HOME AND FOREIGN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9254, 7 January 1889, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

Received January 7,1.10 a.m. THE PAKIS ELECTION". Paris, January 5. The election for the department of the Seine, which takes place on the 27th inst., is causing the greatest excitement in Paris. The Bonapartists and Loyalists support the nomination of General Boulanger. THE NICARAGUA AND PANAMA CANAL. Washington, January 5. A Bill incorporating the Nicaragua Canal Company has passed Congress. The Foreign Eelations Committee of Congress have reported favorably on Senator Edmond's resolution against any European Government being allowed to cut the Panama CanaL MAORI FOOTBALLERS. London, January 6. The Maori footballers defeated the Kirkstall Club by two goals and a try to one goal. THE SERVIAN MINISTRY. Belgrade, January 5. The Servian Ministry has resigned. PROF. GEFFCKEN RELEASED. Berlin, January 5. Professor Geffeken, who was charered with the publication of the late Emperor's diary, has been released from custody, and the proceedings against him abandoned. GERMANY AND ZANZIBAR. Berlin, January 4. Lieutenant Wissmann has been invested with the powers of an Imperial Commissary to suppress the rising at Zanzibar. THE LORD MAYOR OP DUBLIN. London, January 4. Mr. Thomas Sexton, M.P. for Belfast, has been re-elected Lord Mayor of Dublin. THE CHURCH AND THE STAGE. London, January 4. Dr. Parker, a leading Independent clergyman, in the course of an interview on the effect of the stage on the morals of the people, expressed the opinion that some actors were the best Christians that ever lived, while others were the refuse of the theatrical world. In some instances the stage served as good a purpose as the Church. OUTRAGE AND MURDER. London, January 4. A girl, ten years of age, has been outraged and murdered at Youthbridge, Somersetshire. The body was shockingly mutilated. No arrests have yet been made. NEW UNDERGROUND RAILWAY. London, January 4. It is proposed to construct an underground railway from St. James's-street, Piccadilly, to Holborn Circus. CHARGE AGAINST O'BRIEN. London, January 5. Mr. Wm. O'Brien, Editor of United Ireland, has been summoned to answer a charge of inciting the Kerry people to resist the payments of rents. NEW COLONIAL GOVERNORS. London, January 5. The appointments of Sir H. W. Norman as Governor of Queensland, and of Earl of Kintore as Governor of South Australia, have been gazetted.