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Bruce Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 2181, 8 July 1890, Page 3

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BSITItiH AxSD FOREIGN". The following Is the resulfc of the eteoHnn forßirrow: — Mr Duncan (Radioa<), 1994 1 Mr Wainwri K ht (Unioois ), 1862 jMr VV. S. •Jaino (Unionis), 1208. [ vlr Caiue reßi;,ned nis seat hi order t<> protest against the proposal to compentjate pull.cans lor the I^B9 of license] The >V©3tcrn Australian Land Company's prospectus, with a capital of h;»lf 0 million will be lsHued shortly. Nine tuouaand visitors, including the Duke tind Ducnesa of B iinbur^h, attended the conversazione in celebration of the Penny Post Jub.leu. Congratulations wore received from all of the world.

Tiie Premier of Newfoundland haß arrived in L mJou. He asstr.s that the col my is thoroughly loyal, and the Gshemeu are not likely to be provoked into attaoking the FreiK-h. He denied that the puopie ore arming or that any serious trouble may ba expected. He expressed hia conviction that! tue difficulty may soon be arranged.

All the Powers have signed tho AnU. slavery Act drawn up by the Brussels CoUference, txoept Holland, whioh will ba allowed six months' grace.

The paymant of £3,000 000 for the parchase of railways has caouked the panic in Argontine securities occasioned by the failure of the National Bauk to pay a declared dividend. Bank Bhares have now recovered. Gold is now at a premium of 170.

Mr Stanhope, Secretary for War, announced in the House of Commons that a uaval and military council waa being appointed within the Cabinet, the Premier

presiding.

Sir Redvers Bullor Bucooeda Lord Wolsaloy aa Adjutant-general, and Sir F, Roberts remains in India for two years.

A German East African Company is being formed.

Major Wissman has resigned. 0 nnt Kalnoky is recovering, Dr Peters, leader of a Gorman expedition in Africa, haa arrived safely at Uaugara.

Ton guinoaa premium haa boon paid to reinsure the barque Dunedin, which left Oanuru on M^rch 19.

A French man-of-war drove off 30 British vessels taking bait at Port-au-Port, Newfoundland, and seisid and cut their nets.

A compauy, Including some firat-olass capitalists in the oity, has been formed to take over the fflobo assets of the B tnk of New Z aland. The oompany will obtain large advances while retaining control of the assets and the future profit, The advances wiil be ample for all the wants of the bank, including future extension of bnsfncos. Capitalists are fully uatistLd of the soundness «.f the bank, and it is expected the scheme will be completed immediate. Before, however, shareholders are aakjii to Confirm the prop. 'Sal, a full refutation will be submitted respecting Mr Buckley's charges. If the BCheme ia Confirmed, the London Board will assumo the management, and the b»nk directors will bo increased by other good names, Tho British Government care offered Suakin to Italy on condition that she renounces her protectorate ovfir tho Som&li Coast. Ie is reported that England will reongnlfle the Frenon protectorate over Madagascar on condition th»t 'ho French Government waive their rights to Z inzibar.

The • Statist ' states fchab the Victorian railway proposals are a fitting spqual to the glaring fiuancial blunders which have earned for that colony uuenviable notoriety, and it is absurd to suppose that extensions alone will enaure profitable development. The error, the 'Statist' considero, ia t f > spend a sum of thirty millions without attracting immigrants.

Her Majesty the Queen has presented Miaß Dorothy Tennant, who ia betrothed to Mr Stanley, with a miniature set in brilliants and a lock of hair.

The Premier of Newfoundland donies that that c,li>ny desires annexation to the United StateH, and that ho la confiudent of England's protection in the present difficulty. The captain of H.M.B. Emerald atatea be dosed Baird'a lobster factories owing to a mioconoeption of hia ordera. The Newfoundland crnioor Finna has nailed for St. Georgo'o Bay to enforce tho Bait Act. She takes the Colonial Secretary and the Speaker of tho House, who will inquire into tha French outrages there.

It is reported that Turkish and Montenegrin troops have oomo into collision near Lake Scutari, owing to Turkish inoursiona.

Sir W. A. White, Bcitiah Ambassador, has forwarded to the Forte a protest against the atrocities committed in Armenia, In answer the Porte attributes the whole of the Armenian difficulties to agitators.

An agitation in favor of restoring King Milan to the throne of Servia is boing otarted. A grave political and financial crisis Continues in the Argentine Republic.