HOME AND FOREIGN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9124, 4 August 1888, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[press association.] INJURY TO A CATHEDRAL. Madrid, August 2. A pillar in the cathedral at Seville collapsed to-day, causing serious damage to the interior of the church. MISS GORDON-CUMMING. London, August 2. The name of Miss C. F. GordonCumming, the well-known authoress, has been placed on the civil list for a pension of £50 per annum. JUBILEE GIFT TO THE QUEEN. London, August 2. The British women have presented the Queen with a magnificent diamond necklace of elaborate design, in commemoration of the jubilee of Her Majesty's reign. THE BEHRING "FISHERIES. London, August 3. The Americans have given orders to stop the seizure of British sealers in Behring Straits. ENGLISH CRICKET. London, August 2. The Surrey County will again be the premier cricketing county, as its representatives have won all their nine matches. POLITICAL GATHERING. London, August 2. Mr. Gladstone will shortly address a public meeting at Birmingham, and it is considered probable that Sir Vernon Harcourt, Mr. J. Morley, Mr. H. C. Childers, and Sir George Trevelyan will accompany him, and possibly Lord Rosebery and Earl Spencer. THE AMERICAN ELECTIONS. London, August 2. Mr. J. G. Blaine has sailed for America. He appears confident that General Harrison will be elected President of America, as the English advocacy is injuring President Cleveland's prospects. SHIPPING. London, August 2. Arrived : Worcester, from Lyttelton, June 4. London, August 3. The ship Orari, for Wellington, and the Waipawa, for Dunedin, nave completed loading.