HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume L, Issue 8589, 16 September 1893, Page 7

HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press Ataoaiatlon—Eloctrle T«legraph—Copyright. THE WOMAN THWAITES. London, September 14. The woman Thwaites was formerly an inmate of the Chelsea House. Her parents believed she had reformed, and sent her many presents. NEW GOLD-MINING COMPANY. The Jubilee Gold mining Company of New Zealand is being floated. The capital is £100,000. BRITISH ASSOCIATION. Professor J. S. Burdou Sanderson, President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, iv an address at the annual meeting, said that England -is the only country which refuses to incur the necessary outlay in the interests of science. Her study of infectious diseases is iuferior to that in other countries. LIEUT. HAMBOROUGH'S DEATH. Lieutenant Hamborough's father believes that Mouson was in league with the usurers, and exercised a hypnotic influence over bis victim. The doctors concur in this view. MISSION TO AFGHANISTAN. Calcutta, September 14. The Ameer of Afghanistan has sent a letter to the Viceroy cordially welcoming the British Mission. DISTURBANCE IN AUSTRIA. Vienna, September 14. Prague, by proclamation, is in a stage of siege owing to the hostility of the Czechs in Austria. Trial by juty has been suspended and meetings have been prohibited. THE UGANDA DIFFICULTY. Zanzibar, September 14. Sir G. Portal is confident of the local support of the missionaries iv Uganda. The Roman Catholic Bishop has yielded to his authority and the native chief has been placed under the control of the British Resident. LORD OF APPEAL. Los don, September 15. Sir Horace Davy, QC, has been appiuted Lord of Appeal.