BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIII, Issue 10566, 28 January 1895, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

fSr ELVCTPJG TBLE6MAPE—COPYSTGHT.] [Special to Press Association. ,! COBTSEBVATIYE VICTORY. Lord Salisbury considers, the victory of tbs Conservative candidate at Evesham a very significant comment on tbe nressut current of politics. A LORD BRASSEY. i Jan. 25, I The statement that Lord Brassey intended to decline the Governorship of Victoria owing to the reduced salary is denied. Lord Brassey sails for Melbourne in his yacht Sunbeam, and takes with him a smaller racing yacht, the Dragon. He also intends” to take a number of good horses to the colony, especially hunters, and hopes to taka a nrominent part in such sports, ‘ A NEW CHAIRMAN. Sir Georgs Russell has been elected Chairman of the South-eastern Railway Company. CHARGES DISMISSED. The charges of betting preferred against some members of the Albert Club have been dismissed. JUDICIAL. Jan. 26. The Law Journal asserts that the Lord High Chancellor proposes to replace Sir Roland V. Williams by Sir Robert Romer in the matter of the winding up of companies, owing to the fearless conduct of Sir Roland Williams, toward t»iQ directors of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. THE COSTA RICA BACKET. The St James Gazette ridicules Lord Rosebery for only obtaining arbitration in tbe case of the Costa Rica Packet after three years’ diplomacy. A Rotterdam newspaper learns that Great Britain and Holland have agreed to arbitrate in the case. AFRICAN EXPLOITATION. Captain Lugard annexed Borger on behalf of tho Niger Company five days before the arrival of the French expedition for a similar object, THE NICARAGUA CANAL. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2G. Tbe Nicaragua Canal Bill, directing tbe issue of a hundred milliop dollar bonds, of which seventy millions are guaranteed principal and interest, has passed the Senate.