HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 7525, 15 April 1890, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

(per press association.! Received April 14th, 1.15 p.m. London, April 13. LORD DEERHURSTS OFFER. Lord Deerhurst ofifered his creditors 10s in the £ down and the balance when he succeeded to his title. THE VICTORIAN LOAN. The Victorian Loan is quoted at a premium of 1 per cent. The Economist asserts chat Victoria is suffering from a financial crisis. The export of gold has diminished, and the management of the Treasury is reckless and incapable and would not be tolerated in a private firm. The dwindled surplus and deficit in the railway revenue prove that the public works of the colony are unproductive. PERSONAL. Sir C. and Lady Halle have sailed or Australia. THE STUDENTS' AGITATION IN RUSSIA. St. Petersburg, April 13. It is officially stated that the complaints of the students are baseless. In all 140 have been expelled. RIOTS IN SPAIN. Madrid, April 13. : Rioters at Valencia burned the octroi collectors' huts, and attempted to destroy the church and Carlist Club. Received April l.th, 1.45 p.m. DIVORCE CASES. London, April 12. The hearing of the Dunlo divorce suit is fixed for May. The O'Shea divorce case is not likely to come on before October. AMERICAN TARIFF. New York, April 12. The carpet-makers throughout the State are offering strong opposition to the proposed alteration in duty on wool. THE PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE. Washington, April 13.

The Pan-American Conference agreed to a system of reciprocity, with the exception of the Chili, Paraguay, and Argentine Republic.

THE EDUCATION QUESTION. Ottawa, Aprii 13. TheArohbishop otr_ingston, Ontario, has ordered his priests to refuse Sacrament to parents of children attending State schools. CHOLERA. Paris, April 13. The(British steamer Pulford has arrived at Bordeaux with the , crew suffering from cholera, contracted in Burmah. Received April 14th. 8.20 p.m. LORD LORNE. London, April 13. The Marquis of Salisbury is anxious for the Marquis of Lome to succeed Lord Carrington as Governor of New South Wales. A NEW PLAY. Mark Twain's "The Prince and the Pauper" has been successfully dramatised, and is said to be equal to Mrs Frances Burnett's "Little Lord Fadbtleroy." ADVENTURE IN THE CLOUDS. Higgins, the aeronaut, ascended in a balloon from Croydon, Surrey, yesterday, with the intention of descending by means of a parachute. Iv the ascent, however, he lost his parachute, and the balloon, with its occupant, disappeared among the clouds. Higgins subsequently landed safely at Tunbridge, Kent. A VESSEL BURNT. , London, April 14; News has been received brigantine "Pre-' Inantle' (W.A.) to Sourabaya, a seaport on the north-east coast of Java, wasfound on arrival.to>be on fire, and the vessel was burnt to the water's edge". DISAPPEARANCE OF THE MAHDI. SoAKiM, April. 13. Travelled from Odurman report that the Mahdi has disappeared, and that the route between Dongola and Khartoum is open. EMIN PASHA. ....", ■'v Zanzibar, April 13. It is stated that Emm Pasha's dis-, appointment at not obtaining employment was the principal cause of his having entered the German service. THE SAMOAN CONVENTION. London, April 14. The Samoan Convention has been' finally ratified by all three Powers interested. GERMANY AND THE CONGO. Bbusseib, April I*. , It is reported that King Lecpo'd has refused Germany's - offer, of 100,000,000 francs to acquire the, Congo Free State.