HOME AND FOREIGN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9126, 7 August 1888, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[press association.] THE NICARAGUA CANAL. London, August 5. Mr. Letis Barnard has been appointed Australian agent for the Nioaragur Canal. THE BATTENBERG BETROTHAL Berlin, August C. The Nord Deutsche states that the alleged report of Prince Bismarck on the subject of the Batten berg betrothal, published in a Paris journal, is a forgery. DEATH OF A DEAN. London, August 6. Obituary : The Very Reverend J. \V. Burgen, D.D., Dean of Chichester. THE VICTORIAN MARINE SHIPPING BILL. London, August 3. The report of the Grand Committee on Trade of the House of Commons approves of the Victorian Marine Shipping Bill. One member of the committee protested against the clause in the Bill providing that emigrant ships shall carry a sufficient number ot boats to contain all the passengers, and moved to strike out the clause. Thi amendment was, however, rejected. THE OXFORD BISHOPRIC. London, August 6. The Right Rev. Dr. Stubbs, Bishop of Chester, has been translated to the Se» of Oxford. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. London, August 4. It is probable that Parliament will adjourn on Saturday next. THE PARNELL INQUIRY. London, August 4. The Parnell inquiry commences in the first week of November. THE ST. LOUIS MURDERER. London, August 4. The English Government has asked the American authorities to grant a respite to the murderer Maxwell. THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS. London, August 4. Mr. Raikes persists in his refusal to alter the day of the departure of the mail steamers from Adelaide, although the inconvenience to Victoria and South Australia has been repeatedly pressed upon him.

AMERICA AND CANADA. Washington, August 4. The Senate has appointed a committee to investigate the relations of the Canadian Railway with American commerce. THE CHINESE QUESTION IN AMERICA. Washington, August 4. It is asserted that subsidised steamships are transporting hordes o: Chinese into Canadian territory, wh afterwards cross the American bor ders. THE CONGRESS OF BISHOPS. London, August 4. The report of the Anglican Conference condemns the spiritual neglect of emigrants, and the exclusion of colonial clergymen from the same preferment as others. It approves of the constitution of a Council of Reference as suggested by the Australian Synod. DOUBLE SCULLING MATCH. Washington, August 4. A double sculling match took place on Saratoga for the championship of the world. Gaudaur and Mackay were victorious, defeating Teenier ant Ham m. FATAL EXPLOSION OF FIREWORKS. London, August 3. Four men have been killed by an explosion of fireworks at Landelg factory, Wandsworth. I THE QUAKERS AND THE COLONIES. London, August 3. The Quakers intend sending a delegate to the Australian Colonial Exhibition to advocate the principles of peace. ' THE BISHOP OF LINCOLN. London, August 3. The Judicial Committee of the PanAnglican Conference have decided that the Primate should take action on a petition complaining of the Ritualistic practices of the Bishop of Lincoln.

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