HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7263, 24 January 1889, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[per press association.] Received January 23rd, 10.30 p.—. London, January 21. ARREST OF AN M.P. Mr. D. Sheehy, M.P_ for Galway South, has been arrested at Glasgow on a charge of inciting. THE CHINESE APPEAL CASE. London, January 22. Leave has been granted to appeal to the Privy Council in the case of Ah Toy, who was awarded damages by the Victorian Court of Appeal, in September, for not being allowed to land in the colony. Received January -3rd, 11 p.m. London, January 22. There is a strong feeling in England and on the Continent against Bismarck's vindictive treatment of Professor Geffeken. The latter is now undergoing examination into his sanity at the instance of the German Government; COLONIAL INSTITUTE. It is reported that, subject -to the consent of the Fellows of the Colonial Institute, it will be amalgamated with the Imperial Institute, the former partly retaining its individuality. The name of the joint body will be the Imperial Royal and Colonial Institute. LORD ONSLOW'S A.D.C. Mr Stewart Saville has been appointed Aide-de-camp to Lord Onslow. THE ZALINSKI GUN. New York, January 22. The failure of the Zalinski dynamite gun is stated to be due to mechanical defects, which can be easily remedied. Shells were fired seaward during the experiments which, on exploding, threw columns ol water into tha air 100 ft high. THE MORIER INCIDENT. Berlin, January 22. The KolniscJie Zeilung continues to publish documents in which the connection between Sir R. Morier and Professor Geffeken is sought to be established. ! SAMOA. Washington, January 22. The American gunboat Vandela has been despatched from San Franciaco to Samoa. THE COSSACKS. Suakim, January 22. __c parly of Cossacks have landed at Tajurah Bay. Received January 24th, 1.15 a.m. LORD SALISBURY'S "BLACK MAN." London, January 22. Tha National Liberal Club gave a banquet to Dabadhai Naoroji, the Parsee who contested Holboru at the last election, Lord Ripon presiding. EMIGRATION TO THE COLONIES. Lord Derby, presiding at a meeting of the Self-Help Emigration Society at Liverpool, said he was sure the colonies would pass legislation to check any scheme for despatching annually a hundred thousand emigrants. They would be certain to raise an outcry against paupers and criminals. Only the best men ought to be sent, and not too many of them. Received January 21th, 1.20 a.m. TORPEDO BOATS. London, January 22. The Admiralty has ordered a number of torpedo boats from private yards at Yarrow. LORD ONSLOW. The Freemasons give a banquet to Lord Onslow before his departure for New Zealand. THE SAMOAN DIFFICULTY. It it reported that Germany, England and America have agreed on a course of action to be taken in Samoa. BANKS AND INSURANCE COMPANIES. The Financial News asserts that the relationship between certain Banks and Investment Companies in Australasian colonies is utterly unsound and positively dangerous. ANOTHER LOAN. It is rumoured that a South Australian loan will be announced almost immediately. GERMANY AND AUSTRIA. Berlin, January 22. The Emperor of Germany, at a military banquet in this city, proposed the health of "my best friend, the Emperor of Austria.''