HOME AND FOREIGN.

Evening Star, Issue 8776, 17 March 1892, Page 2

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[Br Electric Telegraph. —Copyright. ] [Special to Pbess Association. J LONDON, March 16. (Rsoelved March 17, 1892, at 11.35 a.m.) The Liberal Press are making vehement appeals for the reprieve of Poacher, who was condemned to death for a murder in Bucks in December, on the ground that it was committed in self-defence. The Home Secretary, however, refuses to listen to the appeal. ST. PETERSBURG, March 16. The prospects of the EnssLn crops are good. ROME, March 16. The Pope advises the Powers to take measures to protect the missionaries, PARIS, March 16. The Anarchists are sending threatening letters to bankers and notables in Paris, LISBON, March 16.

The Bank of Portugal is adding four millions to its capital, but does not intend to put the amount into circulation.

BRUSSELS, March 16,

Several thousand pounds have been subscribed in Belgium for the sufferers by the Charleroi colliery disaster. The Government will introduce legislation for tho safety of miners. OTTAWA, March 16. M. Lanricr is resigning from the leadership of tho Opposition. LONDON, March 16. (Received March 17, 1892, at 11.20 a.m.) Lord Rosebery has been formally elected chairman of the London County Council. The merchants are not afraid that the proposed limitation to tho output of copper will bo kept up for long. The Chamber of Commerce and shippers are discussing tho increased liability of shippers and the decrease of owners under the proposed Australian bill of lading. Mrs Osborne, who was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment for perjury in the celebrated pearl case, is suffering from epileptic hysteria in Holloway Gaol. A relative, who had left her L 40,000 in bis will, is reported to have revoked the bequest. The House of Commons have voted L 15.000 for the suppression of tho foot and mouth disease, the Minister of Agriculture having reported it is not extinct in England, Lord Roberts’s term as Commander inChief of India has been extended for a year. The amalgamation of the Union and South Australian Banks is completed, subject to ratification by the shareholders of the latter. Tho Union will not issue further capital. The Court has appointed a receiver for six months in Marietta’s estate. The firm raised no objection. Tho Irish women have sent in a petition for the release of Mrs Osborne, [Feb Pbess Association.! LONDON, March 16. (Received March 17,1892, at 11.50 a.m.) The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 3,438,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,360,000 quarters. Share quotations: Union Steam Ship Company, L 10; New Zealand Shipping, L 4; Shaw, Savill, L 8 10s; New Zealand Antimony Company, L2 ss. Fourteen hundred bales of Australian wool have been catalogued for the Antwerp sales. Hartman, who attempted to steal a box of valuables from the London and Westminster Bank, has been committed for trial. BARIS, March 16. (Received March 17, 1892, at 10.15 a.m ) Warrants have been issued for the arrest of 200 Anarchists in Paris. An extensive robbery of dynamite has taken place at Chambery. Premier Lonbert promised the Chamber that severe measures should be taken to repress the Anarchists. The penal clause proposed by President Carnot was referred to a special committee. It is believed that the explosion at the barracks was caused by pyric acid. M. Roche has introduced a Bill into the Chamber of Deputies to apply a minimum French tariff to American tinned meats and fruits. French imports during February under tho new tariff decreased a million francs and the exports twenty-three millions. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 16. The Russian Embassy are reported to have shipped the instigator of Vuloovitch’s murder to Odessa,

ST. PETERSBURG, March 16.

It is stated that the Czar is desirous of peace, and has ordered tho Press to publish articles calculated to pheato Germany. WASBINGTON, March 16.

President Harrison has ordered the duties on sugar and hides from Columbia, Hayti, and Venezuela to be increased, in consequence of those republics refusing to reciprocate under the M'Kinley tariff.