HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 8727, 24 February 1894, Page 7

HOME AND FOREIGN.

Prtffl* .iewcJatlan—By Telegraph-Copyright. JACK THE RIPPER. London, February 22. Ifc is believed that "Jack the Ripper " is the son of a New Zealand colonist, and that; he is hopelessly insane. PROPOSED NEW LINE OF STEAMERS. Mr Samuel Bethels has made an offer to run a line of five produce steamers between Manchester aud the Australian colonies without a subsidy. TABLEAUX VIVANTS AT A THEATRE. The Appeal Court has confirmed the right of the Empire Theatre to produce tahleaiix vivants of famous pictures. INTER-UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL. Tiio football match under Kugby rules, between Cambridge and Oxford, Universities, was won by the former by 2 goals. # THE VANCOUVER MAIL SERVICE. Thtj Post Office notifies that no letters for the Australian colonies will be forwarded by the Vancouver route unleauao marked. Later. Th'S Post Office intends -to send lettere for Fiji, via Huddart, Parker's Vancouver route. A DEFAULTING REPUBLIC. Tfoa .Republic of Guatemala has suspeudedjpaymeut of iutereat on the external debt, owing to fall in silver. THREATENING THE QUEEN. An escaped lunatic named H. W. Carter tias been committed for trial for sending threatening letters to the Queen. A SUCCESSFUL GAMBLER. February 23. Sam Lewis, the well known money lender, won jB 16,000 at Monte Carlo. J NEW SOUTH WALES BANKING BILL. The- Times considers the proposal to I make notes of branch Backs payable at Sydney a fatal blot on the New i South Wales Banking Bill. THE BEHRING SEA AWARD. Great Britain and America have agreed to enforce the award of the Bebring Sea Commission. INCREASE IN FRENCH CORN DUTIES. Paris, February 22. Thfi Chamber of Deputies has agreed to antiuoreasQ in the corn dutks to seven I 'fEanes. , A FRENCH IRONCLAD IN TROUBLE.

Tbti new ironclad Bayard had two hours! trial to-day, but owing to a leak the engine room waa flooded, and the vessel returned for repairs. A FRENCH COLONIAL INSTITUTE. A Colonial Institute has been founded in Paris on similar lines to the C&Iooial Institute in England. THE PARIS ACADEMY. February 23. Tha Academy again rejected Zola by 12 votes. EXTENSIVE FRAUDS. New York, February 23. Erasmus Wimati, charged with forgery, and defrauding the Mercantile Agency Company out of a quarter of a million dollars, has been committed for trial, no bail being allowed. M. Da GIERS. St. Petcbsburq, February 22. M. de Giers, Minister for Foreign Affairs, is seriously ill and his condition causes anxiety to his friends. SERVIAN AFFAIRS. BitLQRADB, February 22. In the event of a revolt in Servla, Austria, Turkey, and Bulgaria have agreod to remain neutral. JABEZ BALFOUR. Buenos Atbbs, February 22. It is alleged that Jabez Balfour is charged with fraud iv connection with the Salt*, brewery, which la likely to delay his extradition. ACCIDENT TO A STEAMER. Bio D£ Janeiro, February 22. Toe iteamer Carradilt, from Wei' ling ton to London, has put In here, having lost her propeller. IrELLO\Vl r ELLO\V FEVER AT RIO. The ferer ia still raging, and one hundred deaths are recorded daily. ' PONDOLAND. Capbtown, February 23. The Gape Mounted Rifles are massing at Unitata, on the borders of Poadolnnd. THE KAISER AND BISMARCK. Bkrus, February 23. The Kaiser made a sketch with his own hand of foreign warships, and presented a duplicate to Bismarck.