HOME AND FOREIGN.

Bush Advocate, Volume II, Issue 94, 11 December 1888, Page 2

HOME AND FOREIGN.

• * I London, Dec. 8. ' Mr "W. H. Smith mentioned in the House of Commons to-day that the Government hoped to be in a position to prorogue Parliament over the Christmas week.' During the past eleven, months the imports into the United Kingdomshowan increaseof £20,000,000 and the exports have increased by £14,000,000, as compared with the statistics of last year. Father Kennedy, curate of Mealin, has been sentenced to thrse months' imprisonment on .the charge of inciting tenants to refuse to pay r«nt. It is reported that the racehorse Ormonde, owned by the Duke of Westminster, has been sold to a sporting gentleman in America for £17,000. Professor Axe, who was delegated by the Agents-General to report on the disease which is decimating the rabbits on the Cholomondeley estates in Cheshire, reports that the disease has died away, and it is feared that any remedy ho might suggest for tho destruction of rabbits in Australia would* be useless, as the disease which ho has under examination appears to be only local. The Marquis of Salisbury, in referring to the election of a, representative for feheHQlborn(Pinsbury) district, stated that in his opinion the majority of tho Conservative candidate as compared with the last election was mainly due to the strong Liberal candidate selected for the last contest, while their nj-Qvioijs nomiiiee was ft P^§ee»

He aaNied thair in t^.e last election it was. asking .too much for Englishmen to vote for; a man of color. The Liberals resent the sneering Remark of the Marquis of Salisbury directed towards.'an Indian subject, and his; (speech has created some excitement in the Press. Molloy, who was arrested in Dublin on a warrant issued by the Parnell Commission, was brought up for : examination to-day, He denied that he was one of the " Invincibles," though he was associated with some persona forming; that secret body. He was examined as to the i Phoenix Park murders, and admitted that after that ,foul outrage he left Ireland for Amerioa. His evidence implied that he was taken for a namesake, and he admitted that he had! in the information given, to Tlie' Times' , agent misled him. Fergus Hume's new novel 'Madame Midas,' dramatised by himself and Philip Beck, the actor, has proved a success on the London stage. Evictions are being resumed on the Clanrickarde; estates iii Ireland. Persistent ; reports are being circulated to the effent that Sir T. Mplll wraith resigned the Premiership of Queensland in consequence of pressure brought to bear on him bj; the National and Irish parties; Messrs' Morehead and Pattison, Premier and Treasurer, are supposed to be ready to insist on the right of vetoing an objectionable appointment, while Sir, Thomas Mclll wraith was not prepared to go to extremes.. Sir Henry Norman's appointment has not yet been gazetted, and it is reported there is some hitch over his appointment He arrives in London iji a month. ;: ! /■; ;; Dec. 9:* ; The „ Lancashire County Club* defeated the New Zealand footballers by a try; to nothing. Paris, Dec. 9. M. Floquet, the Premier, has intimated his intention of introducing, a bill providing for rendering assistance to M. de Lesseps' canal scheme. The intimation sent to . the Government by Germany that the presence of a number of French officers now in Germany is undesirable, on the ground that their actions are not above suspicion, ; has piqued the French Press and the latter demand th.9 . expulsion of all German employes and officers now in France in retaliation for the treatment of French subjects in Germany. M. Bryant, son-in-law of General Boulanger, has been placed under arrest for a month on a charge of publishing a . book without the sanction of his superiors. Zanzibar, Dec. 6. The rebels, have surrounded a a stronghold of the Germans at Cagamoya, and prevented the naval men sent to relieve the place from landing. Further reinforcements will be sent.; St. Petersburg, Dec. 7. , TheKussian Press angrily discuss Sir Henry Drummond Wolff's success m opening the Tarim river in Persia to the navigation of the world. Sir H. D. Wolff is the British Ambassador at Teheran. Amsterdam, Dec. 9, The members of • the State General have urged the Government at the Hague to oppose the British protectorate over North Borneo. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, speaking on the question, said that the interests and dignity of Holland demanded the integrity of the Dutch power in the. Indian archipelago being maintained. * Madrid, Dec. 8. The Spanish Ministry has resigned. Washington, Deo. 8. Seoretary Bayard demands the release of the American steamer detained by the Government of Hayti, and three warships are proceeding thither to enforoe the demand. StTAKiM, Deo. 9. A reconnaisanoe from this town by tho English troops were repulsed. The Germans have bombarded Bajomayo. Sydney, Deo. 9. Mrs Louisa Collins, who was oharged with the murder of her first husband Andrews some few weeks ago, but whose trial on that occasion was abortive through the jury being unable to agree, was to-day indicted on the charge of murdering her second husband Collins. The jury returned' a verdict of. guilty, and his Honor passod sentence of death on the prisoner. | Dec. 10. A boy named Carter, while bathing in the harbor, was seized by a shark and disembowelled. Extensive bush fires are raging in the vioiuty of Albury, and the town was in considerable danger for some time. Lord Carrington to-day laid the foundation of a monument to the memory of Dr. Lang.