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Evening Star, Issue 7429, 26 January 1888, Page 2

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HOME AND FOREIGN. [B* Electric Telegraph— Copybtoht.l [Special to Press Association.] DISSENSIONS INTHE ENGLISH CABINET DENIED. LONDON, January 24. (Received January 26,1888, at 10.10 a.m.) The Hon. G. J. Goschen, Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking at Hastings, stated that the Government did not intend to tax corn. He denied that there was any discord in the Cabinet, and believed that there never was a more united Ministry. The assertion that Lord Hartington had sought to modify their local government measure was a pure invention. THE NEW AMERICAN TARIFF. LONDON, January 24. ' The Times ' states that the American Tariff Bill, which is being drafted, will exempt ores, coarse wools, dyes, chemicals, timber, and salt. The Bill will readjust, without materially changing, the wool duties. The duty on sugar will be reduced 25 per cent,, and on rails four dollars. PRINCE FERDINAND. SOFIA, January 24. Prince Ferdinand, is on o. visit to Philippopolis, and has met with a cordial reception. A BIRD IN HAND. CONSTANTINOPLE, January 24. Ismael Pasha, the ex-Khedive of Egypt, has formally abandoned his claim against the British and Egyptian Governments in respect to the property of which he alleged he was deprived at the time of his abdication. He has also renounced tho allowance made to him by the Turkish Government, and has accepted palaces equivalent to a million and a quarter, and LI 00,000 in cash. GERMANY'S PREPAREDNESS. BERLIN, January 24. A military loan of two hundred and fifty million marks has been submitted to the Federal Council. THE MELBOURNE EXHIBITION. (Received January 26. 1888, at 12.45 p.m.) WASHINGTON, January 24. The Bill authorising the vote for the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition has passed Congress. * LORD CHURCHILL ON THE OUTLOOK. BERLIN, January 24. Lord Randolph Churchill affirms that the feeling in St. Petersburg is distinctly a pacific one. THE FRONTIER INCIDENT. BERLIN, January 24. The ' Met/. Gazette,' referring to the assault on the French gamekeeper on the frontier, justifies the action of the excise officer. IN TROUBLE. LONDON, January 25. Mr J. R. Cox, M.P., who was arrested here for disobeying a summons to appear at Ennis on a charge of attending proclaimed meetings, has, after a short examination, been remanded to Ennis, where he will be brought up on Friday. VEERING TOWARDS LAND NATIONALISATION. LONDON, January 25. Lord Brassey, in a letter to the Press, deprecates the alienation of the public lands in the colonics. THE CENTENARY CELEBRATION. LONDON, .Unitary 25. The ' Daily Telegraph' to-day in an article on the Australian Centenary, states that the pioneers could never in their wildest dreams have conceived the wonderful progress made by Australia, and it was equally impossible to forecast the future of this the grandest of the youthful nations. AUSTRALIAN FRUIT. LONDON, January 25. A representative of the ' Pall Mall Gazette' has had an interview with the London manager of Knelling and Hart, fruit importers, which elicited the prediction that there is a great future for Australian fruit. THE TORY PROGRAMME. LONDON, January 25. Home Secretary Matthews, speaking at Birmingham, said that during the forthcoming session measures dealing with local government, railway rates, employers' liabilities, limited liability companies, and technical education would be introduced. BULGARIAN TROUBLES FEARED. LONDON, January 25. Bulgarian affairs are attracting a great deal of attention in political circles, and a general rising against Prince Ferdinand is anticipated. KNIGHTED. LONDON, January 25. Mr Baden Powell, M.P., the authority on sericulture, has been knighted. TROUBLE IN THIBET. CALCUTTA, January 23. In consequence of the raids made by bodies of Thibetans into Sikkim, a small military expedition has been organised to proceed to that State and open up the Thibet road through the Jelapla Pass. i »