BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 9488, 10 August 1891, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

fßr ELECTRIC! TELEGRAPH. COPYRIGHT, [Special to Press Assooiation.J [Received August 8, at 8 a.m.] PERSONAL. LONDON, August 6. Sir E. N. 0. Braddon, late AgentGeneral for Tasmania, has accepted a Fellowship of the International Society for the advancement of literature, science, and art, A FIGHT WITH INDIANS. NEW YORK, August 6, The Eedbones, a tribe of Indians near the Isle of Orleans, have quarrelled withthelumbermen owingto the latter extending their logging operations into the Indian district. They surrounded the buildings and fought fiercely for some time. In the entente six persons were killed, and many seriously wounded. The populace is furious at the action of the Indians. [The Isle of Orleans, which has an area of 70 square miles, is situated in the St Lawrence Eiver, a little below the City of Quebec. The shore line is thickly settled.) VICTORIAN EXHIBITION. LONDON, August 6. It has been decided to hold a Victorian exhibition in London, dealing with events during the reign of Her Majesty. ARCHBISHOP MAGEE’S ESTATE. Probate has been obtained by the executors of the late Archbishop Magee, whose property is sworn at under .£18,500. WEEK OF PRAYER. The Wesleyan Conference has decided to set apart a special week for prayer throughout England and the Colonies, but the date is not yet fixed. THE DUKE OF CLEVELAND. The Duke of Cleveland is in a critical state of health. THE CRICKET TEAM.The Sportsman thinks Lord Sheffield’s team is probably the strongest which has ever left England SALVATION ARMY. Lady Henry Somerset to-day laid the corner-stone of the Salvation Army barracks at Tottenham. CHURCH RE-CONSECRATED. The Bishop of London will shortly hold a service of re-consecration of the church which was lately desecrated by the suicide of a woman. ESCAPE OP LUNATICS. WASHINGTON, August 6. Seventeen lunatics in a New York asylum attacked the keepers and escaped. SCULLING. Ten Eyck defeated Hosmer in a sculling match on Lake Qninsegmond. [Received August 9, at 6 p.m.], HEALTH CONGRESS. LONDON, August 7. Tlie International Congress of Hygiene and Demography will open next week, with the Prince of Wales as President. It is expected that nearly twenty Australian representatives will be present at the Congress. A RAILWAY SENSATION. A lady has been shot in a first-class railway carriage, at Bedford. She declared that she had been assailed by a young man when near Leicester, and that he had made his escape through the window of the carriage. A CHARGE OF'DRUNKENNESS. Lady de la Zouche was to-day charged with being drunk while riding in Hyde Parle. The police testified that her Ladyship smelt of drink, and that she was taken to the hospital, where she was galvanised. The case was dismissed. A STRONG PROTEST. POET AU PRINCE, August 8. General Hippolyte, President of Hayti, accuses Mr Blaine, the United States Secretary of Siate, of an underhand attempt to obtain a coaling station for American warships in Hayti, and declares that Hayti will never consent to it. CHILI AND BOLIVIA. NEW YORK, August 8. It is reported that the Chilian Government will declare war against Bolivia because the latter Republic recognised the Chiiiau insurgents as belligerents. RUDYARD KIPLING. LONDON, August 8. Mr Rudyard Kipling, the wellknown author, is arranging a trip to New Zealand and for the benefit of his health. MADAME MELBA. Sir Augustus Harris, lessee of Covent Garden Theatre, is offering Madame Melba an engagement next season at ,£250 per night. The prima donna has been engaged for the season in Paris, and in September will sing in Brussels.