BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXVI, Issue 168, 22 July 1890, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

THE AMERICAN TARIFF. DISASTROUS THUNDER STORMS IN ENGLAND. COLONIAL COMPETITORS AT WIM- . . BLEDON. REBEL OUTRAGE IN MORBOCCO. [UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION.] Washington, July 18. It is proposed that the portion of the Tariff Bill, brought m by Mr McKinley, should come into operation on April Ist. Capetown, July 17. Mr Cecil Rhodes succeeded m forming a Government. Berlin, July 19. Dowager Empress Frederick is writing a memoir- of her late husband, Count Von Moltke and other Generals assisting her. London, July 17. Tenders have been accepted to lay a new cable between Suez and Aden at a cost of a quarter of a million. A tremendous thunderstorm severely damaged the corn crops m the south of England. The military camps atßisley and Aldershot were flooded. July 18. The certificate of the Captain of the s.s. Unbilo, which collided with the barque Ethel m the English Channel, has been suspended for three months. During a storm, the pinnacle of _the House of JLiOrds was struck by lightning, and part of the masonry was detached. Judge Grantham had a narrow escape from the falling debris. t None of the Australian competitors are included m the three hundred who are left m the competition for the silver medal at Wimbledon, : the medal to be awarded to the competitor who makes the highest score m the first series of stages for the Queen's prize and the gold medal. July 19. Colonel Maitland denies that he has resigned. The St James' Gazette says he does not proceed to Natal, as was stated m some quarters. The Grenadier Guards have been ordered to proceed to the Cape, and they sail on Tuesday. July 21. In the House of Commons on Monday, Rear Admiral Colomb will ask Baron de Warms whether the Government propose to consult with Canada and Australian Colonies m connection with establishing the Pacific cable. Pbetobia, July 18. Great alarm was felt among the Boers at the jury acquitting the Britishers charged with mobbing President Kruger. Mobbocco, July 19. A rebel surprised and orushingly defeated at Mount Taquoriot an army commanded by the son of the SultaD. Fifty of the letter's officers were captured and burnt alive.