HOME AND FOREIGN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9064, 26 May 1888, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[press association.] elect76n~news. London, May 23. Mr. Evans, a supporter of Mr. Gladstone, has been elected for Southampton in place of Admiral Sir John Commerell, who has resigned. Mr. Evans polled 5140 votes, and Mr. Quest, Conservative, 4266. royalTwedding. Berlin, May 24. Prince Henry, of Prussia, was married to-day to the Princess Irene, of Hesse. The Emperor Frederick was present at the wedding. THE WAR IN BURMAH. Calcutta, May 24. The British troops are pursuing the Thibetans across the frontier. THE SELEMBHIA'S CARGO. London, May 25. It is expected that the cargo of the steamer Selembria, which met with a mishap on her voyage home, will be condemned. ORDERS CONFERRED. London, May 24. Mr. Robert Hunt, Deputy-Master of the Sydney Mint, and Dr. Anthony Brownless, Chancellor of the Melbourne University, have been created Companions of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. GENERAL AMNESTY IN GERMANY. Berlin, May 24. general amnesty for politica offenders has been granted by the Emperor of Germany, but it excludes Lieutenant TeChow, director of the Melbourne National Gymnasium, who fled to Australia many years ago for political offences. TeChow had lately visited Germany.

DECORATIONS TO CLERGYMEN.

London-, May 24. Dean Haync, Archdeacon O'Dowd, Monsignore Brophy, and James Coglan have been created Knights of St. Gregory.