HOME AND FOREIGN.

Evening Star, Issue 8717, 8 January 1892, Page 2

HOME AND FOREIGN.

(ByEixctrio Telegraph. ■—Copyright. ) [Pea, Press Association. 1

LONDON, Janwby 7. (Received January , 1882, at .60 Gold has been discovered on Earl Belmoue'a estate at Sallintrim, Tyrone. The Imperial and Colonial Finance Agency pay a dividend of 4 per cent. Mr Henry Irving’s son Lawrence shot himself In the tangs at Belfast'to-day. The shooting is believed to be accidental. He lies in a very critical condition. The stranding of the barque Dominion, bound to Port Plrie, in the English Channel early last month, was the subject of inquiry to*day, when the Board of Trade found that the accident was due to the refusal of the crew to do duty, and acquitted the captain from all blame whatever.

(Received January 8, 1892, at 10.20 a.tn.) ' The Times ’ states that the result of Sir T. Elder’s expedition in Central Australia will not render mure hopeful the economical value of the interior.

ST. PETERSBURG, Januaby 7. In the famine-stricken districts throughout Russia there is acute distress, but little actual starvation.

WASHINGTON. January 7. The House of Assembly has shelved the proposal to vote a sum of money for the charter of vessels to convey food for the assistance of the Russian peasants owing to the oruolty to which the Jews were subjected and the Czar giving public dinners daring the existence of the famine. PARIS, January 7. (Received January 8, 1892, at 10.40 a.tn.)

The Russian Government, failing to snpputt the notion of M. Ribot, Foreign Minister, with regard to the expulsion of a French journalist from Bulgaria, it is believed that further action in the matter will be dropped. BERLIN, January 7. The most stringent Bills, initiated by the Emperor, for the suppression of drunkenness are about to be Introduced in the Reichstag.

CALCUTTA, January 7. The Indian army will require to import a large number of re-mounts during this year, and it ia reported that 1,275 horses will be purchased in Australia and the Cape. NEW YORK, January 7. In the Congress twenty measures have been tabled proposing to abolish sugar bounties and a repeal of the reciprocity section of the M'Kinley tariff. They also propose to place wool, poal, iron ore, and tin on the free list

The’New York Times’ asserts that Sir Julian Paunceforte, British Minister, had advised Chili to pay indemnity for the attack on the Baltimore men, and have the matter settled by arbitration. TEHERAN, January 7. Order has been restored here by the Shah agreeing to abolish the entire new foreign monopoly. CAIRO, January 7. The Khedive of Egypt is seriously ill. [Special to Press Association.] LONDON, January 7. (Received January 8, 1892, at 11.20 a.m.) The Duke of Edinburgh will give a dinner to 6,000 of the poor of Loudon on the occasion of the mart iage of the Duke of Clarence and Avondale. The London and Westminster Bank h&ye reduced their dividend per cent. Mr M. payitt has issued a writ against the Dublin ‘lndependent,’ claiming pSJ)OO for alleged libel. 4 secret official inquiry is being held into the explosion in Dubljn Castle. ‘ The Times ’ considers that the reply of thp Premier of (Queensland to the complaint of the Governor of the Bank of England is extremely feeble, sud that the debenture danger ia not real. The bank (it says) has always been loyal to Queensland, and that banks will soon be compelled to discuss the methods of issuing colonial loans. ROME, January 7. (Received January 8, 1862. at 11 a.m.) In the Chamber of Deputies the members of‘the Protectionist party are opposing the tariff treaties. MADRID, January 7. A Spanish warshjp has been despatched to TajJgierp. where hill tribes are in revolt, PARIS, 7. M. De Maupassant, who was removed to the asylum after a second attempt on his life at Cannes, is hopelessly insane. ' Le Sieole,’ a Republican journal, demands that France should take steps to prevent England seizing Tangieis and capture a death-blow to Algeria. CAIRO, January 7. Escapees from Khartoum confirm the manner of General Gordon’s death, and say that man' Digna ordered the mutilation of tho body, ana exposed toe head for twenty ****' G4LCDTT4, January 7. Tho British have captqred sadoh, in Bnrmah. In the fight Kachioa lost fourteen killed, and was himself taken prisoner. Two of the British foroe were killed. RIO DE JANEIRO, January 7. Yellow fever continues with unabated fury, A hundred deaths daily are reported hero and in Bahia and Santos. ST, PETERSBURG, January 7. It ia expected that the Czar will dismiss the Minister of the Interior owing to his alleged blundering in connection with the famine. The Cztr, too, is very much enraged at the continued disclosures of the maladministration of relief for the peasants. (Reccivsd January 8, 1892. at 11.20 a.m.) Fifteen deaths have occurred at Lodz, in Poland, from trichinosis, and forty others are dangerously ill. ’ LONDON, January 7. '[The emigration returns for the year have been published. They show that the number of British enpißraqto to the United States was 156,000; to' Canada 22.000; to Australasia, 19,000; to South Africa,. 9,000; and to other piapgg, 11,000 Tbs Irish emigration to the United States was 58,000; to Canada, 13,000; and to other places, 4,000. Tho steamers which Messrs Hnddart, Parker, and Co. are building for the New Zealand trade have been named the Warrimoo and Towera. The former vessel vtiU.be launched next month, and will run trips lo Nolfway jp July and August prior to leaving for toe Antlpode|.