene occurred at Peter Wall's house. Four girls and the tenant's mother were inside, and they maintained a stubborn resistance, showering buckets of hot water on the heads of the bailiffs. One of them attacked a policeman with a salmon gaff, while the others picked stones from the walls as the crowbar men demolished them and threw them out. The police eventually rushed in and overpowered the girls, one of whom returned with a bleeding cut on the head.

13.-The House of Lords give judgment in the appeal from the decision of the Court of Session with reference to an alleged unauthorised publication by Mr. Sime, bookseller, Glasgow, of lectures delivered by Edward Caird, Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Glasgow. The Sheriff-Substitute (Lees) granted interdict against the publication of the lectures, but the Second Division of the Court of Session recalled the interdict, holding that the publication did not constitute an infringement of any legal right of property belonging to Professor Caird. The House of Lords, by a majority, restored the decision of Sheriff Lees.

The centenary celebration of the Marylebone Cricket Club commenced at Lord's Ground, under very favourable circumstances. A large body of the Kentish constabulary suddenly called upon to preserve order at Chatham, where riotous demonstrations had broken out against the Jezreelites, a religious sect formed about two years previously by James White, a private soldier.

14. The jubilee yacht race round the British Isles started by the Prince of Wales at Southend in presence of a large concourse of spectators. Nine yachts sailed, and late in the afternoon Mabel was leading by three miles. Won on the 27th by Sir R. Sutton's yacht Genesta, which completed the circuit of the United Kingdom (1,590 miles) in 12 days 16 hours and 55 minutes.

Speaking as the guest of the City of London Liberal Unionist Club, Mr. Chamberlain said he rejoiced that the signs of the times were in favour of the Unionists, and that the game of lawlessness and disorder was up at last. The people were now examining Mr. Gladstone's doctrines for themselves, and their faith in his judgment and patriotism had been rudely shaken. He was glad that further responsibility for negotiation at a Round Table had been shifted from him to Lord Hartington, in whom he had entire confidence. They had

caused Mr. Gladstone to abandon his Home Rule Bill and his Land Bill, and this was a feather in the caps of the Unionists. They had been forced to support the present Government rather than accept the Parnellite yoke. Old reactionary Toryism was dead, and there were great and important questions upon which a national party could unite.

14.-The Duchess d'Alençon, Princess Sophie of Bavaria, and at one time betrothed to the late King Ludwig II., removed to a private asylum near Graz, her health having broken down under mental anxiety combined with diphtheria and scarlet fever.

15.-The Reform Club celebrate the jubilee of the Queen and the jubilee of the club, which was opened fifty years ago, by a ball, at which 3,000 persons were present, including all the leading members of the Liberal party.

The Marylebone Club centenary match at Lord's Ground, London, concluded to-day, when, as was almost inevitable, the England Eleven gained a most decisive victory, defeating the M.C.C. by an innings and 117 runs.

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Mr. Carlisle Graham succeeded in shooting the Niagara Rapids on a life-saving raft of his own invention-of which the principal feature was a large barrel. Mr. Graham's desire to ride outside the barrel was overcome by the authorities, and his journey inside was performed without the least hitch; having passed through the eddy where Captain Webb lost his life, and having spun round the whirlpool, Mr. Graham came safely to land about three miles below his starting-point.

16.-The Queen leaves Balmoral this morning for the Jubilee Celebrations in London, being timed to reach Windsor early to-morrow. The Crown Prince and Princess of Germany arrived in London on the 15th.

Celebrations in honour of Her Majesty's Jubilee being general throughout the kingdom, the occasion was also taken advantage of for the performance of numerous interesting ceremonials.

In the Commons, on the motion that the House go into Committee on the Crimes Bill, Mr. Dillon moved the adjournment of the sitting in order to call attention to the Bodyke

evictions and the conduct of the police in carrying them out. Immediately the majority of the Conservative members present rose and left the House. The hon. member urged that the Government ought to grant an inquiry, so as to enable the Irish members to lay their statements before a Committee, and that the Committee might decide once for all whether the charges made were well founded. Mr. A. J. Balfour said his information was that the police had behaved well, and as for the evictions the Government was bound to act as it had done. The discussion was continued by Mr. John Morley, Sir Wm. Harcourt, and Lord Randolph Churchill, and a division was taken at one o'clock this morning, when the motion for adjournment was defeated by 246 votes to 165.

16.-Died, aged 63, Theodore Walrond, C. B., Civil Service Commissioner.

17. The Prince and Princess of Wales laid the foundation-stone of a Home for Destitute Boys in St. Giles's, to be called "Shaftesbury House," as a memorial of the distinguished philanthropist, and in commemoration of the Queen's Jubilee.

In the Commons several amendments to the sixth clause of the Crimes Bill were rejected. Sir Charles Russell moved to leave out the clause altogether, and he was speaking at ten o'clock when the Chairman rose to put the question, and had to stop. Immediately afterwards the Irish members stood up. The Chairman said hon. gentlemen must resume their seats. He repeated the order three times, and each time there were cries of "No." The Irish members then began to walk out of the House amid ironical cheers. The Chairman then said the question was that clause 6 stand part of the Bill, and he declared. that the "Ayes" had it. A division was challenged, and the members left the House to vote. The Opposition was led by Mr. Gladstone, who was loudly cheered as he led his followers into the "No" lobby. After having voted, the Gladstonian members walked out of the House. The result of the voting was-to add the clause, 332; against, 163-majority for the clause, 169. The result was received with loud cheers. All the remaining clauses were added without any opposition.

Mr. William O'Brien arrives at Queenstown, on returning from his mission to Canada. In reply to an address, he said his mission had succeeded, and had turned Lord Lansdowne's throne in Canada into a public pillory, where he stood wriggling and shivering under the scorn and contempt of the people he was supposed to govern. Mr. O'Brien was afterwards presented with the freedom of the city of Cork. In an address he said the Irish people in their struggles had the sympathy of the American people.