BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIII, Issue 10677, 11 June 1895, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

BY ELBOTBIO TBI,BQBAP3—aOPTBIQBI,I [Special to Press Associations OPERATIC. LONDON, June 9. Cowen’s opera, Harved, was produced at Covent Carden with great success. A FIRS PANIC. Daring a performance of Faust at Covent Carden the scenery caught fire, and a rush immediately took place for the doors. The majority of the audience, however, had the sense to remain in their seats. The opera was temporarily stopped, and Madame Melba appeared in front of the curtain in her Marguerite costume and secured the attention of the spectators in order to prevent the panic spreading. Her coolness was loudly applauded. EDUCATION. The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have issued a circular letter, in which they claim equal treatment for voluntary and State schools. They suggest that the Treasury should pay all teachers, aud those who do not draw royal rates would thus obtain Government help without control. The Times, in discussing the scheme, estimates that it would involve an extra cost to the taxpayer of 20 per cent. AN APPOINTMENT. WASHINGTON. June 9. It is officially announced that the Hon Richard Olney, AttorneyGeneral, succeeds the late Mr Gresham as Secretary of State. FIGHTING IN THE CAMEROONS. BBELIN, June 9. The Germans have occupied Taunda, in the Cameroons. Their loss was twelve killed and forty-seven wounded. HORRIBLE TORTURES. June 10. Horrible revelations have come to light as to tortures inflicted in a Catholic asylum at Aix la Chapelle. Patients were bound hand and foot and then submerged head downwards in icy water until they were partially drowned. After being released. and revived they were again subjected to the same inhuman treatment.