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THE TIMES. 'MONDAY MARCH 24, "1890. CONTENTS. HUSCK BISMARCK'S RESIGNATION: a Qttmt wttb ti wraof(pJ) NEWS FROM INDIA AND BURMAH A BATUrACTOET SrPGKT. TBB C1TIN LTJ8HAI EXPEDITION.

TBI MUUM TBBATT SI6KEP MADAMS TSITSRRIKOVA ASP THE CZAR (p.5) KCTT RUSSIAN LOAN' THE rRINCE OF WALES IN BERLIN ruses etosci ixtested una tie BLACK EAGLE (pi)) THE BERLInTaBOUU CONFERENCE (p.5) DUTB OF THE DUKE OF MANCHESTER (p.10) GUINNESS TRUST: MUNIFICENT GIFT BY LORD CADOOAX (p.8) CUAUEEE COXCEETS (aT) THE RAILWAY RATES INQUIRY IN EDINBCROH (.3) PRACTICE OF TIIK UNIVERSITY CREWS (p.H) THE ASSIZES (p.7) FOOTBALL COTULXD V. WALES: OOEINTntAXS T. (iCKCXI rAEE. C.LASOOW fpt) THE COTTON TRADE (p.12) DISASTERS AT SKA LOSS OF LIFE (p.10) CRETE (p.) LABOUR AND WAGES QUESTIONS (p.7) AGRICULTURE (p.) ODERG ROUND RIFLE RANGES (p.7) A SC A I (p.9) ELECTION INTELLIGENCE (p.10) THE STAN LET A AFRICAN ART SALES (p.10) THE RACING SEASON (p.S) COKRESrONDEXCE umi cocttt coeval, uiion Knu iu. (all) run urt cot Run (loan cdmi tox) t) Tmi ia ii er uut Umo DCs kitix) (pT); the iiuuu uioatiu (raic aaoront) (b.7) rat uuuoi irciiow ttsnaai.

wilus) tpt); woa scout's rart (at); raxa BBCCATIOC (LCD ZAaaOWST) (p.) LEADING ARTICLES: rrEUO raises bisuaecv and thx EXTEEOE; THE AFfAlRS Or CKETE; THE BIEKTX TXEATT LO.VDO.V. AfOA7Ur, XAECU 21, 1S0. To dsy Me. Biirorx will introduce hit Bill to provide further facilities for the purchase of land in Inland, for the improvement of the condition ci the poorer and more congested districts, and fx the constitution of a Land Department. His speech is awaited with interest on more grounds than one." The Bill he is expound is one of the principal measures of the Session, I dealing with a question of admitted importance and difficulty.

It, is understood that it will con siderably extend the area of operations of the kind already provided for by. the Ashbourne Act, subject to two principal conditions. It will bo voluntary and not compulsory in its operation, and will; facilitate, without forcing, auy transfers cf land mutually agreed upon by persons coming to terms in the ordinary way. At the same time, provisions will, we iro assured, bj introduced, whereby the risk to the British tixpayers involved in the advance of money for that purpose will be rendered exceedingly if not practically obviated altogether. We await with interest, and some anxiety, tho disclosure of the provisions in this portion of the Bill, as it is essential that the security offered to landlord as an inducement to sell should be good and sound, and we do not see how that can be effected without some possible, though not at all probable, risk to the British Treasury.

He. Bal voce's Bill, however, contemplates more than the establishment of a peasant proprietary by the ordinary methods of purchase. It is to deal with the congested districts in which not even a gift of the fee simple of tho soil would appreciably improve the condition of the cultivators. For these districts there is no visible remedy except the migration or emigration of a certain portion of the redundant population. This obviously cannot be effected except in conjunction with an extensive scheme of land purchase, and the double reform will be of a magnitude rendering necessary the establishment of the Land Department to be provided by th Bill.

Thus the experiment which the Government are about to make is of a bold and extensive kind, and, though not unprecedented in the history of other nations, may fairly be said to be beset with unprecedented difficulties. The development of Mb. BALrocs's plan will be watched with peculiar interest of a per sonal kind. He has proved himself an excellent administrator and debater, equally energetic in action and skilful in defence. He now comes forward in a new character that of a constructive legislator.

A more difficult, task could not well be found than that which lies before him, but he is not the man to ask for indulgent criticism on that ground. Intellect is cf no limited or partial application, and Mb. Balfocb has in other directions displayed a grasp of realities, a power of dealing with them, and a courage in grappling with difficulties, whether in the nature of things or in the disposition cf opponents, which give us every right to anticipate broad and statesmanlike treatment of the present problem. The introduction of the Irish Land Bill completes, if we put the Budget aside, the statement of the Government programme for the Session, at all events so far as its main rtatures are concerned. This is not, perhaps, a very striking result of six weeks of Parliamentary activity, but the country knows where to lay the blame for the waste of time.

We are a sportiBg people and carry the tendency to give everybody a run for his money farther than any other nation. It may bo fairly contended, however, that gentlemen who do not want any work to bo done hare now had their run, and ought for tho rest of the Session to be kept within bounds with a certain degree of firmness. Sib W. Uabt Dyke "observed" on Saturday with undeniable truth that the Session will be toilsome and arduous. It must necessarily La so with two complicated measures on hand like the Land Bill and the Tithe Bill, and with by far the greater part of the pontine business still untouched.

But that is only reason the more why a firm stand should bo taken against wanton or even thoughtless waste of public time. The second reading of thoTitlies Bill is to be taken before the liouso rises for the Easter holidays, so that the measure will bo ready for detailed examination in Committee when it reassembles. It is much to be desired that members would take a lesson from the House of Lords in the conduct of a debate upon a great occasion of that kind. In tho Upper House on Friday almost everything wis said, and said well, on every aspect of the question concerning the Report of the Special Commission. The whole controversy was presented in a far more interesting and intelligible form by a small number of first rate speakers than it was in the House of Commons by tho dreary verbiage of eight or nine days.

It is much, to be regretted that, the House of Commons cannot be got to understand that when thins is once wall said nothing but confusion and weariness of mind cad coo from hearing it badly said over and over again. Even the prominence which members, we presume, hope to obtain by vain repetition It in fact missed through the very frequency of the retort to that method of attracting attention. In the House men flatly refuse to listen, outside the Uonse men cannot be induced to read. Even tho most ignorant constituent ceases to care for his representative's speeches when every other representative males speeches too. Indeed, it is time that members learned to take themselves less seriously and to understand that their constituents never did hang upon their words with halt the interest and attention it pleases them to imagine.

Nowadays constituents gtt far too much political discussion in a terse and condensed form to care very much about any speaker who docs not rise considerably above the average of the House of. Commons. As regards the group who deliberately apeak in order to obstruct, it is useless to urge considerations of this or of any other kind. But if the Government do not use the powrrs with which they are armed for dealing with obstruction they will eventually have to sharo the odium of failure to get through business. It is difficult to account for tho minor fluctuations of the political barometer.

Depressions make their appearance from time to time in tho legislative atmosphere of quits as mysterious a kind as those which figure so largely in the weather Something of tho kind was noticeable few days ago among the supporters of the Government, but it has passed awsy in 'the direction of the Opposition benches. Loan RAXDoLm Chcbchil'l helped considerably in its removal, though' only genius could have chosen such means as his to do his party a service. Perhaps the meeting at the Carlton Club has also done something to restore serenity, and some thanks are due to Mb. SIobley for his peculiarly involved explanation of his concordat. Be the causes what they may, tho supporters of tho Government aro in very good spirits, and 'after a holiday may bo expected to face even a toilsome and arduous Session with cheerful courage.

That is a distinct advantage for the Government, which we may hope they will not fritter's way by small blunders or nerveless management. Although Unionists have no reason to regret the attention bestowed in the House of Commons upon the Report of the Special Commission, it is satisfactory from the point of view of public business that the debate has been disposed of. Unionists will no doubt persevere in that policy of inducing people to read tho document for themselves which is so unaccountably distasteful to those who claim a triumphant acquittal. The Gladstonians have laboured very hard, to make it appear that the whole affair is one of merely personal charges, just as at an earlier period they endeavoured to obscure the entire political horizon by waving Mb. O'Bbien's breeches in the eyes of the public.

But the personal charges, whether disproved, or unproved for want of documents destroyed by the persons incriminated, are rapidly taking the placo that belongs to them as ancillary to a great public exposure. There remains, and will remain, a body of conclusions thoroughly sifted and fully substantiated which must profoundly affect every judgment upon the public policy of this country. Last week the world was admiring the dignity and friendliness of the farewell between the German ExrEBOB and the ex Chascellob, and commending the good sense of the parties which led them to bow to the inevitable without a vestige of ill will. It is clear to day that we must reviso this conception of tho terms upon which; master and servant parted. The Imperial compliments and expressions of gratitude which followed tho ei Chascslloe into his retirement were no doubt sincere enough upon the part of their author.

But they were evidently not reciprocated by pBUrcE Bismarck, who is now stated on good authority to have bluntly refused two out of the three honours rather rashly conferred upon him by the ExrEBOB without first ascertaining that they would be acceptable. It is probably a point of military discipline with the ex Chancellor not to decline the rank of Field Marshal imposed upon him. by the head of the Amy. But he rejects the Dukedom of Liuenburg, a dignity which ranks above the German title imperfectly rendered by our word Prince," and he, rejeeto the offer to continue his official emoluments. We cannot regret that the Prince will retain the title under which he became most famous End under which the world weuld in any case havo continued to speak of him but we regret the reason.

Too much light is now thrown from other quarters upon his motives for refusing these honours to allow us to believe that he was actuated only by. modesty. We must accept tho fact that tho Pbixce's resignation was preceded by a painful and somewhat violent rupture with his young master a rupture which has left the ex Chan cxllob sore and angry. Feixce Bismarck seldom foregoes the opportunity of justifying himself when he conceives himself unfairly used. Ho is not the man to suffer in silence.

It would have been magnanimous in him to smother his wrongs, and perhaps it may bo thought that he would have stood greater in the eyes of posterity if he had resolutely held his tongue. It is not to the credit of the German Government that its dirty linen should be washed in public, and yet the statements which the Berlin newspapers have already published, if replied to in kind, aro tolerably certain to lead to fresh revelations and recriminations. After the dignified courtesies of last week, it is a distinct shock to. find the Emperor and his Chancellor parting in anger, with an ominous muttering from the latter of 'A le roi me revcrra The acrimonious spirit which lies at the bottom of the controversy is sufficiently shown when Peixce organ gives a categorical contradiction to the statement implied in tho Empeeob's complimentary rescript, that attempts had been mado to induce the Prince to reconsider his determination. The relations between the Emperor and his lato Chancellor must have Icon and must now bo highly unpleasant for the good faith of tho Emperor to be thus questioned upon a joint of detail of no importance.

It is much more important to learn the actual occasion of the Prince's resignation. Most accounts now agree that the final difference between tho Emperor and the ex Chancellor had reference to their lespectivo relations to the Cabinet. William II. wished to bo master of tho Cabinet tho EX Chax cellob wished to keep the mastership; in his own hands where an Imperial order of 1852 had placed it. The Emperor wished to he abb to confer with and issue his orders to each Minister separately without the intervention of the Chancellor the Chancellor was resolute that the Sovebeion should not bo approached except through him.

We have here a vital point of constitutional law. The Emperor, with his autocratic tendencies, desires to gather into his hands the strings of pnblio policy. His chief Minister insists upon his constitutional right to hold them himself. So far as the people of this country have any right to express an opinion, their sympathy will incline to the side of the ex Ciiaxcelloe in his attempt to maintain the British ideal of Mini sterial responsibility. The Radical FosriseAs Zeituna.

however, has a storjr whiah fane. extends still further the of the eontro versy between the Emteboe and the Pelxce. According to 'this story, the Peiece had begun those negotiations with D. 'WtKirrHOESt, the Clerical leader, in which it has been evident ever since the elections that the PeiXCx'i only hope resided of obtaining a majority in the new Reichstag. The Eupeboe intervened, and sharply called the CnAXCEtiOBtoaccount for negotiating with a party loader without first consulting him.

Tho Prince, of course, resisted, and resigned when ho found that his resistance was in vain. The story is, as indicating the EursBOa's preference for a lUdical and Socialist over a Clerical alliance. These incidents, however, are merely variants of one and the same explanation. The Emmbob has determined to bo his own Chancellor. The fun damental difference between Prince Bismarck and his young Sovereign was of tho sort that naturally reveals itself when two imperious wills are sat to work together within the samo limits and upon tho same material.

The antecedent probability in such a case that the currents of force wjll run counter to each other, was here rendered a certainty by exceptional circumstances. On one side was a venerable and masterful Minister, accustomed through his long life to deal with a Monarch he were humoured on military matter gave hiswill into his Chancellor's keeping; a Minister whose words had been trcasuredas pearls of wisdom, and who might reasonably persuade himself that they were rightly so treasured whon ho looked round at tho triumphs of his It is not surprising that a Chancellor frith such antecedents should find himself unable to work harmoniously with a youthful and impetuous Sovereign, surrounded by unofficial counsellors," and not over careful to spare an old servant humiliations. For some timo to come, General vox Caprivi, Prince Bismarck's successor in tho Chancellery, will bo the object of much curiosity. His appointment is a singular instanco of tho pure methods of autocracy to which tho Emperor inclines. It is safe to say that his very name is strango to all but German ears, and even in Germany no suspicion to have crossed tho public mind, until a few days ago, that he was destined to stop into Prince Bismarck's shoes.

In General vox Caprivi tho young Emperor has, no doubt, discovered a capable and versatile servant, all tho more in sympathy with him just now becauso 'the General distinguished himself in. ro 1 organizing the navy, in which the Emperor takes a keen interest. That "William II. should venture to elevate a man, however able, from a position of comparative obscurity to a position the highest, next to his own, in the Empire, speaks much for his courage and confidence in his ability to read character. Wo may probably take it, however, that tho Emperor sees in the General a type of mind which will readily accommodate Itsolf to receive tho vivid impressions of his own.

Tho Emperor and his now Chancellor havo in front of them a blank sheet of paper upon which to write history. Tho world will watch anxiously to. soa what manner of history it will bo. William II. undoubtedly possesses somo qualitios which go to tho making of a great man.

lie has inexhaustible energy and terriblo earnestness. His mind is incessantly active, ranging over an incredibly wide field of interests. But wo do not yt know on which sido his character will develop. Taught at first to conceivo of him as given up heart and soul to perfecting his army and navy, we see him at the' present moment absorbed in social problems grappling with them as eagerly I and ardently as if their existence was a discovery. itli every admiration for a character whose freshness and native forco havo proved superior to the influences which sap thoso qualities in the neighbourhood of Courts, it is impossiblo not to feel a little anxious what such a monarch may do next, and not to view with deop regret the disappearance cf a great steadying power from his councils.

A Blue book has just been issued containing Further Correspondence respecting the Affairs of Crete," The correspondence extends in point of time from tho beginning of last until the bepnning of tho present month, and it furnishes a continuous and authentic history of events in Crete and of tho general condition of the island during that period. The conclusion to bo drawn from the reports of Consul Biliotti arid of tho British naval officers who, under instructions from tho Admiralty, havo assisted him in inquiring into tho condition of tho island and in investigating alleged cases of outrage, is that great improvement has taken place in the last few months, and that the island itself is now comparatively tranquil. On December 2 Commander Brextox, of Her Majesty's ship Fearless, reported that after an absence of two months he found that the improvement in tho state cf affairs in tho island was most noticeable. Tho first thing," ho says, that strikes ono on walking through the country, is the absence, of the mili tarism that existed the last timo I was here. It was then impossiblo to move without being challenged by sentinels at each turn nowvery few soldiers aro met with out of tho town, and tho peasantry aro all busily employed culti vating their fields, to alPappearances in perfect peace and happiness." These observations appear to bo fully corroborated by thoso made by Consul Biliotti himself at a later date.

It is not pretended, of course, that tho" condition of Crcto is satisfactory or free from grave anxiety. But, unless wo aro to discredit tho official representatives of the country and independent observers on tho. spot, it is clear from tho Blue book that Sir James Feegcssox gavo a true picture of the actual state of affairs when he said, in tho liouso of Commons, during the debate on tho Address, According to the testimony of our impartial officers, Chaeie Pasha, tho high officer sent by tho Sultax to restore' order in that island, endeavoured to do so with the greatest possible regard to justice and tho most impartial treatment of offenders.to whatever side they belonged and it was acknowledged by our officers that if any mis deeds were not punished it was becauso they had not been brought to tho notice cf Chaktb Pasha. Tho island had been largely restored to a state of iaco and order. Murders and outrages, it was true, took placo to a small ex tent, and it could not bo a matter of indiffer ence that great numbers of persons had taken refngo in Greece, and were afraid to return to the island but ho hoped that, by just admini stration and judicious modification of the recent firman, tho fear of injury to any innocent person might bo removed, and that the amnesty might be as far extended as possible.

These words may bo regarded as almost an epitome of the Blue book now published. Tho danger for Greto in the immediate future lies, as all competent observers acknowledge, not so much in the actual condition of the island itself in the attituda of the Cretan refugees at Athens who still hesitato to return to tho island. These refugees and their leaders take, not unnaturally perhaps, a very different view of the Cretan situation, past, present, and prospective, from that which is taken by Consul Biliotti and the naval officers above referred to, as well as by the Foreign Office at home. In a memorandum issued by their leaders at the time of the Royal manias at Athena it was roundly stated that Chaxtb Pasha, confounding hypocrisy with nobility of character and European has still res' tained, as his actions. have proved, the cunning and the ferocity of the typical Mussnhxtan.

He has permitted all kinds of atrocities, which sometimes take the form of administra tiro acts, and sometimes aro perpetrated af (er the fashion of brigands by the Imperial troops' Never was our country the scene of more odious vandalism, or of morel criminal acts on tho part of Asiatie hordes," and so forth. This declaration was accompanied by a copious list of tho Atrocities, Murders preceded by Torture, "Acts of Arson, Pillage, and Violence, Sacri "legious Profanities, Disappearances of Chris tians effected by the Turks in Crete in July, "August, and September, 1889." It should bo observed, however, that for at least half, if not two thirds, of these alleged outrages Chaeie Pasha could not bo held in any way responsible, since his appointment as Vali, with full civil and military power over the island, only dated from August 9, and after what had previously occurred it was not to be expected that ho would bo ablo immediately to restore tranquillity and to quiet tho fierce passions that were raging among the Cretan factions. Consul Bniom shows, in fact, in a detailed examination of tikis list of outrages, which was transmitted to him by tho Foreign Office, that, while some of the stories were exaggerated and somo. unfounded, they were in the main tho result, not of Turkish oppression, but of local feuds, in which, while tho Christians suffered severely, tho Mussulmans were not by any means unharmed. On the othur hand, it is not to be doubted that murders, pillagings, and other outrages were rife in the summer and early autumn of last year.

They have not entirely ceased even yet, as Sin James Fersussox has acknowledged. When matters were at the worst Lord Salisbcbt more than onco protested strongly to tho Porte, and pointed out the danger of allowing the alleged barbarities to continue. On September 26, for example, he wrote to Sir William White in referenco to tho severe treatment to which the Christians in Crcto were stated to havo been subjected in numerous instances. I have to request your Excellency," ho said, to remonstrate very oarnestly with tho Porte against the bar baritios which appear from theso accounts to bo taking place. You will point out to the Turkish Government that nothing can bo more unwise' than to permit such proceedings.

It will bo impossiblo to control tho agitation to which reports of this kind aro sure to give rise in Greece, and the Greek Government will be forced to give way to tho popular feeling." The ques tion is, then, whether these remonstrances have had effect, or whether, at any rate, either through the directions of tho Porte or. which is perhaps more probable, through he spontaneous and independent action of Cuakib Pasha, the internal condition of the island is more tranquil and on tho whole more hopeful than it was in tho autumn. On this point the Blue book certainly leaves no room for doubt. Net only ore the people quieter and less appre hensive of danger and oppression, but Cuakib Pasha is manifestly doing his best to traco out outrages and to punish. them.

So far back as September 22 Consul Biliotti recorded his conviction that tho only outrages that may remain un punished will bo thoso not coming to Chaeib Pasha '8 knowledge, or whose perpetrators cannot possibly bo discovered and this view of tho Vali's good faith and energy is substantially corroborated by tho observations of tho British naval officers who havo visited tho island and reported on its condition. One satisfactory result of tho publication of tho present Blue book will bo that it dissipates entirely tho suspicions which, as may bo seen from tho telegrams on Cretan subjects of our Rome Correspondent, aro entertained and circulated in ocrtain quarters concerning tho good faith and impartiality of the British Consul in Crete. Our Correspondent himself, whoso authority on Cretan affairs is great, does not, of course, share these suspicions in any way. Mb. Biliotti," he says, is believed by the Cretans to bo their enemy, which is, as I am "able to say positively, in no wiso the case, his only anxiety being to inform his Government of the precise condition of tho island." Every ono who reads tho Blue book will unhesitatingly concur in this judgment.

It is assumed by Cretan partisans in Athens and elsewhere that becauso Mb. Biliotti is on good terms with Chakir Pasha, and occasionally assists him with his advico and countcnanco in tho discharge of his difficult tusk, Christians who complain of ill treatment will hesitate to tell tho. truth in his presence. Tho testimony of the naval officers who havo accompanied Mb. Biliotti in his journeys throughout the island effectually disposes of this assumption, and Me.

Biliotti's own reports are full of instances in which a Christian witness, who was supposed to be con coaling the truth, was privately questioned by his own friends, who acknowledged themselves convinced that the witness had told the whole truth and had nothing further to conceal. Tho result is that many of tho stories of outrages which were rife in the island and widely circulated by Cretan partisans throughout Greece and Europe were conclusively shown to be absolutely without foundation. In point cf fact tho immediate danger of tho future, now lies, as wo havo already said, loss in tbo condition of the island itself than in the attitudo' of tho Cretan refugees at Athens. Tho Porte has promised an amnesty and has offered to convey the refugees back to Crete, where Chakir Pasha is preparing to relax tho state of siego and to dis pense, as soon as may bo, with the Courts martial. But tho refugees do not trust tho offers of tho Foete nor tho good intentions of Chaeie Pasha, and so far hare declined to return.

Their absence from Crete retards the pacification, while their presence at Athens fosters the hopes of an insurrection. I have," wroto Sir Edmund Moxsox from Athens on February 14, no knowledge of tho intentions of the Torte as to a modification of the firman and an extension of the amnesty, but all that I hear of tho determination of the Cretans in respect of these points leads mo to tho belief that thoso who have it in their power to causo trouble show no diminution of their tenacity on theso points." Our Rome Correspondent, writing on March 19, takes even a gloomier view of the immediate future. Tho pacification cf tho island," he says, in spite of all that is announced from Constantinople, is making no progress on the contrary, affairs aro drifting on to the breakers." As to the. pacification, a perusal of the Blue book could hardly fail to induce our Correspondent to take a more hopeful view while as to future complications, since all agree that the silcccss of an insurrection depends absolutely on the attitude of the Greek Government, it is at least satisfactory to learn from Sir Edmund Moxsox that the most encouraging feature in the present con dition of affairs appears to be the steady deter ruination of the Greek Government to discourage by every means in their power any insurreo tionary movement." signed at Calcutta on the 17th instant by the Ambon, or Resident, at Lhasts in3 th Indian anthoritiss, and rwthirig remains now to complete this' episode in Indian frontier' history save the formal exchange of the ratifications by the Sovereign! of Great Britain and China. The terms of the' treaty or arrangement are, it is said, to be kept secret until these ratifications are exchanged, bat it is not difficult to divine what they are.

In the first place, we may take it for granted that the claim at one time put forward by the Chinese of certain suzerain rights, through Tibet, over Sikkim has been definitely abandoned either expressly or by implication. Indeed', it is now known that this claim was originally put forward in consequence of a misapprehension on the part of the lata Chinese Am ban, who thought Sikkim was merely a part of Tibet, and that the British had been properly resisted by the Tibetans when jtEey invaded it. This little geographical error was a costly one for the Amban, because when it was discovered at Pekin, the unfortunate man was recalled and degraded, while his ignorance was publicly denounced in terms of great contumely. Only a few years ago the Chinese Government, in order to 0 OUST QIROTTZAX. WINDSOR CASTLE, KAECX S.

The Qoacm aroTe' eat yesterday afteraeca, assess puieW by Uulr Bier friacsss frif and lU Dashes of Albaay. The Windsor sad Btea Anatttzr Orsbestral 8oelty had Um bonotr ot performias; the follewtag pieces eC amis Wore Her Majesty aod the Royal ranily la tb Drmwlsr Roots last evesias; Tbo Ladies sad Gentlemen ia Waitinc ware pntnij lUlAUntttnmUammmi fcfcaS Xaaiabvm HmfcniM OoW narft. It, E. H. rriaeM BwMet MMrtorSUIaci OW hiwm Hra Xatttutrm KJMnU tik ituS The' Qqeea went eat this monlag, attended by the Hon.

Bortbm LunWrt. ller Royal Hisbaes the Daebes of Albany ana tho joasf Dak aod IVioeess Alle of by tho Hon. Mrs. R. or Loo.

Ure left the Cutis. Sir William Jenoer has arrived at the Cacti. Habcs 23. Tbo Qaeea drove oat yesterday aftcroooa, ottcadod. by Miss McNeill aad tbo Honble.

Evelyn Moor. The Coostet Fcodore Uleiehen arrived at the Castle. General VUcoost aad Viteonateis Wobjoley aaJ the Kirtt HooUe. too Smaker ami Mri. Feci also round off certain customs' arrangements in tho arrived, and had the hoooar of dininr with II er Canton province, ceded 3Iacao to the Portuguese.

Hitherto Portugal had been a mere yearly tenant in this interesting, if somewhat dilapidated and disreputable, town she now became the owner in fee simple. Macao was Chinese while Sikkim is far outside the usual rsngo of Chinese influence, and has apparently never had any relations with China, although its connexion with Tibut has always been a very close one. In spite of this, however, tho negotiations havo been proceeding after a manner for about eighteen months, and it is not until the Amban is induced to visit Majesty and the Royal Family. The Qneca and tho Royal Family and this Member ot the Royal Household attended Divine Service ia, Lb private Chapel this morninf. The Very Revd.

the Dean of Windsor officiated. The Richt llooile. the Speaker and Mrs. Feel have left the Castle. MARLBOROUGH HOUSE, March 23.

The rrincess of Wales, accompanied by the rrincesses Victoria and Maud, were present at Divine service to day. On the occasion of the service which was performed at Exeter. Cathedral on ThnnJay morning last by corn Calcutta that they are concluded. Even now we mal ol the Queen, a representativ fore from 4h owe tho termination to the inflexible refusal of tho wt District and Royal Navy was jrewat. lnd i i i oiacers oi every raoK ino in iiniwia, mi tuuuu, Indian Government to permit of any further dis I I and of the staffs were present to testify thir respect cussion of the suzerainty claim, rather than to any for tbe Ute Mjor GeneraI Sir Howard npfinstone.

perception or admission by the Chinese that their The force assembled consisted of a company ot seamen claim was unfounded and the point, in any case, under the command of Captain Carr, of II.M.S. Cannot worth fighting. bridce, the 22d and 58th field batteries of the Royal i. Artillery, aul a detachment of Royal Artillery from is now, and has always been, one of the 'principal difficulties of dealing with Orientals, and especially Oriental officials, that to them time has no valuo, and is no more a factor in affairs than the air they breatho. The differences of language, of manners, of methods of doing business can bo surmounted and may in time become familiar: but no amount of familiarity will ever reconcilers European, however phlegmatic, to the expenditure of timo involved in dealings with natives in Uriental countries.

In the present caso we have a high official despatched with a great flourish of trumpets from Ili Kuldja across half Central Asia to the borders of India. If a Russian General or an Indian civil servant performed this journey, he would receive gold medals from half the geographical societies of Europe, and his name would be inscribed in letters of gold in the hall of the Royal Geographical Society's rooms, I in Savile row, under those of LrvrxosToxx, Staxlet, and the other heroes who havo done wonders in exploring the earth's surface. Arrived, at Rinchagong, in the Chumbi valley, on the frontierof Sikkim, the Chinese official, not troubling himself about learned societies or eager publishers, goes to a monastery to rest after his long journey. He varies the monotony of repose by occasionally seeing Mb. Habt, who has been despatched to advise him, and hearing from him what the Indian officials have to say.

Thus months pass away, the Ambax taking his ease in the monastery, the Indian Government proceeding about its usual business, and Me. Habt flitting now and again from Calcutta and Darjeel ing, four or five days' journey over the passes, into the Chumbi valley. Sir Hexet Dcraxd will hear nothing of suzerainty, and Lord Dcr rraix and Lord Laxsoowxe agree with him hence the Ambax thinks it time, to bestir himself. After much noise and several false starts he gets under way for India. In the usual time ho reaches Darjecling, where he finds it essential to rest.

He refused so astonished correspondents the corps of the deceased general, detachments from the Devonshire, North Staffordshire, Dorse tshire, Essex, and Derby shire. Regiments, the Royal Marines, the Medical and other departments, detaehaieot ot tho Auxiliary Forces, consisting of the 1st Devon Yeomanry Cavalry, 1st Volunteer Brigade Western Division, 1st Devon and Somerset Volunteers, R.E., and the 1st Volunteer Battalion Devonshire Regiment. The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe represented the Plymouth Volunteer Brigade as Brigadier Ueners. The whole being trader the command ot Colonel Fremaatle, C.B., in temporary command of the district. Admiral Sir William Dowell.

K.C.B., Commander in Chief at Plymouth, wu present an the occasion. ASCJXIO." (fSOM OCR CORBZSf OXDEXT.) PARIS, March 23. Thos who judged the new opera of St. Sains' by Tuesday's rehearsal 'would have been strangely mistaken, for never were the impressions of two performances; with the same singers, music, and accessories, more different. Tuesday's might have been thought a failure, whereas Friday's, without being a triumph, was a fair success.

The truth is that a mysterious shadow acted on the imagination of the audience. For months nobody has known what has become of St. Said. He left Paris, he has written only one, and nothing more has been heard of hint; Ateanio has been mounted and played without him, though telegrams have been sent in all directions and the wildest conjectures are current. This feeling 'weighed last night on th brilliant assemblage, which filled the Opera, 'where there was once more the curious spectacle of President and Madame Carnot doing the boo oars of their box to the Russian Ambana dor and his family, as though the hypothetical alliane, in which all the advances are on the side of France, while tho Csar has not offered the slightest encouragement, belonged as much to the domain of fiction as Attanio itself.

The very mediocre libretto, which is by M. Louis Gallet, is based on Paul Mem ice's drama of Bmrtnuto Ctliini. The Duchesae dEtampes is ia love with Ascanio, who loves another. In the end the Duehesse kills a poor Florentine girl, fancying that she is her rival. iuch is the commonplace and tmin the world at Wresting pioiauopveu i i.

r. TT.ni I n.f fKM. on ousiuess ui uii qlkjih, ii. iwu came weexs of further repose at the lovely Himalayan hill station, and last of all, after much hesitation, much running to and fro of messengers, much expectation, comes the final journey to Calcutta, where' matters were speedily brought to a conclusion, possibly because the heat of the delta of the Ganges, after the Tibetan shews, was too much for the Ambax. The prickly heat is no respecter of persons, and is quite destructive of tho calmness and repese essential to an Oriental dignitary.

It is also certain that some provision relating to the regulation, present or future, of the trade of India with Tibet will find its place in the new treaty. More than a century ago Warrsx Hastings thought commercial relations with that country so well worth securing, that he despatched two missions to the Grand Lama and one to Pekin. Accidents, however, intervened, and the subject was dropped for about 110 years, and taken ud again in 1884 by Lord DcrrsEix. The incidents of Mb. Colmax Macaclay's mission to the Tibetan frontier and to Pekin aro fresh in the minds of all mountains bringing forth a mouse.

The getting up. however, is extremely fine, and M. GailhanL M. Ritt's partner, has devoted much time and trouble to it. The ttatitro Vianeai admirably the orchestra, and the flautist, Taffaael, was much applauded in the music of the ballet.

The Opira, indeed, had brought all its resources to the work of the len composer, and had neglected nothing to insure its success. Atcanio, however, is oae of those erudite and heavy compositions in which science often seems deliberately to exclude melody and grace, although much power is shown in the dialogue, accompaniment, and choruses, which last are admirable from beginning to end. Among the finest bits are the' scene in the first act between Cellini and the Paehesse (Lassall and Madame Adiny) the Madame, it est iei," of Scossoae (Madam Boaman) in the second act, which was encored the ballad. Dans le jardin plein de roMS of Ascanio (M. Coasira) the charming song, Jlon eccur est sous la pierre," of Colombo (Miss fmm.

Eames). sung with exquisite taste and without accompaniment the final trio in' the third act between Adicy, Eamcs. and Cossira and the fine quartette ia. the fourth act, Incline vous, mon lis between Cellini, Ascanio, Colombo, and Scoxson. This last was also encored.

The chorus in the last act, Daas sa splendeur impenssable," likewise deserves mention, and the very lively musie readers interested in the subject. In 1885, at tho i 0 the ballet calls for unmixed praise. The cane of special request of tho Chinese Government, Bacchus and th Bacchante at a Fontainebleaa clause was inserted in the Burmah Sf bT FraneU I. to Charles and th Our Indian telegram this morning reports the practical, though not the technical, conclusion of the Sikkim incident. An arrangement was providing that Great 'Britain would not "press unduly for the opening of Tibet to trade, while the Chincso undertook to educate tho Lamas up to agreeing to a commercial treaty.

It cannot bo said that there has been any undue pressure in tho present caso five years havo elapsed, and if tho question comes up now for discussion, it is becauso the Tibetans havo brought it up. The Chinese aro confident that they can forco or induce the Lamas to abstain from interfering with Sikkim, and it is probably much easier to lead them to permit a trado from which they will ho the first to profit. It is to bo hoped that the commercial arrangement will include the establishment of somo town in the Chumbi valley, on the Tibetan side of the passes, of an entrepot, which Indian merchants can freely visit with their wares. Tho land trade of Franco, through Tonquin, and of Russia with China is carried on under this system, which has certain obvious advantages. However this may turn out, it is satisfactory that the Sikkim incident is at last closed, and that a little war which was forced on us by Tibetan arrogance and ignorance, and which we did all in our power to avoid, is now a thing of the past.

The Queen has approved the name of Mr. John Dickinson for the appointment of metropolitan police magistrate. Mr. Dickinson was calle I to the Bar in 1871, and is a member of the Northern Circuit. At intervals during the last two years Mr.

Dickinson has acted as deputy stipendiary magistrate of Liverpool. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the Foreign Office. The Ministers present were the Marquis of Salisbury, the Right Mon. A. Balfour, Earl Cadogan, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon.

H. Chaplin, Viscount Cranbrook. Viscount Cross, Lord George Hamilton, Sir M. Hicks Beach, Lord Knntsfara, the Right Hon. H.

Matthews, the Right Hon. C. T. Ritchie, the Duke of Rutland, the Right Eon. W.

H. Smith, and the Right Hon. E. Stanhope. Loan Habttxctox.

Our Cairo Correspondent Ulgrapbs that Lord Hartiagton. who has quit recovered his health, leaves Egypt to tfay. reappearance of Cupid among the gods earned Taffanel the plaudits already mentioned. As for the vocalists, they most be nreserredly praised. Laasalla sings with great power and sweetness in the unp'easiag rCle ot Cellini.

Plancoo (Francis was encored ia the charming madrigal of the second act, and Cocairs, without rendering very probable the passion he inspires in the Duchess and Colombe, sings with pre cision and sometimes with a charming voice, though it unfortunately only touches the ear. iladame Bosmaa was effective aod thrilling as Seoxxone, while Mis Eames was a delightful Colombe, singing with consummate art. and. tboogh in a secondary part, evoking unanimous plaudits. Madame Adiny has an unpleasiug part which she failed to render more agreeable to the audience.

St. Saens's name waa warmly applauded at the close, and Ateanut will rank as one of the great lyrie composition of the day. The Coloxiai. Seceztaet. Lady Knutsford will hold receptions on Wednesday, the 23d.

sod Saturday, the 26th of April, st herresiJenee inEatoa 3L Hicxs Beach axd Cmi Seevaxts. Sir R. Palmer Harding, who retires from his position as Chief Official Receiver of the London Bankruptcy Court at the end of this month, waa on Saturday night entertained at a banquet at the Htel Mctropole by the official receivers of London and the country. The chair was taken by Sir M. Hicks Beach, President of the Board of Trade.

In. proposing the toast of the evening. The Health of Sir R. P. Harding." the chairman said that their goe.it Lad bees the architect of bis own fortune, having commenced life ia the humblest position.

When the present Act was passed Mr. Chamberlain was fortunate ia securing Sir R. Harding as the Chief Official Receiver for the London district, and it was not too much to ear that to him was largely du the success whieh had attended the working of that measure. Sir R. P.

Harding, ia' Mknowledging th toast, said he had done his best in th responsible position of administering a new Act ot Parliament. Rut the credit which had been given him did not belong to him alone. He had been assisted by gentlemen of ability, unfailing seal. aod never ttafgiag eaersy, and he had th satisf action of knowing that be should leave in office gentlemen who eoold end would carry on the work a it had hithertoi been done. Responding to the toast of his proposed by Mr.

Aidridge, official solicitor in bank rupicy, the chairman said he waa veer thankful that) oar system in England provided for the guidance of political, chiefs a most admirable and experienced' staff of permanent subordinates He did not think the, public were aware ot the amount of ability devoted to I their service by Civil servants for very moderate i salaries It was a very grave mistake for any ont holding office to allow a permanent official to dictate his course for him, but at the same time he Bust aseert, that without the experience, know ledge, and seal I whieh th permanent Civil setraata broochl to the er lormaBce ot uetr eaues we el vosUdahsoUtelrtaU.