Show 1 I 1 r I 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 1 4 73 I 1 aw 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 old world mys londoe march 7 usa somo further correspondence to epting kp ting the affairs of central asia has been issued parliamentary pipe m A dispatch contained therein ind dated september 17 1887 from bord salisbury to sir west ridgway concerning tile settlement of sheaf between tile ind the obus conveys to the con missioner tile Que enlis a entire approval of the manner in a aich lie performed lie very important and responsibly 10 mission with which he was entrusted ilia government fully reco the difficulties with which he had to can tends m era sensible of tile nj judgment with chith lie met them and had no doubt that it was to his firm but conciliatory con duct that the satisfactory termination tf the labors of the commission WAS largely duo A highly interesting contribute contri buti 0 a to the co Is a letter from tile ameer of afghanistan to lord dufferin with regard to the withdrawal of russian chains to kham l ab and the acceptance by that nation of th a views of tile british commissioner with rel erect to that part of the frontier the letter Is dated august 10 1887 and after the usual oriental compliments aad a recapitulation of the viceroys Vice roys dispatch it stating abo of the me continues 1 I feel much obliged and am inspired with hope on account of the great attention and the farseeing far seeing and royal considerate con of her imperial and dignified majesty the great queen of england and era press of india the good ana the state adoring opinion of the representative as of the illustrious government is wor thy of praise and the cause of bapp I 1 new and thinks for the knots in the thread of discussion with the russian government which were tied with regard to the afghan frontiers have been untied and opened with the tips of the fingers of excellent measures I 1 that lives of the illustrious british government have from the first stags of the demarcation until th cona the question reached their destination after having traversed many hard and difficult stages of discussion on the noble steed of minute thoughts it Is oneff the results and consequences of the sincere friendship of the two parties that the russian government notwithstanding its large number of troops its power and its natural noise and despotism ba A entered the door of refraining and from conquest and war with these two auspicious governments as it knew that it the war would have an unhappy result anti would entail a heavy loss on itself had it not seen the foundation of the friendship friend Thip of these two united king dome strong and firm arid the basis of the affection affee tion and sympathy of the two governments solid and stable it would hardly have c ome down from the palace of its desire and the mansion of its ish to subjugate friend ellk t the illustrious brit ish govern the tree r aa fajt a of and it is undoubtedly 00 11 the letter concludes with a beclar the main in perpetual friendship it h britain and of thorough al and agreement in the settlement of the kham l ab question correspondence respecting the pro posed international convention securing the free navigation of the canal has been published the dispatches are 81 in number and date from nov 12 I 1 W to dec 6 dealing in the of the negotiations between the french and english governments on the subject of th 0 suez canal the draft conven lion was forwarded by 31 91 ton to the marquis of salisbury oa sept ath last and this was sent on nor ath to the british t ves at berlin vienna madrid rome the hague st petersburg constan dinople and cairo on november 18 the italian government intimated their acceptance of the draft conven lion the netherlands gov erdmen following on novem bar 2 with their willing approval BL de alers intimated to the british ambassador at st petersburg on november 30 th at the russian government w 0 uld await the decision of the porte the final despatch of the series Is cue from the of salisbury to sir W beito approving of his proceedings in in biting the adhesion of the turkish government to the draft conventi on agreed lapon between great britain and F rance ii the various courts from time to time cases arise to prove that superstitions ions might have been thought to be dead and buried still bold e way with a large section of the population only a few days ago an inquest wa held in london upon a young servant girl who had committed suicide simply because she had broken a lookingglass her mistress had botic C d the damage but had not spoken f it because she thought it too trifling 0 but the matter continued to weigh upon the girls mind and it is believed that the old superstition that any who broke a looking glaw entailed up on themselves seven years of bad so troubled her that she resolved that it would be better to end her life at once of course it is not often that a superstition has so a couse quence but it would be surprising to coolheaded cool headed people to find how many 11 ach exist liters are a vast number of sensible folk who sh U d der when they split oil cp who on no account commence a new yen ture on a friday and who abdol decline to make one of a P arty of thirteen at dinner they can give no reason far any of these ca prices save that they are unlucky un lacky 10 a word w illch is a surd As an explanation that it ought to be banished bazi shed from the language time and increased education may sto such stupid beliefs but it will scarcely be within our own day in many parts of the country much anxiety is felt with regard to the witter supply during the conlin g s mer figures are now to hand which will thia I 1 for lag I 1 I 1 I 1 1141 7 tit 71 WI R I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 t I 1 1 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 j wo wj dalt isbey ui 7 per tem in ilia rainfall of tile island i n d t 1 io r ep 0 rt a ip s u ed b y th 0 lle L t eo m 1 0 g lc a 1 0 M c e f or t li e clr b t il v e 0 r si x reeks of the current year show the vant to he increasing so that in be 1111 illand counties the t y IS thus far 70 per cent below the average and at hereford tie much as 00 per cent at bradford ilia to n council in whose hands are the wa ter works of the districts lava already had to restrict tile supply and it may therefore be imagined what the late of things Is likely to be by the circumstances do not change of the difficulties libich lih ich surround the procuring of the immense quantity of water which Is required by our large manufacturing to us are often apt to grumble mille cupplo runs short not putting themselves to the trouble of realizing what those difficulties les are but now that it is known that tile supply from flie heavens has leon so abort there NOR be no excuse for wonder if flat in the reservoirs is 1 similarly imil arly deficient truth Is stranger than fiction indeed among those saved from the dutch emigrant wp tile IV A scholten Ns aich was lost off advert in november last was bliss gold bile A acted with great fortitude at tile time of the enking of the vessel and beg god the few I 1 anglish people on board to join hands and die together A bliss gold as met tied at winchelsea Win chelsea sussex to aar T of van buren bonaparte U S DI r I 1 mitchell is a bariner all d having determined to marry silver tided for a among amongst st those who applied was bliss gold and her portrait having been ar proved she was proceeding to amer ica to barrk tile advertiser references had been exchanged but net ther party had seen theother tho other after the catastrophe in the channel bit I 1 mitchell journeyed to england and as stated above ilia marriage ceremony was performed at Winch olsea a few days ago |