Evening Telegram (St. John's, N.L.), 1879-04-09

              THE EVENING TELEGRAM. Vol. I.  Pbicb—Okb Cent. ST. JOHN'S, N.P., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1879. $3.20 Pkr Annum. No. 6. Latest by Telegraph. STRIKE OF 30,000 MINERS AT DURHAM II * ; A CONVOY ATTACKED BY ZULUS! ! ! CAPT. MOP.IAETY AND FOETY MEN SILLED!! CRISIS IN EGYPT! Halifax, April 9. Thirty thousand Durham miners have struck. A convoy, escorted by one hundred and four men of the Eightieth regiment, was attacked by 1 uir thousand Zulus near Umbelina, Stobe river, and Capt. Moriarty and forty of his men were • illed ; twenty missing. A crisis has occurred in Egypt. The Khedive i i missed Wilson and Bliguieres, giving their y 'aces to natives. •—^-"■■■—i«--_--"-_____-_l__■_-■_■-___-_amamWSMmw^—mr^m~mm»mmm*^m*~9m^mmmßmmm*mm»^tmmmirm^*m~m^m^m—^**9—m+^mm~~^ The Evening Telegram. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 0, 167<J. ' .nuscbifts for publication, and all letters i staining any communications to be printed • ould be addressed to W. J. llkrder, printer : d publisher, No. 218 Duckworth Street, or to t ki. A. Parsons (under Y. M. C. Association } joms) Water Street. The s. H.AUmmbra, from New York via Halifax, * rived here last evening. Through the kindness < i Capt. McElhinney, we are in receipt of late / nerican and Dominion papers—the former to • c Ist and the latter to the 6th April—from l iiich we extract the following summary:— Chili and Peru. Warlike preparations are being made on both i .es. Bolivian troops are concentrating at Cala- I , on the frontier. Two thousand Chilian regu- I s have embarked! and the whole fleet ha8 flailed for the Bolivian coast. The warlike feeling hi Valparaiso Is intense. The government loan has been largely subscribed to. Fa rung in Pebu. • The Peruvian Chambers have been convoked in consequence of the threatening aspect of the situation. Meanwhile the Peruvian fleet has received orders to proceed to the Bolivian coast Chili, in rejecting Peru's offers of mediation, declared that the nitrate duties imposed by Bolivia must be removed before an amicable settlement could be entertained. The Peruvian press is strongly hostile to Chill The Afghan Embroglto. According to a Lahore despatch there is a hitch in the negotiation, caused by Yakoob Khan demanding to be guaranteed possession of the throne, which is impossible. TUR BURMAH TbOUBLR. It is reported at Rangoon that some powerful chiefs have renounced their allegiance to the King of Burmah. This will probably be represented as the result of British'intrigues, and may precipitate a crisis. Burmese war vessels are posted on the River with the intention of preventing British residents at Mandalay escaping by water. Revolutionary Mexico. Late information from the interior of Mexico shows that although the revolutions in Tepee are practically suppressed, the people are reckless and business paralyzed. Another outbreak is anticipated. Garibaldi on the Move. Garibaldi embarked on a steamer at Caprera, but even his friends are unaware of his destination. Many rumours are afloat, even including a report that he has gone to Athens to organize an expedition. England's Criminal Code. Attorney General Holker has introduced into the British Commons a bill codifying the criminal low, and providing that no person be convicted of murder unless the intention to take life, or utter recklessness, whether he took life or not, is proved. It also grants the privilege of appeal in criminal cases. The Lrtbllirr Case. In view of the recent occurrences at Ottawa in connection with the attempt to remove Lieut.- Governor Letellier, of Quebec, the portions of the British North America Act bearing upon the office of Lieut-Governor are of much interest. The manner of appointing and removing a Lieut-Governor is dealth with in the 68th and 69th section of the British North America Act, which are as follows:— 44 For each Province there shall be an officer, styled the.Lieu enaut-Governor, appointed by the Governor General in Council by instrument under the Great Seal of Canada. 4469. A Lieutenant-Governor shall held oflfca during the pleasure of the Governor-General; jmi any Li<n tenant-Governor appointed after the commencement of the first session pf the Parliament of Canada shall not be 'removable within fie* years from his appointment, except for cause assigned, which shall lie communicated by message to the Senate and to the House of Commons within one week thereafter, if the Parliament Is then sitting, and if not then within,one week after the commencement of the next session ol Parliament.'' MR. MOUSSRAU'S MOTION. The motion of which Mr. Mousseau has given notice, and which will come up in the House of Commons on Monday, ia of a rcmarkuhle character. It charges the Governor-General with having violated the principles of Responsible Government. Possibly His Excellency's action is open to this charge—we are not ijudined'to hastily give an opinion on this question. But it seems to us that Mr. Mousseau should directly assail Sir John A. Ma%d|oald, who surely violates the piinclples of !-elqJßUrf»le Government whence holds office after his advice has been rejected by the Governor-General. However, indirectly, the motion does attack the Ministry, for Sir John, to excuse his weakness, has defended the very thing that the motion chiefly disputes, that is, the Governor-General's right to refer the Letellier question to the British Government The passage of this resolution wiil he in itself a vote of want of * confidence in the Ministry, and should lead to resignation, but Sir John will probably hold on until his French friei ds force him to resign. The Afghan War. A Severe Fight.—The news from Afghanistan at present is hsrdly satisfactory. The movement which haa been apparant recently on th* part of the hill tribes to carry on a guerilla warfare against the military posts defending the various lines of communication, has.evidently assumed more serious proportion than the public has beeu given to believe An important despatch from Lahore states that the British officer in command of the post at AU Bagham, a small village on the main Peshawar road, leading through the Khyber Pass, and only ten miles out of Jelallabad, waa attacked on the 24th ult, by 2,000 Mai like. He routed the enemy after a severe fight, killiug 146. The British are reported to have lost ouly 2 killed and 6 wounded. *, Another English Vie toby. A despatch from Lahore says that a small force under Major Humphreys waa attacked on the 27th in the Pishin valley by 2,000 Afghans. Thl enemy was defeated, with a loss of 00 killed* Ke casualties occurred among the British treofU. ■ .^^ _H  Advertising Rates: Fifty Cents per inch for first insertion; every % utinuntiou 10 Cents per inch. arrangements made for three, six or twelve months. < -