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The iron industries in the north of Eng- Iand are very prosperous. H. M. Stanley has received the LL. D. degree from Cambridge University. The London News says explorer Stanley will be married in Westminster Abbey. A cablegram announces that the new British gunboat Thrush, commanded by Prince George, son of the Prince of Wales, has sailed for Halifax. She will be attached to the North American squadron. The British freight steamer Bayswater, Capt. Taylor, which left New York March Rumors of the serious illness of the Queen are officialy denied. Her majesty has a trifling cold. The Paris Figaro suggests that if England would fix a date for the evacuation of Egypt, France might be willing to relinquish her Newfoundland claims. Rajah Brooke has annexed to his Sarawak dominions another large slice of Borneo, which means practically its annexation to British territory. Emperor William, as if desiring to mark the strength of the entente with England, celebrated the Queen’s birthday with unâ€" usual effusiveness. The Marquis of Salisbury, speaking at a, banquet, said nothing had been surrendered to Germany in regard to Africa as no agree- ment had yet been reached. The police believe Anarchirts and agita- tors are arranging for explosions in London. Additional precautions are being taken for the protection of public buildings. The London Daily News, the cham ion of the home rule cause, upbraids Messrs. illon, O’Brien and others for holding a. meeting at New Tipperary in defiance of the Govern- ment’s proclamation. The Queen has created Prince Albert Vic- tor, eldest son of the Prince of Wales, Duke of Clarence and Avondale and Earl of Ath- lone. The ninth annual meeting of the Royal Society commenced in Ottawa on Tuesday. Abbe Casgrain attacked the theory of evolu- tion, which he called the worship of death, and advocated the belief in special creation. Principal Grant reviewed the progress of the Australian colonies in the direction of nationalism and presented the claims of Im- perial Federation. President Wilson, of the Toronto Uni versity, received a letter from the Marquis of Lorne regarding assistance for the resto- ration of the university, and stating that he has written to leading European univer sities in behalf of the institution. Mr. J ames Taylor, of Winnipeg, had an interview with the Deputy Minister of the Interior urging the claims of the white set- tlers who went to the Red river country after the year 1835 to receive scrip similar to that granted to settlers who went there be- tween 1818 and 1835. Officials of the Hudson Bay railway wno have arrived in Winnipeg from Ottawa state that the company have made such arrange- ments with the Dominion Government as will ensure the construction of the road. Thomas B. Fisher, aged about 40, machin- est, married, with four children, was found in his (lining room, at Galt, Monday night, having been stabbed over the heart. He died in the evening. Supposed to be suicide. The Minister of Finance is in receipt of advices that the steamship service recently inauguwted between Canada, and the \Vest Indies and Demerara has developed a trade beyond all expectations. Archbishop Fabre, in a, pastoral letter on the Longue Pointe fire, suggests that the terrible disaster may have been a. divine chastisement to enforce a. better observance of the Lord’s day. The carpenters andpainters in the C. P. R. shops at Winnipeg have asked for a reduc- tion of the working hours to '55 hours per week and an increase of wages from 25 to 37% cents per hour. Col. Gzowski has been madea K. C. M. G. Other Queen’s Birthday honors include knighthood for Judge Johnston, of Montreal, and a C. M. G. for Mr. Griffin, ex-Deputy Postmaster-General. ' At a meeting of the Montreal Civic F1- nauce Committee Major Grenier and City Comptroller Robb were authorized to pro- ceed to England and negotiate a. new loan of £600,000. There appears to be no prospect of a set- tlement of the difficulty between the cotton weavers of Hamilton and their employers. Fifty of the strikers have left the city. On Saturday morning James Heale, grocer, of West Toronto Junction, was struck by a. special express on the Grand Trunk railway near High park and instantly killed. The erection of temporary buildings for the insane asylum at Longue Pointe began last week, and it is expected they will be ready for occupation by September. The Department of the Interior have sent; 8,000 traps to the Nortll-VVest, designed to catch gophers, which threaten to become a. pest in that country. CANADA. The Nova. Scotia Legislature stands: Gov- ernment 27, Opposition ll. Canadians settled in Minnesota and Dakota will send a delegation to Manitoba. to ascer» tain What inducements there are for them to immigrate. The reat lumber firm of Smith, Wade 8:, Co. of nebec, are reported to be financially embarrassed. Liabilities about $2,000,003. 000,000. It was stated at the Toronto City Uoum i1 011 Monday evening that the rate of taxation would be 18 miles on an assessment of $126,- THE WEEK’S NEWS. The London Standard, in speaking of the Newfoundland dispute, mentions the island as a part of Canada. One hundred and thirty Scotch girls have reached Brockville from the Edinburgh 01‘- phans’ Home. Over one hundred carpenters have left London, Ont, for British Columbia, to work for a. railway company. The contract; for the Parry Sound railway Was signed in Toronto on Monday. It is reported that times are very bad at the coast towns and cities of British Colum- bia. Premier Mercier on Sunday stood god- father for 118 children at the Grey Shepherd Convent, Quebec. GREAT BRITAIN. It is stated Emperor William is hiD hly incensed because Prince Bismarck has 3.1 ow- ed himself to be interviewed by forei n cor- respondents. His majesty says the rince is only fit for a lunatic asylum. Dr. Bayol, formerly Governor of the Gabon colony, says Dahomey is a. very rich country and it would be folly for the French to abandon their possessions in that region. Miss Clara Ward, of Toronto, a. few days prior to her marriage with Prince Caraman- Chimay, made a. settlement on the Prince of $100,000. Adrian} Djlgglg, pzjesidzent “of the Court 70f Adrian Dingle, president of the Court 01 Appeals of Malta, has be‘on appointed Eng. Ii§H ambassador 60 the Vaticalnl. The negotiations between England and Germany regarding territorial rights in East Africa are not making satisfactory pro- gross. The Berlin Vollcs Zeitung, Socialist organ, makes a. violent attack upon Prince Bis- marck. It charges that the veteran states- man is insane. The Christians of Canea, Crete, have adopted a. resolution appealing to the foreign consuls for protection against the continued outrages by Turks. T115 postmasters’ conference at Adelaide, Australia. has adopted a resolution in favor of reducing the cable rates to and from Eng. land to fopr shillings per word. There is said to be a. conspiracy, with its centre in Berlin, for the organization of a. rising against Russia. in the Baltic provinces. Gen. von Caprivi will accompany Emperor \Villiam to England to assure~Lord Salis- bury of the continued friendship of Ger- many. The workmen employed in the state gun factories at Spandau, Germany, has received an advance of twenty per cent. in wages. The Spanish Government has decided to give an English syndicate the contract for the Cuban Central railway. Prince William of Saxe-VVeimar has been declared a. bankrupt. His debts, chiefly due to gambling, amount to 243,000 marks. The Czar is reported to have declared that in the event of a Franco-German war Russia will not interfere. M. Santereau cables from Paris that he has contracted for the completion of the Pa.- nama. canal in four years. Séventy-seven Chinamen were lost by the wreck of the American ship Oneida. in Behring Sea. Emperor William will start for Peterhof August 14. He will be the guest of the czar about ten days. The pilgrims, who have visited the ope rgcAeqtily, have carried to his holiness a. out £39,006; Gen. Edward Frederick Fransocky, of the Prussian army, is dead. The Paris police are keepinga close watch on foreign Anarchists. A special Washington despatch says the United States Government has not deter- mined upon any new cousse in regard to the seal fisheries in Behring Sea. No order has been issued to seize any British or other vessel which may be found taking sea-ls. IN GENERAL. Emperor William had his foot sprained by a. fall on Sunday. The report of the Committee on Dietetics at the American Medical Association, sitâ€" inp; at Nashville, Tenn. , concluded that the American people were being ruined by the too free use of liquid food, which causes de- fective jaws and teeth. Rev. Dr. Barrett, of St. Stephen’s R. 0. church, was shot on his doorstep in Chicago Monday night and fat-ally wounded by an insane young man named,Ca.dy,who profess- ed to be dying from heart trouble. The Queen’s birthday was celebrated in Boston, Mass, Monday evening bythe Brit- ish charitable institutions with a. banquet and speech-making. Over 1000 were in at- tendance. The United States man-of-war Pensacola has arrived at New York from Africa. She had on board the scientists who went to the Dark continent to observe the recent eclipse of the moon. A majority of the members of the United States House judiciary committee have agreed to a. favorable report on a. constitu- tional amendment granting the franchise to woman. The Chicago shippers of dressed beef have entered into a. contract with the knew Cana- dian Pacific and Wabash line, and the other roads are excited over the matter. It is again rumored that an English syndi- cate is negotiating for the purchase of the Union Stock Yards at Chicago, the price be» ing $10,000,000. Comptroller Onahan, of Chicago, has found that the city has been cheated out of hun- dreds of thmylsands of dollars of interest by its treasurers. The revision committee of the Presby ter- ian General Assembly of the United States will meet; on the first y'Tuesday in October at Pittsburg. nd to tour shllllngs per word. The Tribune of que slaysL that Gen. Silj An epidemic of hydrophobia prevails in the village of Breeds, Iowa, and neighbor- hood, and live stock has suffered largely. The Missouri Grand Lodge of Oddfellows has decided that; saloonkeepers cannot reâ€" main members of their order. George Francis Train has arrived at Ta- coma, having circled the earth in 67 days 13 hours 3 minutes and 3 seconds. 16 for Lisbon, is reported as missing. The Bayswater was owned by E. H. \Vatts, of London. She was of iron and had a. crew of 30 men. The execuiive committee of the VVorld’s fair at Chicago have elected Lyman J. Gage as permanent chairman. The King of the Belgians'arrived at Balmor- al on Saturday having made the long journey from London for the express purpose cf wishing his old friend, Queen Victoria, many happy returns of her birthday. His present consisted of a huge bouquet, three feet in diameter, composed of mauve-color- ed orchids. UN ITED STATES. An insect called the saw fly is doing much damage to wheat in Illinois. The United States Presbyterian General Assembly will meet next year in Detroit. Allithe criminals in the county jail at_Be1â€" montv, Ohio, escaped on Sunday. On Saturday a. note tied to a stone was found in the courtyard of Marlborough House, addressed to the Prince of Wales. The note said :â€"“Give us bread if you would reign,” and was signed “ Thousands of starving Englishmen.” When placed in competition with other breeds, it has seldom been allowed the Ayr- shire to compete on her strongest pointâ€"that of taking into account the cost of food con- sumed to produce the quantity of product. The owners of other breeds have never, in The merits of the Ayrshire are more sel- dom seen in the papers than those of most dairy breeds, which is probably in a great measure due to the less speculative tendency of the owners. While the owners of other breeds are keeping their good qualities be- fore the public, the owners of Ayrshire are silent in regard to their performances, and are quietly at home attending to their cattle and deriving a handsome profit from the in~ come of the dairy. The owner of a dairy of Ayrhires cows never complains of hard times, for where any other cows can simply pay their way, the Ayrshire will return a divi- dend. The reason of this is that it costs less on an average to roduce a quart of milk or a pound of butter rom an Ayrshire than from any other dairy cows. As a dairy cow, their size is the standard, being about a thousand pounds in fair condition, weighed at about a month or six weeks after calving. A cow of this size has large enough Capacity to consume enough food to produce a good return without seeming to strain her organs; then too she is not aslarge as to be unwieldly in getting about, nor does it require the extra food to support an unnecessary size. Perhaps the gi'éat secret of the success of the Ayishire as a. dairy cow, is her digestion enabling her to extract and turn into milk and butter the largest possible amount of return for the food consumed They are like a healthy workingman when he sits down to dinnerâ€"all the food is good, and tastes good. An A ishire cow does not stop to findg out the qua ity of the hay placed be- fore herâ€"she cats with a. 1eilsh, good hay and poor. Of course she does not return to her owner as much milk from his poor hay as from his good but she eats it with nearly as good 1elish. She' 1s hardy, healthy and strongâ€"«always hungry and eats heaitily. These pests are exceedingly destructive on newly set cabbage, tomato and sweet potato plants. The most successful way to get ahead of these chaps is to wrap the stems with newspaper. Cut strips from two to two and one-half inches wide, throw them in a pan of water and wet them slightly, and they will wrap better around the stems. While one is planting the house wife or one of the children can wrap the plants so one- half inch of the wrapped paper will be be- low the surface of the ground, and an inch and one half out. The paper will dry and harden, and the worms will not bother the plants except occasionally one willclimbover inside and cut a plant, but after taking the above measure loss will be light. says a horse exchange, but they can be freq“ :ntly cured of the habit by the use of exp edients and exercise of patience. One lesson that may take a good deal of time with a young horse, and especially with a young mare, is allowing articles of any kind to be placed between its tail and its body First put on a common 01 upper, and fastdh it moderately tight to the surcingle. The foreleg may be strapped up if necessal y for this purpose and let down again as soon as all is secure. Let the colt move round you, and you will soon see if it is going to be ticklish about its tail. If it kicks let it I kick as long as it will, and when it will not [P Kicking horses are a dangerous nuisance kick any longer slacken the crupper, so that it will drop three inches down its tail, and try the colt round at that. When it will no longer kick at a tight or slack crupper tie a piece of stout string as long as your lounging line to the 01 upper mid- W ay between the tail and the surcingle, and taking the loose end of the string in your hand tighten and slacken the crupper with it as the colt passes round you. When reconciled to this, strap up the foreleg and take off the crupper. Fold and secure a duster or some such fabric round it so as to make the part ~°that goes under the tail 1 three or four inches in diameter Then put the crupper 011 again, and try the colt round with it. If it kicks keep it going until it kicks no longer. See that it is not too tight, and that there is nothing about it to make very tender skin under the tail sore, so that it may be kept 011 several days and ni hts if necessaiy. It will liaxé a greater e ect, and be less likely to produce any soreness or tenderness if the mate1ials under the tail, as well as its position, are varied ev ery day The crupper can be shortened and lengthen- ed so as to touch different parts of the tail. On the second day a piece of woolly sheep- skin may take the place of the duster ; 011 the third day a hay band, 011 the fourth a loose cloth or a wide piece of leather or sacking, and thus continue something new until the colt will take no notice of any harmless thing, and will not pinch any of , them when placed under his tail. Proper feeding is a matter of particular moment in feeding:r sheep. They are very particular as to their tastes and kind of food they eat. They will not eat unsuitable feed, unless it is the only alternative. Starvation will alone compel them to eat what does not suit them. If the feeder caters to their likes they Will thrive, otherwise they will lose flesh rapidly. The most successful sheep feeders feed their sheep three times daily, and universally adopt the plan of f:eding only What the sheep will eat up clean. They regard too liberal feeding as mistaken kindness, and when carried to extremes the results are injurious. Small racks are provided, that will hold a small quantity of hay, and the sheep are fed hay in the morning, without grain; fodder for the mid-day meal, and some grain, with the allowance of hay for supper. When regular- ity is regarded, a flock thus fed and cared for cannot help thriving. Sheep will eat but very little at a time, but need it often. One other matter in feeding sheep, of para- mount importance, is that of the provision of plenty of salt and water. Much better satisfaction is always had when the flock is graded. The lamb flock, breeding ewes, and the mothers, should be kept in separate flocks. Many flock owners prefer and prac- tice the method of feeding three times per day instead of two. This has never been our practice, but we have ,no reason for fil- ing objection to it. We want to hear from our successful sheep breeders. The Ayrshire Cow. AGRICULTURAL. Cure for a Kicker. Gut Worms. Feeding Sheep. “\Vith due deference to the professor, these are precisely what are every day seen with- in that area. of 250,000 square miles, through the core of which we trm eled for 13 months and in w hose gloomy shade so many sco1es of our dark followers perished. Our p1 om css th1 ough the dense underglow’th of brush and ambitious young trees which grew beneath the 1mpervious shades of the f01est giants, and which we1e matted by arums phyrnia. and amoma, meshed b endless lines of cala- mus and complicate by great, cableâ€"like convolvoli, was often only at the rate of 400 yards an hour. Through such obstructions as these we had to tunnel a. way for the column to pass. The Amazon vwlley cannot boast a. more impervious or a more umbre- geous forest, nor one which has more truly a. tropical character, than this vast upper Congo forest, nourished as it is by 11 months of tropical showers. : “\Ve can prove,’ says Stanley, “that east and north and northeast of the Congo there exists an immense area. of about 250,000 square miles,’ which is covered by one un- broken, compact and veritable forest. A scientific writer, Prof. Drummond, as late as 1888, writes that in the fairy labyrinth of ferns and palms, the festoons of climbing plants blocking the paths and scenting the forest with their flowers, the gorgeous cloud of insects, the gaily plumed birds, the paro- quets, the monkeys swinging from their tra,‘ peze in the shaded bowers, are unknown to Africa. The Congo Forest. One of the most striking passages in Mr. Stanley’s letters, received before he himself emerged from the center of Africa, was that in which he described the vast, loomy forâ€" est of the Congo. In the “parlia nentary pa- pers” upon the Emin relief expedition just issued, containing Stanley’s report, there is another remarkable description of this won- derful region, says the London News. They are. excellent layers, their eggs be- ing large, clear white in color, and of fine flavor. The general characteristics of the Dorkings are a large but well-formed and not coarse head, rose comb, neck so heavily ; feathered as to look rather short ; abundant ‘flowing hackle, body very long and deep, with a rectangular appearance, when viewed from the front; tail very large, with long, flowing sickles ; thighs heavy and so thickly feathered as to show very little shank ; short, with good bone, but not excessively heavy ; of a white or pinkish shade, and with a large fifth toe, which turns upward with a slight curve and not resting on the ground in walking. The weights required in our shows are: Cocks, seven and one-half to nine pounds; hens, six to seven and one- half pounds. English authorities give the weight several pounds heavier for both sexes. They have never been held in as high favor in this country as in England. Their reputation as moderate layers prob- ably being the reason why our fanciers have not taken them up and pushed them to the front. \Vithin the last two or three years some of our most enterprising fanciers have imported a. good many from the best flocks‘ in England, and they are gradually working 1 their way into the esteem of the Canadian 1 public. We confidently expect to see them take the place they deserve to hold in the ranks of pure-bred fowls in a very few years. The rank and file of poultry raisers are pay- ing more attention to pure-bred stock in the poultry line year by year, but the want to see the usefulness in what they ta 6 hold of as well as the pure blood; and this they will find in the Dorkings. The flesh is very firm, fine-grained, tender and of delicious flavor. The carcass pos- sesses a very large percentage of palatable food to total weight of bone and offal. The meat on the breast and; thighs is particularly hefliy and plentif_ul. White Dorkings. ‘ The Dorking is the oldest pure-bred variety known to fanciers of to-day. Their origin is still shrouded in mystery. The weight of evidence shows that they were introduced into England during the old Roman Occupancy of that country. From history We learn that they were then the favorite fowl for the table, which position they have held ever since. The description given of them by the old writers differs materially in color and markings from the breed as now known, being described as red with various markings. But all name the fifth toe, which is still one of the distinguish- ing marks of the breed. They are large birds, attractive in appearance, showing to the most casual observer their aristocratic descent, and have a general “ pull off your coat and roll up your sleeves” look of busi- ness. While tests from exceptional cows are of little value in proving the average dairy quality of any breed, and one or two tests of average cows of a breed do not prove a, rule, still they are of value if conducted fairly, and it is to be hoped that more of the experiment stations will take up this work, prove to the dairymen the need of better cows, and show them that, the product of fully a. third of the common dairy cows does not pay for the food consumed. While we claim the Ayrshire, from her economical production, to be the most profitable of the thoroughbred dairy ‘ breeds for the common dairyinan, We also claim that any of the registered dairy breeds are for more profitable than the scrub cows composing a. large percentage of the dairy herds of our countryâ€"Country Gentleman. Cost ot'keepin ......... $50.12 $44.48 $46.49“ Lb. milk to 11 . butter. 29 21% 18 At the Vermont State Fair in 1889, there was a prize offered for the best dairy cow of any breed, tested for one day on ground. The Jersey cow gave 1 1h. 9 oz. butter ; the Ayrshire, 1 lb. 6 oz. N 0 account of food was kept, but it was stated that the Jersey was fed nearly double the ration of the Ayr- shire. public test seemed to be willing to have the test, conducted on this principle, and the only way an Ayrshire could be admitted was on the “feed-a,s~ym1-please ” plan, and simply look at the result. This, in a. public test, usually hasplaced the Ayrshire second, but in the great dairy contest on the farm, it makes a. wonderful difference in +«he x-ofits whether a. cow can produce butter an milk at afew ccxlts a pound or quart less or more. At the New-Hampshire Experiment Sta- tion, last year, four breeds were tested for cost of productionâ€"Short-Horn, Holstein, Ayrshire and Jersey. The animals appear to be fair represelitatives, and as they stand in the stable, show no favoritism in their selection or care. The result is what might naturally be expected from an impartial se- lection of cows and a. fair test. As between the Holstein, Ayrshire and Jersey (the strict- ly dairy breeds), it was : Average per Cow. Holstein. Ayrshire. Jersey Yield of milk. 1b ........ 5971 5845 48:17 Butter, 1b ......... 207 267 2691: Cost of keep in ......... $50.12 $44.48 $46.49 Lb. milk top 11 .butter. 29 21% 18 The return of Hon. C. H. Tapper from Washington with his lips virtually sealed and with no word of information further than that “the negotiations in reference to the Behring Sea dispute were not finally settled’Lâ€"a conclusion to which we should" have come had he not told usâ€"does not en- courage the hope that the present negotia- tions are destined to result in an arrange- ment that will :be mutually satisfactory. It is said that Mr. Blaine has a. scheme which he would. like to carry out with the consent of England and Canada. if possible, but that failing this acquiescence he will proceed to carry it out at all hazards. Now it is possi- ble that Sir Julian Pauneefote and Hon. Mr. Tupper, who can hardlv be supposed to con- sider the matter absolutely without preju- dice, are making demands that justice can- not approve, but from the known views of the Secretary of State it is easier to be- lieve that the stay of proceedings is owing to some unrigliteous demand on the part of Mr. Blaine. It is a pity that some means could not be devised of changing that gentleâ€" man’s spectacles or placing him in a. differâ€" ent relation to the question. He might then be able to see things in a different light. Emmaâ€"“I notice you don’t speak to Miss Dg Conyerairly mgye. ” Lucyuâ€"“NE ; I haven’t any use for a girl who wears a. blue gown with a brown dog. ” The inhumanity of Russian officials is fast becominga byword. The outrages that have come to light in recent times have shocked the sensibility of civilized nations, andarous- ed their just indignation. Now it appears that the same spirit which actuates the offi- cers possesses the subordinates as well. An instance of brutal cruelty occurred the other day when Tomsk, the capital of \Vestern Siberia, was reduced to ashes. The place was visited simultaneously by a conflagration and a cyclone, the result of the combined disasters being the destruction of threeâ€" quarters of the buildings, which were of wood, and the loss of hundreds of lives. Anion other buildings destroyed was the Cathe ral whose walls in falling crushed an adjacent hospital, burying the inmates, who were subsequently roasted alive. On being appealed to for help the garrison heartlessly refused to render the least assistance in saving lives and property, on the plea, that they had enough to do to protect the barracks and other Government buildings. They also added that they had no time to to assist “worthless exiles.” It is diflicult to imagine such appalling insensibility to the suffering of others. However it may be ac- counted for, the fact is beyond gainsaying, that in this respect Russia is not separated many removes from the barbarisln which (steems a human life of no more value than that of a brute. Evidently here is a field for the Missionary of the Gospel of love. 1 Another feature of the bill is, that it pro- ‘ vides that the power of the licensing commis- sion to grant licenses may be suspended in any parish, if two-thirds of the ratepayers shall vote to that effect. The resolution may be rescinded after the expiration of a. year, if two-thirds vote for such rescinding; other- wise the suspension remains in force for three years. It is not thought, however, that this provision will be finally embodied in the law, the feelin being very general that so long as alcoho is salable under a general law and one resident in a given district 'de~ sires alcohol, he has a rightto get it. These’ ('3‘) am the main features of the bill which with /' the cxceptionof thelocal option clause, stands a fair chance of passing into law in as much as its main provisions elicited the cordial approval of Sir. \Villiam Harcourt. speaking for the opposition, and of Mr. Ritchies, Preâ€" sident of the Local Government Board. The- bill refers only to England and Wales, Scot- land and Ireland presenting peculiar diflicult- ies which render a delay necessary. A feature of the bill which is unique so far as temperance legislation on this continent is concerned is the provision for compensat- ing the present holders of licenses, who through the operation of the proposed law would fail to get their licenses renewed. This provision has aroused the prohibition- ists who are strongly opposing it and who argue in England as here, that license hold- ers having been engaged in an iniquitous and unwholesome calling have no claim to be indemnified for the loss of their business. The opposite view, however, widely prevails that their business having been authorized by law, satisfies the definition of legitimacy ; ‘ and that every lawful trader, su pressed not as a criminal but for the genera advantage, is entitled to compensation. The Spectator voices the feeling of a large body of the people when it says, that to continue a right of selling drink in the ease of one man and then shut up his rival Without indemnifica- tion would be sheer robbery. But while the beer houses which are the poor man’s club will be ruthlessly assailed by the provisions. of the bill the rich men’s clubs do not entire- ly escape. Upon clubs in general Lord Ran- dolph proposes to levy so heavy a tax that some of the larger London establishments will have to pay as much as $10,000 a. year apiece. This fact will take the edge off an objection which mi ht otherwise destroy the prospects of the bill. z .y The Temperance Movement in England. Though it is generally claimed that the temperance movement has not made as great progress in England as on this side the At- lantic, the present session of the British parliament is likely to pass abill that will compare in strictness with any license mea- sure found in any country of the world. This bill which is proposed by Lord Ran- dolph Churchill shows signs of being in- fluenced by the Gothenburg system, whose fundamental principles aim at reducing the number of liquor shops and improving tfi’é character of those 1icensed,also providing that the sale of food shall be an indispensable adjunct of the sale of liquor; and the dele- gation of exclusive authority over licensing to local authorities. The bill if carried, will wipe out the most numerous and objec» tionable class of licensed houses, viz., the beer shops, which with the publican’s or spir- it retailer‘s license, and the wine license, taken out by the keeper of a. hotel or eating house, constitute at present the three import- ant classes of licenses for the sale of liquor to be found on the premises. To the license com ,nissioners, chosen from the county coun- cil, is given absolute and final power as to the suppression of licenses and the selection of licensees, as well as power to regulate the hours of opening and closing, and the struc- ture of licensed houses. The Behring Sea Dispute. Tabooed by Society. Russian Barbarism.