HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume L, Issue 8478, 9 May 1893, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

Pra— AMoeUttoa—Bfaietrla Telegraph—Copjtlghit IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. London, May 7. Last month the imports showed a decrease of two millions and threequarters, and the exports a million and a quarter. CRICKET. Coningham, of the Australian Eleven, scored 90 in a Club match at Chiswick Park. BANKRUPTCY OF MR DAVITT. Mr Davitt has been adjudged bankrupt for non-payment in the North Meath election petition case. WELCOME TO LORD ROBERTS. Lord Roberts, the ex-Commauder-in-Ghief in India, received a hearty welcome on his return to England. In reply to the toast of his health he said that the loyalty of the natives in the Indian peninsula, and their confidence in British rule were increasing. EXPLOSION OF A BOMB. A dynamite bomb was thrown into the railings at Dublin law courts to-day, which is the anniversary of the Phoeuix Park murders. The windows were . smashed by the explosion, but the bomb itself sunk into the pavement. The theory of the police is that it burst in mid air. No arrests have been made. THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE. The following members of the Royal Family will take part in the ceremony of opening the Imperial Institute :— The Prince of "Wales, the Dukes of York, Edinburgh, Connaught, Fife and Albany, the Princes Christian and Battenberg and Marquis of Lome. They will be accompanied by their families. The procession will include Lords Rosebery, Knutaford, Playfair, Carrington, Herschell and Lothian. The Prince of Wales will conduct the Queen, who will be attended by her household, through the building, MR GLADSTONE THREATENED. It is alleged that the man Townsend wrote to .Mr Gladstone a threatening letter just before his arrest for firing off a pistol in St. James Park. IMPERIAL. FEDERATION. May 8. Sit C. Tupper has withdrawn his statement that the Imperial Federation League is mainly intended for the purpose of levying contributions on the colonies for the support of the Imperial army and navy. THE FRENCH BUDGET. Paris, May 7. It is estimated that the French Budget for 1894 will chow a deficit of a hundred and twenty-one million francs (£4,840,000). FRANCE AND SIAM. The Matin is responsible for the statement that English war ships have arrived off the coast of Siam in order to promote the interests of the British against French. CUBAN AFFAIRS. Washington, May 7. Half-a-million Cubans now residing in the United States are supporting a movement to free the island from Spanish rule. The agitators are reported to be well provided with funds. THE KHAN OF BELQOCHI3TAN. Calcutta, May 7. The statement that the Khan of Beloochistan was to be deposed on account of his cruelties is now said to be premature, and it is reported that the Viceroy will enquire into the condition of the country before taking definite action. FATAL PONTOON ACCIDENT. Madrid, May 7. A pontoon conveying a religious procession sank at Gallago, in Spain, and twenty persons were drowned. ENCOUNTER WITH HORSESTEALERS. Monte Video, May 7. The Uruguayan cavalry repulsed a band of Brazilian horae-stealers, and killed forty-five of their number. The troops lost twelve men themselves. FIGHTING IN HONDURAS. New York, May 7. Advices from Central America report that the Government forces in Honduras killed forty rebels and took ninety prisoners, who were afterwards executed.