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The  following  Is  the  text  of  the  new  postage 
bill  as  passed  April  I2th : 
Jie  it  enneted,  iCc,^  Tli.U  mall  matler  of  the.  third 
class  shall  embrace  .til  pa  iiipltlols,  oix'uslonal  pub- 
lleatloiis.  regular  publlcai.lons  devoted  primarly 
to  advertising  purposes,  nr  lor  free  circulation,  or 
for  cireuiaiton  at  nonumil  subscription  rates, 
prices  eiirreut,  catalogues,  annuals,  handbills, 
poster?,  unsealed  clrciihars,  proripcetuses,  books 
bound  or  unbound,  book  manu.-sta  lpts,  proof  sheets, 
maps,  ]irlhus  eiigra  vings,  blanks,  hexlble  patterns, 
samples  of  merclitmdlsc,  sample  cards,  photxi- 
graphie  p.aper,  letter  envelopes,  postol  envelopes 
and  wraiioeis,  cianis,  plain  and  ornamental  paper 
pholngraphlc  representations,  seeds,  eul  lings, 
bulbs,  roots,  eloni,  and  all  other  matter  which 
may  b*  declared  mallaVile  by  law  as  tlilrd  class 
m.atter  nnd  all  oiherarllele,s  notabove  the  weight 
prescribed  by  I<iU',  wlileh  are  not  from  their  form 
or  nature  liable  tn  destroy,  deface,  or  otherwise 
injure  the  contents  ot  t  he  mall  bags,  or  the  person 
of  any  oiio  engaged  In  the  postal  service.  All 
liquid*,  poisons,  giAss,  explosive  materials,  and 
obscene  books  or  papers  sluill  be  excluded  from 
the  ra.aiis. 
.see,  2.  That  packages  of  matter  of  the  i.lilrd  class 
shall  not  exceed  four  pounds  In  weight,  and  shall 
be  subject  to  examination  and  the  rates  of  postage 
hereinafter  provided.  The  postage  on  mall  matter 
of  the.  third  eln.as  slnUl  ho  at  tollowlng  raU' For 
all  distances  one  cent  lor  ouch  ounce,  or  fractional 
part  therf;of.  livery  p.ackagc  of  the  third  class  of 
mall  m.ii  ter  shall  bcarthn  postmark  of  the  oOlcc 
at  which  t  he  same  shall  be  mulled  tor  transport 
atlon. 
Si’ll.  3.  That  postages  on  third  class  matter  shall 
be  prepaid  by  stamps.  It,  however,  the  postage  on 
thinl  class  matter  mailed  at  an  oiTice  ahall  Uti  less 
than  the  full  amouit  above  prescribed  in  .c.ases 
where  the  sender  IS  known,  such  sender  shall  be 
nolJtied  ol  the  fact,  and  the  a  niouiit  of  postage  due 
shall  be  collected  from  such  sender  befoi’c  the 
same  shall  be  transmitted  by  mail.  In  case  the 
sender  Is  not  know  n,  and  It  had  not  been  the  evi¬ 
dent  Intention  of  the  parly  depositing  the  pack¬ 
age  to  pliice  less  timu  the  lull  postage  lJiercon,sueli 
package  shall  he  lorwarded,  and  double  the 
amount  of  the  cieilcleui  post  age  shall  be  colleeted 
from  the  parly  lo  whom  It  is  addres.sed  or  dellver- 
"ed  at  Its  proper  destlnalion. 
Sfc.  4.  Tliat,  the  sender  of  any  artiule  of  the 
third  cla.3s  of  mall  matter  may  w  rite  his  or  her 
name  on  the  outside  thereof,  with  tJie  word  “from” 
above  or  preceding  the  same,  or  may  write  briefly 
or  print  on  anj  package  the  number  ami  namesof 
the  articles  cnclosttl.  riibltshei's  of  newspapers 
and  periodlear.s  may  print  on  the  wrappers  ot  new.s 
papers  or  mag.w,lnes  scut,  from  theofllco  of  publi¬ 
cation  to  regular  subscribers  the  time  w  which 
such  siibscrliiTloii  thei'eior  ha.s  been  paid. 
5.  That  traiialent  newspapers  and  maga¬ 
zines  shall  be  admlUod  to  and  transmitted  in  the 
malls  at  Uie  rated  one  cent  lor  every  three  ounces 
or  fractional  part  thereof,  and  one  cent  for  taich 
two  additional  ounces  or  trae.Uonal  part  thereof, 
sec.  6.  That  t  his  act  .shall  take  effect  ou  and 
alter  the  isl  day  of  duly,  isio. 
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HOME  NEWS  PARAGEAPHS, 
The  House  Committee  on  Foreign  affali's  are  In 
receipt  ot  a  package  of  documents  from  the  Emma 
Mining  Co.  ot  London,  lorwai  ded  at  the  request  ol 
the  Committee.  The  oilglnal  letter  of  resignation 
of  Gen.  Schenck  Is  said  lo  be  of  the  number.  It  Is 
a  Iso  affirmed  i  hat  the  letter  Is  not  In  the  hand¬ 
writing  of  t  he  aforesaid  S.,  his  testimony  to  the  I 
contrar.v,  notwithstanding.  If  this  Is  the  ct^p, 
the  General  will  have  another  opportunity  to  ex¬ 
plain  ills  peculiar  btick  memory  on  facts  of  pecu¬ 
liar  Importance.  It  does  seem  oa  If  the  memory 
is  a  very  untrustworthy  reliance. 
Judge  Lawrence,  from  the  Judiciary  Committee, 
has  submitted  a  bill  and  report.,  which  is  Intended 
to  secure  In  full  the  repayment  of  the  Nation’s 
loan  to  railroads.  A  letter  from  the  Chairman  of 
the  Committee,  addressed  to  various  railroad 
presidents,  Invites  them  to  lay  before  the  Com- 
iiiltU:c  within  ten  days  tUelr  Ideas  on  the  .subject. 
The  Coinmltlec  on  VVay.siiud  Means  will  shortly 
proceed  to  a  con.sideratton  ot  the  Funding  bill,  In- 
l.wduced  by  Fernando  Wood,  which,  It  Is  under¬ 
stood,  has  the  approv.al  of  the  i^ecretary  of  the 
Treitsury.  The  Committee  has  been  urged  to 
take  Immcxllal.*!  action  on  this  blU,  In  order  that 
the  Government  may  avail  itself  of  the  lavor- 
.able  condition  of  the  money  market  In  Europe 
for  the  placing  of  flrstdlass  Government  loans, 
and  of  the  great  amount  of  e-apltal.  especially 
In  Engl.'ind,  now  seeking  Investment  In  a  se¬ 
curity  ol  this  kind. 
Frauds  f*.  JJlalr’s  estate  araounCs  to  only  live 
iHindrtd  dollars.  He  at  least  never  used  his  many 
opportunities  to  make  money  dishonestly,  and  his 
poverty  is  a  large  lUjm  to  his  credit. 
(fuoen  victoria  ts  growing  -well,  less  handsome 
than  ever.  She  will  visit  t  he  continent  the  com¬ 
ing  .summer,  but  cannot  cros.s  the  ocean  to  visit 
our  Centennial. 
I'hc  Uolawaro  and  Hudson  Canal  Company  Is  to 
build  a  new  bridge  aei'oss  the  Hudson,  betwecJi 
Starbuck’H  Island  and  Green  Island.  It  will  bo  of 
lioii,  about  .VH)  feet  long,  and  will  cost  about 
filOO.OOO. 
'I'horo  will  bo  running  and  trotting  races  at,  the 
Buffalo  Driving  Park,  June  13,  14  and  16.  Tlio 
purses  aggregate  about  $2,ii0i);  erUTh'S  close  May 
2T.  The  summer  meeting  will  take  place  Augasl 
1,  2,  3  and  4,  and  the  entries  close  July  is. 
There  are  said  to  be  over  a  thousand  pupils  In 
eatdi  01  the  42  school  buildings  in  Chicago ;  the 
36,9S3  sciiool  children  of  St.  Louis  are  dlstrlbuUHi 
among  W  buildings. 
A  (Usjjatch  from  Allentown,  Penn.,  says  a 
tcTilble  e.xploslon  of  llre-damp  oocurrtxl  In  the 
Nosquehonlng  mines  on  tho  12t.h  Inst.,  killing 
three  men  and  biuJly  wounding  live  others. 
The.  (xjw-boat  Dictator,  owned  by  Hues,  Loomis 
&  Co.,  Icemen  of  lit.  Ixiuls,  dashed  Itself  to  pieces 
.igalusi  tho  Hannibal  bridge  and  dragged  down 
nine  men,  who  were  drowned. 
Hose,  a  mongrel  yellow  dog,  la  tho  mall-caiTlor 
between  Mlnuesoia  and  Dakota,  sixty  miles.  He 
makes  tlie  trip  tor  nothing,  and  boards  himself, 
and  never  falls.  There  seem  to  be  nocompetttoi's 
for  ilic  position. 
Twelve  thou.sand  of  the  iirteen  thousand  dollars 
necessary,  has  been  raised  to  complete  t.he  build¬ 
ing  tor  the  display  ot  dairy  products  at  the  Cen¬ 
tennial. 
About  ?5, 51)0  In  .silver  h-as  been  paid  out  at  the 
U.  8.  Hub-Treasury,  In  Boston. 
Mr.  Welsh  of  the  Centennial  Board  ot  Finance, 
states  that  t  he  wliole  estimated  cost  of  the  Cen¬ 
tennial  will  iunount  to  $s,500,ooo,  which  Is  not  dear 
considering  the  magmtudo  ol  tho  show. 
The  withdrawal  by  Hie  Governincut  of  the  per¬ 
mission  hitherto  granted  American  steamers  to 
carry  cargoes  and  passengers  between  Canadian 
ports,  will  .affect  steamers  whlcn  have  been  tor 
several  years  arriving  at  Halifax  trom  Boston,  and 
then  proceeding  lo  Port  Hawkesbtu'y  and  Cliarles- 
town. 
A  rumor  w.a8  current  recently  in  Baltimore 
that  Don  Carlos,  ot  Spain,  had  arrived  in  B:iltl- 
morc  on  the  steamer  Hibernian,  which  reached 
there  from  Llvei’pool. 
The  House  Committee  on  Appropilatlons  April 
24,  agreed  to  that  portion  of  the  report  of  Its  Sub¬ 
committee  on  Postal  .appropriations  which  relates 
to  the  salaries  ol  poswna.stcrs.  The  plan  pro¬ 
posed,  as  heretofore  published,  provides  tor  a 
aavlug  ot  about  $5(10,000. 
Tlie  figure  of  a  calf  In  wood,  the  hide  being  In¬ 
dicated  by  nails  of  every  size  and  variety,  is  con- 
irtbutod  to  Hie  Centennial,  by  the  Gottenburg 
(Sweden)  .Nall  Fabrlk. 
The  impeachment  managers  have  filed  wltJi  tho 
SecreUiry  of  t  he  .senat!».  their  surrejoinder  to  the 
rejoinder  of  Gen.  Belknap.  They  reiterate  lu 
t  he  name  of  the  House  and  ol  all  the  people  ol  the 
United  States  the  assertions  of  their  first  replicA- 
tlnn  to  the  plea  of  Wm.  IV.  Belknap,  to  tJie  effect 
that  the  Honnto  has  jui’lsdlctlon  to  hoar  and  de¬ 
termine  the  articles  of  Impeucluxiont  preferred, 
and  that  the  liottse  of  liopresentatlves  Is  ready  to 
verirj’  and  prove  the  same. 
Gen.  IJ.  avers  that  he  can,  If  allowed,  prove  by 
accounts,  eUx,  that  lUe  whole  ot  the  ^3u,000,000 
dlsbui-sed  by  his  Department,  while  under  bis  con¬ 
trol,  can  be  accounted  for  to  the  last  cent.  .Also 
that  h(i  never  llvq.'d  beyond  his  moans. 
Tho  coufurrent  resolution  lo  fix  a  common  unit 
of  money  foi-  the  U.  8.  and  Great  Britain  has  been 
reporuid  to  t.he  Senate,  with  a  recommendation 
for  adoption. 
The  failure  of  the  City  National  Bank  ot  Chica¬ 
go  caused  great  surprise  to  the  Cont  roller  of  tho 
Currency.  Tho  latest  reports  from  the  bank 
showed  11  lobe  uppaivmtly strong,  and  nothing 
was  known  in  tVasUlngton  which  led  to  a  belief 
that  the  bank  was  not  lu  sound  and  healthy  con¬ 
dition. 
Jonathan  Palmer  Lopei‘,  son  of  Commodore 
Loper  of  Connecticut,  has  been  pardoned  by  gov. 
i  TUden.  Loper  was  sentenced  to  State  prison, 
;  about  three  yeare  ago,  for  seven  years,  for  ai-son. 
By  direction  ot  the  President  the  following 
I  changes  lu  Supervisors  of  Internal  Revenue  have 
I  been  made  General)  Seynell  transferred  from 
New  York  to  New  England;  Supervisor  Tutton 
from  New  Orleans  to  Philadelplila,  rellevdng 
Supervisor  Hunt  who  Is  sent  to  New  Orleans. 
The  Commissioner  has  not  received  Supervisor 
Matthews's  resignation,  and  has  no  reason  to 
believe  It  is  tendered- 
The  expert  employed  by  the  Printing  Com¬ 
mittee  testlfled  that  after  a  searching  and 
tliorough  examination  of  the  account  books  of  A. 
M.  Cl.app,  Government  Printer,  be  was  led  to  tbe 
conclusion  that  the  books  were  absolutely  and  en¬ 
tirely  falsi?  from  beginning  to  end,  and  that  he 
could  not  make  head  or  tall  of  the  cash  book.  In 
Hil.s  bi'Xjk  he  discovered  errors  In  t  he  footings  ex¬ 
ceeding  fioo.  hiiisUll  tbe  o.'ish  account  baUnced 
to  a  cent.  In  addition  to  the  amount  reported  as 
paid  into  the  'ITeasury  for  wa.stage  and  shavings 
his  ca  lculation  was  that  |60.000  was  unaccoimted 
for  up  to  .March  10,  iSTA  There  were  no  entries 
of  documents  and  materials  furnished  to  private 
firms,  amountlMg  to  several  Hiou.sand  dollars. 
The  expert  then  showed  that  there  was  a  far 
greater denclt  In  tho  transactions  on  account  of 
paper  purchased  since  the  Benaro  investlgailon 
two  years  ago  than  before.  The  report  zihaj  of 
Hie  money  turned  Into  the  Treasury  appeared  m- 
aecurato  in  every  item,  and  the  Treasury  accounts 
as  compared  wdHi  his  own  record  of  money  received 
showed  tnaijthere  was  a  large  denclency  unac- 
couijii'd  for.  In  regard  to  the  bookkeeping  at  the 
Government  printing  omce,  in  response  to  the 
qm.'Stlon  of  the  Chairman,  the  expert  said  he 
could  have  hut  one  opinion  of  the.  bookkeeper, 
and  that  was  that  he  was  a  scoundrel. 
Drexcl,  Morgan  A  Co.  arc  the  highest  bidders 
for  the  whole  or  part  of  the  $5,a8.3,(M)0  known  as 
Hie  Alabama  Claims  Loan. 
As  Michael  Turner  of  Amsterdam,  wa.s  carrying 
Culver  Itatterson  and  John  J.  Snell  across  the 
Mohawk  lu  a  row  boat,  the  boat  struck  the  ferry 
cable,  and  all  three  were  thrown  out  and  drown¬ 
ed.  Snell  and  PatterHon  were  lawyer*. 
A  hall  storm  passed  over  Topeka  on  Saturday 
afternoon,  April  24,  covering  an  area  a  mile  wide 
and  extending  miles  south,  which  destroyed  all 
orchard  and  wheat  crops.  Not  a  single  leaf,  bud, 
or  blossom  was  IcfU  and  a  number  of  cattle  were 
killed.  lhplacesi.be  hall  was  eight  Inches  deep 
and  ot  the  size  or  hens’ eggs.  Wagon  loads  could 
he  scraped  up  Lhlrly-slx  hours  after  It  lell.  Very 
little  dam.ag(?  was  done  In  the  city. 
The  N.  Y.  Democratic  Convention  will  send  a 
a  solid  Tilden  di?legatlon  to  St.  Louis. 
MassachusettA  Convention  has  concluded,  at 
lea-st  the  major  part.,  that  Bristow  is  about  the 
s(vrT,  of  man  honest  Kepubllcans  will  vote  for. 
The  N.  J.  Republican  Convention  will  meet  at 
Trenton  May  17th. 
The  Impeachment  pi-oceedlngs  progress.  Bel¬ 
knap  through  his  lawyers  asked  that  the  case  be 
adjo!inK‘d  until  December  uexu  The  Senate 
voted  unanimously  against  it.  Judge  Biai^k,  Mr. 
Carpenter  and  Mr.  Blair,  are  the  ex-Seceretary’s 
counsel. 
In  Miteouidu  couniy  HI.,  wheal  looks  well  and 
.^t.-?;pi)Ct.s  are  fair  tor  a  good  crop.  Fruit  seems 
to  be  all  right  yet,  with  the  exception  or  pi^ache-s. 
The  Colorado  and  ot.her  mines  have  commenced 
shipping  ores  to  the  Centennial  Exjiosillon.  One 
sends  a  single  mass  of  ore  weighing  4,500  pounds. 
M r.  Blaine  has  made  his  speech  defending  him¬ 
self  against  tho  chaiges  preferred  by  Mr.  Harrison 
of  Indianapolis.  Mr.  H,  swiys  tbe  country  will 
hear  from  him  again  on  this  subject.  Ho  wm 
make  it  Blaine  lo  the  dullest  that  he  knows 
wherf?of  he  speaks. 
A  despatch  from  Chicago  states  that  the  rates 
over  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  and  Erie 
line  were  on  grain  twenty-five  cents  and  fifty  cents 
on  tlour.  Freights  arc  very  much  unsettled,  and 
figures  as  low  us  twenty  eentte  were  heard  of. 
The  New  Orleons  people  are  afraid  that  Captain 
Eads’s  jetties  are  not  ilio  thing  after  all.  They 
haven't  improved  trade  nor  reduced  taxation  nor 
increased  immigration  nor  given  evei  y  other  man 
an  office  under  Government,  nor  even  given  the 
city  a  navy  yard,  with  an  unequalled  harbor  on 
the  ocean.  Those  arc  sweetly  solemn  t  houglils, 
and  should  lead  to  an  immediate  InvosUgatlon  of 
somebody  or  something. 
Bernard  Flaherty,  better  known  as  Barney  wil¬ 
liams,  tho  Irish  commedlan,  died  .A.pril  25tli  of 
liai’alypls.  In  his  home  at  41  Ea.st  Thirty-eighth 
street,  N.  Y.  He  was  born  In  Cork  on  the  itith  ot 
J  uiie,  1 S24.  His  fat  her  was  a  sergeant  in  the  Brit- 
isli  army,  and  after  Ids  death  Mrs.  Flaherty  and 
her  two  sons  and  three  daughters  eni’graied  to 
New  York. 
Judge  Fullerton,  of  counsel  for  Mr.  Jloulton  In 
his  suit  against  Henry  Ward  Beecher,  served  no¬ 
tice  of  appeal  from  Judge  Dykman’s  decision  sus¬ 
taining  the  demurer  of  deiendant  on  Mr.  Shear¬ 
man,  counsel  for  Mr.  Beooher.  The  ajgiuaent  on 
the  appeal  is  to  be  made  at  the  General  Term  lu 
Poughkeepsie  on  the  stli  of  May. 
The  new  line  to  Philadelplila  by  way  of  Bound 
Brook  and  the  Delaware  river  was  opened  lor  the 
pubUc  May  1st. 
Senator  Jones  of  Nevada  has  finished  his  great 
speech  on  the  .silver  question,  after  speaking  six 
hours  In  all.  No  speech  of  this  session  lias 
attracted  such  marked  interest,  and  few,  indeed, 
of  any  session.  Much  ot  Its  effect  was  lost  owing 
to  the  fact  that  he  read  from  proof-slips  Instead 
01  committing  and  delivering  u  off-hJind.  Nearly 
all  the  Senators  congratulated  him  at  the  close, 
and  tor  several  minutes  he  received  quite  an 
ovation.  Senator  Sherman,  Chairman  of  the 
Finance  Committee,  subsequently  congratulated 
him  In  the  open  Senate  with  warm  words  of 
praise. 
The  New  York  Legislature  adjourned  on  May  3. 
The  hill  to  equalize  ossessements  upon  real  and 
personal  prop(?rty,by  permliilng  a  wrli  of  cer  Horan 
to  the  Supreme  Court  on  complaint  of  any  taxpay¬ 
er  that  his  property  has  been  assessed  higher 
than,  his  neighbors  passed  the  Senate. 
Adjutant-General  Wlkoff  has  left  Cohimhus,  O., 
for  Massillon  to  direct  the  movement  of  troops, 
which  have  been  ordered  te  the  Mahoning  mining 
region,  the  civil  authorities  having  informed  Gov. 
Hayes  that  they  are  unable  to  render  the  requisite 
protection  to  the  properly  of  operators  and  the 
lives  of  miners  who  desired  to  work. 
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FOREIGN  NOTES. 
A  DisrATH  from  the  Barbadoes  Defence  Associ¬ 
ation  of  Barbadoes,  to  the  West  India  Committee, 
London,  says:  “Riots  have  occurred  throughout 
the  isl.ands.  Plantoilons  and  hoiLse.s  have  been 
sacked,  animals  destroyed,  and  an  enormous  de¬ 
struction  of  jiroperty  taken  place.  .More  than 
forty  or  the  rioter.4  have  been  shot.  The  troops 
art.*  actively  employed  The  city  of  Bridgetown  Is 
threatened.  Bu.*lue3.s  i.s  suspended  and  families 
are  seeking  the  shipping  lor  safety.  Tlio  rloterfe 
say  that  they  have  the  Governor’s  sanction  for 
their  actions.  The  Immediate  recall  of  the  Gov¬ 
ernor,  John  ro])e  llennevssy,  c.  M.  G.,  Is  requisite 
to  save  the  colony.’’ 
’I’he  Prince  or  VVnlc.s  and  T’rince  Arthur  (the 
Duke  of  Cofiunnght)  have  arrived  .at  Madrid. 
King -\ironso  and  .suite  awaited  their  arrival  at 
the  southern  Railway  stetlon,  with  a  detachment 
of  Infantry  tririnlng  a  guard  oi  honor.  I’he  King 
and  the  Princes,  with  their  suil-ca,  euterod  the  city 
in  seven  carriages,  each  drawn  by  four  horses, 
(*scoii»_‘d  h.v  the  Royal  Hoi-in.'gaards.  on  the  ar¬ 
rival  of  the  roytil  party  at  the  palace  they  were 
received  b.v  the  grandees  of  Spiiin,  the  Ministers, 
and  Court,  ofllcers,  and  the  royal  band  playing 
“God  Save  the  (^iiecn." 
'Fhc  announcement  of  the  end  of  the  Insurrec¬ 
tion  in  .Mgerta  was  jirematnre.  The  Insurgents 
recently'  .attacked  the  French  camp,  but  were  vig¬ 
orously’  repulsed. 
Mr.  Godlove  S.  (jrih.  United  States  Minister  to 
Austria,  and  family’,  will  s.all  from  Liverpool  for 
New  York  in  the  steamer  Egypt. 
A  French  farmer,  near  Bordeatut,  to  protect  his 
crops  from  the  frost,  recently  placed  four  large 
heaps  of  wood  and  dried  leaves  saturated  with 
oil,  in  a  loiir-acre  lot,  and  .set  fire  to  them.  They 
pnxluocd  a  thick,  black  smoke,  which  hung  over 
Hie  ground  like  a  mist,  and  the  lemperatui’e  be¬ 
came  two  or  three  degrec.4  higher  than  in  adjoin¬ 
ing  fii:  ld.s.  The  cost  was  estimated  at  seven  cents 
an  hour  for  each  acre. 
A  caucus  of  tho  National  Liberals  was  held  at 
Berlin  to  consider  the  bill  providing  tor  the  sale  of 
the  Prussian  railways  to  the  Empire.  No  formal 
vote  was  taken,  but  the  fact  appeared  that  all  ex¬ 
cept  nboui  six  members  of  Ihc  party  will  support 
Hie  Government. 
The  Hungarian  Ministers,  It  Is  reported,  will 
neither  aeccjjl  nor  refuse  tho  compromise,  but  de¬ 
mand  further  concessions  fi  oui  Austria.  If  neither 
Cabinet  recodes  from  lt»s  position  a  change  of  gov¬ 
ernment  is  IneviUiblc  and  the  situation  will  be¬ 
come  crltJcaL 
The  Egyptian  troops  have  begun  ther  homeward 
movement  from  Abyssinia. 
They  are  still  llghUng  in  Central  America. 
Down  there  they  Don  their  armor  without  regard 
to  .Sknority, 
The  Imperial  Railway  hill  passed  Its  second 
reading  In  the  Prussian  Chamber  of  Deputies  by  a 
vote  of  -206  against  165. 
The  Bultan  has  asked  Egypt  for  troops  and 
money'  to  relieve  the  Turkish  garrisons. 
The  plague  is  increasing  In  Mesopotamia.  It  Is 
becoming  a  Bvkias  thing. 
Count  Von  Arnlra  has  been  dismissed  from  the 
public  8(?rvlco. 
A nother  Ironclad  for  the  English  navy;  the  In- 
FLMxiBLB.  The  Princess  Louise  did  the  christen¬ 
ing.  11  must  hfiv(.*  been  a  stiff  affair. 
The  tollowlng  telegram  was  received  by  the 
Colonial  Bank  trom  Barbadoes:  “  Forty  persons 
have  been  killed  aud  wounded,  and  five  hundred 
lirtsontTS  taken.  Rioting  ts  suspended,  but  the 
posiuon  is  threatening.  Confidence  In  the  Gov¬ 
ernment  is  entirely  gone.”  That  Immortal  40 
must  have  lost  conflclence  in  themselves  also. 
The  King  or  Dahomey  has  refused  to  pay  the 
line  recently  Imposed  on  lilm  for  maltreating  a 
British  subjeci,  aud  lias  sent  an  lusultmg  message 
to  the  British  Commodore,  inviting  him  to  visit 
Abomey,  whore  he  promises  to  pay  the  demand 
in  powder  aud  bullets. 
The  fate  or  the  EgypUan  army  In  Abysslna, 
seems  to  have  fired  the  -tlrican  heart. 
A  public  meeimg  was  held  at  Lyons,  France,  on 
April  30,  which  was  attended  by  3,OoO  citizens.  A 
resolution  in  favor  of  complete  amnesty  was 
imanlmously  adopted.  The  Deputies  oi  the  De- 
partraenl  ot  the  Rhone  were  present.  Great  en¬ 
thusiasm  was  manifested  on  the  passage  of  the 
resoluUon. 
The  revolt  In  Algeria  has  heen  completely  sub¬ 
dued.  The  leadera  have  beencapiiu’cd  and  are 
held  as  hostages  for  the  good  conduct  ol  their 
tribes. 
The  following  Is  official:  “  Mukhtar  Pasha  tele¬ 
graphs  that  he  has  entered  Nlcslc  In  triumph, 
after  defeating  the  great  mass  of  Insuig!3nts  at 
Presjeka  aud  occupylftg  their  lutrenchmente. 
Nlcslc  has  heen  revictualed.” 
■At  last  tho  Turks  seem  to  have  made  provision 
lor  prosecuting  the  campaign  vigorously. 
The  Russian  Ooverurneut  means  to  see  that  the 
Insurgents  and  'I'urks  shall  have  their  little  affairs 
out  unaided,  as  the  following  despatch,  dated  St. 
Petersburg,  April  30,  shows :  “  The  PoiTo  has  not 
asked  for  t  he  armed  intei-ventlon  of  the  Powers, 
hut  mei'ely  their  moral  co-operation  to  prevent 
the  insurgents  from  obtaining  extraneous  aid.” 
An  Imperial  decree  Is  published,  restoring  suf¬ 
frage  to  Inhabitants  of  Alsace  and  Lorraine  who, 
while  electing  to  retain  French  nationality’,  are 
domiciled  In  those  provinces. 
