Show EUROPEAN dispatches LONDON 10 gen sherman visited woolwich arsenal today to day and witnessed some experiment he subsequently lau iau launched ached with the officers ora cra and return edfast ed last night might to londin LONDON 10 parliament was pro rogues this evening the members of of the commons assembled in the chambers of the peers when the speech of the queen who kasnot was not nol present was read by royal commis commission siou alou tha first subject touched after the announce announcement of prorogation is jhb controversy over the american indirect claims which the queen rejoices to inform the parliament has been compass compassed cd by the spontaneous declaration of arbitha tors entirely iu in co consonance ns oriance with the views announced by her majesty at the opening of the session the canadian parliament having passed the feces hary mary acts to give effect to the treaty of washington with the dominion all arrangements contemplated by that instrument ment are now in progress her meaty Mj aty reflects with sal SaW satisfaction fAction that the subjects ts with which the treaty deais deals no do longer offer any impediment to perfect concord between the two kindred nations A formal format ratification from france prance of the termination of the commercial treaty is mentioned together with the desire of the french govern ment mout for further correspondence on the subject the of au an extradition treaty with germany la is announced the queen dec declares tarea tares the determination of tue tile government to deal more effectually with the east african slave trade the ut usual ilai acknowledgements acknowledge mente ments are made to the commons for supplies the queen reviews the most moat im important port ant measures of the session recounting their effects upon the country the arati quilitz and growing prosperity of treland ireland are favorably adverted the queen concludes as follows while I 1 cordially congratulate you on the activity of trade ant ani and industry I 1 hpe hope bope it will be borne in mind that periods of un usually rapid changes in the prices 0 af commodities and the value of labor are likewise periods which more than ever cali eai for the exercise exer clee cice e of moderation and forethought in bidding you farewell I 1 nak ask you to join in the acknowledge ment of the abundant mercies of at al god imploring their continuance 11 the queen leaves for balmoral on tuesday the passenger fares and freight tariffs on the englich railways have been increased in consequence of the advance in the price of coal the portland breakwater was formally mail mali y opened today to day by the prince of wales the st petersburg timea times or of a recent date publishes isho the result of joint observations ions by the swiss astronomer Plant amour and the russian professor bockh of a comet which appears to have been observed by them separately and nearly simultaneously the one at geneva the other at st petersburg Plant amour went to st petersburg to join bockh irr in observations the gazette says Plant amour was waa right when be asserted that the orbit of his bis comet cros crossed ed the earth iu lii such a way as to necessitate a collision of the two bedits bockh and Plant amour state that there is no reason to disbelieve that the orbit of the comet is strictly a parabola and chatin passing on towards the sun the llew liew and terrible visitor will emite smite the earth on august 1 mith with whytt res red lilt haw however ei r it is impossible to fo refell foretell when brett observed the comet was tan fan beyond the moet most distant point reached by neptune subsequent observation show that it to la moving with a velocity of about nineteen miles a second about the rate the earth moves in its orbit and that early in august it will wilt be via ible ibie to tb the naked eye as a small patch of light twelve and a half degrees west of the polar star it will become more visible and the tall tail will be seen divided into three parts thenceforward until the collision tak tah hakea ea place it will increase in apparent bize size and splendor until its light shall fill the entire heavens rendering the stars the moon and even the sun san invisible As to the exact moment of contact there is a disagreement bab but the result was arrived at by the astronomers bockh giving august 12 at twenty minutes to 4 pm greenwich time while plant amour places it at half past 6 rpm pm a difference of two hours and fifty nitty minutes A special from geneva says saya the tribunal arbitration of required argument on three points first due diligence as a principle of law second what was wab the vartue of the commission held by the confederate cruisers and how far did they entail responsibility upon england when they entered her ports third how far did the coaling ortho of ahe cruisers in the english ports make england responsible for their acts ao ts rhose rhese points have been elaborately elaborated r argued by roundel palmer and evarts cashing and walte the tha fant fact that tha the tribunal analyzes the cases as is seen in their points is a strongly atron gly favorable indication GENEVA 8 the board of arbitration i held a two iwo and a half hours ses session slob today and adlour adjourned i ned to wednesday W next several beveral of the arbitrators and counsel ire re indisposed by excessive toll and the disagreeable weather the object of he iho court in adjourning for to ko long iong a period is to give the tho members time tor for or especial es ecial study on a number of points involved in the cases which haye havo come before them it is confidently hoped the labors of the tribunal will be brought to a satisfactory conclusion by the of september BRUSSELS 8 owing to the prevalence of the in germany and russia belgium has prohibited the importation of cattle from those countries constantinople S iru itt jouk a village on the asiatic bank of che the inhabited by poor saws jaws and Greeks wab was destroyed by fire upwards of one thousand families are nom elpas and destitute LONDON 9 the house of commons last night resumed the debate on in the motion for the removal offus of justice keogh geog h for his decision deci deel siou in the galvay galway ray pay way election case the most prominent faish members strongly denounce ehe iho action of keogh which was approved by the government the debate b a to was excited and lasted until four this morning when a division of the house bouse was taken and the gr varn ment sustained stained au dustal ned by one hundred majority the pope hail hasl instructed the catholic bishops of england that rome romme will protest against the determination of the ibe british government to prosecute the priests pr lesta con concerned berned in the galway election elt elc n p oce edingb edinge it is said bald that napoleon with eugenie was to visit scotland about august FREEDOM IN THE territories the supreme court couri in its late decision has recalled the country to the old oid time doctrine tha that in the territories lis its as in the states the people are their own rulers lh ih all their local focal affairs that as in the states self government of the people by the people for the good of the people is chehi the higher law of all ali good governments the ks keystone tone of the thie arch or of liberty regulated by law under the constitution of the united states the voice of that august tribunal has been heard by thoughtful men over the whole country with renewed i f falth faith th in MO the stability of republican government 0 ovorn overn and with fresh fresa confidence in its early return to principles the and protection I 1 without which it cannot be long preserved omaha herald |