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Sevastopol, June 30.) Four battleships, one cruiser and several torpedo boats left here yesterday evening under the command of Admiral Kruger, with orders to sink the "Potemkin" if she refuses to sur- render, and then assist in restoring order in town. (Reuter.)
The "Potemkin" began to bombard the town at 11.30 yesterday evening. The transport "Vecha" has joined the muti- neers. The central railway station has been burnt. The funeral of the sailor who was shot for presenting the petition for better food, was a great popular demonstration. There was do disorder. Neither police nor troops were on the route. The burnt ships include the "Satatow" of the Volunteer Fleet. (Reuter.)
The seamen here have mutinied and wrecked the barracks. 'The Cossacks and artillery have been called out and fighting has ensued, but there are no details. (Reuter.)
Nii e vessels have been burned, but it is believed that none of them were British. Machine guns were used to clear the streets. Two more regiments have arrived. (Reuter.)
It is reported that a mutiny has broken out at Cronstadt, and that the sailors have stoned a number of officers. The troops at Peterhof, where the Tsar is, have been reinforced. (R.)
The American Consul at Odessa telegraphs that the fleet arrived at noon, and that the "Potemkin" surrendered without firing a shot. (Reuter.)
Martial law has been proclaimed. The funeral of the sailor, whose death was the cause of the mutiny, took place yesterday. The police did not make an appearance. Owing to the arrest of the sailors, the "Potemkin" bombarded the town. The sailors were released. (Harm.)
The battleship "Peresviet" has been refloat ed here. (Reuter)
It is announced that M. Rouvier will hand a note to Prince Radolin to-day accepting the conference, regarding Morocco. (Reuter.)
It is expected that the Franco-German inci- dent will be settled next week. (Havas.)
The Chamber of Deputies has agreed to the prolongation of the judicial reform in Egypt. (Havas.)
Mr. Baker, Liberal, 2,320, Mr. Cohen, Con- servative, 1,552; in succession to Mr. Richards, deceased. This is a Liberal gain. (Reuter.)
Kent beat Yorkshire by six wickets. (R.)
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Yesterday's bulletin records a fatal case at Port Said and another at Ashmoun.
A lining new-born child was found yesterday in the Haret el Balkatria, and was sent to the hospital.
Mr. Dunlop will select 25 gentlemen whilst he is in England to add to the staff of Government school instructors.
A credit of L.E. 6,350 has been opened for an examination of the course of the Nile near the Upper Cataracts.
A variety company makes its debut this evening at the new theatre which has been built at the Crown Casino, Ibrahimieb.
found in the Esbekieh district of Cairo during the night of Monday and at daylight on Tuesday will be poisoned by the police.
The Gonnet Levy-French comedy company arrived at Alexandria this morning and opens this evening at the Eden Theatre with the 3-act comedy Mme Mongodin.
9 vessels passed through the Canal on the 28th ulto., 4 of which were British, 2 German, 1 Dutch, 2 Turkish. The day's receipts were fra. 207,947.32, making the total from 1st June frs. 7,714,139.54.
An Italian named Gae- tano Flatino, aged 65 years, was run down by a cab in the Attarin quarter yesterday. His skull was fractured and he expired within a few minutes after being conveyed to the French Hospital.
The notes under this title which we usually publish in our Saturday's issue will not appear during the next few weeks. The concluding portion of the article entitled "The Principles of Heredity" is also similarly postponed.
A short while ago we informed the public that the shops which form part of the buildings of Shepheard's Hotel were to be pulled down and larger ones erected in their place. The work of destruction has already been commenced and four of the shops are being rapidly demolished.
Application has been made to the committee of the London Stock Exchange to appoint a special settling day in Sudan Mines, Limited—Further issue of 400 shares of £1 each, 2s 6d paid (Nos. 1 to 200 and 401 to 600); and 3,896 shares of £1 each, fully paid (Nos. 7,605 to 11,500).
From 1st January to 29th June, 458,233 tons of coal were imported into Egypt Wales sent 260,729 tons, Newcastle 87,864, Scotland 65,132, Yorkshire 26,876 and other places 17,632 tons.During the same period of last year the imports amounted to 482,943 tons.
The excellent Italian operetta company which is holding the boards of this playhouse continues to attract large audiences. This evening, the company will stage Suppe's popular operetta Donna Juanita. To-morrow afternoon La Gran Via will be given with the first and second acts of I Grandtieri.
On Wednesday and Thursday last the Coastguards made seizures of no less than 500 and 200 okes of hashish on the small islands oil Agamc. It had been de- posited on the islands by the smugglers while awaiting an opportunity to pass it to the shore, which is so well guarded that it is now a matter of extreme difficulty to land hashish. Before the transfer of the above large quantities coaid be managed the Coast- guards got wind of its concealment and seized it.
The Native Par- quet of the Minet-el-Bassal Kism has presented its report to the Gouvernorat on the Kanaan affair. We are glad to hear that an enquiry has been opened on the subject, and hope that it will be possible to discover who was respon- sible for the extraordinary mistake made by some one in the Native Hospital who ordered the burial of the corpse without a proper inquest, and noted the discovery of the body of a Sudanese 1 Why not a Japanese or an Eskimo ?
A very interesting ar- ticle appeared a short time ago, showing the great differences in the language, add espe- cially of pronunciation, in different parts of England, and a witty allusion was also mud? to. '"American English." It admitted, however, that many modem Americanisms were in use in the time of Shakespeare, but the universal opinion- is that there is only one English worthy 'of the nine, which is "King's English," and special care is taken to keep only to the form throughout all the Berlitz Schools, [b. 2vt] .
The Earl of Cromer has received the honorary freedom of the Skinners' Company. His lord- ship, in replying to. the toast of his health, declared that the Anglo French Agreement had been of unmixed benefit to all who had to deal with the local affairs of Egypt and wore now relieved from the constant friction and annoyance that haul marked the past. The story circulated in the Press to the effect that representations had been made to H.H. the Khediv as to the presence of British troops in Egypt was purely mythical. Four conditions were necessary to secure the uniform progress of Egypt : first, no hurry; second, that Egyptian affairs should be kept outside the domain of British party politics ; third, that the utmost care should be taken not to force Western ideas and exotic institutions upon the Egyptian people before the country was ripe for their assimilation; fourth, that Egypt should continue in the future as in the past to be governed in the interests of the Egyptians themselves.
(Reuter's Telegram)
London, June 30. The Earl of Cromer, speaking at the banquet of the Skinners' Company, dwelt upon the benefit to Egypt caused by the Anglo-French entente, and the valuable co-operation of the Egyptian Government. His relations with the Khediv were most satisfactory.
At- Thursday's meeting of the Legislative Council, Ibrahim Effendi Abd el Al, the new Fayoum delegate, was presented to the mem- bers, and the proposal for the formation of an Armenian Catholic community discussed. It was • finally decided to have these proposals printed and distributed among the members of the Council The Coined meets again on August 1.
Among varions credits that have been opened by the Ministry of Finance we note the sum of LE. 11,000 for the necessary repairs to the Tewfikieh School, LE. 4,750 I or the construction of new agricultural roads in Ghizeh Province, LE. 1,500 for repairs to the Alexandria Mixed Court of Appeal, LFL 950 for the improvement of the harbour lights at the entrance to the port of Alexandria, and smaller credits for the purchase of the necessary material for the sinking of artesian wells in the mining districts, for the purchase of pomps,and for the purchase of dog muzzles rendered necessary by the new law relating to rabies.
We wish to call the attention of the autho- rities to the dangerous use of catapults in the streets by European and Arab boys. These gapiins appear to be supplied with up-to-date weapons, and samples of their ammunition which we have seen look most formidable, small bolt heads and chopped iron bars being the pattern most in favour. Every evening parties of boys may be seen in the quieter streets, especially in the Moharrem Bay quarter, shooting at the small birds which settle on the tamarisks planted'by the road. We imagine' that the use of catapults on the public roads is forbidden, and there can be no doubt about the i'legality of their nse when missiles are fired into gardens with disastrous consequences to windows and grave risk to the eyesight of those who happen to be in the line of fire. Even the Mohamed Aly-sqnare is rendered unsafe : the windows of St Mark's Church have repeatedly been broken by stones and lamps of iron. Mr. Casimatis, of the Anglo- Egyptian Bank, whom is also in charge of part of the business administration of the church, has made an interesting collection of ammnni- tion fired into the windows and has captured two of the culprits, whom he handed over to the police—without any obvious result. This morning the bowab of the church^w^s struck on the left side of the face by a stone from a ! catapult which infiioted a very nasty wonnd. Had the missile struck the unfortunate man an inch higher he would probably have lost the sight o^one eye. We hope that the autho- rities will take steps to render the repetition 1 of the offence highly dangerous to the offenders.
The following is the programme . of the Wagner concert to be given to-morrow, com- mencing at 10.30 a.m. :— 1 Huldigungs Marsch. 5 Ouverture do Rienzi, 3 Proludo Lohengrin. 4 Entire dos dieux dana le Walhall do "l'or du Rhin." 6 Ouverture doe Maitre-Chantours.
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Sfiez, Friday. As I advised yon this morning by wire, I proceeded on board
the Russian cruiser "Dnieper" (ex "St. Petersburg") In order to interview
the crew of the sunken British steamer "St. Kilda," but the officer on duty
absolutely refused tO allow me to see any of the British offCoers, saying
that it was strictly forbidden. He added at the same time that they would
probably oe landed at Fort Said, I understand, however, that the S.S. "St.
Kilda" left Hongkong for Yokohama on the 4th June, with a cargo of rice,
cotton, and hemp, and when
(From our own Correspondent.) , Port Said, Saturday. After considerable
difficulties had been put in my way I at last obtained an interview with
Captain Jones, of the S.S. "St. Kilda." Captain Jones states that' the "St.
Kilda" left Hongkong on Jane 2 last. The Europ%p crew refused to proceed to
Japan and were lauded at Hongkong on Jane 3 and impri- soned. A Chinese crew
was shipped and the "St. Kilda" sailed for Yokohama on the same day. 'On
Jane 4 theRassian cruiper "Dnieper" stopped and.captured the "St. Kilda,"
putting a prize orew on board. The ships proceeded at a speed of nine knots
in company into deep water and at 6 a.m. on the 5th Jane an un- successful
attempt was made to sink the "St. Kilda" by means of dynamite, after the
crew had been taken off. The Russians then opened fire with their
quick-firers and sank the captured vessel with
Suez, Friday, The S.S. "Foyle" is now slightly making water in No. 2 hold, and about 70 tons of rice las been thrown overboard. Owing to the fine weather, disoharge is continuing satisfactorily, and up to the 24th inst., over 800 tons of dry rice, and 500 tons of damaged rice, haul been discharged into lighters and landed at Perim. It is now expected that the "Foyle" will be shortly refloated if the weather continues favorable. The divrs report that tittle damage is visible but fear it is considerable underneath the forepeak.
Suez, Friday. The lighters laden with rice belonging to the German steamer "Helene Riokmers" have been seen lying at anohor 20 miles south of Ras Gharib^ lighthouses, but nothing has been heard of the tog. Strong northerly winds prevail and a heavy sea is running in the Sum Gulf, so it is expected that the tng has taken shelter.
This new company, founded last year, hopes to inaugurate the Port Said to Matarieh branch of its service across Lake Menzaleh about the middle of October. The Matarieh to Damietta section will also be completed soon after, dredging operations being now hastened for that purpose. The distance between the former two places is some 28 kilometres, and the same distance separates; Damietta from Matarieh, where the lake service works in conneotion with the passenger trains of the Compagnie des Chemins de for de la Basse Egygte to Mansonrah and at the latter town in coincidence with those of the Sta'e Railways. c In October therefore there will be a through service between Cairo and Port Said by rail- way and passenger steamer. For the latter traffic there are two stern-wheelers for passen gers besides two togs and six lighters for the freight traffic. All these were constructed in England, brought oat in sections, and put together at Karpati, near Port Sail, by the Anglo-American Nile Steamer Co., who have entered into a contract to work the lines of the Menzaleh Canal and Navigation Company for two years from the date of inauguration. The steamers have good accommodation each for a certain number of first and second class passengers, besides 15^> of the third class.
A correspondent writes:—Apropos of acc cidents on this railway, they are of almost daily occurrence now. On Friday last the Nesleh engine broke down as it was about to leave for Fayoum ; another engine was sent, bat never reached its destination, and as no other was available passengers and train had necessarily to wait until one of the other branch trains arrived at Fayoum, when -that engine was sent and succeeded in returning home with its unfortunate com- panions "hoars late." The Shawashna train on the same day was never seen at Fayoum. A few days ago a funeral party ordered a "special" for 3 p.m. for Daire el Azab; they arrived and had to sit in the train in the broiling afternoon sun until 5.30 p.m., when the engine from Lahoon took the train. No other was available. Last year the traffic receipts were published pretty regularly and always showed an increase. It would interest many to know' why they are now suppressed, as LE. 300 a month will not cover the decrease of receipts, and from what can be gathered it is likely to be still more. It really is time the public were better served and these directors were stopped Splaying at railways," for I am told that the native who is "running the show" at the moment, seising the moment'of chaos, actually threatened to resign "playing at puff puffs" unless he got more pay, and, in the face of this large and continued decrease of receipts, I hear he 4So have an increase of P.T. 200, so that the fiuce may continue— "Great Soot 1"
The following is the programme of the fourth day's racing at the Hippodrome, Round Point, which takes place on the 22nd inst:— Prix de Hadra.—P.T. 700 (400 200 100). Pour chevaux ambleurs (Rahouan) atteles on months. Eprenve uniqne—4 tours de piste 2364 metres—Entree P.T. 50. Egyptian Maiden.—P.T. 6.000 (3.000-1.500- 1.000-500—Poor ohevaux arabes et indigenes mf Jen (qni n'ont jamais gagne de premier prix)—En denx dpreuvee 3 tonrs de piste 1784 metres. Entree P.T. 500—(Cette conrse am* lien s'il y a an moins 6 engagements). Prix de la Promenade.—P.T. 300 de Sweep- stakes. Poor cbevanx de la m®me dearie attelei en paire A des voitnres americaines A qnatre rones caontchontdes. Pour ohevanx de tons pays. Seront exolns lea trottenrs de conrse. Le.ler reoevra an objet d'art et le 65% sur les entrdss. Le 2me le 35%— Eprenve uniqne.—Distance 4 tours de piste 2364 mdtres. Grand Handicap International. — P.T. 5.000 (3.000 1.000 700 300) En 2 eprenves— Pour tons chcvaux de Ire, 2me, 3me, 4rre classe avec rendementi de distanoe anivant la vitesse opnstatde en Egypte. Les ohevanx qui n'ont pas de vitesse constatde partiront scratch. Distance 3 tours de piste 1.780 m. minimum. Entree P.T. 300. Conditions G£n£rales.—Les courses sont sonmises aux rdglements da Trotter Egyptian. Les inscriptions seront oloeee le 15 juillet A 4h. p.m., et devront Stre adressdes avec le montant des entries an Seordtaire du Trotter Egyptian, Mr. O. della Marra, Rond-Point, ex Vdlodrome, Alexandria
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The great line that runs tike an artery rom Constantinople to Konieh is to be carried on across the Taurus to branch off eastward to Bagdad and Koweit, southward to Aleppo and the Syrian system, is a military line par excellence. Its two branches will one day aid the German Empire to strike Britain in Aria and Afhoa. German diplomacy in Turkey has never ceased to keep the question of Egypt and Arabia alive and to suggest the possi- bility that a new Turkish army may day inflict on Britain the Btroke of Exoatibnr, \ from which there is no recovery, cleaving in 1 twain the Empire withont the slightest inter ference on the part of the fleet on which England's hopes are centred. The Turko-German Staff aima at nothing less than an immediate advance on Egypt by an overwhelming Ottoman army, should war unhappily break out between Germany and Great Britain after the comply., 0f the Ottoman strategic tines. The snooessof the invasion would involve the suppression of the Mixed regime, the substitution of a dele- gate of the Soltan for our enlightened Sovereign and his British friends and advisers, while the direoting power—which wonta not its position too strongly -» would be the German Empire. " Delenda eat Carthago " and " Unsere Zukonft liegt am Wasser" have an identical meaning in Germany. Her chief continental rival has been beaten down at Mukden and Tsusima by her adversary's ally, and the Turkish. alliance. originally d— against Russia or England may now be direoted exclusively against the latter. Beware, England, or the day of yonr overthrow will see this ful- filment of the German dream and the wings of the eagles overshadowing half the world ! Neither in the Suez Canal, which a few merchantmen could block to-morrow, nor in the straits of the Dardanelles, impregnably for tified by Von der Goltz and Brialmont against all the navie of the world, oan England her future foe* Her influence in ^ypt^ her share in the - Sudan, her domination in the Aden Protectorate, Uganda, and East Africa are doomed, and these lost, will not the decay of British prestige lead to the loss of India from internal causes, unless— Yes, that will be the inevitable consequence of Britain's Egyptian and Arabian policy, which has earned the frown of the Shadow of Allah, unless l er people, bringing into play the foresight and sagacity that , have made them great, have reoonrse to the sole Remedies that oan conjure the peril. (To be continued).
The Rev. F.'^B. N. Norman-Lee, S.O.F., and Mn. Norman-Lee are leaving on the 4th inst by the P. and 0. "Egypt" for England. Mr. and Mn. Norman-Lee take tins opportunity of thanking their numerous friends for their kind enquiries and sympathy daring Mrs. Norman- Lee's severe illness. Mr. Norman-Lee will be away for four months and daring that time his duties at Alexandria will be performed by the Rev. Arthur H. Manning, acting chaplain to the Forces, who is staying at the Miramare Hotel, Ramleh.
A cable from London states that Baron de Knsel Bey, manager of the Egyptian Tnut and Investment, Limited, has left for Egypt viA Brindisi, and iB due at Alexandria on Wednesday next
Mr. S. G. Violate left Alexandria to-day for a short holiday in Greece,
So far as Alexandria is concerned, there is very little to be said about its coal trade diving the past year of 1904. One feature of relief to what proved a very humdrum course of busi- ness may be seen in the increase of imports by 87,044 tons, thus making 1904, by its total of 1,095,014 tons, a record importing year. Prices, beyond a temporary advance (notably in Car- diff quality) immediately following the out break of the Russo-Japanese war (9th February 1904), evinced a gradual decline during the year and freights, demonstrated a similar giving way, notwithstanding the plaintive echo of the shipowners' usual warcry of "Low Freights." The highest freights obtained were 6/6 from Cardiff and 6/- from Newcastle, during April and May, and the lowest 4/3 and 4/7 from the respective ports during September.
No strikes at home interfered with the re- gular course of supplies, and probably the only cause to overbalance the regularity of a steady trade was the excessive import which from time to time was forced on the port, temporarily congesting its quays, taxing the powers of the Egyptian State Railways, and the loading facilities of the Nile boats, and depressing the market generally.
The value, free into waggons, of Cardiff best, early Jan. 1904 was 24/-. The value, free into waggons, of Newcastle best, early Jan. 1904, was 20/-. The value, free into waggons, of Scotch heat, early Jan. 1904, was 19/-, and the tone of the market was firm, merchants, stocks being estimared at 65,000 tons. At the end of Decem- ber these same qualities ruled respectively 1/- 9d. and I/O lower, the market being calm and stocks fully 105,000 tons, irrespective of the stocks held by the Egyptian State Railway Administration on their special re- served storage ground at the N. W. end of the mole.
In both quality and quantity, Cardiff takes the lead, Newcastle follows second, and Scotch takes a good third ; then, in order of merit, come the lower qualities of Yorkshire and Lancashire, these rival counties now vie with each other as peaceful coal exporters and contributed conjointly to the year's Alexandria market some 88,000 tons.
The competition between the counties is fairly even} the average price during the year being 14/6 C. F. and I including export tax. The freight out from Hull fell to as low as 4/- and never surpassed 4/9, whereas the freight from Liverpool ruled at 5/- per ton. Both qualities are fairly well liked in this country, probably by reason of their relative cheapness. Lancashire's better class is in- creasing in favor, and Lancashire Slack competes with Newcastle Slack and finds ready purchasers among some of the lime- burning community.
The total importation into Egypt during 1904 of coal, coke, and patent fuel amounted to 2,£04,314 tons, Great Britain sending 2,102,455 tons, Germany 88,825 tons, Turkey 9,338 tons, Belgium 3.6C6 tons, and France 30 tons ; total 2,204,314 tons. Neither America nor India contributed.
As compared with figures given in 1903, the supplies forwarded by rail inland by the trade at Alexandria increased, during 1904, by 5,971 tons, whereas the trade increased their forwarding by water inland during 1904 by 23,505 tons. One outcome of this increased Nile traffic has been a natural assumption of independence on the part of the native boat owners, who, in many cases, demand payment of their entire freight oa sailing, instead of their hitherto current acceptation of two-thirds on sailing and one third on arrival at destina- tion. By this latter arrangement, the current outturn at destination was -manifestly guaran- teed. The native boat -owners may revert to their old conditions if they can look ahead, and if they can grasp the possibilities of com- petition—already started by powerful and influential Nile towage companies. Of these, there are now seven, all well established,owning steam barges, pontoons and tow boats, working systematically under organised staffs and regular departures. These advantages our native friends lack.
The towage hence to Boulac, the port of Cairo, occupies 4 to 5 days, a distance of 185 miles. The native sailing boats, dependent on wind and weather, and often on the caprice of the raissa, take 15 to 25 days to cover the voyage vi5 the Mabmoudieh Canal to Atfeh and thence via the Nila. The railway route hence to Boulac-Dacrour or to one of the goods stations of Cairo iB 130 miles.
Loss by shortages so far appears incurable. Stocks ashore lose, partly, by natural wastage, from 1 % to 2 %. The process of discharging from colliers is always and everywhere waste- ful. The 2 % allowance for non-weighing taken off the very low freights current during the year is a very bare compensation. Railway transit shows a loss of from I f to 4%; whilst river transit by undecked native craft requires careful watching and and protective freight arrangements. The results of carriage by the Nile towage companies are, so far, satisfactory—the cargo being stowed under hatches.
The quantity salved horn the harbour during 1904 by the Company of Dredgers, licensed by the Port Office, was declared at 984 tons 12 cwt. On this the Customs levy, for a second time, the import duty, the "jetsam" being "abandoned property" (when the collier leaves her discharging berth) is treated as a new property for purposes of import duty when recovered by the subservient and handy dred- german, licensed or otherwise. There may he a difference of opinion as to whether part of a cargo being only Imported" once Should be struck twice by the duty.
The trade still suffers from inadequacy of discharging berths.
Claims for demurrage are sometimes com- promised, but, during the autumnal conges- tion, sums, amounting to E500, were paid in demurrage, positively incurred by three Happy go-lucky consignees.
The situation is still strained and delays will occur from to time until it be relieved by accommodation necessitated by the deve- loping trade of the port. The Railway Admin- istration could help, matters by giving up at least two thirds of their own specially reserved and at the N.W- end' of the mole, capable of holding for them an unnecessary and uncalled-for stock of 30,000 tons, and could help further by modifying the terms on which they allow the trade to accost two of 1 their specially reserved berths, say, Nos. 0 and 5.—The terms ruling now are that "No " ship, except those having railway coal or " railways stores, shall accost Nos. 9 and 5 " without a written engagement to haul off if "the berth be required by a ship consigned to the Administration." — Few consignees can afford to accept such one-sided conditions.
Again, on the congestion of the port, the merchants of Alexandria have been told in the last report of the Financial Adviser that the "blocking was partly due to their apathy in not providing sufficient lighters to land their goods nor sufficient carts to carry them away." Now so far as the coal merchants are concerned, they object to this charge of apathy—unless it be understood to mean their point-blank refusal to invest cash in fleets of lighters, which have not, during the last twenty years, earned even the basis of a depredation fund, still less a fair percentage for profit.
Moreover, it is not so much the lack of lighters as the absence of accommodation for their protection during rough weather and during night-time, and the actual want of , quay space during crowded times where- at to effect discharge, which have been 1 and still are matters of complaint. These r have been over and over again pointed out to the authorities since the so called improve- ments of the port A correspondent wrote 1 from Alexandria on 9th October 1880 in a letter, already quoted in these columns, addressed to the Liverpool Incorporated Cham- ber of Commerce :—"No corner of the port has been set apart for the accommodation of the lighters and there is actually no place available for the purpose."
Lighters will be imported and lighters will be built fiat enough if the industry should chance to pay its way. The authorities would encourage the revival of the trade were they to provide some sheltering basins to protect these useful little craft and their attendant craftsmen who, a score of years ago, were numbered by their hundreds.
As to the insufficiency of carts, the master carters can speak for themselves, hut it may be suggested it is not the insufficiency of the vehicles but rather the difficulties the employers have in using them, owing to the congested state of the roads, blocked as they hare been during this year by merchandise and obstructions of all sorts. The coal quay is not allowed to sin in (his respect, for a clear road-way is maintained from one/ and of the quay to the other, and it kept open by a simple supervision which appears to be lacking over the streets of Alexandria. The construction of an arm, extending-from the N.W. end of the mole and pointing towards the Mex Coast,is planned, so far, for four new berths. Of these long expected and patiently waited for desiderata,• one berth should be ready early next season and the other three early 1906. The land storing accommodation held fully 105,000 tons of merchants' coal during the busy time at the' end of the year, but the close stacking, with 1 its risk of fire, caused inconvenience, expense and trouble.
Generally speaking, the condition of the trade is healthy. Home supplies have not been interfered with, and means of transit inland have been uninterrupted. Shorter and more reasonable credits are now given. A shady class of purchasers has been more or. less eliminated, and fewer bad debts have been contracted. One weak feature, however, has been the uneven importation—sometimes for- tuitous, but often caused through shortsight- edness or sheer carelessness. It cannot be said that the total import is excessive, because every ton imported finds its purchaser—but a more even import would check sudden and uncalled for increase of stocks, and would prevent the locking up of capital, invested in what is a deteriorating merchandise.
Some six or seven years ago, an actual stock jf 30,000 tons was named ample. Now, with increasing consumption, this figure may be altered to 50,000 tons, and were merchants to keep this fact before them and endeavour to arrange for their imports accordingly, they would lessen their expenses and their risks. Competition here is always keen and not altogether undesirable. When, however, it becomes wild and leads to unprofitable realisa- tions, it is hard to see how legitimate traders can get a fair return for their labour.
To ensure a natural movement, of bowels, it is most important to take plenty of exercise every day. Many men and women don't do this, and they become more/or less costive, sometimes going two or three days without a passage from thief bowels! This is at very serious thing, not only because constipation makes our food and blood impure, but because the prolonged presence of waste patter in the bowels strains the muscular walls, eventually paralysing them, so that instruments have to be used to remove the impurities.
Those who cannot get enough exercise, or whose work is sedentary, should use Doan's Dinner Pills, which are ma.de from pure roots and herbs that act on the bowels, invigorating the muscular walls, and toning up the nerves, liver, stomach, and whole digestive organism. Doan's Dinner Pills soften the mass of dogging waste, preventing piles, and inflammation of the intestines ; and, they cure sluggish liver, indigestion, biliousness, headache, poor appetite, impoverished blood, and every symptom of liver, stomach, or bowel trouble.
Doan's Dinher Pills are for sale by all chemists and druggists at P.T. 5 a box; or they may be had direct from the general agent for Egypt,. Max Fischer, Hotel du Nil Street, Mousky, Cairo.
DOAN'S OINTMENT cures every form of itching skin disease — Eczema, Ringworm, Itching Piles, etc. The price of Doan's Oint- ment is P.T. 13 per pot, or P.T. 71 for 6 pots. To be had of all chemists, or direct from the general agent for Egypt,—Max Fischer, Hotel du Nil Street, Mousky, Cairo.
On Thursday, 6th July 191)5, and(following days, at 9 a.m., M. Della Torre, Auctioneer, will proceed to sell by public auction, in the Ordnance-yard at Kasr el Nil barracks, Cairo, a great number of article), new and old, of general utility, comprising carte, char-k-banca, drays and Wagons of various kind), wheels, axletrees, casks, harness and saddlery, tents, cordage, sacks, blankets for men and for horses, mattresses and pillows, tanks for wafer or petroleum, of iron and of copper, packing oases, boxes of various kinds, tools and materials for shoeing smiths and others,a great quantity of iron, leather, bronze, gunmetal, wood, oakum, etc., etc., etc!
The articles can be seen at the place of sale on the three days preceding the sale from 9 to 11 a.m.
For any further information.please apply to M. Della Torre, at his saleroom, Sharia Abdin, Maison V. Bittar et fik 26163-3*-3
An Interim Dividend at the rate of 2,% for the half year ended 31st March 1905, (subject to Income tax) on the Preference Share Capital will be payable on and after the 23rd June 1905, at the National Bank of Egypt, London or Cairo and Alexandria, the current rate of exchange.
beRegistered Share Dividend Warrants will at posted on the 23rd Jane. 26171-5-4
NOTICE is hereby given that the half- yearly 5^ % Cumulative Preference dividend coupon No. 13 krill be paid by the Imperial Ottoman Bank, Alexandria, or Messrs. Glyn Mills Carrie and Co., London, on and after June 30th 1905. 26167-6-6
Many new fragments of reliefs from the enclosure wall of the pyramid-hall have been found this year ; especially noticeable is a fragment of a shrine with a relief depicting King Meutuhetep and his wife, who would seem to have been a Nubian, judging from her portrait. The portrait of the King, though small, is very line. The name of a new King, Ra-kha- .... has been found, and also re* mains of shrine-inscriptions of the King Men- tuhetep, who bore the "Horns" name Neter- hetjet. It will be remembered that on the front or eastern face of the temple-platform, on either side of the ramp, there are colonnades, each consisting of a double row of square columns. These colonnades, of which the northern was excavated last year, the southern this season, were designed to protect sculptures engraved on the facing wall of the platform. The same arrangement was adopted by the architects of the neighbour-temple of Queen Hatshepsu, and it is permissible to suppose that the later architects copied this feature from the earlier tempi "¢. The sculptured facing-wall, originally built of large limestone blocks like those of the similar wall in the North Court, is now nearly destroyed, but during the excavations we found many fragments of its reliefs ; hunt- ing scenes, in which the King ^ seen chasing antelopes and other big game of the desert; boats carrying soldiers or passing across the river in solemn religious procession ; heaps of enemies slain by the King's arrows, c. Men- tuhetep was certainly a warrior, and waged war against the Semites ; the slain enemies, yellow men with pointed beards, are called in an accompanying inscription Aamu'i.e., no- mads of the Sinaitic peninsula. Up to the present we have not found any corresponding mention of Punt or the Punites, though we know that a King of this dynasty sent an expedition to that laud of theT^r south. The excavation of the temple began last year with the discovery, on the north side, of a court, with facing-walls of magnificent ma- sonry, separating it from the temple of the XVIIth dynasty. On the opposite side of the platform, the southern, we have this /ear found another court, corresponding to the other one, and bounded by the southern horn of the Deir el-Bahari cliffs. So that we now see that the whole width of the space within the circus of cliffs was occupied by the two tem- ples, which at the time of the XVIIIth dynasty the visitors coming from the Nile saw before him rising side by side against the background of the cliff*. It is the aim of the Egypt Exploration Fund to enable the modern visitor to see the same sight, and it is qgr wish to enable him to do so as quickly^ possible. Three sides of the platform have b;en laid bare ; what has to be done now is 4 to excavate the back part of the temple and to ascertain how far it goes back westward towards the mountain, whether it joins this directly or whether there is something between. At present we can see a few columns, and remains of a building of the XVIIIth dynasty ; we may discover the passage to a shrine, perhaps even the shrine and rock-cut tomb of the King himself. In the Southern Court we found remains of a gallery of statues which one of the Kings of the XIIth dynasty, Usertsen III., had erected in his own honor. There were at least six standing statues of black granite. They pro- bably stood on the platform, and were broken and thrown down into the court All have been broken off at the knees, and the lower parts of all have disappeared. Four have the heads in a fairly good state of preservation, except the nose. They are all alike, showing that each is a portrait. Perhaps a certain difference between them might suggest that they represent the King at different ages. They are very good specimens of the Royal type of the XIIth dynasty, a thoroughly Egyptian type ; curiously, there is a great similarity between the face of Usertsen and that of the mummy of the Princess Tua, found by Mr. Theodore N. Davis in the Valley of the Kings, although she lived about a thousand years later than our king. That we have a portrait of the king is also shown by the fact that the statues of Usertsen III, with exactly the same face, in red granite, have been found by M. Legrain at Karnak. These are also good specimens of what we might call the Theban school of sculpture. This is a point of view which has too often been left in the shade by the students of Egyptian art. Art has too often been considered as being uniform through the whole country, and its various modifications have been classified chronologically, while no sufficient account has been taken of local tastes and local traditions which might preserve in Egypt longer than anywhere else, owing to the conservative character of the Egyptians. Later dynasties worked in the temple, for instance the Ramessides of the XIXth and XXth; but it may be doubted whether these kings did not do more ham than good to the construction. Siptah, who left a representa- tion of himself offering to the cow of Hathor on the western face of the pyramid-ban, seems Jp have been the chief later renovator,'in his time it is evident that the temple was falling into rain, as in the North Colonnade rough Ramesside graffiti are scratched upon the pillars, and subsidiary brick piers were built to sustain the falling roof. The beautiful walls of large limestone blocks were very soon used as quarries. But in the time ff XVIIIth dynasty, and probably up to the reign of Rameaes II., it seems to have been in a good state of preserva- tion. We have found a great many statues and steles, more or loss fragmentary, which belong to this epoch, when the two temples of Deir el-Bahari existed side by side. The monarchs of the XVIIIth dynasty seem to have specially reverenced Mentuhetep, since it was from him that they derived their origin. Both Amenhetep I., the second king of the dynasty, and Mentu- setep were venerated as tutelary demons of the necropolis of Western Thebes, Mentuhetep more especially at Deir el-Bahari, his burial place. On a small stele we have representations of funerary statues of both these kings, and we have found the actual statues themselves ; one of them, a great Odiride figure of Amenhetep in Sandstone, painted red and white, has been brought back to England. The XVIIIth dynasty representation of these actual statues is a very interesting find. Two votive statues save been found of Faiser, a XIXth dynasty governor of Thebes, whose tomb is known in this neighbourhood. A very beautiful trophy is a cow's head in alabaster, the eyes of which were originally inlaid with lapis lazuli; this is of the best possible work of the XVIIIth dynasty sculptors; it no doubt belongs to one of the images of Hathor preserved in the shrine built to that goddess by Hatshepsu. This hue work of Egyptian art will also be exhibited in July. It will be remembered that an important result of last year's diggings, from the anthro- pological point of view, was the collection of a large number of small votive offerings, of the time of the XVIIIth dynasty chiefly, which lad been thrown out when broken or useless ay the sacristans of the Hathor-shrine into the court between the two temples, which thus became a dust heap. A large number work- men's tools, hoes, baskets, c., were also found. This year no further discovery of votive offer- ings is to be recorded, with the exception of fragments of blue glazed faience ; but a larger number of tools has been found than last year; especially worthy of mention is a small bronze graving tool, mounted in a wooden handle, which was evidently intended for cutting hieroglyphs. This object has been kept at Cairo. These discoveries of antiquities of a later period are interesting ; but what gives to this excavation its importance is all that belongs to the XIth dynasty. Of the art and architecture of this dynasty but little was known before these two last seasons' work; but now we have a more intimate knowledge than ever before of the peculiar character of both, and of the per- fection of workmanship to which the sculpture of this early period attained. This, the first temple yet discovered of the Middle Kingdom period, and the oldest temple in Egypt of which so much has been preserved, is of a character quite different from any other ancient building to be seen elsewhere in the valley of the Nile. Besides, history has gained from this work the name of at least one new king, possibly the names of two new kings, of this dynasty. This is enough to show how important it is to science that this excavation should be completed as soon as possible. The western end of the temple remains to be excavated. That further important results will be gleaned and more interesting antiquities found, we do not doubt. We commend this work to the friends of Egyptian antiquity, whose monetary support could not be given for a worthier object, and we trust that the Egypt Explora- tion Fund will be able to find the necessary resources for completing the thorough explora- tion of the oldest temple at Thebes. In conclusion, it should be said that the Egypt Exploration Fund's exhibition of the temple-reliefs, statues, and other objects dis- covered this year at Deir el-Bahari will be held in the rooms of the Society of Biblical Arch- eology, 37, Great Russell-street, W.C., daring the month of July, by kind permission of the council of that society. Edouard Naville. H. R. Hall.
Good Waiters for Hotel, speaking English and French. German preferred. Apply No. 26,198 "Egyptian Gazette".
The eighth annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Egyptian Hotels, Ltd., was held on June 21 at the restored offices of the company, No. 5, Lothbury, London, E.G., Lord Claud Hamilton, chairman of the company, presiding. The secretary (Mr. William B. Peat) read the notice convening the meeting and the auditors' report. The Chairman said : Before proceeding with the business of the meeting, I desire on behalf of myself and my colleagues to express our regret at the loss of our distinguished colleague, Sir Robert Herbert, whose valua- ble services we very much appreciated. I think I shall not be too sanguine in assuming that the results of the year's trading, as disclosed by the report and accounts, already in your hands, have met with the entire satisfaction of the shareholders, and that these results fully justify the policy of the Board which has been backed up by the able assistance rendered by Mr. Baehler, the manager of the hotels. This great progress of the com- pany has followed the gradual, but now finally completed, removal of the system of dual management of the hotels. Under this system the hote's were managed by the Compagnie Inter- ternationale des Grands Hotels from Paris, and the deadweight of management expenses involv- ed by that administration render a dividend to the ordinary shareholders a somewhat remote contingency. We have now got past that stage of the company's- history, and on# capacity of the present time to pay a 10 per cent, dividend on our ordinary shares, and to place the equivalent of a year's preference dividend to reserve, marks a re- cord in the company's existence. I will now briefly refer to the accounts. On the credit side of the profit and loss account it will be observed that the profits of the hotels for the year amount to £39,734, or about £6,300 more than in the preceding year. On the debit side it will be seen that a large portion of this sum has, as usual, been applied in payment of the service of the debentures, which requires the setting aside annually of £13,305. The remaining expenditure shown in the profit and loss account amounts to £5,572. This includes £2,571 written off the compensation for the cancella- tion of the agreement with the Compagnie Internationale des Grands Hotels, and the earn of £80J as a final payment to that com- pany under its agreement with us. We have therefore been able to effect a large increase in the expenditure as compared with former years. Turning to the balance-sheet, it will be seen that the sale of surplus lauds has con- tinued; the amount received during the year by way of installments, or otherwise, for the part chase of land is £2,128, and this sum has been expended in the purchase of debentures which have been cancelled. Practically nothing has been expended on capital account daring the year.
Hotel Victoria, Ismailia, the lease of which was taken over from the vendors to the Egypt- ian Hotels, Ltd., has been given up on account of its being unremnnerative. In recent years the traffic, which formerly made Ismailia a convenient place of call; has been diverted, and it is no longer possible to make the small hotel there a commercial success. It will be observed that our goodwill account is gradually dimin- ishing, and the compensation p«d to the Compagnie Internationale des Grands Hotels, which originally amounted to £17,997, has been reduced to £10,284. The directors hope that, given another good year or two, they will be able to write off this last item out of profits. We have sufficient oash on deposit to pay our dividend, and to more than meet aH our ourrent liabilities. As regards the liability side of the balance-sheet, I have little to say. The debentures outstanding are diminishing, partly by the operation of the sinking fund and partly by purchases effected with the proceeds of land sales. Some legal diffi- culties connected with the title of one of our hotels, of too technical a nature to explain, and which have heretofore involved considerable legal expenses, are now, the directors believe, within reach of settle- ment, and in dealing with this they are acting under the advice of the company's solicitors and in accord with the solicitors of the trustees of the debenture holders. To fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sir Robert Herbert, the Board propose to recommend the election of Mr. W. B. Peat to a seat on the Board, as indicated m the directors' report. The abound- ing prosperity of Egypt, and the increasing favor with which travellers regard the Valley of the Nile as a holiday and health resort,have done much to improve the position of our company, and to enable us to hold out to the shareholders a good prospect for the future. The same causes have led to a substantial appreciation of the value of our surplus lands at Ghezireh Palace. Up to the present, sales of these lands have been made to the total value of £40,262,opt of part of the proceeds of which the estate itself has been developed with roads, an ample supply of water, and electric light. Negotiations have been on foot for some time to grant to a local syndicate an option on the unsold portion of the estate at a price which would materially enhance the prosperity of the company and expedite the redemption of the debentures.
We are informed by Mr. Baehler that the hotels have been maintained in a thorough state of repair and efficiency out of revenue. While Wb are much indebted to Mr. Baehler and the resident directors in Cairo for their untiring efforts to place the company on a dividend- paying basis, we do not fail to appreciate the value of our connection with our good friends, Messrs. Thomas Cook and Son, who are so ably represented on our Board by Mr. Harrison, their managing director in Egypt. I now beg i to move that the directors' report and accounts l for the year ending 80th April, 1905, as I submitted to the shareholders, be received and adopted
Successful Home Treatment. Dr. Hartman's Cure for Female Diseases-A Generous Offer to Women. MRS. J. P. COADY, Treasurer of the Ivy Leaf Club, 1,702 6th Avenue, Council Bluffs, Iowa, writes: "Peruna la no experimental medi- cine. / have used It oft and on now for three years. At that time I was cured of Irregular and painful men- struation. Since that time I have taken It for Indigestion or whenever I felt overworked and In need of a tonic, and I have always found that It was of great benefit to me. J am therefore pleased and happy to say a word In Its praise and shall gladly Indorse It to my friends. '''Mrs. J. ft Coady. Miss Hattie Grace, 254 West 40th St., New York, writes: "PerunaMhas changed me from a fretful. Irritable, nervous woman Into a healthy and a happy one. Nothing seems to worry and to fret me any more. Since early womanhood I suf- fered with bearing doyvh pains and nervousness. I was thin and worried, but Peruna restored me. Those who knew me before cannot understand the change, but I can sum It all up In the blessed word, Peruna."'Hattie Grace. Mrs. Elizabeth Ferguson, No. 181 51st St., Brooklyn, N. Y., President West Brooklyn Audubon Society, writes: "I am pleased to tell what a blessing Peruna has been to me. Several years ago my constitution seemed broken down and / cared little whether 1 lived or died. I bad taken so much medi- cine that the sight of a bottle made me sick. I had read about Peruna curing women, and I thought perhaps It would help me. I bought a bottle and before It was finished / felt better. I kept on taking It, and after three months' faithful use I was a well woman and able to do the work and undergo the strain of younger days.'''Elizabeth Ferguson. In view of the great multitude of wo- men suffering from some form of female disease and yet unable to find any cure, Dr. Hartman, the renowned gynecolo- gist, has announced hi* willingness to direct tho treatment of as many cases as make application to him during the Bummer months without charge. The treatment will be conducted by correspondence. The doctor will p»e- scribe all medicines, applications, hy- gienic and dietary regulations necessary to complete a cure. The medicines pre- scribed can be obtained at all drug stores. This offer will hold good only during the summer months. Any wo- man can become a regular patient by sending a written statement of her age, condition of life, history and symptoms of her derangements. All cases of female diseases, Including menstrual Irregularities, displacements, ulcerations, inflammations, discharges, Irritation of the ovaries, tumors and dropsy of the abdomen, should apply at once and become registered as regular patients. All correspondence will be held strictly confidential. As is well known, Dr. Hartman Is the president of The Hartman Sanitarium, an Institution which has a department devoted exclusively to the treatment of female diseases. He is thus brought to see thousands of such cases every year, the most of whom return to their homes to be treated by correspondence. The principal remedy he relies upon in such cases Is Paruna, which every woman should hive who has any affection of this kind. Those wishing to become patients should address Dr. S. B. Hart- man, Columbus, Ohio, No one knows better than Dr. Hart man how much the women suffer with diseases peculiar to their sex. No one knows better than he does how many of them suffer with such diseases. Patiently, hopefully, wearily, and often silently, they eke out a miserable exist ence, year after year. No martyr In poetry or heroine id romance.makes a more touching appeal to human sympathy than the woman burdened with the cares of a family trying to carry the extra load of torn tormenting and over present female disease. Dr. Hartman's sympathy for such is unbounded, and his willingness to help them limited only to his power. Mr. B. A. Harrison seconded the motion, which was unanimously agreed to without dis- cussion. The Chairman then moved that a dividend of 5 per cent on the preference shares and 10 Ter cent on the ordinary shares for the year encling 30th April be declared; Mr. Harrison seconded the. motion, which was adopted. The Chairman proposed that Mr. E. Har- rison, one of the retiring directors, be re-elected a director of the company. Mr. Baehler seconded the motion, which was unanimously passed. The Chairman said that in the report they would have noticed that one of the retiring directors was Comte Albert du Chastel. That gentleman had intimated his intention of offer- ng himself for re-election; bat since the issue if the report he had signified to the Board his intention of not offering himself again in that capacity. A vacancy therefore existed. The Board were in negotiation with a gentleman who, they thought, would serve the interest of the company by occupying the position ; but rations preliminaries had to be settled Wore h^ could be elected, and therefore, he was going to move, at the conclusion of the meeting, that this meeting be adjourned till that day week in order to give them an opportunity of sleeting the gentleman in question. He now desired to move that Mr. W. B. Peat be elected a director to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sir Robert Herbert. Mr. Harrison seconded the motion, which was adopted. The Chairman also moved that the firm of Messrs. W. B. Peat and Co. be appointed secre- taries of the company. Mr. Harrison seconded the motion, which was approved. The Chairman then moved that the fees of the directors as from 1st May, 1905. be rein- stated to the amount provided by the articles of association'namely £1,200 per annum. Mr. Harrison seconded the motion, which was agreed to. On the proposition of Mr. Baehler, seconded by Mr. W. B. Peat, Messrs. Turquand, Youngs and Co. were appointed auditors of the com- pany. The Chairman then moved that the meeting stand adjourned till 12.15 on 28th instant, with a view to appointing a director in place of Comte Albert Chastel, who since the issue of the report, had intimated his intention of not offering himself for re-election. Mr. Harrison seconded the motion, which was agreed to. Mr. Baehler moved a cordial vote of thanks to the Chairman and directors for their services daring the year. Mr. W. B. Peat seconded the proposal, which was agreed to amid applause. The Chairman, on behalf of the directors, returned thanks far the vote thus accorded. and remarked that he was sure all were pleased at the year prosperous rendition at which tho company had now arrived. The proceedings then terminated.
Cotons. ' Eu exprimant l'espsir, samedi der- nier, que, quels qua soient Ids dvdnements en Amdrique, la raoldration serait la note domi- nante chez nons, nons dtions certainement à pjille liene3 de croire que lea ciroonstances anraient si tot jastifid notrs fa^on de voirou pour mieux dire d'apprdoier l'dtat d'esprit et les dispositions de la spdoulation sur notre place. 'S Rarement, bien rarement,en effet, Alexandria s'est montrde anssi eage et anssi ponddrde dans ses agissements qn'elle l'a dtd cette semaine avec les nonvelles de hansse si stimnlntes que nous avons ones d'Amdriqne, et on ne pent que fdliciter la corbeille d'avoir an dviter un de ces emballements qui Ini ont dtd si fatals par le passd.' An fond, pourtant, nous ne sommes pas pen snrpris de voir que, avek New-York gagnant prds de 70 points depuis low, la situation chez nons pour la semaine se rdsume en une baisse de 3/32 pour la vieille rdcolte et en une hansse de 9/32 en tout ponr le novembre, mais nous sommes aussi des premiers k applandir à ce procddd des haussiers qui a consistd à considd- rer les manipulations de ces derniers temps des marchds de New-York et de New-Oridanr; comme excessivement malsaines et unllement en rapport avec la rdalitd des choses.' D'aillenrs, touts poussde des prix aurait dtd peut-dtre une cause d'dloignement de la con- sommation, et, tout compte fait, il a certain nement mieux vain laisser la porte onverte à l'dcou'emont de nos ootons, d'antant plus que l'dcart. de à tallaris entre dgyptien et amdricain est ddji snffisamment large, surtont que les perspectives ohe'z nons sont ttes brillantes pour la prochaine rdcolte. La vieille rdcolte, comme on a pu le voir plus haut, est en pleine ddfaveur, ce qui ddmontrerait qne les ddtentours de Juillet et d'Aoftt se rendent finalement compte qu'il n'y a plus rien fi faire pour eux sur ces dchdances et qn'il ne 'eur reste plus qn'k profiter des occasions qui se prdsentent pour liquider les positions rapprochdes on pour les reporter sur le Novembre. Quant au commerce, il ne se passe presqne pas de jour sans qu'il achdte qnelqne chose en contrats Juillet et c'est bien Ik le seule solution logique prdvue depuis longtemps ponr la vieille rdcolte, solution que la husse de 1'Amdricain contribue dnor- mement à faciliter. La filature, de eou cdtd, ne se fait pas prier et, estimant les choses à leur juste valeur, continue ses achats, au point que d'aucuns pensent ddjk que malgrd nos disponibilitds actuellea, le stock pourrait bien, à la fin de la campagne, raster infdrieur à celui de l'annde dernidre an.31 Aont. L'Aoftt a dtd bien moins reoharchd ces jours- ci et le report, qui dtait de 5/16, est tombd a 1/4, voire mdme à 3/16 par moments. Le Novembre devient de plus en pins le champ de bataille gdudral et les transactions qui s'y passant pourraient bien reprdsenter les sept huitidmes des affaires qui se traitent sur place. Et puis, en somme, quoi de plus natnrel que de vo'r le spdoulateur jeter son ddvolu snr les dchdances dloignde3, surtont lorsque la vieille rdcolte finit comme c'est actuellement le oas, sans positions à ddcouvert ponvant se pteter à un jeu quelconque. Rien de particulier n'a transpird au sujet de la demande de la part de la consommation; mais il serait bien dtonnant que celle-ci n'aitpas opdrd largement, avec la situation des amdri* cains qui est de nature - à faire paraltre nos ootons bon marchd, du moins ponr les filatenrs de fin on les fabricants de spdcialitds. La semaine finit ferme ponr le disponible avec un bon courant d'affaires, dit le bulletin officio! de C9 jonr; à cela, nons ajouterons qne la demande a dtd gdndrale ponr toutes les qualitds et qne Ie marché de Minet-el-Bassal a prdsentd beancoup d'activitd avec des prix stables et abeolument rdgnliers. En rdsnmd, les choses vont lenr petit train et n'dtait la question du choix, les transactions seraient pins importantes encore. Les exportations, cette fois, ont dtd infd- rienres à celles de l'annde demidre ponr la semaine correspondante, mais il y a lien de ne pas perdre de vne qn'en 1904 ellescomprenaient une partie d°s embarquements de la premidre quitizaine j uillet, tandis que cette annds-ci elles restent limitees anx derniers engagements de jnin. Le marché de Liverpool a dtd excellent poor nos ootons: les ventes s'y sont dlevdes à un chiffre assez important et les prix y finissent avec une hausse de 3/16 ponr le disponible et de 16 à 17 points pour lelivrable.'Malgrd . cela, nos ootons sont pins avantageux à acheter k Liverpool, mais on dit d'antre part qne las bona lots s'y paient rdellement plus cher qne ne le feraient croire les ootatioDS officielles donndes poor qnelques olassements. Avant d'en finiraveo notre marohd, signalons l'inportante ddcision prise par l'asaenblde ex* traordinaire de 1'Alexandria Produce Associa- tion qui admet, à partir d'Avril 1906, la livraison contra contrats des ba'les pressdea à vapeur, et ce moyennant un 1/2 tal. de bonifica- tion et l'abandon des frais de pressage à l'ache- tenr.'Cartes, oes conditions ne sont gndre favorables au veadeur, mais, somme teste oelni-oi, en cas d'dgorgement, a anjoardfeunee jj, El Aohou, M. Moh. Bayonm, M. arme de pins ponr se ddfendre.', q Price etconsort3ont beauooup fait parlor d'enx q cette semaine et l'on se demande si Ton doit p faire cas de oe qn'ils disent de l'avenir, on s'il jj faut simplement considdrer lenr propaganda ^ tdldgraphiqne comme destinde à faoiliter un conpqu'ils tententdeCairo avant l'apparition du j( prochain rapport da Bareaa d'Agrioaltare ds q Washington, attendn lnndi, soit dans deux m jours et que beauconp de maisons sdrieuses p( disent devoir dtre de 81 à 83 (et non pins 71), g, contre 88 l'annde dernidre. Quoi qu'il en soit, pour le moment, oe gronpe est en pleine rdus- site, mais si l'on doit oroire l'information q cablde parun grand journal anglais, Priceserait q en train de chauffer d'nn cdtd ponr venire de et l'autre. Pdohd Vdniel, car en somme cela ran- g trerait dans l'ordre naturel des choses ! ! g Graines de Coton : La faiblesm a domind jy chez nons et elle est dfte anx rdalisations de jy; la petite spdonlation, fatigude d'attendre et g qui oraint l'effet dorasant de la premidre filidre M de juillet, effet qni, une fois la premidre im- qi passion passde, pourrait etre minima si, comme g on lewdit, beancoup de reports ont ddjk dtd g. faits. Dans tous les oas, les petite embarque- 8t ments de la semaine n'ont pas pen contribnd à -y poser sur la situation. ^ Derniers conrs pratiqnd^r P.T. 57 1/2 pour , -ft le disponible et 58 3/4 pour le juillet, ce qui jy ferait ptes de P.T. 1 1/2 de baisse pour la p la semaine. g L'Angleterre est,ferme et Hnll offre de non- q veau £5. 15/- pour juillet, mais la demande g est pen importante et ddoourage un pen ! y La nonvelle rdcolte est inaotive, fante de 2 gros vendeura ; toutefois, comme prix, elle se a maintient trd3-bien anx alentonrs de P.T. 60. L'Angleterre paierait le Novembre-Janvier £5. 17/6. ' Fives : Les arrivages vraiment mesqains de " ces temps derniers ont prodait une nonvelle hansse et, anjonrd'hui, la valeur de l'artiole en disponible est de P.T. 96. C'est duorme, nwrts il y a si peu de marchandise à la vente et Ton s'est montd tellement la tdte avec an charge- ment venda pour le continent il y a deux on trois semaines ponr embarqnement Juillet à 32/9 oif London terms, que tout acheteur be30gneux n'hdsite pas à surenohdrir sur son voisin pour trouver ce qu'il lui faut. Eu contrats, par contre, on ne fait rien et la oote n'est dtablie, ponr ainsi dire, que d'aprds la valeur du spot. L Dernier prix affichd P.T. 96 3/4 à 97. L Alexandrie, 30 Juin 1905. £
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(Autowrdhui d midi et demie) Nons avons eu, comme c'est l'habitnde le samedi, un marché calme et ddlaissd. Le man- qne d'acheteurs a fait reculer les conrs de quelqnes valeurs. C'est ainsi qne la Banqne Nationale fldohit de 26 1/16 k 26, l'Agricole de 13 5/8 à 13 9/16, la Banqne d'Athknes de 120 à 119 1/2 la Bdhdra de 44 à 43 3/4, ia Dai'ra de 28 1/8 à 28, la Salt Soda de 34/9 à 34/3, l'Alexandria Water de 15 1/4 k* 15 1/8, la Ramleh Railway de 7 1/4 à 7 3/16 eto. Les Estates se maintiennent à 27/32 aohe- teurs et les Trust à 1 9/32. La tendance du marché est inddoise. /
ABBIVtetB J 30 jnin vap. ital. Margarida, oap. Troja, ton. 1066, à Pellerano. ^ ler juillet Hadikswall; 21 j. 3/4, vap. ang. North Gwalia, oap. Roberts, ton. 1418, à Barber Son. Constantinople et Pirde; 40 h., vap. ang. Prinoe Abbas, oap. Anderlich, ton. 851, à la Khedivial Mail.
At Ascot, yesterday, the leading event was the Plate, which, in the early years of her marriage, was named after the Queen Alexandra that is, and it would seem, with the happiest results. "Racing," King Edward's great-grand-uncle, the Duke of Cumberland, is said to have re- marked, "languishes for want of support from the Crown and aristocracy." So he went a- racing, with "the best stock, the best blood, and the most numerous stud in the kingdom." Later on, the Ascot he virtually made felt the influence of the "added money" of the big gate meetings. The Alexandra Plate was the first instance, on classic ground, where £1,000 was added to the stakes. True, the race was inaugurated by the victory of Count de La- grange's Fille de l'Air, so named after a fairy- tale by Cogniard Freres, which was drawing all Paris to the old "Fol. Dram." "But since," remark the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire and Mr. W.G. Craven, "the wealth and liberality of the Royal Meeting have increased pari passu." Twenty years ago, these authorities could aver, "all that is most excellent in horseflesh, and most ambitious in ownership, is annually attracted to this favoured spot." The favored spot has lost none of its attractions since 1886, and the brillianny of the era which the writers dated from the founding of the Alexandra Plate has, assuredly, suffered no eclipse.
The most effective and artistic incident of the Royal trip down the Thames on Saturday, when the Prince of Wales inaugurated the London County Council steamboat service, was the skillful display of the Prince of Wales's feathers in water by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade on their fire float. The pretty device was exceedingly well' reproduced. An unsa- tisfactory circumstance of the trip was that the Prince allowed himself to be so closely surrounded by his friends on the "King Alfred," that the crowds on the Embankment and on the bridges had the utmost difficulty in distinguishing His Royal Highness.
The principle on which Civil Lis; pensions are granted is sometimes hard to understand. There is, happily, no difficulty in approving Shat just published. The names which have called forth official bounty are either great names or names associated with solid, benefi- cial, But alas ! unremunerative work. J. G. Frazer, le Neve Foster, Yorjf Powell, and Freeman : under these cognomens the educa- tion and well-being of mankind have been furthered. So in a smaller degree with the others mentioned in the list. But, though satisfactory, it is a sad record. To many of the pensions the phrase "straitened circumstances" is added as a reason for the giving. Astronomers and physicists, men who have given -their lives to history and research, die without monetary reward for their services, leaving their families in such a condition that a hundred pounds from the Civil List comes as a real blessing. Supposing, for instance, that Professor York Powell had devoted his great gifts to commerce or finance, he would perhaps have died a millionaire ; certainly his daughter would no£. have struggled with "inadequate means of support." It is to such cases that Civil List pensions are properly applied.
The great Indian controversy is over, and Lord Kitchener has scored a great victory. The anomalous position of the Commander-in- Chief, which brought about the regrettable possibility of his resignation, is a thing of the past, and Mr. Brodrick was able yesterday to make the important and welcome announce- ment that Lord Kitchener will in future have a free hand in the management of all the mili- tary combatant services. It would have been a serious calamity for India had the outcome been any other. Glad as we should and shall be one day to have the benefit of that master- mind in the organisation of our own military affairs, it is a matter of greater urgency that the work so well begun in India should first be accomplished. The details of his reorganisation scheme Mr. Brodrick also laid before the House of Commons. It entails a considerable expenditure, but the consideration that it will not only increase and improve the Indian Army, but render it independent df home probably disincline him to attempt any settle- ment of the Norwegian difficulty. If Swedish Princes can recover them the affront to their dynasty, and on of them should be asked to accept the Norwegian Crown, there are younger sons of the King who might suit The Crown Princess of Den- mark, a Swedish Princess by birth, also has a son or two who could be spared for a situation worthy of acceptance.
With a courtesy and a touch of sentiment so characteristic of the Japanese, acknowledgment of subscriptions to the Japanese Soldiers' and Sailors' Widows and Families Fund is made in very graceful fashion. A correspondent for wards his receipt for my inspection. It includes an acknowledgment from the Treasurer of the Red Cross Society of Japan, a printed note in Japanese, and a pretty little lacquered cup wrapped in a silk handkerchief and forwarded from Tokio in a sandalwood box tied with green silk cord. The cup constitutes a charming 'souvenir of the gratitude of our Eastern allies.
Whether war correspondence is declining or not as a permanent profession, it seems to be the quickest way to prominence. The eldest son of the late Sir Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett has beer through a tolerable slice of the Japanese war, and watched the siege of Port Arthur with General Nogi. After the surrender he came back through the States, and lectured to many military and civilian audiences, one of his marked successes being at West Point Academy, for the benefit of us here at home he lectures on Monday afternoon at the United Service Institution, accompanying his remarks with photographs of his own taking. And soldiers of an older generation may not be disinclined to earn something from this enterprising junior of twenty-four.
The Prince of Wales, on his arrival at Cardiff on Friday of next week, will drive straight to the Castle, ,the Marquis of Bute's magnificent residence in the centre of the town, where Lord Bute will entertain him at lun- cheon. In the afternoon His Royal Highness will lay the foundation-stone of the new Uni- versity College in Cathays Park, and later will attend the graduation ceremony. The Prince will be the guest on Friday night of Lord and Lady Windsor at fit. Fagan's, their seat just outside Cardiff, where a distinguished party will be invited to meat him. The functions on Saturday include the conferring on the Prince of the freedom of the borough, followed by a municipal banquet, and he will leave Cardiff for' London the same day.
The finding of the court-martial upon the submarine disaster is satisfactory in so far 88 it acquits Lieutenant Candy and the other survivors of all blame ; but unsatisfactory, and necessarily so, because it was found impossible exactly to determine what brought about A 8's loss of trim and inability to answer the helm at the last. Only the dead helmsman, probably, could have cleared up one doubt. It is certain that the submarine somehow got out of trim, owing to some shifting of weight, either on the part of the crew or by the ad- mission of water. But it cannot be known whether the horizontal diving rudders really were put hard up in good time to counter- act the forward dip, as Lieutenant Candy ordered. They were found hard up finally, but may have been put so too late. A blunder may have been made earlier and the rudders put down instead of up, or they may have been in- adequate to counteract the loss of trim. These seem to be the alternatives, and both raise questions as to the delicate stability of these ships which call for farther expert investigation.
It is perhaps better for all parties that the Norwegians declared their views openly before the marriage of Prince Gustavua Adolphus. The Royal bride and bridegroom, with relatives on both sides, now know what not to expect, and will* not be obliged to include Norway in their tourist programme, or to waste civilities on people who do not wish to see them.
The separate Crown of Norway would not be worth the acceptance of any Prince of standing, were it not that the existence of a Republic in northern Europe might lead to considerable awkwardness, and weaken the monarchical principle neighbouring countries It remains to be seen whether one of Berffa- dotte's Swedish or Danish descendants will be able to adjust matters, less to benefit the selfassertive Norwegians than to maintain the prestige of the Royal caste.
Prince Charles of Sweden, third son of King Oscar, is forty-four years of age, and is married to his kinswoman, Princess Ingeborg of Den- mark, who is twenty-seven. They are a cheer- ful, sensible couple, and would make a good King and Queen. Prince Eugene of Sweden, King Oscar's fourth son, is forty years of age unmarried, and has artistic tastes which would their last phrase. Except for this, and for the men who go out at the end of each act and won't return in time for the beginning of the next, there is nothing at all to complain of the opera. Between acts there is, of course, a regular babel of chatter, and some of it is so funny, especially this week when the Londoner points opt to the country cousin all the great folk present, and the country cousin is quite satisfied, never thinking that the people pointed out are at Ascot and their boxes occupied by friends. After all, the country cousin is gratified, and no one is a pin's point the worse. One wonders what the real people would think -could they see those pointed out for them!
The docking of a ship at Portsmouth is gene- rally looked forward to by the dockyard "˜"˜mateys" as an excellent opportunity of obtaining some good fishing. About a foot of water is always left in the dock for cleaning out, and the fish can he easily seen swimming about unable to escape. Last Saturday at one of the docks quite a number of bass were - discovered by the dockers, and much amusement was caused by the trantic efforts of the men en- deavouring to comer the fish with spikes and brooms. It takes an expert in this kind of fishing to land a prize successfully, but on this oc- casion about half-a-dozen large fish were caught Quantities of oysters were also gathered by some of the men from the bottom of the vessel docked.
My readers will regret to learn of the death of Colonel E. H. Burney, C.B., who , retired a few months ago from the command of the 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment, at Alexandria. Colonel Burney,. who was in his 44th year, was visiting Paris when he contracted his fatal illness. He saw service with the Royal Berks in the Egyptian War of 1882, and commanded the 2nd batta- lion in the late South African War.
Lieutenant B. G. Bromhead, Royal Berks Regiment, has been ordered to embark for Egypt on the 14th prox. to join the 2nd Bat- talion, on absorption. He recently returned home from the Cape, where he did duty for three years with the South African Consta- bulary.
Major H. B. Mainwaring, Lincolnshire Regiment, has left the 1st Battalion at Se- cunderabad, and taken his retired pay, after a little over 27 years' service. Major Main- waring got his first commission in February, 1878, ways promoted captain in 1884, and major in. 1896. He was in Kitchener's expedi- tion to Khartoum and was present at the battles of Atbara and Omdurman (mentioned in dispatches, 4th class Osmanieh, British medal, and Khedive's medal with two clasps).
The Rifle Depot at Winchester is to be maintained at its present establishment Curiously, whilst other regiments have a difficulty in getting recruits the "Green- jackets" have none.
It has been decided, says a contemporary, to discontinue the carrying of the revolver in civilised warfare. In the South African war the drivers of the R.H.A., and the R.HA. drivers of transport, staff sergeants, farriers, and others were served out with Webley revolvers. These were only carried for a short period, when they were relegated to the kit bag. Offioers who served in that campaign say that however useful the six-shooter is in savage warfare'and it is a very good weapon for rough and tumble fighting'it is useless for oivilised warfare where fighting is carried on at long range. It. is now proposed to replace the revolver by a light carbine. Farriers are still to carry the Webley for shooting horses.
In an interesting article on "Artistic In- congruities and Anachronisms, "u» "Chambers's Journal," reference is made to a picture,painted about the eighteenth century, in which Abra- ham appears ready to sacrifice Isaac with a loaded blunderbuss. This antedated the use of firearms by more than three thousand years. Pictures are knoWn of the Israelites crossing the Red Sea armed with muskets and other weapons of offence of comparatively modern date.
It is in the matter of costume that the early painters found such a stumbling block. In the Edinburgh National Gallery is a picture in which Pharaoh's daughter and her ladies are arrayed in the long-waisted bodices and hooped skirts common to' Europe in the sixteenth century. In another picture of the same date, representing "Joseph and his Kindred in Egypt," which is hung in the National Collec- tion in London, there is no trace of the distinctive feature of Egyptian architecture about the buildings ; they are all Italian in type. Note, again, another picture by,Paolo Veronese in the same gallery, "The Family of Darius at the feet of Alexander after the Battle of I88U8." Again we have these pointed waists and enormously distended skirts, which are certainly incompatible with an event which occurred- in the year 333 B.C. The artist was a Venetian, and he drew the Venetian costumes of his own period, 1528-88.
Raphael, like so many others, drew his Madonnas, his saints, and his martyrs from Italian models, and clothed them in contempo- rary Italian costume, giving the figures as a background the scenery with which he was so familiar. It was only when travellers came to visit the Holy Land, and saw the people there, unchanged in sentiment, habit, and customs for centuries, that a few came to realise that the pictures were wrong.
It has been calculated, according to "Engi- neering," that a storage capacity of two mil- liards of cubic metres^ or two thousand million tons, is required to convert each million acres of the land of Egypt from flood to perennial irrigation. Hence the problem is, to supply reservoirs capable of storing four milliards of cubic metres of water. The Assouan reservoir at its present level stores one milliard of cubic metres, leaving three milliards yet to fie retained, if it bad not been for the senti- mental outcry of certain European archaeolo- gists, to whom the preservation of a ruined temple, which most of them had never seen, was of more interest than the welfare of millions of their fellow-oreatures, the Assouan reservoir would now be of twice its capacity, and another half-million acres rendered able fa produce the long-stapled Egyptian cotton which is so greatly in demand, As "Engineering" expresses it, the fellaheen cried to the Govern- ment for bread, and it has given them stones, in deference to the withes of a few foreign antiquaries. However, the fault is now com- mitted; Egypt is poorer by 15,000,000, but retains a useless pile of half-submerged ruins.
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