BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Mataura Ensign, Issue 15, 3 August 1895, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

London, August 1. At the wool sales the total disposed of included 158.000 bales for the Home trade and 198,000 for export, while 34,000 bales were held over. All old stocks offered were virtually cleared. The Lisbon press having accused the Jesuits of stealing childien, an infuriated mob took possession of the streets and brutally attacked and wounded any priests they caught. The riot was only quelled by calling out the troops. The steamer Gulf of Siam lost nine head of cattle and 11 horses on the voyage from Sydney. The remainder of the shipment arrived in good condition. Reports arc received to the effect that : tbe rebellion in Macedonia has failed. The Turks systematically stopped tho supplies of food and water, and thui the hillmen were compelled to descend to the valleys and fight in the open, wbero tbe I larger portion were routed. A section of the insurgents, however, has succeeded in reorganising. The Wesleyan Conference by 187 to 169 refused to admit woman delegate?. The Rev Hugh Price Hughes considered the refusal was not a wiso step, and was one that would involve agitation ; therefore for the sake of peacr, women ' delegates might have been admitted. The prospectus of the Woodstock Gold Mining Company of New Zealand, with s capital of L 150,000, is issued. The work- ( ing capital is Ld0,625. - , Lord Salisbury has sent a Note to Sir P. Currie, Ambssador to Turkey, instructing him to adopt sharper means . than those of the late Government, with ' a_ view of compelling the Sultan to institute re'orms in Armenia. Mr Glad- ' stone also urges more speed with regard to reform?. The 'Times' is convinced that llie nations will' support Lord - Salisbury's attitude towards the Sultan. In a letter thanking the electors of { South Down who voted for him, Mr Rowan attributes his defeat to ignorance, superstition, illiteracy, and brute force. < Canada offers to carry the New Zealand. I mails across the Continent gratis for two yrars in return for assistance to the ' Canadian steam service. France and liussia are entirely in accord with Great Britain in pressing tho Sultan to effect reforms in Armenia. Rome, August 1. ' It is unofficially stated that Great > Britain and Italy have concluded a treaty for united action in Africa. The two countries are to exert a joint influence over Kaßsala and Leilah.