BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIII, Issue 10663, 25 May 1895, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGBAPS—COPYBIGET^ [Special to Press Association.] AN OUTRAGE. LONDON, May 23. Three men, disguised, fired at Mr M’Swiney, a Justice of the Peace, who was returning from the sessions at Kanturb, County Cork. None of the shots took effect, and be replied with a revolver, but the men escaped. COLONIAL GOVEENORSHIPS. It is rumoured in official circles that the Earl of Glasgow will succeed the late Sir E. W. Duff as Governor of New South Wales. BISHOPEIO OE ADELAIDE. The Eev John Reginald Harmer, Dean of Corpus Chrieti College, Cambridge, who accepted the Bishopric of Adelaide rendered vacant by the appointment of the Right Eev G. W. Eennion, D.D., to the See of Bath and Wells, was consecrated today by the Archbishop of Canterbury at Westminster Abbey, assisted by the Bishops of Manchester, London, Bath and Wells and Salisbury. JABEZ BALFOUR. Jabez Balfour has been committed to stand his trial at the Juue sessions on six charges. A NEW STEAMER: May 24, The Peninsular and Oriental Company’s new cargo steamer Borneo, of 5000 tons, has been launched. THE WIUDE CASE. Oscar Wilde’s case has been adjourned. The charge against him in connection with Shelly has been withdrawn, as there is no corroborative evidence. AFGHANISTAN. The son of the Ameer of Afghanistan has arrived in England, and great preparations are being made to entertain him. LORD ROBERTS. Lord Roberts has been promoted to the rank of Field Marshal. THE PACIFIC CABLE. The Times, in referring to a deputation from the Associated Chambers of Commerce, which will wait tu-day on the Premier, the Chancellor and the Postmaster-General in support or the resolution carried at the Canadian conference favouring a subsidy to the Pacific steam service and cable, strongly urges. Lord Rosebery to assent to the proposals of the colonies, which, it says, have already taken their part in welding the Empire, and the colonial taxpayers are bearing the burden. CATHOLIC SCHOOLS. OTTAWA, May 23. Manitoba has decided to recognise separate Catholic schools, which will be placed under inspection, and must be managed by certificated teachers. BIMETALLISM. WASHINGTON, May 24. The Director of the United States Mint says that the increased gold output, especially of Australia, disposes of the contention or the supporters of silver as to the insufficiency of gold.