HOME AND FOREIGN.

Evening Star, Issue 8774, 15 March 1892, Page 2

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[By Electric Telegraph.—Copymoht.] [Special to Press Association. \

A DECISIVE GAIN. OTTAWA, March 14. (Received March ;5, 1862, at 11 *.m.) The Government have won fourteen seats since January.

AMALGAMATION OP BANKS. LONDON, March 14. The Union and Soath Australian Banks are negotiating for amalgamation,

NEW GUINEA AFFAIRS.

LONDON, March 14.

‘ The Times ’ says that New Guinea is unsuited to Europeans, and gives high praise to the ability of Sir W. Macgregor, administrator.

PERSONAL, LONDON, March 14. The Duke of Edinburgh will represent the Queen at the fdneral of the Grand Duke of Heese.

THE IRISH ELECTIONS. LONDON, March 14,

Contributions to the expense of the Irish elections are being freely collected in America,

TERRIBLE COLLIERY EXPLOSION. BRUSSELS, March 14.

The pit adjoining that at Charleroi in which the explosion took place is catohing fire. The disaster is of a magnitude unexampled in Belgium,

MUZZLING THE PRESS. YOKOHAMA, March 14. Thirty Japanese newspapers inimical to the Government have been suppressed.

DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT. ROME, March 14. B'ive hundred members of Republican societies are holding a conference at Rome. They assert that the Government are incapable of solving burning questions of the day. It is expected their attitude will bring them into serious conflict with the Government,

THE TROUBLE IN ZANZIBAR. ZANZIBAR, Mabcii 14.

Consul Johnston reports that two Europeans and several Zanzibaris were killed in the recent engagement. A number of the enemy were killed and wounded. The Natives captured the guns belonging to the British force. ARREST OP FRENCH WAR OFFICIALS. PARIS, March 14. Two officials of the French War Office have been arrested on a charge of being concerned in heavy frauds. RATHER SUSPICIOUS. PARIS, March 14, Forty dynamite cartridges were found in the house of an Anarchist in Paris. MISCELLANEOUS. ST. PETERSBURG, March 14. A passenger has been arrested on the Hueetan frontier in whose possession was found some of the dynamite stolen in Fiance. BUENOS AYRES, March 14. Disorders in the Argentine continue, THE BARINGS’ SECURITIES. LONDON, March 14. It is expected that Sir W. Lidderdale, governor of the Bank of England, will on Thursday propose a transfer of the Barings’ securities to a trust company, which will pay off the bank. APPEAL BY IRISH NONCONFORMISTS. LONDON, March 14. The Irish Nonconformists appeal to their brethren of England and Wales to defeat Mr Gladstone’s Home Rule proposals at the General Elections. COLONIAL STOCKS. LONDON, March 14. Colonial stocks are advancing. [Pbb Press Association,! INTENDED MURDER OF THE SULTAN. CONSTANIINOPLE, March 14. (Received March 15, 1892. at 10.85 a.m.) Two armed men have been captured in the palace, It is believed they intended to murder the Sultan, THE GUELPH FUND. BER" N, March 14 The Guelph fund, amounting to L 2,000,000 sterling, will be returned to the Duke of Cumberland upon his promising loyalty to the German Emperor. ARTIFICIAL WINES, MADRID. March 14. The manufacture of artificial wines in Spain is forbidden. ANARCHISTS IN PARIS. PARIS, March 14. The houses of the Anarchists in Paris have been searched, and two male prisoners are supposed to be the authors of the recent theft of dynamite, which, it is believed, has been sent to Russia. THE CANADIAN ELECTIONS. 0 CTAWA, March 14. # The result of the Canadian elections is regarded as a protest against the American tendencies of the Liberals. M. Mercier retires to New York to avoid arrest. QUEEN VICTORIA. LONDON, March 14.

The Queen laments the death of the Grand Duke of Hesse, whom she mourns as her beloved son-in-law.