Show TELEGRAPH T 1 UNION F 0 II 11 JB I 1 G ab nb dig dis lus big 28 26 the text of the new comial treaty between france and nah nab nah I 1 is s published the contracting ers accord secord each other fa favored vorea an a treatment in all matters of mercial intercourse french merits are exempt from employing I 1 brokers for ton the transaction of ness pegs in the burmese market markets nahla nahia nah mah is forbidden to maintain or te monopolies customs duties ain aln the same as they were except J m which is liable to 30 per cent ease vase 26 A dispatch from tan says the admiral commanding united states steamer lancaster ih 11 arrived at that port a few days to support the demand of the fed ed states consul for the release of iwo two wo persons unjustly v imprisoned I 1 notice to the government v rement of mo i oon aoa 0 on the that gt 20 0 days davs would be ted red within which th the prisoners ald aid id be liberated and reparation p M and that if it within that time the lands were not acceded to the adal would denounce the madrid mention k of 1850 and refer the matto 0 the government at washington ton f further urther action 26 A letter has beenie been reed at bortl from a nun bunta taken k empris pris when khartoum fell into the dis ris so of the arabs and who is now i in custody in the Ma maddis lidis camp at lurman durman urma 8 she e confirms the state guthat it that el maddis troops massa tiie tae gol goi soldiers diers of the garrison and ay iy peaceable ea ceable ceabie citizens and she states T the hp e umber number of persons slaughtered fully 2000 t terrible lr ibie ible explosion occurred this i noon at the royal school of gun f tat at shoeburyness while a number jt illery officers and scientists were ang a new patent fuse three men e killed outright and several fatally amon among the latter were some be he most prominent nent officials of the eminent atory at woolwich I 1 i scene of the explosion presented a aning enin st sight ht some of the wounded their ke faces carried away others ir r legs legis torn off and men were lying ut at in every al direction groaning iii in ir r dying agonies acklis 26 the congo cong conference its Us final sitting today today to bik day day bismarck sided aided lie ile expressed great satis tion that an agreement had been abed and gave a resume e of the ious lous ous points 0 ats of the pro gramme ile he 1 a s special ecial tribute to the concilla r s spirit irit t the e delegates teg leg tes displayed and ded e to t the e formation r atlon of the fhe new go 0 o state as one of the most avail aids towards rendering the work he e conference lasting Bi bismarck eluded eded by thanking the delegates behalf e half of the emperor william taunt de launay italian t returned thanks to bismarck on lait it of the delegates and said the ess cess of the coti conference ference was largely pio vio fc to Bis marcks efforts is marck then announced that the rican international association had rifled its adhesion to the decisions the he conference and that the docu ants ts had feenst been signed ned by president anch luch auch on behalf of R the association he delegates then signed the docu ats fourteen in number and the ference was declared closed resident strauch who had arrived in while received congratulations in all the delegates ARIS arrs 26 admiral courbet will wiil e ebis position tion near shanghai for the pose of intercepting vessels with 2 cargoes ondon andon 26 england has refused to 0 onize nize alze the french declaration makrice makile contraband of war if found vessels bound to or from chinese ts emliy 26 under the medi mediation atlon of grand duke of saxe welmar weimar the geror of german has offered to the right of the duke of oberland to the ile throne neof of bruns k on condition that the duke re inces his claim to the throne of adver iris IMS 26 the chamber of deputies jay day agreed to increase to 6 francs duty on flour imported direct from froin entries outside of europe the imber also resolved to increase to 9 acs and 50 centimes cen times the duty on rodean flour imported from euro in entre pots 27 gen bullers whole force low within one days march of gak f he reached this point without nai nal ties the tile sick and d are da well buller expects to reach t tt I 1 early next week VA hakim KIll 27 the tho activity of the eis els during the last two nights was it and effective they succeeded becking rec king three advanced re doubts hout exploding the mines which naval brigade and engineers had pared in each 27 great excitement valls rails throughout easland in view lie he possible defeat of government parliament arli larli ament F erne enne E 27 in consequence e of the ir lre ire islon lon ton to expel anarchists from itz Az erland the police raided suspect abuses this morning and wholesale whole saIe sale ats were made ten noted anar ts were arrested in this city ONDON la the russian bicet acet the organ of gen uen Ho komaroff maroff erts arts that there is a strong party at at t who desire that russian krotec i be extended over that city T PETERS UtIna 27 the Jo journal ANter 3 ettry Ottry baye caye comalia co manla mania the afghan difficulty it is to be hoped that earl dufferin who is instructed to confer with the ameer of afghanistan will give the latter wise counsel if england and russia are to regard afghanistan ghi ghani histan stan as a budd buff bunner buffer er to prevent friction the ameer must not make it a brand of discord or interfere with the delimitation front the fact that the ameer ameen is to have an interview with barl dufferin shows that the ameer is dependent on british 1 gh policy therefore british policy is more ore responsible for the acts of tile the ameer it Is to be hope hoped A that the customary moderation and prudence of the english cabinet Cabine will twill prevail in the settlement of this frontier dispute despite the clamor raised by english politicians the journal concludes ahls this significant article with the following new political epigram prestige endangered on the nile cannot be restored on the herri road LONDON 27 gladstone in answer to the protest of the peace society against the tile prosecution of the war in the soudan confines himself to tb reference to the many acts of lord wolseley to induce the hostile arabs to cease making war ile he points the society to lord voise leys proclamation to show that the government desired to avoid bloodshed to establish a native government at khartoum and recognize el mahdi as sultan of kordovan Kor dofan if if he surrendered the european and tella heen prisoners in his possession LONDON 27 the second sec of apriels april is now set for the departure of the prince of wales Irel irei ireland anid anio ile he will reside at first at dublin castle LONDON 26 Salis sails burys motion of censure was adopted b by v the lords lord S to 68 North Nort cotes heotes motion of censure was rejected by the tha commons to the governments overn ments majority of 14 in the division on the censure motion in the commons last night has not disappointed the con cou conserva conservatives serva alves it is the tile lowest majority the government has ever obtain obtained eo upon any important question since it entered office the conservative vote which is normally estimated at was increased to by the vote ol 01 of goschen and other w whigs h and 21 24 irish members the peace rad radicals ca 1 s supported up ported the government the excitement became intense toward the close of the debate when it became known that a section of the whigs and yarnel Pamel lites had decided to vote against the government the report led ted led a numb number drof of hesitating radicals to vote a against I 1 dinst the censure motion thus saving 1 r the government from defeat the times says that technically the government escaped defeat but that thai morally it was defeated discredited dis c credited and condemned it is difficult to believe the times continues that a majority of 14 will endure the strain of the heavy votes for the cost of the expedition tion ibn the standard commenting on the small majority by which the government escaped censure says the cabinet is bankrupt in influence and gladstone stone has received a severe lesson it is reported that before division on the censure motion the ministry decided to retire from office if their majority should be under 15 horti 27 the total less of the desert column since it left kortt in killed and disabled Is 30 officers and men paris panis 27 rhe announcement made in the british house of commons yesterday by lord fitzman rice ulce under secretary of the foreign department that france had been notified by england that she could not assent to frances trances declaring a against ainest rice as contraband of war in china nga is proving annoying to the french government it is believed that the attitude taken by the british government w will pro produce uce ace tension in the present resent relations between france and england 27 the swedish steamer norden was run into and sunk by the eng english glish steamer cumberland and 21 persons aboard the nod voz norden m were drowned londos LONDON 28 last october el mah dl dt sent an autom autograph letter ietter to genera general 1 gordon exulting over the wreck of col stewarts steamer and the murder ol 01 that officer and his companions in proof of his knowledge of the disaster which had overtaken stewart he endorsed copies of decur documents bents found on the steamer and an account showing the state of the munitions and s supplies UP at khartoum at the time of stewarts departure by the messenger who brought the letter gen gordon sent se lit tit bazk back a defiant reply to el mahdi he said 1 I do not care how bow many men you yon killed or what success you gained it makes no difference to me after more in the same vein he concluded with 1 I do not care what forces you have I 1 am made of iron and intend to hold on here london 3 pm the cabinet council met at 2 this afternoon and is still in session earl spencer lord lieutenant of Ir ireland elaud was present having arrived from dublin this morning he the outcome of the rue tue meeting eting is very uncertain but a crisis is predicted PARIS 28 the journal des debats in an article on last nights proceedings in the british parliament says the fall fail of gladstone has been ger banys political dream and Bis marcks aim 28 after the late action of the rebels in destroying the advanced re doubts lieutenant askwith went to them to alter the arrangement for exploding the mines while examining exa examining minin one of the mines it exploded and askwith was blown to pieces i BOMB rome 28 the italian government haa has mont mout a million dollard to siisea arati for the purchase of camels the action taken indicates that italy intends to take steps for the relief of of cassala Kas sala LONDON 28 advices advises from durban announce reports current there to the effect that a proposal has been made to organize a contingent of zulus for se service arvice in the soudan LONDON 28 8 granville has opened correspondence with all powers which signed the convention of the paris parts congress ot of 1856 the object of this correspondence is to secure a joint protest by the other signatory powers against the proclamation issued by france decreeing rice contraband of war granviller Gran villes communication declares that the action of france in makin making this decree is in direct violation odthe of the resolutions adopted by the congress of 1856 berlin 28 the denies the report that germany accepts the french declaration making r rice contraband of war the reason creaso n that germany did not at once formally 0 oppose pose the french declaration the I 1 says is that bismarck chose to leave the initiative in the work of protest to england and other maritime mara time powers the inclusion of rice in the sphere of contraband of war the paper says implies the con elusion that cornmeal and other commodities modi ties beside this are contraband declaration The made by france I 1 if accepted would annul the declaration of the paris congress of 1838 1858 PARIS 28 lord hord lyons british minister to france has formally placed laced before jules ferry french prime minister a number of complaints plaints plaines made by eu english lish subjects that british vessels while engaged in trading between hong kong and other treaty ports have been boarded and overhauled by the french baval laval authorities and he has requested ferry to state whether france while bocking blocking tile the port of formosa claims the right to search vessels going to all ports of china it is said that the sincerity and fairness displayed by lord lyons in insisting on satisfactory answers to these english interrogatories has proved somewhat startling to the french minister LOIN LONDON DoN bon 28 the quee queens nys private secretary left windsor today to day and visited gladstone at DownIf downing ig street ile he was closeted with the peirre minister for a ion lon long iong time the cabinet council was vaas in session until odo but the result of the meeting Is not yet ascertained it is reported that much dissension occurred during the four hours session of the cabinet this afternoon it was decided that as the Parnelli in the commons voted bodily with the opposition the majority of fourteen obtained by the government Is not too small to enable the government to continue in power discussion as to the redistribution of seats will prevent an appeal to the country before november PARIS 1 fiannery flannery secretary of the dynamite committee declared the dy na miters began three weeks ago preparations pa rations for certain events to take P place I 1 ace in england compared with which a all ali I 1 1 previous explosions were expert experiments and which he was confident would terrify all En enc Ens england land ifland he said the pi ince of wales would not be molested during his sojourn in ireland as he was going oin oln thither with good intentions londos LONDON 0 2 the examination of cunningham and burton was continued i t today to 0 d day witnesses who were intro d deuced u ce al testified that burton was the owner of the bag containing 20 pounds of dynamite which was discovered in the parcel room of the charing cross railway station shortly after the explosion at victoria station a year ago 0 LONDON 2 teheran advices advises st state ate that sir peter lumsden british special commissioner on the afghan frontier question had bad reached gabern or gerlin the russians had advanced the packets south of pall ald and khartoum to Zul zui fager er and aper A persian I 1 paper states that the ameer of afghanistan has been ordered to have the road from herat to Pesha Pe warby by way of cabai cabal dimmed lately put in repair to facilitate the march of an indian corps to occupy cabal cabai L LONDON wlm 2 the prince of wales visite visited I the stock exchange today to day and was received with great enthusiasm the uie members sanz sang god save the queen and god bless the prince of wales LONDON londo 2 A dispatch has been received by ty the government from wolseley asking an extension past the cataracts of the nile railway horti 2 gen buller has arrived h here hene ere berlin 2 the strasburg have issued an official warning against foreign recruiting agents alle alie alleged ed to be recruit recruiting ins for the british argy arny army shanghai a state that admiral C courbet has blockaded and is now bombarding Chin hae torm TORONTO NITO 2 A special cable to the globe indicates a strong probability that the canadian offers of assistance in the soudan will be accepted LONDON 0 2 the british steamer lake winnipeg from new york has arrived at liverpool she landed six of the crew cra of the french ship surrey abandoned in a completely disabled condition the rest of the sunee Suree ys ls the master and officers were either drowned or dead f |