HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8156, 10 April 1895, Page 2

HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

Received April 9, at 10.40 a.m. London, April 8. Silver is quoted at 2s 6&d. Butchers consider that tha bu'locks by tho Buteshire were exco'lon f , except tha r they wero too old, and elighly wasted from the efloc's of the voynge. They were killed at Smiihfield, and the meat io selling at 5£ 1 per Ib. The market is unusually good owing (o a scarcity of American meat, Thirty of ihe Buteshire's •heep have been killed) and are selling at from 6|d to (Jd p,er Ib, They averaged 641 bs to weighs. Sitioj ha was remanded with Wilde, Taylor has made s atemenfcs which are likely to lead to many arrests. Calcutta, April 8. The first and second brigades united »t Alademd, and captured Tbtna Umras, Theo»Yalry and triboaman reilnttd the

mssage of the Swat Kirer, and, after i lively bkirminh, in which a hundred if them were killed, Chakrat was occupied. Attempts are being renewed to oport ip communication between Gilgit and Dhitrai. The third brigade has reached the Mnltktind Pa«s. Received April 9, at 6.30 p.m London, April 8. After the Easter tpohm Lord It>Bobery intends bo present a Bill in tlu* House of Inrdq providing for certain colonial jtrJgPß b?int; app >intnd members of the Judicial Cotnmit'eo of Iho Privy Council. The olnnial Agontr-Gjneral h»va unitedly dtcid d to write to theS'oretftry of Stato fur the Colonios, urging the im« penance of a Monetary Conference, and the pnsonco of one or more colonial dolegUes. With reforonce to the Londonderry mine, Coo'gardie, Colonel North, one of the chief vondors, has altered his pre» vious oflor, i\nd now declines to accept . any money ih connection with the mino until the shareholders havn received their monoy back, and 5 per cent interest. Shares in tho Londonderry mino have adv^ced, and ate quoted at JL6< 3d. Tho Hon. A. W. Peel, in resigning the Spcakership, made an eloquent spoech in which h« said he trußted the Houst of Commons would, in conducting its busl« ness, continue tho model for colonial and foreign Assemblies. Tho L°ador ot ths Hiuso g»ve nntica of motion thtnklng tho Hoo. A. W. Pe*l for the erainenb services rendered tho State, and praying tint the Quoen would suitably reward him. The mo" ion was seconded by the Hon. A. J. BUfour. The proprietor of Fairplty ha* beon fined L5O and costs f->rf ->r contempt of Oonrb for publishing a paragraph concerning % caae still sub judice. The Btoßtnor Strathorn, from Lyltolton, has called in Bt Saint Vincent, with he« propeller broken. It will be necessary for hoc to discharge a portion of hefi cargo.

Shanghai, A.pril 8. Forty Japanese transports aro ab thd Posoidores, and it h reported than aa attack on Canton is intended.

Capetown, April 8. Cjlonol Sherrington has withdrawn from tlia Mal»j?-isy service owing to « disagreement with tho authorities. Tho French bombardment of Porf^te, in th« ficiniiy of Tamatavo, Is proceeding. Tho reply of the Hovas ia weak.

Calcutta, April 8. Thirteen S'poy* were wounded at thg Swat river engagement. Brussels. April 8. Tho flppeal in tho case of Mrs Joni&at has bean distllowod.