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Our Weekly Budget.
without people making it even hardex * still by playing the " little game , " which Russia , notably of our great European rivals in Empire , has been pursuing steadily throughout . Righteous indignation is a very glorious thing to witness , but indignation and statesmanship have nothing in
common with each other . Seeing what the policy of Russia in regard to the Eastern Question has always been , seeing that had she not encouraged the earlier aggressions on Turkish authority , the crisis might have been , if not avoided , at least determined long since , the people of this country
will act wisely if they abstain from doing anything thafc may hamper the free action of Her Majesty ' s ministers . Already , as our contemporary points out , since these public meetings have been held , shoals of Russian officers have been pouring into Servia , and fighting against the Turks . Russia
only wants an excuse to take the field against her ancient enemy , and the people of England seem likely to afford her the occasion . It is easy enough to talk of kicking the Turk out of Europe , but in our righteous indignation at the cruelties he has practised , we must not entirely overlook the interests of the British Empire .
Great Yarmouth has long been one of our most popular sea-side resorts , and on Tuesday the number of its attractions was increased by the opening of a large Aquarium , erected close by the Britannia Pier , on a site granted by the Town Council to the Aquarium Company Limited , on lease
for 999 years at a yearly ground rent of £ G 0 . The building includes a restaurant , a skating-rink , and reading and assembly-rooms , in addition to the Aquarium proper , which occupies the basement of what is intended to be a large concert hall . It has an area of 190 feet by 90 feet . There
are eighteen tanks arranged on each side , varying in length from 17 feet to 50 feet , and in width from 5 feet to 15 feet . Afc each end of the Aquarium is a pond , and rockwork covered with ferns , over which falls a cascade . The utmost care has been taken in the internal
arrangements , and especially for circulating water , filling and emptying the tanks , and isolating any one or more of them , if necessary . The cost thus far has reached the sum of £ 35 , 000 . The opening ceremonial was of a very simple character . Lord Suffield , chairman of the board of
directors , was met by the contractors , builders , and others , and having traversed the building , formally declared it open . Luncheon followed , Lord Sufiield presiding , and being supported by the Mayor of Yarmouth , and Sir E . Lacon , M . P . We wish the Aquarium Company all
prosperity . Native rowing talent appears to have carried nearly all before it at the Centennial Regatta , Philadelphia . We are sorry to learn , however , that a dispute has arisen , originating in an appeal by the London Rowing Club four against the
Beaverwyck four on the ground of a foul . The umpire , a Mr . Brown , disallowed the appeal , on which the London men declined to take further part in the regatta , though some among them were entered for the pairs and sculls , unless Mr . Brown withdrew from the umpireship .
A sad accident , by which four lives were lost , occurred on Wednesday , by the fall of a newly-erected railway arch in the city . This arch or tunnel , over a passage known as Cavendish-court , hard by Devonshire-square , was part of the Metropolitan Extension in course of construction
between Bishopsgate and Aldgate . The props had been removed , and the roadway laid with gravel , when a man with a horse and cart were about crossing , and the whole structure fell in with a crash . Happily the man and horse sustained no injury , but some ten men , who were engaged
m constructing a sewer underneath the tunnel , were immediately buried beneath the debris . Every effort was made to extricate the poor fellows , but with partial success only . Three were found to be so severel y injured thafc they were taken and admitted into the Metropolitan Free
Hospital , Commercial-street . Two others had their hurts dressed , and were sent to their homes . After a time the bodies of their four companions were discovered and extricated from the ruins , but life was extinct in every case , and they were removed to the mortuary , pending the usual
coroner s inquest . Two of these poor fellows were married , and leave families behind them . Messrs . Lucas and Aird , the contractors , evinced the greatest anxiety for the
injured , as did the railway officials , all doing their best to alleviate their sufferings . The extension was to have been ready for opening by December , but this calamity may involve some delay . The British Association is now in session at Glasgow , tho opening meeting having been held , on Wednesday .
Our Weekly Budget.
The General Committee met at 1 p . m ., under the presidency of Sir John Hawkshaw , when the minutes of last year were confirmed , and the accounts , a statement of which showed a balance of over £ 900 to the good , passed . The officers for the meeting were then appointed , Dr .
Thomas Andrews , of Belfast , being elected President , and the Duke of Argyll , the Lord Provost of Glasgow , Sir W . Stirling Maxwell , Barfc ., M . P ., Professor Sir William Thompson , Professor Allen Thompson , Professor Ramsay , find Mr . J . Young , Vice-Presidents . The new President
subsequently delivered his inaugural address , and a vote of thanks to Dr . Andrews , proposed by the Duke of Argyll and seconded by Sir William Thompson , brought the proceedings of the first day to a close . Yesterday the various sections commenced their labours .
The Bicyclists and the St . Albans coach have been at loggerheads . Two of the former , named Gee and Mitchell , recently took out summonses for assault against the driver , E . Parsons , and guard , H . Cracknell , of the latter , and the case was heard on Wednesday , before the Edgware
magistrates in petty session , cross-summonses by the defendants to the above having also been taken out . After a careful investigation of all the circumstances , the Bench decided against the driver and guard , and sentenced the latter to pay a fine of £ 5 and costs and the former £ 2 and costs The cross summonses were dismissed . Coaches and
bicycles are both popular , nor see we any just cause why the two should not be able to find plenty of room on our highways without squabbling with or incommoding each other . Bicyclists will do well to give horses , especially if
they are at all spirited animals , as wide a berth as possible , and stage coach drivers and guards must not fling iron balls at , or- lash the shoulders of bicyclists , to whom the Queen ' s highway is as open as to any other of Her Majesty ' s lieges .
It seems our Jack-tars have been engaged in a small scrimmage some miles up the Niger . Our present relations with the natives on this part of the West Coast of Africa are the reverse of friendly , and ere long we may have on hand another of those little wars , of which Great
Britain has an almost endless succession . The cause of the expedition we are referring to is not apparent , but whatever it was , our ships seem to have destroyed several villages , aud greatly frightened the natives . Not without
slight loss , however ; for in one place three officers and three men were wounded , and in another a marine was killed aud eight men wounded . A part of our force under Commander Bruce was landed , and it was among these the above casualties occurred .
Since last week the progress of the struggle between Servia aud Turkey has been undoubtedly in favour of the latter . The Turks appear to have experienced some reverses , but the effect must have been hardly worth noticing , for their generals , who are said to have displayed a
considerable amount of strategy , slowly bufc surely brought up their troops and advanced against the Servian strongbold of Alexinatz , where General Tchernaieff held command of the chief army . Erom the very vivid description , given by the Times' correspondent , of the battle thafc took
place on the 1 st instant , it is manifest the Servians were no match for their assailants . A portion of their artillery appears to have done good service , but a regular stampede occurred among the infantry , and with a lifcfcle more energy upon the part of the Turkish commander there was nothing
to have prevented him occupying Alexinatz the evening of the same day . The Turkish approach , as we have said , is slow , and they are said to be under apprehensions that Alexinatz is undermined in all directions . Since then , however , telegrams have been received , to the effect thafc
the Turks have occupied the place , while the mam Servian force is at Deligrad . An advance on , and the probable capture of , Belgrade , ai'e also among the rumours that reach this country . Meantime Russian officers , under cover of the Red Cross of Geneva , are pouring into Servia
and acting , it is said , as though Servia were a part of the Russian Empire . Afc Berlin the belief prevails , in wellinformed circles , that a Russo-Turkish war is unavoidable . Meanwhile Turkey , who is said to have a force of 350 , 000 men under arms , is bestirring herself in the direction of
Montenegro . There are reports of a severe engagement having been fought , but with what result is not known . However , the main interest of the struggle lies in the direction of Servia , and there , no doubt , the issue of the war will be decided . If Belgrade falls , and with a new Sultan ou the throne , who is not a madman , the chances
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Our Weekly Budget.
without people making it even hardex * still by playing the " little game , " which Russia , notably of our great European rivals in Empire , has been pursuing steadily throughout . Righteous indignation is a very glorious thing to witness , but indignation and statesmanship have nothing in
common with each other . Seeing what the policy of Russia in regard to the Eastern Question has always been , seeing that had she not encouraged the earlier aggressions on Turkish authority , the crisis might have been , if not avoided , at least determined long since , the people of this country
will act wisely if they abstain from doing anything thafc may hamper the free action of Her Majesty ' s ministers . Already , as our contemporary points out , since these public meetings have been held , shoals of Russian officers have been pouring into Servia , and fighting against the Turks . Russia
only wants an excuse to take the field against her ancient enemy , and the people of England seem likely to afford her the occasion . It is easy enough to talk of kicking the Turk out of Europe , but in our righteous indignation at the cruelties he has practised , we must not entirely overlook the interests of the British Empire .
Great Yarmouth has long been one of our most popular sea-side resorts , and on Tuesday the number of its attractions was increased by the opening of a large Aquarium , erected close by the Britannia Pier , on a site granted by the Town Council to the Aquarium Company Limited , on lease
for 999 years at a yearly ground rent of £ G 0 . The building includes a restaurant , a skating-rink , and reading and assembly-rooms , in addition to the Aquarium proper , which occupies the basement of what is intended to be a large concert hall . It has an area of 190 feet by 90 feet . There
are eighteen tanks arranged on each side , varying in length from 17 feet to 50 feet , and in width from 5 feet to 15 feet . Afc each end of the Aquarium is a pond , and rockwork covered with ferns , over which falls a cascade . The utmost care has been taken in the internal
arrangements , and especially for circulating water , filling and emptying the tanks , and isolating any one or more of them , if necessary . The cost thus far has reached the sum of £ 35 , 000 . The opening ceremonial was of a very simple character . Lord Suffield , chairman of the board of
directors , was met by the contractors , builders , and others , and having traversed the building , formally declared it open . Luncheon followed , Lord Sufiield presiding , and being supported by the Mayor of Yarmouth , and Sir E . Lacon , M . P . We wish the Aquarium Company all
prosperity . Native rowing talent appears to have carried nearly all before it at the Centennial Regatta , Philadelphia . We are sorry to learn , however , that a dispute has arisen , originating in an appeal by the London Rowing Club four against the
Beaverwyck four on the ground of a foul . The umpire , a Mr . Brown , disallowed the appeal , on which the London men declined to take further part in the regatta , though some among them were entered for the pairs and sculls , unless Mr . Brown withdrew from the umpireship .
A sad accident , by which four lives were lost , occurred on Wednesday , by the fall of a newly-erected railway arch in the city . This arch or tunnel , over a passage known as Cavendish-court , hard by Devonshire-square , was part of the Metropolitan Extension in course of construction
between Bishopsgate and Aldgate . The props had been removed , and the roadway laid with gravel , when a man with a horse and cart were about crossing , and the whole structure fell in with a crash . Happily the man and horse sustained no injury , but some ten men , who were engaged
m constructing a sewer underneath the tunnel , were immediately buried beneath the debris . Every effort was made to extricate the poor fellows , but with partial success only . Three were found to be so severel y injured thafc they were taken and admitted into the Metropolitan Free
Hospital , Commercial-street . Two others had their hurts dressed , and were sent to their homes . After a time the bodies of their four companions were discovered and extricated from the ruins , but life was extinct in every case , and they were removed to the mortuary , pending the usual
coroner s inquest . Two of these poor fellows were married , and leave families behind them . Messrs . Lucas and Aird , the contractors , evinced the greatest anxiety for the
injured , as did the railway officials , all doing their best to alleviate their sufferings . The extension was to have been ready for opening by December , but this calamity may involve some delay . The British Association is now in session at Glasgow , tho opening meeting having been held , on Wednesday .
Our Weekly Budget.
The General Committee met at 1 p . m ., under the presidency of Sir John Hawkshaw , when the minutes of last year were confirmed , and the accounts , a statement of which showed a balance of over £ 900 to the good , passed . The officers for the meeting were then appointed , Dr .
Thomas Andrews , of Belfast , being elected President , and the Duke of Argyll , the Lord Provost of Glasgow , Sir W . Stirling Maxwell , Barfc ., M . P ., Professor Sir William Thompson , Professor Allen Thompson , Professor Ramsay , find Mr . J . Young , Vice-Presidents . The new President
subsequently delivered his inaugural address , and a vote of thanks to Dr . Andrews , proposed by the Duke of Argyll and seconded by Sir William Thompson , brought the proceedings of the first day to a close . Yesterday the various sections commenced their labours .
The Bicyclists and the St . Albans coach have been at loggerheads . Two of the former , named Gee and Mitchell , recently took out summonses for assault against the driver , E . Parsons , and guard , H . Cracknell , of the latter , and the case was heard on Wednesday , before the Edgware
magistrates in petty session , cross-summonses by the defendants to the above having also been taken out . After a careful investigation of all the circumstances , the Bench decided against the driver and guard , and sentenced the latter to pay a fine of £ 5 and costs and the former £ 2 and costs The cross summonses were dismissed . Coaches and
bicycles are both popular , nor see we any just cause why the two should not be able to find plenty of room on our highways without squabbling with or incommoding each other . Bicyclists will do well to give horses , especially if
they are at all spirited animals , as wide a berth as possible , and stage coach drivers and guards must not fling iron balls at , or- lash the shoulders of bicyclists , to whom the Queen ' s highway is as open as to any other of Her Majesty ' s lieges .
It seems our Jack-tars have been engaged in a small scrimmage some miles up the Niger . Our present relations with the natives on this part of the West Coast of Africa are the reverse of friendly , and ere long we may have on hand another of those little wars , of which Great
Britain has an almost endless succession . The cause of the expedition we are referring to is not apparent , but whatever it was , our ships seem to have destroyed several villages , aud greatly frightened the natives . Not without
slight loss , however ; for in one place three officers and three men were wounded , and in another a marine was killed aud eight men wounded . A part of our force under Commander Bruce was landed , and it was among these the above casualties occurred .
Since last week the progress of the struggle between Servia aud Turkey has been undoubtedly in favour of the latter . The Turks appear to have experienced some reverses , but the effect must have been hardly worth noticing , for their generals , who are said to have displayed a
considerable amount of strategy , slowly bufc surely brought up their troops and advanced against the Servian strongbold of Alexinatz , where General Tchernaieff held command of the chief army . Erom the very vivid description , given by the Times' correspondent , of the battle thafc took
place on the 1 st instant , it is manifest the Servians were no match for their assailants . A portion of their artillery appears to have done good service , but a regular stampede occurred among the infantry , and with a lifcfcle more energy upon the part of the Turkish commander there was nothing
to have prevented him occupying Alexinatz the evening of the same day . The Turkish approach , as we have said , is slow , and they are said to be under apprehensions that Alexinatz is undermined in all directions . Since then , however , telegrams have been received , to the effect thafc
the Turks have occupied the place , while the mam Servian force is at Deligrad . An advance on , and the probable capture of , Belgrade , ai'e also among the rumours that reach this country . Meantime Russian officers , under cover of the Red Cross of Geneva , are pouring into Servia
and acting , it is said , as though Servia were a part of the Russian Empire . Afc Berlin the belief prevails , in wellinformed circles , that a Russo-Turkish war is unavoidable . Meanwhile Turkey , who is said to have a force of 350 , 000 men under arms , is bestirring herself in the direction of
Montenegro . There are reports of a severe engagement having been fought , but with what result is not known . However , the main interest of the struggle lies in the direction of Servia , and there , no doubt , the issue of the war will be decided . If Belgrade falls , and with a new Sultan ou the throne , who is not a madman , the chances