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Reform in Persia. The Shah has summoned the members of the Tabriz Anjuman (Council) to Teheran in order to negotiate in reference to measures for reform. Crowded meetings are held in Teheran daily, the clergy demanding that • the Ehah shall fulfil his promises of a new constitution Troops are occupying the open places in the streets. The Unrest in India. The intimidation exercised by terrorists, the unsatisfactory attitude of many

of the crowd after the attempt on the life t»f Sir Andrew Fraser, and other ominous signs in Calcutta, have aroused intense indignation in Northern India, and a strong feeling Is expressed in favour of the establishment of a Court of Summary 3urisdirtion. The delectivc-inspevtor who tracked Blakai. the murderer of the Kennedy*, at MurzairarjM>re. shot dead in a street in Calcutta by thr.*e Bengali'. who escaped. Kaniaopp. one of the murderers of the informer Gossain. wa- hanged at Alipur gaol. Many women, contrary to the Indian custom, followed the body to the burial plaee. The remains were placid -on a pyre of fiaildalwood and specially anointed, as in the case of distinguished persons. The murderer's unde delivered an oration, which was greeted with shouting. The mourners included thousands of students. After the cremation of Alipur of Kaniope, one of the murderers of the informer crowds of Hindus

rushed io collect the ashes, sending fragments of the bones as relies to their towns. Several desperadoes waited outside his home, intending to kill Chandra Dass, who gave the evidence for the prosecution at the trial of conspirators at Alipur that led to their conviction, but another man, one of his relatives, who emerged from the house, was terribly stabbed by them in mistake, the wounds proving fatal. The desperadoes escaped, and there is no clue as to their identity. The Indian Government and Press now recognise that the demonstration at Kanopi's ■funeral was a seditious manifestation of a pronounced type. Death of the Emperor of China. Tsai-Tien-W wang-Hsu. Emperor of China, died on the night of the fourteenth instant. There were rumours that he was murderously attacked some few days ago. and that death was the result of his injuries. The DowagerEmpress is reported to lie mortally ill. Prime Chun, the late Emperor’s brother, has been appointed Regent, and his son as Heir-Presumptive.