HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9361, 10 March 1896, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. IMPOETS AND EXPORTS. London, March 7. The imports last month showed an increase in value of £7,342,240, and the exports an increase of £3,710,860, as compared with January, FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. A portion of the Leeds express was derailed at Peterborough. Two persons were killed and five injured. THE HENLEY REGATTA. Yale University will send a crew to compete at the Henley Regatta. THE RUSSIAN PACIFIC SQUADRON. The enormous strength of the Russian Pacific Squadron is attracting general attention.. THE EGYPTIAN QUESTION. March 8. .. The Cairo correspondent of the Times says the recent discussion on the evacuation of Egypt by the British has caused excitement among the natives, and elicited a strong expression of attachment to British rule. ABOLITION OF SLAVERY. Parts, March 8. The French Colonial Committee is in favour of abolishing slavery in Madagascar. AUSTRIA AND GERMANY. Vienna, March 8. Count Goluchowski, Minister of Foreign Affairs, is on a visit to Prince Hohenlohe, the German Chancellor. The Frmndenblatt expresses a hope that they will be able to remove the friction between Germany and Ensland. A PORTUGUESE GARRISON INCREASED. Capetown, March 8. The Portuguese garrison at Delagoa Bay has been increased. A CHIEF DEPOSED. Calcutta, March 8. '* The Indian Government has deposed the Chief of the Kiang Kiang district, on the Upper Mekong, for refusing to recognise British authority.