HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 7529, 19 April 1890, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[_>_» PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Received April 13th, 12.30 p.m. RAID ON -A. BETTING CLUB. London, April 17. Last night; tbe police raided the Fidelis, a low betting club in Soho, and effected the arrest of fifty-seven persons, chiefly foreigners. CAPTAIN KANE. Captain Kane, late of the Calliope' is an applicant for the post of Com' mauder of H.M.~ Excellence. MADAME MELBA. Paris, April 17. Madame Melba appeared, here as Marguerite in " -faust,'" and scored the greatest success that ha* fallen to the loo'ot any aiuger who tilled the part since Adeiiua Patti. lR WIDEST CARNOT. * President (Jarnot touched at Aiz-leß Bains, but proceeded to Marseille s ? without visiting Victoria, wb© is at present in-the former oity. _____ STORM KING. Cap-town, April X 7» The Storm which put in here pn her way^iron>\'Lonflqn,to\-delbo^-ie t has resumed ber voyage. RJLUTJNG IN J Berlin, April 17. ; Rioting occurred * aoiougst fcuiesian miners, but the di-turbauue was suppressed by the military. ; - A" LOAtf FIASCO. : Lisbon, April 17, The proposed Portuguese railway loan was ajfowco. ' '" Ktoe* ved April 18th, 1.30 p.m. QUEENSLAND SEPARATION. London, April 17. ' Mr Fiuch Hattoa has had au. iuterview with the Hon. fc». Herbert with respect to the reuewal of «the agitation for cue separation of Northern °4d«OM laud. ■• /.-'. _■ ■-■: TJIE FI-HERIES DiSPUIE. \t» is Expected Xh& Bebring Sea fishery dispute will be amiuably settled on the hue- suggested by the Oanadiau dteiegacea, MAJOR PINTO. Lisbon, April 17, Major Pinto has arrived at Cap? Verd» Island. - ■ —' PARTIi-S IN BOHEMIA. ' Phaqi-jb:, AprU 17. ~. The young Czechs are denouncing the compromise recently arrived at> md the aiiiauc- ot %m Bohemian and German elements.

[Ihe Czechs, who are a Slavonic race, foroi.-h»j uulft.pl tfte p,opulawo«, iv JfcJohsnuii, i&ey ftumber. apoyi &*7y,yU»/. 'Abe Uermau- are about _,0-4,0J0 in number* £40 she. two i» . y«ry • drawn, and taere |*f «^ -ittiottiiiy; in carrying on the goveinm.eu ¥ of the country igconseiqueuoe, iiteceufily, A remarkable oouiei-euce was ueia iv C4its _-ti-MJ»a and nnder cue pre-ideucy of the MUdater of *,he Int-eriQi-ao Vieuua. Jc waa compose d ot u_ecii_ and Germane. repre«iettM»_ *h§ir in Bohemiav, its ooject peing to bring about sfneuoMy <e*lu-_; between cne .6 <#o xavetf, l«j was cueii t,nat tfie eq-ii-proiaiae referred, to m the caoie m*#M»a«e wa* arrived at 4

EMIN PASHA, Zanzobah, April 17. Emm, with -,500 ioiiow-jra, opentrading stations on the great Central African iafcss in the _erm__i mtere_t. • - tWc-ived AP**n lath, i.ai p.m. EX-P-tE-IUENT CLEVELAND. jSbw Vokk, April 17. Ex-President Cic vehuul ia ill. SIR 0. DILKE.

Londonj April 17. Sir Charles Dilke haa declined to contest the Kensington seat. PttINCE GEORGE. Prince Gteorge bas been gazetted t9 H.M.S. Thrush.

THE PONSONBY EVICTIONS. Evictions on the Pousonby Estate are proceeding quietly. STANLEY.

It is thought probable that Stanley will be naturalised and decorated. MEEfING OF ANARCHISTS. Paris, April 17, A meetings of anarchists at the house, of Lpuise Michel iu-i-ted that dynamite was essential to the attainment of then* objects. This sentiment was received with applause. Received April 18th. 124-0 n.u_ WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Londo-t, April 17. Sir F. N. Broome inlora-d tbe

.Colonising Committee 0 f the House of Commons it would be uselessto attempt any Bcheme of sending emigrants to Western Australia under -5100,000. Sir T. Campbell stated that the Btagnation from wbicb that colony was suffering was entirely the result of the Colonial Office refusing to permit borrowing; THE JOCKEY CLUB. Sir W. Houidsworth baa been elected steward of the Jockey Club, vies Mr J. Lowther, resigned.

THE AMERICAN COINAGE QUESTION. Washington, April 17. Aa a means of dealing with the silver difficulty, the joint Committee oi the Lower House and Senate propose that the Treasury shall buy 4,500,0000_ per month, and advocate almost free coinage. Received April 18th, lAS p.m. THE AMERICAN TARIFF. Wa____tqton, April 17. The Committee of Ways and Means of the House of Representatives has reported on the Republic Tariff Bill, making hides and sugar below 16 per cent., Dutch standard, free ; above 16 per cent, subject to a duty of 4-lOtbs of one cent per pound, and giving American domestic sugars a bounty of two cents per pound. THE PAN-AMERICAN CONGRESS. The Pan-American Congress is generally regarded as a failure, and no result is expected from its deliberations. Received April 18th, 5.10 pan. ANOTHER CLAIMANT. London, April 17. The solicitor of the Timborne (? Tichborne) family is engaged in examining documents forwarded on behalf of the latest claimant, who is an Australian resident. Received April 18th, 9.30 p.m. ALLEGED BREACH OF PROMISE-

London, April 17. Miss Stairs, a young danseuse, claims £5000 damages from Sir George Elliot, for breach of promise of marriage,

Received April 19th. 1.25 a.m. COLONIAL POSTAL RATESLondon, April 18, *V~c Goschen is willing to reduce tbe postal rates to India and the Colonies by all routes to 2£d if the Colonies concur. By this reduction he estimates a loss'of j£BQ,OOQ.

ENGLAND AND PORTUGAL. Lisbon, April 18.

The Governor of Mozambique has been directed to recall the Portuguese expedition on Mpondo, if it has started.