HOME AND FOREIGN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9150, 4 September 1888, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[press association.] THE WESLEYANS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS. London, September 2. The Wesleyan Conference has issued a pastoral address, which the English press generally regard as a striking sign of advancement in the direction of religious liberalism. The members of the Wesleyan faith are urged to take more active part in public affairs, on the ground that stalwart Christians are painfully needed on education boards, municipal bodies, and, above all, in Parliament.

THE AUSTRIAN EMPEROR. Vienna, September 2. The Emperor Francis Joseph is visiting the Czarina. THE WAR IN TIBET. Rangoon, September 2. General Graham, with a force of 1800 troops, is making preparations to expel the Tibetans from Sikkim. CANADIAN WHEAT SURPLUS. Ottawa, August 31. The Canadian wheat surplus available for export amounts to between twenty-two and twenty-four million quarters. j LORD CARRINGTON. j London, August 31. It is just possible that Lord Carrington, Governor of New South Wales, will pay a flying visit to England next year. FIRE AT THE LONDON DOCKS. London, August 31. A fire has occurred at the London Docks, which did some damage, mainly to colonial produce. THE SUGAR BOUNTIES TREATY. London, August 31. The adhesion of England, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Holland, Russia and Egypt, to the Sugar Bounties Convention, is unreserved ; while France, Brazil and Sweden, reserve the liberty to join later on if they see fit. The Daily News, in a leading article, characterises the provisions of the new treaty as rank protection, and strongly denounces Mr. Goschen for the part he has played in the negotiations. DISCOVERY - OF"DIAMONDS. London, August 31. Diamonds have been discovered among the samples of McDonnell rubies sent here from South Australia, and an agent leaves shortly on behalf of the syndicate to make more minute investigations. AN AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR, London, September 2. The play of " Captain Swift," by Mr. Haddon Chambers, the Australian dramatist, has proved a success at the Haymarket. BISHOP COWIE. London, September 2. Bishop Cowie, of Auckland, sails for New Zealand on November 15. CARDINAL MORAN. London, September 2. Cardinal Moran will invest Archbishop Logue, of Armagh, with the pallium, on the 9th instant. RAISED TO THE PEERAGE. London, September 2. The Right Hon. John Saville, British Ambassador at Rome, has been raised to the peerage. COLONIAL TIMBER IN GERMANY. London, September 2. Mr. Laurie, of Sydney, who lias been at Home for some time endeavouring to introduce colonial timbers into European markets, has succeeded in obtaining some large orders, including a trial shipment on behalf of the German Government for street paving in Hamburg. THE HAMBURG FIRE. Hamburg, September 2. It is estimated that the damage done by the recent fire will amount to five millions. Risks were held by English insurance offices to the extent of one million. THE FISHERIES COMMISSION. London, September 2. Sir Lionel Sackville Sackville-West, the British Minister at Washington, has been created a Knight of the Grand Cross, and other members of Fisheries Commission Knights of St. Michael and St. George. DEATH OF SIR SAMUEL ROWE. London, September 2. The death is announced of Sir Samuel Rowe, M.8., K.C.M.G., Governor of the West African settlements. THE MUTINY ATDELAGOA BAY. Capetown, September 2. The Portuguese mutiny at Delagoa Bay was quelled without bloodshed. THE MARIPOSA. San Francisco, September 3. Arrived : On Saturday, Mariposa, from Auckland.