HOME AND FOREIGN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9261, 15 January 1889, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

Received January 15, 1.20 a.m. MEDIATION DECLINED. , > Sikkim, January 13. The Tibetans decline mediation by China. BEECHER'S CHURCH. New York, January 13. The Rev. Ward Beecher's Church hag decreased by one-half since his death. SIR JOHN GORST COMING OUT. London, January 13. Sir John Gorst, Political Secretary for India, is a passenger by the Tongariro for New Zealand. THE ACCIDENT TO MR. SPURGEON. London, January 13.; The Rev. C. H. Spurgeon was much bruised by his recent accident, and is suffering severely. THE AUSTRALIAN PUGILIST. London, January 3. Peter Jackson declines to visit Eng* land to meet J. Smith. It is not yet decided whether he will accept a challenge from J. Smith on any other condition. CHURCH APPOINTMENT. . London, January 13. The Rev. John McNeill, of Edinburgh, has been appointed pastor of the English Presbyterian Church, Regent Square, vice the Rev. Oswald Dyke, elected Moderator of the Synod last year. THE TONGARIRO. London, January 13. The Tongariro sailed from Plymouth yesterday for Wellington. NEW ZEALAND PROPERTY TAX. London, January 14. The Financial News condemns the New Zealand system of taxation, contending that the property tax is injurious to the best interests of the colony, inasmuch as it tends to exclude British capital. THE GERMAN EAST AFRICAN CO. Berlin, January 14. In the Reichstag the Government ask for a vote of two million marks for the reinstatement of the German East African Company. Prince Bismarck will speak in favour of the scheme tomorrow.

BREACH OF PROMISE. London, January 14. An action for breach of promise of marriage, brought by Phyllis Broughton against Lord JDannan, will be heard shortly. GIFTS FROM THE POPE. London, January 14. The Pope has presented golden chalices to Cardinals Newman and Manning and Archbishop Eyre of Glasgow.