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Marlborough Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 169, 24 January 1888, Page 2

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HOME AND FOREIGN. Par Electric Telegraph — Copgright. FURTP SR ARRESTS IN IRELAND ROMAN CATFIOLIOISM IN THE ! COLONIES. ! THE CROWN PRINCE IMPROVING RUSSIAN FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES. United Press Association. London, Jan 20. Mr Alex Blaine, member for South Armagh, and Father M‘Fadden have been arrested for speeches made at Gwendore, County Donegal, in support of the plan of campaign. Mr W. O’Brien, M.P., has been released from gaol. Dr Moorhouse, Bishop of Manchester, preaches the Bainsden sermon at Cambridge on Sunday ne vt on the subject of church extension throughout the Australian colonies. The licenses of the jockeys Wood and Barrett were cancelled for unfair riding. Jan 21. Nationalist members, speaking at Tullamore aud Dublin, declare that Mr A. Balfour, Irish Secretary, intends to murder the loaders of tho League by imprisonment; Messrs P. O’Brien and Monaghan have been arrested in Dublin on charges of inciting the crowd to riot. The P. and 0. Company have arranged to sign the new mail contract on Monday. Obituary—Hector M'Lean, one of the Oxford oarsmen. The English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank have declared a dividend of ten per cent. The West Australian Land Company are offering £300,000 worth of debentures. Already half the the amount has been applied for. The report that Boar Admiral Tryon was to succeed Lord Charles Beresford, as Junior Lord of the Admiralty, is denied. The Mining Company to work the Bluespur field will shortly be placed on the market with a capital of £130,000. The Queen on her impending visit to Florence, will receive President Carnot at the English Embassy in Paris. Bojie, Jan 21. Bishop Moore, Ballarat, has had a second private aud : ence with his Holiness the Pope, and presented an address from the Boman Catholic hierarchy in Australia. In acknowledging the address, his Holiness made minute enquiries respecting the Catholics in the colonies, and expressed an opinion that tho advancement was due to the self-government. M. TTard, the Premier, refuses to sanction the Panama Canal lottery. The Consular dispute at Florence has been settled, and both the Magistrate and the French Consul have been censured. Sx Petersburg, Jan 22. Tho Bussian Government have issued a foroed loan. Persistent rumors are current that tho Government have urged the payment of the Erezoum indemnity. San Bemo, Jan 21.

The Crown Prince of Germany’s health is improving, and he is now able to go out driving.