HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 9278, 2 December 1895, Page 3

HOME AND FOREIGN.

Pre3s Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. London, November 28. The Duke of Devonshire declined to promise that facilities for teaching should be given to the University oi London, which at present is only an examining body, and stated that the Government was undecided at present. He thought they must avoid limiting the Imperial character.of the University.

BITTEN BY A MAD DOG. A mad dog bit eleven children at Sunbury and rabies is prevailing round London. DANGEEOUS POSITION OF A TROOPSHIP. The Indian troopship Malabar, with 1500 troops on board, ran into a fog when nearing Portsmouth, and only escaped running on rocks at the Isle of Wight by a couple of hundred yards. THE FRENCH IN CHINA. November 30. The Anglo-French negotiations with regard to Mekong are at a deadlock. It is reported that the Chinese have dislodged the French force from Kienghung, which was recently ceded.

SMALLPOX AT 810. It is reported that smallpox is prevalent in Rio de Janeiro and that 100 deaths are recorded daily. DEFEAT OF BONAPARTISTS. Pabis, November 80. The Chamber of Deputies, by a majority of 200, defeated a Bonapartist motion demanding a revision of the Constitution. THE REVOLT IN CUBA. Madrid, November 29. A train conveying Spanish soldiers in Cuba was destroyed by the rebels with dynamite. atidthirfcy soldiers were killed, and fifty seriously injured. . , A DISASTROUS STORM. St. Petersburg, November 29. During the recent storm in Odessa 500 lives were lost either by drowning or by being frozen to death. CLOSING OF CLUBS. Berlin, November 80. ' The police have closed eleven social democratic clutfs, including the Central Committee which is conducting the movement throughput Germany. OBITUARY. Vienna, November 29. ■ The death is announced of Count Taafe, the Austrian Statesman. . [Count Edward Francis Joseph Taafe waa bora in 1833. He was Viscount Taafe of Corren and Baron of Ballymote, tiligo, in the Iriah peerage. He was brought up with the Emperor Francis Joseph, and entered the Imperial service in 1857. Ten years later he became Minister of the Interior. In 1871 he accepted the office of Governor of the Tyrol and Vorarlberg.]

ITALIAN AFFAIRS. , Rome, November 29. Signor Crispi, in the Chamber of Deputies, said that he Was closely watching the growing solidity of the Catholic revival, but he was prepared to meet the followers of the Vatican when they pleased. Hβ promised to uphold the rights of the State. ■■■■■•. •