HOME AND FOREIGN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9111, 20 July 1888, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[press association.] THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. „ London, July 9. ihe Government propose to adjourn parliament in August till November.

THE MELBOURNE TRAMWAYS. m j „ London, July 10. i lenders for the Melbourne tramway loan of £250,000, at 4i per cent., with a minimum of 107, were opened to-day. J.he amount subscribed was £845,000, the average being £109 15s lid.

ELECTION IN IRELAND. ~ T , -. : London, July 7. Mr. Leamy has been elected to rep resent Sligo m the place of Mr. E. J. Kennedy, who resigned.

THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. London, July 10 TT Mr - H " Smith > leader of the House of Commons, purposes to abandon almost all the Government business on the Order Paper except the Local Government Bill, which is, however, to be further reduced.

THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. London. July 10. Parliament will re-assemble early in November.

DEATH OF AN IRISH PRISONER.

London, July 7. Mr. Mandeville, formerly secretary to Mr. O'Brien, and who was recently confined in Tullamore Gaol, has died ; and it is alleged by his friends that death was accelerated by the ill-treat-ment he received while in custody.

M. GREVY'S INVESTMENTS. London, July 7. It is stated that M. Grevy is making large investments both in British and colonial stocks.

THE SALE OF FROZEN MEAT. London, July 7. The Bill introduced into the House of Commons by Viscount Lymington, to regulate the sale of frozen meat, has been read a first time.

COLONIAL REPRESENTATION. London, July 9._ Mr. Parnell, writing to Captain Rhodes, of Capetown, says that if the colonies are willing to share the cost and responsibility of being represented in the British Parliament, the privilege ought to be accorded them.

I RITUALISTIC PRACTICES. London, July 7. The Church Association is applying for a mandamus to compel the Archbishop of Canterbury to discontinue the proceedings commenced against the Right Rev. Dr. King, Bishop of Lincoln, lor ritualistic practices. THE MELBOURNE EXHIBITION. London, July 11. The fishery exhibits for the Melbourne Exhibition show a fair prospect of being a success. ASSISTED EMIGRATION. London, July 11. The Marquis of Salisbury, replying to the Parliamentary Colonisation Committee, refused to grant a sum of money for assistance of emigration, and advised committee to obtain engagements from the colonies. WOOD, THE JOCKEY. London, July 11. Wood, the jockey, has appealed against the decision awarding him a farthing damages in his libel action against the Licensed Victuallers' Gazette. OSTRACISED. London, July 13. _ The Primate has withdrawn the invitation to a garden party at Lambeth Palace accidentally sent to Colonel Hughes-Halle FRENCH MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS. ! Paris, July 13. In consequence of general charges of immorality against monastic houses in France, the Chamber has declared urgent a bill' to suppress all male religious orders. PAUPER CHILDRENFOR CANADA. London, July 11. Six hundred pauper children have been sent as emigrants to Canada THE ILLNESS OF FREDERICK 111. Berlin, July 15. The history which Sir Morell Mackenzie has been requested to write on the illness of the late Emperor is for the purpose of correcting inaccurate statements which have been published. THE BARQUE BORDER CHIEF ABANDONED. London, July 13. The barque Border Chief, bound from Sharpness for Melbourne, was abandoned at sea, and the crew landed safely at St. Helena. THE TAKING OF THE BASTILLE. Paris, June 15. The French national fete to celebrate the taking of the Bastille passed off successfully, and without disturbance. UNIVERSITY CRICKET MATCH. London, July 11. The match between Eton and Harrow was won by Harrow by 156 runs. WESTERN AUSTRALIA. London, July 11. Arrangements have been successfully completed for the building of a railroad from Perth to Eucla, in Western Australia, on the land-grant system, the line to be finished in two years. The St. James' Gazette recommends that responsible Government should be granted to Western Australia, but that the area of the colony should be limited.

SEVERE SNOWSTORMS. London, July 11. Severe snowstorms have been experienced in England.

FIREARMS TO ABORIGINES.

London, July 11. The Presbyterian Council has protested against the sale of firearms to the aboriginal races.

SIR JULIUS VOGEL'S SONS. London, July 12. Sir Julius Vogel's son has won the Charterhouse School Rifle Cup. It had previously been won by two of his brothers.

PROHIBITION IN AMERICA. New York, July 11. The Executive Committee of the Senate has adopted an amendment to the American Constitution, recommending that all dealing in alcoholic beverages should be entirely prohibited.

EMIGRATION TO THE COLONIES.

London, July 17. An animated discussion took place on the emigration section in the County Government Bill. Mr. Ritchie consented to an amendment providing for the payment of advances made to emigrants, as it was evidently intended to systematically emigrate paupers to the colonies.

THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE. London, July 18. Tenders have been accepted for th© towers of the Imperial Institute building at a cost of £18,800.

SUGAR BOUNTIES. Berlin, July 18. Baron de Worms is now in this city carrying on negotiations with regard to the decision arrived at by the Sugar Bounties Conference, but his success is regarded as extremely doubtful. IX>NDON. July 12. _ Russia has accepted the Sugar Bounties Convention. ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION. London, July 17. In the House of Commons Mr. Smith, replying to Mr. Cochrane Baillie, M.P. for St. Pancras, said the commercial and scientific prospects of the proposed Antarctic expedition were not sufficient to justify the Imperial Government in voting a sum of money in aid of it. THE AMERICAN TARIFF BILL. New York, July 18. A careful canvass of parties leads to the anticipation that the American Tariff Bill will be carried by a majority of fifteen. NATIONAL INSURANCE. Berlin, July 7. A Bill has passed the German Federal Council providing for allowances being made to the aged and ill work-people. SARAH BERNHARDT. London, July 12. barah Bernhardt, the great tragedi enne, states that she will visit Australia in 1889. BRITISH CONSUL AT NEW HEBRIDES. London, July 12. Mr. S. Romilly has been appointed British Consul at the New Hebrides. SEIZURE OF FRENCH FISHING BOATS. . . London July 12. A British cruiser at Newfoundland has seized two French fishing vessels for purloining bait.

LONDON SCHOOL BOARD. London, July 12. The London School Board have appointed a committee to enquire into certain grave charges of conuption that have been made.

MELBOURNE HARBOUR LbAN. London, July 12. Sir Graham Berry, Agent-General for Victoria, has decided not to float the Melbourne Harbour Board loan of £25,000 before October.

BISHOP OF GLASGOW. London, July 12. Canon Harrison has been elected Bishop of Glasgow. A minority sup ported Bishop Sandford, of Tasmania. GOVERNORSHIP OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. London, July 12. It is reported that the Marquis of Normanby will be appointed Governor of South Australia. THE DIVORCED QUEEN. Berlin, July 12. The German police have compelled Natalie, the ex-Queen of Servia, to surrender her son to the Servian Wa Minister. Natalie has been expelled.