HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 10032, 10 May 1898, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

United Press Association—By Electric TelegraphCopyright. Received May 9th, 9.15 a.m.

BRITISH IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

London, May 8. The British Board of Trade returns show that the imports for April increased by £5,810,000, and the exports decreased by £2,204,000 compared with the previous April. BRITISH TRQQPS FOR SIERRA LEONE. There are three warships at Free-

town, in Sierra Leone. Three more have been ordered to proceed to the station, and will carry 700 regular troops to reinforce the military force. TELEGRAPHIC CONNECTION. Capetown, May 8. Blantyre and Umtali, in British South Africa, have been connected by telegraph.

THE QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS.

Brussels, May 8.

As the Queen o£ the Belgians was driving in the park at Laeken, her carriage was overturned and she was thrown into the lake, but was rescued.

Received May 10th, 10 a.m. THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT. Rome, May 9.

The jubilee of the Cisalpine Parliament has been celebrated at Turin with great rejoicings. King Humbert, in a speech on the occasion, said the Parliamentary Institutions had been inspired by Piedmont traditions.

SENSATIONAL AFFAIR AT CAIRO.

Cairo, May 9.

Sof Eddin, cousin of the Khedive, shot Ismail's son Ahmed Fuad, at the Khedival Club. A family quarrel was the cause of the deed. Fuad is expected to recover. Received May 10th. 1.5 a.m. THE BRITISH DIPLOMATIC SERVICE. ; London, May 9. Sir Franois Ford, who retires from the position of British Ambassador at Rome, will be succeeded by Sir Phillip Carrie, British Ambassador at Constantinople.