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THE BRITISH MAIL.

Latest News in a Nutshell Compiled Exclusively for the Sunday Inter Ocean.

Queen Victoria in Perfect Health- Duke of Edinburgh Soothes the Feelings of France.

Parliamentary Notes- Thomas Burke''s Unnatural Crime- Musical, Literary, and Dramatic.

The Queen is in perfect health, and has suffered nothing by the exertions, which must be considered great at her age, which she underwent in connection with the jubilee festivities. Since arriving in Scotland her Majesty has attended the marriage of a daughter of one of her humble Balmoral tenants, accompanied by the Princess Frederica of Hanover.

The Princess of Wales entertains the idea of paying a visit to her afflicted sister, the Duchess of Cumberland, if she can gain the permission of the doctors to see her. Her royal Highness would travel incognito, and the greatest privacy would be observed.

The Duke of Edinburgh, on arriving in the Alexandra, at Toulon, did his best to soothe the susceptibilities of those who affected to see a deliberate insult to France in the Cannes incident. After saluting the French flag he saluted that of Admiral Peyron with nineteen guns, the compliment being returned, and the British flag hoisted by all the men-of-war in the roadstead.

The Senate of Dublin University has conferred the honorary degree of LL. D. on Prince Albert Victor, or Wales.

The Kind of Belgians laid the foundationstone of the library in connection with the People's Palace, at Mile-end, London.

The Marquis of Bate anticipates spending a large sum of money on Cardiff Castle. The work will occupy 200 workmen about four years. The Marquis' income is nearly $2,000,000 a year.

Lord Tenuyson is making a tour of the Welsh coast in his yacht the Stella.

Lord Atlesbury announced at Marlborough that agricultural depression had diminished his income by [British pound]15,000 a year.

At a banquet given by the Lord Mayor to her Majesty's judges at the Mansion House, the Lord Chancellor, in responding to their toast, remarked that Western civilization had risen above the intellectual culture of the East by the recognition of the principles of justice as distinguished from those of mere intellectual superiority.

Mr. Benjamin Scott has been elected Chamberlain of the City of London for the thirteenth time.

IN AND OUT OF PARLIAMENT.

Mr. Albert Pell's political services to Sough Leicestershire and the Conservative party have been acknowledged by the presentation of a handsome service of plate.

It is stated that Lord Hartington, Mr. Chamberlain, and Sir Henry James have declined to allow themselves to be nominated as trustees for the new premises of the National Liberal Club.

It is rumored that Mr. Justin McCarthy and Mr. J. H. McCarthy have withdrawn themselves temporarily from the House of Commons in consequence of a misunderstanding with Mr. Parnell.

During the progress of the crimes bill in committee, Mr. Gladstone said he hoped if there was to be any regard for the Constitution, of which he was becoming more and more doubtful, that the machinery of the bill would be more nearly adjusted to its demands.

Mr. Dillon followed, condemning the clause under discussion as being directed against the National League, and as likely to produce to Ireland more misery and hatred toward England than had existed in the past.

Three English Gladstonian members- Mr. Waddy, Mr. Lawson, and Mr. [Pease?]- who had been present at some of the recent evictions in Ireland, bore personal testimony in the House of Commons to the harsh treatment which they alleged had been meted out to the tenants. Mr. A. J. Balfour, Chief Secretary for Ireland, declined to say a word in defense of the action of the landlord in proceeding with the evictions, but contended that the executive government had no right to withhold the aid of the forces of the crown In executing the decree of the Queen's courts. Mr. John Morley complained of the neglect of the government to press forward measures for putting a stop to such evictions as those which were now taking place in Ireland. Mr. Matthews, the Home Secretary, replied that the remedial proposals of the government were delayed by the obstruction offered to the crimes bill. Lord R Churchill, in a vigorous defense of the government, contended that if the law of eviction was unjust it should be altered, but that, meanwhile, the executive had no moral power to discriminate as to the cases in which the law should be enforced.

NOTES FROM IRELAND.

In the Exchequer Division in Dublin Lord Clanircarde's motion to stay proceedings in an action for 10,000 [British pounds] brought against him by Mr. S. S. Joyce, for libel, was dismissed with costs.

Monsignor Persico and Father Gasidi left Rome on June 24, on their mission from the Pope to Ireland. They are deputed to furnish his Holiness with a report, founded on information and observation obtained on the spot, with regard to the state of affairs in that country.

The Belfast shipbuilding yards have been opened, and a large number of the 6,000 men on strike have resumed work. The remainder will have to be kept out for a short time until matters are in such an advanced state that they can resume employment.

An extraordinary crime has been perpetrated at Galway. A young man named Thomas Burke had a dispute with his father and sister about some land. He wished that either the sister or the father should get married, so that he might receive his portion, but to this the father objected. A subsequent dispute arose and Thomas deliberately set fire to the house, intending to burn to death his father and sister, who were in it at the time. Finding that they escaped unhurt he committed suicide by throwing himself into the canal. A large number of bank notes were burned in the flames.

CONTINENTAL NEWS.

A reduced statue of Bartholdi's great work, "Liberty Enlightening the World," is to be placed on the bank of the Seine at Grenella. The estimated cost is 100.357 francs.

The negotiations between France and China are settled, and the treaty of commerce will be signed, the Chinese Government agreeing to the postponement of the appointment of Consuis in Tonquin and of the permission to import opium across the French frontier.

The French Chamber of Deputies has adopted clauses I and II of the army regulation bolt. The first declares it is the duty of every Frenchman to serve in the army. The second provides that the duration of military service shall be twenty years, and that the service shall be personal and the same for everyone.

All Paris was still talking of the supposed abduction of Senora Mercedes Campos until it became known that on the 24th uitimo she called on the Registrar of Marriages as Dover, England, with M. Mielvaque and her friends, with a view to the marriage ceremony being at once performed. This, however, could not be done until one of the parties had resided in the district for at least fifteen days. From a positive statement which she made to the Registrar, it is evident that no pressure or undue influence had been exercised upon her.

the military [?] at the opera, Paris, produced 41,063 francs, of which 28,000 francs have been granted to the sufferers by the fire at the Opera-Comique. It is believed the results of the disaster, and that the names of more than a hundred victims have been intentionally withheld.

The best informed politicians do not see what good result will be gained by France and Russia continuing to offer opposition to the Egyptian Convention, as, inasmuch as Germany, Austria, and Italy side with England, Turkey need not fear the threatened coalition against her.

An extensive paper factory at Kleff, Russia, has been completely destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at 400,000 roubies.

A pipe-maker at Metz has been fined for selling bowls shaped into a likenessof General Boulanger.

Of the 278 elections to the Hungarian Parliament, 184 are Liberals and 77 Oppositionists, while 6 belong to the Anti-Semitic and 11 to no particular party.

According to a dispatch from Pesth Hungary, an accident attended by great loss of life has occurred on the Danuba. As 230