BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXVII, Issue 9700, 14 April 1892, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

£ST "ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.— COPYRIGHT.] [Special to Press Association.) GENERAL BOOTH. LONDON, April 11. General Booth has not yet decided on the spot for his over-sea colonies. ROBBERY OP BONDS. Selwyn and Peach, who were connected with the robbery of Turkish bonds, have been sentenced to five years and fourteen months respectively. THE LOBSTER FISHERIES. PAEIS, April 11. The Government has agreed to renew with Newfoundland the modus vivendi in connection with the-lobster fisheries. THE ARGENTINE. BUENOS AYEES, April 11. . The Argentine Government is banishing another batch of citizens who were proved to be connected with the conspiracy to murder the President. VENEZUELA. OAEACCAS, April 11. In spite of their defeat by the Government troops a few days ago, the rebels are gaining influence throughout the whole country. General Crespo, who fled after the last engagement, is reorganising his scattered troops, which are now eight thousand strong. General Balista has joined the rebel ranks, and takes command of eighteen thousand men. CHILI. VALPARAISO, April 11. Many Englishmen in Chili are emigrating to California, as they consider that, under the present administration, life and property are not safe in this country. FATAL FIGHTING. NEW YORK, April 11. Claimants of stock-raising rights in the State of Wyoming are fighting for their privileges, and ic was reported that forty-sis persons had been killed, including eighteen sheriffs and their officers. [Received April 14, at 12.40 a.m.) MRS OSBORNE. LONDON, April 13. It is expected that Mrs Osborne will be released a fortnight before her accouchement. VICTORIAN FINANCE.

Mr Munro, the new Agent-General for Victoria, in an interview with a representative of the Daily Chronicle, said the Colony was in a state of financial collapse, but; he hoped that within eighteen months the present difficulty would be overcome. He believed that money would shortly he a drug in Melbourne, It was difficult to conceive how a strongly organised Labour Party could be formed in the Parliament. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. EIO DE JANEIRO, April 13. The State of Matte Grosso, an extensive province of Brazil bordering on Bolivia, has declared itself an independent Republic. ILLNESS OF M. DE GIERS. ST PETERSBURG, April 13. M. de Giers, Minister for Foreign Affairs, is ill with fever, and lies in a critical condition. DAHOMEY. PARIS, April 11. The Chamber of Deputies has voted the sum of three million francs for the purpose of suppressing the rising in Dahomey.