HOME AND FOREIGN.

Evening Star, Issue 7484, 31 March 1888, Page 2

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.J [Per Press Association.] LONDON, March 30. (Received March 31, 1888, at 12.30 p.m.) The freedom of the City of London will be presented to the Marquis of Hartington on April 18. Consols are at 101|. New Zealand fives, 105,]. Inscribed, 103;]. Scotch pig iron is at 43s 9d. BERLIN. March 30. Harrowing details continue to arrive of the sufferings andprivations endured by the inhabitants of the territory affected by the recent floods. It is now stated that fully 75.000 people have been rendered homeless. Property to the value of 400,000,000 marks has been destroyed. Nearly the whole of North Germany has been affected by the disaster. The Emperor Frederick to-day drove through the streets of Berlin, and was received with great enthusiasm by the populace. MASSOWAH, March 29. M. Dedus, owing to the scarcity of water and want of food, is anxious to bring the campaign to a termination, SISTOVA, March 30. It is reported here that the Russian flying corps is being organised at Kichieneff to operate in Bulgaria. PARIS, March 30, M. Boulanger’s election campaign is creating great excitement, A section of the Paris Press denounce M. Boulanger as the coming dictator.