HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7871, 23 May 1891, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Received May -Sad. 10.20 a~a_

HOUSE OF COMMONS. London, May 21< The House of Commons has reassembled. During the vacation the building has beeu subjected to a thorough fumigation. FREE COINAGE OF SILVER. Washington, May 21. The National Union Conference at Cinoinatti, representing four million members, demands the free coinage of silver. DYNAMITE GUN. The dynamite guns for the oruiser Vesuvius have been tested at Lynn Haven Bay, with complete success. THE ITATA INCIDENT. ' Negotiations between the Chilian insurgents and President Harrison are progressing favorably. THE AUSTRALIAN CRUIBEBS. BqcdLred May 22nd. 10.30 a,m. London, May 21. The cruiser Katoomba and the torpedo gunboat Boomerang have sailed for the Australian station. GOLD FOR RUSSIA. ; • Paris, May 21. The Rothschilds send a million of gold to Russia on Friday next, and another million in a few days. POSTAL CONVENTION. Vienna, May 21. The Pbstal Convention was opened to-day by the Minister of Commerce. In his address the hope was expressed that all civilised nations would join together in establishing a single postal confederation. '. Received May 28nd r 1.10 p.m. THE QUEENSLAND LOAN. 'London,*' May. 2.1. The large influx of gold has had the effeot of easing the money market. The .terms of the Queensland loan arel favorably regarded, though the amount is considered excessive. City experts predict that the amount applied for by the public will be under a million sterling, and.it is believed that mc Queensland Nation*! Bank -will f&b-i scribe the balance. Received May 22nd, S p.m. BELGIAN CONSTITUTION. Brussbls, May 21. Steps are being taken to revive the Belgian Constitution of 1831. AMERICAN IMMIGRATION LAWS* ; Washington, May 21. ; The United States is enforcing the new immigration laws. DEPOSITS IN PRIVATE BANKS. ;' BtTBNos Atrbs, May 21. A,Bill providing for the repeal of the tax on deposits in private banka in the Argentine Repnblio is now being discussed in Congress. CHOLERA IN EGYPT. ■.■■•". Caieo, May 21. Cholera is Spreading throughout) Egypt. .■■{ • THE ROTHSCHILDS. ;--i .__, . Paris, May 21, THe rumored dissolution :of the firm of Rothschildis is denied. PROVABLE BIRTHDAY HONORS- .; v . London, May 21.. It is" understood that the Hone. J, A. Chapleau-and Wilfred Laurier, of Canada, wjll be knighted on the Queen's Butnday. BeoaiveS M»y 2314. 12.40 fcm. S?HE QUeMnV ! ■ London, May 22. Her Majesty the Queen has returned to Balmoral Caatle. f THE RUSSIAN LOAN. A syndicate of American capicaliats has agreed to convert the Ruaefan ldaq ac a halfper cent, less than the jwejee demanded by the Sothschilda.