BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 10483, 22 October 1894, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

LBr BLSOTSIO TBLBGRAPH—OOPYBIQET ,] [Special to Paisa Association.] LEGAL. LONDON, Oct. 19. Mr Frank Lockwood, Q. 0., succeeds Mr field as Solicitor-General, the latter taking the place of Sir J. Rigby as Attorney-General. A SOCIETY SCANDAL. The Marchioness of Queensberry is petitioning for a decree of nullity of marriage. IMPERIAL CUSTOMS UNION. The Marquis of Salisbury, who was asked to act as one of the judges of the best scheme for an Imperial Customs Union, for which the proprietors of the Statist offer a prize of a thousand guineas, will appoint a judge to act for him. COOLGAEDIE. It is reported, that Colonel North’s syndicate, which purchased the Wealth of Nations mine at Coolgardie, has issued the prospectus of a company with a capital of £700,000, DISCOVERT OP BOMBS. MADRID, Oct. 20. Ten bombs, with fuses attached, were found iu a Barcelona factory, where Anarchists are employed. A FRUSTRATED SCHEME. PARIS, Oct. 20. Through the watchfulness of the sentinel, an attempt to enter a powder magazine in Versailles was frustrated, and on the guard being called out, twenty-two men and nine women were arrested in an adjoining wood. T IB FRENCH. ARMY. ¥ rke French Budget Committee has agreed to the proposed increase in the army of seven thousand men. COLLAPSE OP PROTECTION. •WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. There are many signs of the collapse of Protection in the United States. DELAGOA BAT RAILWAY. CAPETOWN. Oct. 19. The Transvaal Government has announced its determination to manage the Pretoria and Delagoa Bay Railway tariff independently of Cape Colony, AFGHANISTAN. CALCUTTA, Oct. 19. Latest accounts state that the Ameer is slightly better. Oot. 21. In the event of the death of the Ameer of Afghanistan, his cousin Ishak Kahn will claim the throne, and it is believed that he will receive the support of Russia in so doing. ST PETERSBURG, Oct. 19. The Novoe Vremya states that in the event of British military intervention in Afghanistan, Russia will be forced to adopt similar action, which may lead to a partition of the country between them. RUSSIA AND FRANCE. The Grand Duke Vladimir, in the course of an interview, declared that Russia would continue her friendly relations with France in the event of the Czar’s death.