HOME AND FOREIGN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9153, 7 September 1888, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[PRESS ASSOCIATION.] PATTI'S SOUTH AMERICAN TOUR. London, September 5. It is stated that Madame Patti's South American tour has resulted in a profit of £.30,000. During the tour she gave 24 performances. * HOME DEFENCES. London, September 5. Twelve new volunteer brigades are being formed for home defence purposes. THE AMERICAN - CANADIAN FRONTIER. Washington, September 5. The shores of Lake St. Clair, on the Canadian frontier, have been surveyed, and adjudged to be British territory. The Stars and Stripes have, therefore, been hauled down, and the Union Jack " has been hoisted. THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, Washington, September 5. The Republican party express a hope that the passing of the Chinese Exclusion Bill by Congress will secure the support of the Pacific States for Captain Harrison, their nominee for the Presidency. They assert that while President Cleveland is awaiting an official rupture with England on the fisheries question, the Canadian Government are making a profitable use of their time. KING LEOPOLD AND THE POPE. Brussels, September 5. King Leopold has offered to provide His Holiness Leo XIII. with a residence in Belgium, should he leave the Vatican. THE CAPTURE OF DINIZULU. Capetown, September 5. The news of the capture of Dinizulu has been confirmed, and the British force is now returning to this place. YISIT OF AMERICAN TEAMS. New York, September 5. A team of American cricketers and two baseball teams leave here for' Australia on the 31st October next. REV. DR. DODDS ON AUSTRALIA. Glasgow, September 5. The congregation of Kilmarnock Church has presented a gold watch ' and a purse of sovereigns to the Rev. Dr. Dodds, formerly minister of Scots Church, Melbourne. In returning thanks for the presentation, Dr. Dodds said that the clergy were not respected in Australia, and said that clergymen in these colonies were simply dragging out a profitless existence. This deplorable state of things, he considered, was owing to faults on the part of the people and partly to defects in the Church. DEFENCES OF CANADA. Ottawa, September 4. The Government of the Dominion have resolved to make a thorough inquiry into the effectiveness of the colony's defences on the Pacific coast. London, September 5. The war-ship Caroline lias been ordered to survey the defence works which it is proposed to erect at the Strait of San Juan de Fuca and Vancouver Island. THE AUSTRALIAN CRUISERS. London, September 5. The Elswick, one of the Australian cruisers of the Medea type, has steamed 19 knots an hour. She is armed with 40-pounder guns, simultaneous loading guns, machine guns, and torpedo tubes. SIR C. WARREN AND THE COLONIES. London, September 5. It is officially reported that Sir Charles Warren, the Commissioner of the London police, will shortly resign that office. It is considered probable that he will receive a colonial appoint ment. MR. GLADSTONE AND HOME RULE. London, September 5. Mr. Gladstone, in the course of an address delivered at Wrexham, encouraged the hope of an alliance being effected between the Welsh and Scottish members of Parliament, with a view to securing Home Rule for both these divisions of the kingdom after Ireland has succeeded in obtaining it.