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OUR WEATHER FORE ASTS UOBFIXG AND 1VEEKLT FATAL RESULT OP AN ACCIDENT TO A jCHILD AT HOLYWOOD. SENSATIONAL PUBLICATION IN RUSSIA. Th following appeared in our City Edition of Saturday THE RUSS5-AFGHAN DIFFICULTY. SECOND EDITION: 4 MORNING NEWS" OFFICE. MoBiciNa Nxws" 8pkia Wnt ako Ordinary Tslkgbaph.) Tlie pressure continues highest over the ocean southward of the British Islands and France." In the ot her districts it is below the mean, owing to the eastward movements of an extensive, though shallow, depression from tho Atlantic.

Rains aro rcKrtcd from nearly every section of United Kingdom, being attended in some districts by phenomena. TJie temperature roe slightly in Ireland, and remained nearly stationary in the oilier districts. Present indications point to tho development of tevere local disturbances over the midland counties of England within tlie nest 24 hours. The wcatlier hi Iielfunt to-dny will be warmer, )xtrtly deucli, und To-morrow the same ondit'tOHs urc likdi) to prcouil. i- In North of Ireland cloudy and showery weather, with thunderstorms in several places, are indicated.

In the South the same conditions will prevail, followed by clearing towards Bernard A Collins. Monday Morning. LATEST METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. (FROM THIS METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT.) The following forecasts of weather for this day were issued from the Meteorol' gical Department (London), at 8.30 p.m, yesterday 5. England and Channel Varying southerly to north-westerly heavy local showers; thunder in places.

6. Scotland, Varying breezes; light, showery; unsettled. 7. England, N.W., and North Wales Same as No. 6.

8. England, S.W. and South Wales Same as 5. 0. Ireland Winds very variable; weather showery; unsettled, and thundorv.

10. Ireland, Same aa No. 9. Warnings None issued. REMARKS ON THE WEATHER.

(FROM TUB METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE.) This evening's report shows an increased ten dency to disturbed weather. I The depression in the far west is apparently advancing eastwards, and the appearance of the si: iu London is. very unsettled. A heavy shower of rain passed over some par ts of London during tho afternoon, but was scarcely felt in Brixton, where only a few spots of fine rain fell. The sea is rough at Scilly, moderate in the Channel, munoth at Holyhead.

KFW YORK HEltALu WRANLNG- A storm is now over Newfoundland, and will probably disturb the British and French weather between the 22nd and 24th July causing raina and thundorstorms. 1 BAROMETKCIAL READINGS. "Mornijkj News" Office. Monday, 2 a.m. TANTALISATION.

Maxime du Camp tells us in his Souvenir says ft writer in the Etening Standard, that when he and Gustove Flaubert wore crossing the Egyptian desert in the course of thoir Eastern tour, the accidental fall of the caraol which bore the water supply of the pair shattcred the earthen Vessel which held it, and suddenly deprived the travellers of their entire provision of the precious fluid. The accident happened at eight o'clock on a Thursday evening, and the guides informed them that tho nearest well could not possibly bo reached before the afternoon of the Sunday following. The prospect of having to pass some seventy hours in tho Nubian desert, under a burning sun, without a a drop of water, waf not the most agreeable as beyond the discomfort there was nothing to, apprehend, tho young men easily summoned up sourage to meet it, and continued their journey with! a stout heart. Their sufferings were comparativelyj light tbo first day. At four o'clock on Saturday morning, after a "feverish night, they started to, face tho worst day of the tlireo, for though theiri sufferings from thirst would doubtless be greater the next day, the near prospect of relief would! render them more supportable.

As they mounted! their camels they consoled themselves with the! reflection to which Painiens gave utterance onj the morning of his execution, "The day will be aj trying one, but it will come to ail end." Atj about eight o'clock, when the sun's rays lmd; already begun to give tho thirsty travellers a turetaste of their nioridian power, Flaubert sud-; deidy asked his companion if ho remembered th lemon iocs they used to eat at Tortoni's. A r.od wa tho only answer vouchsafed to this singularlyj ill-timed question. Come Flaubert went on, 'you would not be offended if anyone were to offer you a lomon ice now. Ah! lemon ices! nnvej you noticed how the glass iu which one is served gets covered with beads of dew on hotj day 'Suppo'e we change tho said his; friend, hardly able to- articulate, so furred and) swollen was his tongue. As you replied; Flaubert; still lemon ice is a thing of which one could not easily say too much iu the way of praise.

You take a spoonful, and crush it gently befcweem the tongue aud palate It melts slowly, refresh-; ingly, dcliciously, bathing tho parched mouthJ You swallow it, and the whole system scorns to, smile with satisfaction. Decidedly, tho absencej of lemon ices is a serious objection to the desert, of Once Flaubert got a morbid fancy! of this sort into his head there was no driving it out, and no preventing his tongue from run-) ning upon it. And so he went on singing tho, firaiscs of lemon ice3, till his friend not merely; out patience, but became downright savage and' viciouB. ho said to him take your choice; ride ahead or follow in tho rear, but let us put two liundro yards between! us as soon os possible. It will Ixs best and safest for us They rode apart thence-j forward, and did not exchange a word till they reached tho wrtl, which they did at four o'clock next No sooner had they slaked their thirt than Flaubert threw himself into hie friend's arms.

'Thanks, he said, for not having murdered ine; I should have done so had I been' in your The provocation was, indeed, extreme. The iteration of the tantalising topic with which Flau-oert chose to entertain his friend might well have goaded a mr.n already half-mad with thirst to a pitch of dangerons frenzy. Tantalus himself, the unfortunate Lydian monarch from whom this spceips of torture has derived its name, was placed Within sight of what he so hopelessly longed for; but the fancy stimulated by privation is capable of picturing the object of the physical craving with nearly the samo maddening force a if it came under the actual cognisance of tho sonses. In certaiu states of suffering the imagination, rightly directed, may contribute something in tho way of alleviation; but tho sufferings caused by unappsascd desire are only intensified by the images "of the impossible) gratification which fancy in such cases is but too prono to evoke. Bolingbroke asks in JticJiard if we am "Cloy tho hungry edjre of appetite bw bars imagination of a feast." Far from it.

Suchj imaginings sharpen tho edge of appetite still more; for, as the same Bp? alier expresses it, Tho appro-; henrinn of tho good gives but the greater feeling to the worss." It is nottccablo that in tho two situations where men are most exposed to Buffer from thirst namely, nt sea and in tho desert external nature itself contributes not a little to increase tho difficulty of this self-control. In the one case tho sight of tho blue water oil all" sides "-Water, water everywhere, and not a drop to os the 4 Ancient Mariner expresses it is tarribly suggestive, and many sue-rumb to the temptation which it presents. And those familiar with- the history of Bonaparte's Egyptian campaign know what torments of tan-taliHation tho miraye caused tho French soldiers in thoir march through the desert Of the intimate connection that exists between pleasure and pain, tho experience of us all furnishes superabundant evidence. One of tlie gods, according to Socrates, lied them together by tho tail, and this is perhaps as good an explanation na any of those offered by subsequent philosophers of the melancholy fact that suffering' invariably comes treading on the heels of dolight. 'flint tho more reminiscence or conception of a pleasure should engender pain, or, as in the case we are considering, odd a sting to illustrate in another way tho close correlation of the two thinprs, widely different as they are in their effects.

The Greek conception of tan-talination involved tlio nresonco of proximity of tlie coveted object, and tho nearer it is, of course, tho more exquisite is the pain of deprivation. So, too, in disappointments of every sort, tho nearer wo come to the realisation of our desires the omatcr is tho bitterness of tho eventual failure The gamotor, to borrow an illus rition from. Ficldinjr, who Iowjs the game by a single point, feels his loss more acutely than he who never came within prospect of winningfand in a lottery the holders the next numbers to that which wins the great prixc are opt to account themselves more. unlucky than thoir feliow-suffcrors. 16 J7.

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Strail Monaghan T. Scan Inn Newbliss Hugh Duffy SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (WHICH IX ALL CARIS MUST BE PRSPAID.) l.MORXrXQ A'EWS. stamped. cxmvrsn One Tear I 119 0 1 6 0 Six Month 0 19 6 0 13 0 Three Month 0 9 9 0 0 WEEKLY EXAMINES.

1 STASTSD. OMTAVM One Tear 0 6 6 0 4 4 Six Months .0 0 8 8 0 Three MonUis 0 1 8 Oil Printed and PuWmned fee th IWsnrron, at fl Offlc Bslfese. An Occident of an extremely painful charaoter, which occurred on Thursday last, to a little boy of ten years of age, named John Friele, son of Mr William Friele. grocer and carrier, Holy wood, 'terminated fatally to the unfortunate' child on Saturday evening last. The accident wonld appear to have occurred while the poor little fellow, with his brothers, and some other young lads were amusing themselves in Mr Friele'a yard, which is situated immediately behind the shop, on Thursday afternoon, by dragging a small four wheeled truck 01 bogle through the yard, one of them drawing the machine, and the other sitting on it.

The aotual fact oonneoted with the occurence have not yet been ascertained, furthnr than when the child went into his own house at the time received the injury, he complained to his mother of being hurt in some way. Dr Johnston was afterwards called in, but th unfortunate littls fellow had fallen into a stupor and all the doctor's efforts to revive him or relieve his suffering proved unavailing until he expired on Saturday evening. The child was ol a naturally nervous disposition resulting from the bite of a dog which he received some titn ago, wbioh may have accolerated his death. Great commiseration is felt for the parents of the child in the said afliiotion which has so suddenly falh-i, upon them. Sergeant M'Jrath has communicated the cad occurronce to Dr Parke, New-townards, coroner for the Northern district 01 the County Down.butit is not yet known whithei ho will consider it necetrary to hold an inquiry.

COLERAINE BOARD OF GUARDIANS. CoiKRAlXE, Saturday. Tbe'usual weekly meeting of tho Guardians of he poor of the Coleralne Union was held to-day, Robert A Taylor, Eq, In the The other members in attendance were Capt Robinson, Messrs Henry O'Neill, Simael Hezlett, Trisabra Mearns, John Sharpe, John Norris, and Matthew Macau lay. The balance in favour of the Board was reported to be 1,307 17a lid expenditure upon out-door relief for the week, 20 2s. There was no report from the Portrueh Sanitary Authority with reference to any emoluments realiied from rod-licences to fish for trout in the water woiks reservoir.

Mr Thomas Black, sub-sanitary officer, reported that he had visited the nuisance reported close to the railway station at Caatlerock, and found Mr Wolssley and Mr Mullen willing to clcanoe oat thoir portion of the stream but Mr Pollock, agent for Sir Brace, could not reoomnicna any course wiih reference to the remainder iu the absence of the landlord. The matter then dropped; and relief business occupied the remainder of a half hoar's sitting. NATIONAL HARBOUR ACC ION The President of the Board of Trade, on being farther pressed by the National Refuge Harbours Society to receive at once' a deputation of muni-cipial authorities. Chambers of Commorce and 01 he interested in saving life and property from sliipwreok on our coasts, and protecting aud preserving our commerce, has again written to say it is impossible to do so, but be will, if in his power, at the begianing of next Seusoo, open the- eubject of a public grant for the purpose. C00KSTO WN BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

Cookstowx, Saturday. The usual meeting of the Guardians was hold to-day Sir Conyngham, presiding. Also present Colonel Lindsay, Messrs Gunning, Robort Woods, A Gibson, Loughran, Quin, II Charlf-s, I), James Allen, Charles Moor head, M'Eaiire, Reid. and Wm Fleming. The books showed that 147 2s 2d had been paid during the week, and 'that there was a balance of 1,133 2s 2d in favour of the Guardians.

Aa important report was read from the romoroyJJispeniiaryuonimitteo with reference to the graveyard accommodation of that district. A deputation consisting of ttev Koliert lilliott and Rev Robert Evans, had appeared before the Committee, and had nrged the necessity of reoommonuing tne Board of Uuardians to provide a new cemetery for the district of Pomeroy. On the otbor hand the Rev Hughes, had written to the Committee stating that the Roman Catholics had plenty of accommodation, possessing, as they did, two graveyards already. The Committee inputting this matter before the Board, requested the Guardians to inform tbem the probable cost of a new cemetery, and the probable area of taxation. After some discussion tho matter was postponed for final consideration to tho next special meeting of the Guardians.

REPRESENTATION OF EAST TYRONE. (FROM OUR CORBESPOKDENT.) Coo rstown, Saturday. To-day the address of Mollis Stuart, Couser vative oandidate for the rcprcsontation of East Tyrone, appears extensively posted in Cookstowa and the district adjoining. The addres has pre viously appeared iu the press, and therefore requires no reference or comment. It is, however.

evidently framed to secure what is called the Constitutional vote. Up to the present no se lection has been finally made by the Tyrone Constitutional Association, and until that body has given its decision no organisod steps will be taken. No other Conservative candidate has so far presented himself for this division, and it is generally assumed that Mr Stuart's candidature will be taken up by tlm party. ISMAIL PAaUA. TELEGRAM.) Vienna, Sunday.

Intelligence from Constantinople states that the partisan of the ex-Khedive Ismail Pasha at the Sutain'a Court, have circulated a roport that his Majesty favours Ismail Pasha's restoration, and that Germany, Austria, and Ruts'a are not opposed to it, EGYPTIAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. (REOTER'S TELEGRAM.) Paris, Sunday. It Is stated that all tho Powers have given their assent to the Immediate issue of a loan of nine millions agreed upon by the Egyptian Financial Convention. THE DOMINION JANE STEAMER SARNTA. To-day (Monday's) Juiirnal of Commerce says Previoustolhean-ivalof tlie Dominion Line steamship Strnia, from Quebec, the pasengen presented a most gratifying address to to Captain Gibson, expressive of the great care he had manifested for their, safety and that of the splendid vessel aud valuable cargo under his charge.

Some of the passengers had croised tho Atlautic scores of times, but thejr never remembered such protracted foggy weather as 'that which characterised the carry part of the voyage. On Saturday, the police discorerpa neir Tra-falgar-squnrc, London, two suspicious looking packages, one wrapped in American cloth, and tho other, a ennvns-covcred portmanteau, neither bearing auy address. After watching the parcels for some timo, the police removed them to Scotland Yard, where upon examination they proved to contain nothing but clothing. Mr. Percy Orog Is preparing a "History of tho United State, from the Foundation of Virginia to tho Reconstruction of the United Slates." Civil Service ArroWTMnnrs.

The latest and most reliable information will be found in the Civil Servioe Tear Book for 1885, price le 8d, post free, from "The Civilian" Office, 6 St Bride Street, London, E.U The Year Book contains complete seta of recent examination papers and sped mors of offieial oorreepondenee and hanl-writing, including one ly a Candidate wto obtained THE OPPRESSED IN MACEDONIA. (FBOK OUR CORRESPONDENT.) St Petebsbubo, (via 2 -y-Gumbinnen,) Sunday. An immense sensation has been caused here bj the publication of an appeal addressed to the Czar on behalf of the oppressed of Macedonia. The writer is Mouchevitz, himself a Macedonian, and the director of the Asiatic Department. The latter begs the Czar to render immediate succour to his suffering co-rsligionists, declares the state of Macedonia to be most the wholecountry groaning under the yoke of the ty ranr.Thn pTWt nf thiscpistleis tremendous.

THE CZAR AND THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA. (RICTTEB'S TKLHOBAM.) Saturday. The Taghlutl announces that a meeting will take place at the Reichstadt between the Czar and the Emperor of Austria. CARDINAL HOWARD AND LORD CARNARVON. TheU'ecW? Xegitter sUtes tnat it is highly pro-bable that Cardinal Howard, who is in the habit of visiting tlie Earl of Carnarvon at Hlgh-clere each year, will this year spend a portion of the autumn with his Exoelleney, at the Viceregal Lodge, DEPARTURE OF TROOPS FOR CYPRUS.

Suakim, Saturday. One half of tho first battalion of the Shropshire Light Infantry aro leaving' for Cyprus. THE AFGHAN BOUNDARY COMMISSION The Afghan Boundary Commission is now encamped at Tunian, seventeen miles distant from Herat, DISASTER AT SEA. London, Saturday. A Lloyd's telegram from Perim, dated yesterday evening, says the steamer Willeogaie, bound from Madras to Boston, was totally lost off Guardfin on June The captain and 11 men were drowned, but the mate and three others of the hands have arrived at Dilsberg, SIXPENNY TELEGRAM ALTERNATIVE.

Tlie Obterrcr says Wo understand" that the scheme to be proposed by tho Postmaster-General as an alternative to tho-sixpenny telegram of Mr. Shaw Lcfevro will concede the free admission of addres'ea, and allow a maximum of ten words to be sent for ninepence. THEAFGHAN "FRONTIER. Tho Press Association learns that the Afghan Frontier nogoiiations aro being carried on in a friendly spirit. Mr.

Condio Stephen was at the Foreign Office all day on Saturday, lending his nsxislanco in deliberations respecting thf CABINET COUNCIL. A Cabinet Council was held 011 Satnrday at the official residonce of tho First Lord of tho Treasury iu Downing-street, and lasted nearly two hours and a half. At its coneluiuon, Lord Salis bury, Lord and Sir Michael Jieach sequontly do Stanl, Russian' Ambassador, 1 1 I caueu aiii unci a long interview mm saiisDury, MR DAVITT AND THE REPRESENTA TION OF SHEFFIELD. Mr. Michael Davitt, addressing a meeting at Lisuiorc, near Kanturk, yesterday, said while there were good Nationalists in tho Irish party, ho could not, consistently with his past record, accept an invitation to become a candidate for Sheffield.

REPORTED PARDONING OF A WIFE MURDERER. VisSMA, Saturday. It is officially denied that tho Englishman; Henry do Courvillo, sentenced to eighteen years, imprisonment, for the murder of his wife, is about to be pardoned. PROPOSEDREDUU TluN Xnli SALARIES OF THE WALLYMENA 7 WORKHOUSE OFFICIALS. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) Badltmema, Saturday Evening.

At the weekly meeting of the Ballymena Biard of Guordians o-day the Chairman (Mr A Youhg, P) presiding Mr Carson as ene of the committee appointed togive their decisions rocoramed in the salaries fcfficials with tne union cave in their report. Mr Carson "sai I that as regarded the chaulain each of whom had 30 per annum from tho Board, the committee recoinmon led that the salaries should lie dispensed witli? that the salary of the Clerk of tho Union should be reduced from 130 to 80 a year, and that as Clerk to the Rural Board ho should receive 10 iutcad of 20 annually as Clerk to the Lunatic Board, 15 instead of 21 and os Executive Sanitary otficcs from 15 to 10. In Dr Eidd's salary they recommended a reduction from 130 to 80 a year, and in the fever hospiual, nurses of from 18 to 15. Dr Ross's salary they proyoscd to lower from 1 CO to 100, and those of the dispensary doctors from 105 to 80. After some discussion the consideration of tho' repast was adjourned for a fortnight.

DUBLIN METROPOLITAN REGATTA J'-r DOBUS, Saturday. This regatta took place at Ringsend, en Satnrday. The Ladies' Presentation Prize for pair ared boats was won by the 'Pembroke Bowing Club the Subscribers Challenge Cjp by the Dolphin RowinE Ciob the Dublin Metropolitan Challenge Cnp by the University Boat Club the Visitor Cup by the University Rowing Club the LiSey Challenge Cup by the ClonmeT Boat Club the Pembroke Challenge Cup by the Cork Harbour Rowing Club and the Dodder Challenge Cup by the University Rowing Club. THE ILLNESS OF MR GLADSTONE. Mr Gladstone, whose throat affection shows further signs of improvement, left London on Saturday forCoorabe House, Kingstone, the residence of Lord Wolverton, whose guest ha remain until Monday.

I BREACH OF THE LICENSING ACT. At Stratford Petty Saturday after noon, the trustees of the Prince Regent Work in Men's Club and Institute, Messrs- John Leach twin Henry Armstrong Alewman, and George Nye, of Leyee-road Custom House, were summoned on (our for selling beer without a licence. According to the evidence for the prosecution, liquor was supplied on several occasions to John O'Coanell, aa Inland Revenue offioer, of Barking, who was aooom- Ssnled by a member of the Club named Walter lusto. Fines amosnting in the aggregate to seventy pound costs wen InUotei, fenda.nsiCJforiat notiee of sfBenli PROCLAMATION BY THE AMEER. sews" teleoram.) 1 Simla, Friday.

state of affairs at Herat is really as follows The Ameer lias agreed that the English Engineer officers shall supervise the works of fortifying the place. The members of the Afghan Boundary Commission have not taken up their quarters within the Walls of the city. That might entail the' risk of bazaar dioturbancea. Tlioy'have established their camp ten miles away. From the' spot the engineers pay flying visits to Herat as occasion requires, i St.

Petersburo; Friday. A great sensation has been caused here, as well as a fall on the Bourse, by tho report concerning' the. Russian occupation of Zulficar. Nothing seems, however, to have been received in confirmation of this report up to the present time. The papers report the rumouw without commenting upon it.

The Morning Post under-tands that the situation in reference to the Afghan negotiation1 at the present moment is almost identical with what it was i-Ix weeks ago, and nothing so far justifle more than at that time, the alarming reports which have been circulated. RUSSIAN TROOPS IN PERSIAN TERRITORY. (Via Tbheras), Friday The Russian forces have crossed the Heri-Rud from Pal-i-Khatun to the Persian side of the have not only tnken possession of a caravanserai close to the stream, bat have puslied inland, and occupied positions fully, ten miles to -the west of the AVhile the commander at Pul-i-Khatun is thus engaged in deliberate violation of the Shah's dominion, the authorities at Penjdeh are still face to face with a grave epaditnic. The mortality among the soldiers is great. I have now had an opportunity of esamining tiie country between the Keshof-Rud (River Kehef) and Sarakhs, aa also tlie line of route from Kelat-i-Nadiri to Meshed.

I have formed a most favourable opinion of its capabilities. In my opinion the population are virtually independent of Persian There is co attempt at controlling tbem on the part of the Shah's officers, and though taxes are paid they are extremely trifling in amount. LAST NIGHT'S DEBATES. The Standard says Ireland, which has of late made only modest demands on the time of Parliament, furnished both Houses last night with the main topic of delate. The peers, as of ten happens, had the most gracious and more useful part to play.

The question of facilitating the purchase of land by tenants is one of those subjects which, vitally affecting as they do, the relations of classes, must be approached by both sides in a spirit of sincere good will. 'y Enticing as the offer is, we must not assumo that the tenant farmers of Ireland' will avail themselves of it. The partie are to settle the price between themselves. That goei to the heart of the difficulty. On what basis is the price to be fixed? should "a tenant bind himself to pay so much a year as interest, or instalments of the purchase-money, when he hears from Mr.

Davitt that if he only keeps a grip of'ths refuses to pay the judioial rent, he will by and by have his holding for whatever he chooses to offer. We have no fault to find with the tone of Mr Paruell's speech; in the heated debate last night. He is committed by the exigencies of leadership to a bel.ef that some men have been hanged on false charges, and that many others are now in prison under sentences passed for crimes of which they were innocent. He threw as much passion into the performance as he is capable of showing, and he had the good taste not to repeat the scandalous charges against Lord Spencer which are the main resource of his colleagues. But what Mr Parnell fails to recognise is, that the original verdicts were brought in by juries whose honesty ho does not seriously impeach, and that whenever fresh evidence or disavowals have been adduced, Lord Speucjr has with ex traordinary care, and with the most sincere desire to exhaust every source of information, gone into the question afresh.

What will be thought in Ireland Will not people there conclude that at every change of Ministry there will be a chance of a general gaol delivery? We hold with Lord Hartington that it is an evil thing to encourage a notion of that kind, and we cannot repress the feat that the course taken by the Government will encourage -UVv (FROM THE "TIMES" OP TO-DAY.) Lord Carnarvon's administration will suffer by the blow which his Government have rashly al lowed to be levelled at Lord Spencer, and through him, at his late colleagues. Lord Spencer's rcpu tation, we venture to affirm, can-take care of itself, but the Liberal Party will happily have op portunity of doing him special honour at a time when his enemies imagine that he can be treated as a defeated and discredited statesman. The banquet at wbioh the late Lord Lieutenant of Ireland is to be the guest of Liberal members of both Houses of Parliament, will be representa tive, it is hoped, of all sections of the Party. It wonld be unfortunate if any prominent politi cians in the Liberal ranks were to show by their relaolanee to join in this well-deserved act of public gratitude, that thsy are ready, like their opponent, to descend to humiliating subserviency to Mr. Parnell, in the idle hope of obtaining steady support from a faction guided by no other purposes than the destruction of the Union, and the degradation of England.

DIGNITARIES AT ROME. (' DAILT NEWS" TBLXOBAM.) Rome, Friday Night, i Monsisnor Moran, the Archbishop of Sydney, arrived here last night. Monsigoor Walsh, the new Archbishop of Dublin, expected in a few day. THE SECRETARY FOR SCOTLAND. The Standard states it 1 rumoured that Lord Lothian will be the new Secretary for Scotland FRANCE AND MADAGASCAR.

The Standard Madagascar Correspondent tele The French re endeavouring to nego- tiate with the Hovas through the Italian Consul. Great preparations are being made at Tamatave for the reception of four thousand troops ex eoted Immediately. It is believed that after their arrival the French will make an attack upon she Hov encampment unless an arrange meat has been previously come to, JflE MINISTERS AND THEIR CRITICS. THE DAILY NEWS" Or TO-DAY). Redistribution Bill has become law, and the appeal to the new constituencies is fixed for the late autumn, but what parties will make the Appeal The old Conservative party is no more.

'Ifs chawre of attitude on the o'uestioDs of the' -aud Eodistribution its sudden co oirutioa in measures it had long resisted seem to have confused all its notions of political right and wrong. This is the only possible interpretation of the change of tone and. temper which has taken place since the leaders crossed to the Ministerial Benches. Th. iconcersibn made to Mr! Parnell and his friends on Friday night of another such inquiry ns.

Lord Spencer had already mado into the Moamtrasna trial, "may be "excused, nothing can excuse Sir Beach's. The attitude taken by the Government with respect to 'the adminis- auuu oi justice xreiana, exiuorcea a spectacle which Mr. Morloy said on Saturday evening was degrading. If there is one thing that, more than auy other, the Conservative party, with a few exceptions, has insisted on for; the last five years, it is that he Administration of Lord Spencer has erfjecT ohlyby its leniency. But for the sake of conciliating tho Irish voteM in the great constituencies, the Conservative Government is willing to throw doubt and suspicion on the Magistrates and Judges, and oa all the' hardworked officers oi justice in Ireland.

Mr Parnell has named his rice, and Sir Beach has paid it. THE EUSSO-AFGHAN DIFFICULTY THE ZULFICAE CLAIM. i tblboram.) There is some reason for believing that although Russia is so persistent in her demand with regard 11 fli Hi rcnvl mifaA ia MAmiA1i.1. A 10 A proposition is not unlikely to' be made for a concession to thqiiussiaii in the latter quarter, in return for the recognition of the Ameer's right, at the former THE MUNSTER BANK. The -Morning Po.it says It seems more than probable that the proprietors of the Munater Bank will be able by their efforts to re-es tabiuh their business, arid will 'not be forced to appeal to the Government for aid.

But that this is soialargelyduetoLordCarnarvon'eprompt recognition of thudifficuky. It would no doubt be a dangerous prece dent for the Government to show an nndue readiness to step in and rescue from embarrassizents a commercial establishment. But there are occasions on which the ordinary rules of Dolitical economv must rtiva nlaen tn cousideratioM of pnblic safety. The failure of the Monster Bank, chiefly on account of its intims.te and complicated connection with the agricultural and trading interests of the South and East of Ireland, marked one of these occasions. Lord Carnarvon by promptly recognising this has done public service, which has opened with the happiest auspices period of rale in T.TtO-.ml 7 A SHIPPING FAILURE.

teleoram.) New York, Sunday Night. -tfr. Roach, tlie shipbuilder, has mado an as- ngnm ent oi ins anau-s. The assignment appears to be a precautionary measure, is it is credibly as-, serjd that his assets arc double his liabilities. But Mr.

Secretary 'Whitney, having rejected the Dolphin, the outlook was very discouraging for the acceptance of several other cruisers, now being built for tho United States Government in Roach's yard. Mr. Roach was the builder of ver one hundred ocean going steamers IRISH INDUSTRIES. PJROPOSED PRELIMINARY REPORT. (FROM "MORMXO rOST' OP TO-DAY.

The propriety of rising a preliminary report if, we believe, to be consitercd by the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Irish Indus tries, which will meet again to-day. The commit tee has beeti sitting since the month of May last, and has abundant evidence for and prelimin ary report which several members are in favour of issuing before the conclusion of the AMERICAN STOCKS. tblbosam.) New Yobk, Sunday Night "Wall-street yesterday Stocks were gsniraily risk in a rising market, chiefly be causa of the growth of a belief that the negotiations now in i progress will result in patting an end to the railway war. WRECK OF AN ITALIAN STEAMER. A Penzance telegram says This evening, dor fog a fog, the Italian steamer Luigia, from Genoa for Harre in ballast, ran ashore at Forth Gnarra, Land's End, all lives wore saved.

CARDINAL MORAN. -I STANDARD TELEGRAM.) Roxb, Sunday Night, Dt Moran, tho Archbishop of Sydney, has been received in private audience by -the Pope, Be afterwards had an interview with Cardinal Jacobisi. THE IRISH SOAP MANUFACTURING COM PANY'S CASE. Dublin, Saturday. To-day, before the Master of the Rolls, tho case of the Irish Soap Manufacturing Company (Lim Hd) and the Compaoies' Acts came on again for hearing.

The matter had already been several times before the CoarW Too Master of tho Boll hold tb director liable. Toere was an overwhelming ease of aotnal posi tive contract made agaiast these directors, and he wonld fix their liability at the amount of 0 shares each. The case of Mr Flanagan was differeat form the other. He was liable, bit there was marked distinction between hie etae and those of- the tthers. He exonerated him free say charge of BMlfeaseswe.

The I director ahevitl psfh ean of thetoenedinj. Corrected to a sea level and reduced to 32 dcg.F. The heavy lines show the height of the baro meter at 2 o'clock on this and three previous mornings. Barometer falling yesterday rising this morning height at 2 o'clock this morning 29'82 at 0 o'clock yesterday evening 29-70. The Mercury falls for Rain with and winds if rapidly, for heavy rains if slowly for continued bad weather.

It rises if rapidly, for unsettled weather if gradully, for fine settled weather. A rise, with wind veering will probably bo followed by rain. The temperature in open air at 0 o'clock yester day evening was 57 deg. at same hour previous day SS deg. at 2 o'clock this morning it was S4 deg, in open air at same hour previous morning 55 deg.

(freezing point, 32 deg. Fahrenheit.) DENTISTRY IN BELFAST. It is a common saying that there is no affliction with which there is lews sympathy than toothache, and those who have been unfortunate enough to feel the stings and arrows of that outrageous bugbear will agree as to the truth of this. The only sympathy tho sufferer can find is with the dentist, whoso best efforts, as a rule, are used te promote the comfort and happiness of his clients, It is, therefore, necessary that in dentistry noth ing should be left undone to see that the most approved system is brought, into requisition, and that the toothache-racked individual derives the greatest possible amount of relief from the opera tion. The painless dentistry" system is, with out' doubt, the most approved.

It has won its way into pnblic favour with extraordinary rapidity, and there are few sufferers from the horrors of the ache, or anything approaching its who now venture upon the rather cold-blooded businessof former years. Ajvisit.to Mr Shields establishment, Carlisle circus, will enable one to judge of the admirable way in which teeth can be extracted. The painless" principle, a gasometer, is situated in the operating-room, and attached to it is a tube with a mask-like affair at the end. By the inhalation of the nitrous oxide gas the victim is rendered insensible to pain for a moment or two, bat no more, and the dentist, embracing the opportunity, proceeds with his work, which he finishes before the effects of the gas have passed away. Mr Shield's premises contain artlolss of the most ingenieus con traction and Intended for wonderful uses.

For instance, the visitor is shown a drilling machine a machine which, being wrought by a treadle is well adapted to excavating decayed teeth prior to stuffing. There are other appliance which should be seem to be admired, and which demonstrate the large expense incurred by Mr Mr Shield in order to keep fully abreast of professional requirement. We think Mr Shields deserves public support because of the really luxurious and effective manner in which he manages to drive away the most heartrending of all pains. FATAL ACCIDENT AT A FIRE, During tho fire at Attcrcliflc, Sheffield, on Saturday engine-tender named Catbarall, fell from a high ladder, and was killed. Mr.

Pound, Superintendent of the Brigade, and two firemen were injured, RUSSIA IN CENTRAL ASIA. Commenting on the Russian occupation of Merv, ami tho situation thus created, the Timet of India daclures that 'at no period in the history of tho Central Asian question hnve matters looked so alarming for British interests an at present. The situation is one which demands prompt and vigorous rction. Even Lord Kiraberley calls for a clear and immediate definition of tho territorial limits of each of' tho three countries concerned. HuHsia ha.

hitherto maintained her advance under the excuse of having to punish refractory tribes, but such a pretext can no longer avail her. Between Merv and Herat there remain only three trilics of no great strength, the Salors, tho Sariks, anil the Amaks, or portions of these tribes, which call easily he kept in' check by the Persian troops on the frontier. The delimitation of Russian, and Afchan territory having once been ragreed to, Russia should be made to understand clearly that the English will not brook any violation of tho Afghan frontier, and that Afghanistan must remain exclusively under Enjlinh are confident that if Abdurrahman were given convincing assurances begged half a century ago by Dost Mahomed and more recently by Sherc Ali that he would bo fully protected against the encroachments of the Northern invader, he would throw himxelf heart and soul into the English alliance. Without these assurances a heavy subsidy will not make him shut his doors against the emissaries of his old frionds at Samarcand, or close bis ears to thoir insidious counsels. The railway to Qucttah is, we know, to be continued, mid it is more than hinted that the British army in Northern India will be largely increased." It is our business to show the Afghans on the one side aud the natives of India on the other that we are prepared for the struggle whenever it comes, and that we have not the remotest doubt as to the result.

The well-known impecuniosity of Rossia will probably force her to abstain from active interference in Afghanistan for some time to come. It is only too likely, if the present Government remain in power, that England may allow Russia to occupy Sarrakhs also, without even sending a protest to St Petersburg but an advance Herat would certainly (if there were left the minutest atom of political judgment 1 and common sense in the F.nglish Cabinet of U10 day) lead to something more energetic than the mere interchange of diplomatic notes, and if Russia were convinced tliat England was iu earnest she would think twice before attempting such a movement. Th baste with which her frontier had been carried on from outpost to outpost is in itself a source of terrible weakness, for at one grave rebuff her conquests would crumble away' again ae rapidly at they were made. A war with England would not only convey this threat, but would also imply on enormous demand upon Russia's pecuniary resources, and her. finance-are her weakest point.

She is not only heavily burdened with debt but continues to sink deeper and deena in the mir JVer anual badge ts wing an tec-rcenxring.