HOME AND FOREIGN.

Evening Star, Issue 8773, 14 March 1892, Page 2

HOME AND FOREIGN.

■litgiii I ffiv Electric Txlsoßaph.—Oopyhighb,] (Per Press Association. | MONETARY ANDCOMMEROIAL, London, march is. (Received March 14, 1802, at 11 a m.) iTallow: Medium mutton, 25s 9d; beef, 24s 3d. The English .wheat market is depressed; Continental and American declining. A cargo of wheat ex the, Othello, from Melbourne, sold at about 395. Iron is hardening. A CORNER IN COPPER. LONDON, March 13. Copper has risen to 13s 9d, owing to the progress of the producers’ combination. OBITUARY. BERLIN, March 13. (Received March 14,1892, at 10.20 a.m.) The Grand Duke of Hesse is dead. LONDON, MARbH 13. President Cairns (Presbyterian). John Oairni, D.D., LL.D, (both of Edinburgh, 1858 and 1884), United Presbyterian, born near Ayton, Berwickshire, Scotland, August 23,1818 ; studied in the University of Edinburgh from 1834 till 1839, entered at the University of Berlin in session 1843-44, studied theology in the United Seoestion Church from 1840 till licensed, and was minister of the United Presbyterian Church, Berwlok-on-Tweed, 1845 to 1876. In 1867 he became professor of apologetics in the United Presbyterian Church; and in 1876, leaving bis congregation, when the ball was reorganised, be removed to Edinburgh, teaching henceforth systematic theology also. In 1879 he succeeded Dr Harper as principal of the college. He has written ' Lite of John Brown, D.D.;’ 1860; ' Unbelief in the Eighteenth Century ’ {Cunningham lecture for 1880), 1881. He wrote the article * Schottland: Kirohliohe Statistik,’ in the second edition of Herzofs ‘ Real-Encjklopadie ‘; and the article ‘ Infidelity ’ in the ‘ Sohaff-Heizog,’ Also in ' Present Day Tracts,’ 1882 89, those on ‘ Miracles; Christ the Central Evidence of Christianity,’ ' Success of Christianity: Argument from Prophecy,’ 1 Is the Evolution of Christie? )ty from mere Natural Sources Credible ?' and ' Argument far Christianity from Experience of Christians.’ He has also written in various reviews, and published, among other sermons, 'False Christs and the True, against the theories of Renan and dtrauss, 1864 —‘ Men and Women of the Time.’

KING GEORGE’S PROPERTY. BERLIN, March 13

The Emperor has annulled the sequestration of property left by King George of Hanover.

A BONAPARTE IN TROUBLE. LONDON, March 13

Clovis Bonaparte was acquitted of the charge of conspiring to defraud his wife of her jewels.

THE DUKE OF ORLEANS. LONDON, March 13,

The Court has dismissed the appeal of the Duke of Orleans against Mr Justice Butt’s order delaying the issue of a commission to take evidence in Australia pending the settlement of the question of Captain Armstrong’s domicile.

AN OBSCENE ARISTOCRAT. LONDON, March 13,

Richard Frederick Cavendish, nephew of the Duke of Devonshire, was fined L2 for using obscene language at Cambridge University.

ANOTHER OUTLET FOR PRODUCE, LONDON, March 13.

Cool chambers have been constructed at Port Said, on the Suez Canal, for the Australian firm who have arranged to land fruit and meat there every month from the Australian steamers. The experiment will begin in April. [Special to Press Association.) DISGRACED. LONDON, March 13. (Received March 14, 1882, at 11.26 a.m.) The Orangemen of Belfast have expelled De Cobain, ex-M.P.

AUSTRALIAN APPLES UNSUITED FOR ENGLAND. LONDON, March 13. It has been shown that two-thirds of the apples grown in Victoria are nnsnited for the London market. Experts urge that new sorts should be planted. It is also stated that inferior tinning is prejudicial to an Australian preserved fruit.

RUSSIA MASSING TROOPS. ST. PETERSBURG, March 13. There are now 13,000 troops in Russian Poland.

ARMED ANARCHISTS AT WORK. MADRID, March 13. Twelve armed Anarchists partly destroyed the railway bridge at Almagro.

A SENTENCE COMMUTED. VIENNA, March 13. « The sentence of death on the woman Rosalie Schneider, for complicity in the murder of her servant girls, has been commuted to imprisonment for life. THE CHILIAN GOVERNMENT. VALPARAISO, March 13. The Chilian Government have been reformed under M. Matte as Premier. LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL CHAIRMANSHIP. LONDON, March 13, (Received March 14, 1892, at 10 50 a.m.) Lord Carrington will probably succeed Lord Rosebery as chairman of the London County Council. Lord R. Churchill declined to be nominated for the position. INTERESTED MEMBERS’ VOTES DISALLOWED. LONDON, March 13. The votes of several members of the East African Company on the question of voting L 20.000 to defray the expenses of the survey of a railway from Mombassa to Lake Victoria Nyanz v were disallowed by a majority of five. Several Tories voted with the majority, but a large number did not vote at all. A SLIGHT TO THE HOME MINISTRY. LONDON, March 13. The ‘ Daily News ’ says that Mr Balfour has threatened to resign the Leadership of the Bouse of Commons in the event of a repetition of what be regards as a slight upon the Government. SEVERELY COLD WEATHER. LONDON, March 13. The weather this month is as cold as has been experienced in England for twenty-two years. OUR FUTURE GOVERNOR. LONDON, March 13. His visit to Nelson Bros.’ stores impressed Lord Glasgow with the belief that a new epoch in the frozen moat trade has been opened. AN AMENDE HONORABLE. LONDON, March 13. The ‘ Financial Times ’ considers that Sir S. Griffith’s amende to the Bank of England has been made in a handsome manner, COLONIAL STOCKS. LONDON, March 13. Queensland Treasury bills are being slowly absorbed. A CONFESSION. LONDON, March 13. Hastings, the fraudulent M.P., admitted embezzling L 6,000.