HOME AND FOREIGN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9369, 20 May 1889, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

Received May 20,1.25 a.m. A 'CYCLING TOUR OF THE WORLD. London, May 18. Messrs. Burston and Stokes, the two 'cyclists who are touring the world on their machines, have reached Home. PETER JACKSON. London, May 18. Peter Jackson, the coloured Australian tighter, will, it is believed, shortly arrive in England, when he will accept challenges thrown out on behalf of Slavin. VISIT OF A NOVELIST. London, May 18. It is rumoured that Mr. David Christie Murray, the novelist, will shortly visit Australia on a lecturing tour. ENGLAND AND AFRICA. London, May 18. The Marquis of Salisbury has forcibly expressed himself in favour of a British protectorate over Matabeleland, and considers the Zambesi River an international highway, and that the permanent entrance was discovered outside of Portuguese territory. THE LATE SIR T. GLADSTONE. London, May 18. The personal estate of the late Sir Thomas Gladstone has been sworn at £254,000. ROYAL VISIT TO IRELAND. London, May 18. Prince Albert Victor will leave for Belfast on Monday. THE EXHIBITION. London, May 17. Sir Polydore de Keyser has made complaints of the erection of the Victorian gold arch, on the ground that ifc causes a certain amount of dust, and threatens to pull it down. The Commissioners have looked into the matter, and reminded the President of the English Commission that the Victorian Court is erected on private ground, and that therefore he has no right to inter' fere. REPUBLICAN RISING. Valencia, May 18. The Anarchist and Republican agitators made a determined effort to seize and loot Lucca to-day, while the male portion of the population was working in the field. The conspiracy was, however, detected by the gensdarmes, and the ringleaders were arrested. THE SUGAR BOUNTIES CONVENTION. London, May 18. The Bill giving effect to the provisions of the Sugar Bounties Convention Bill has been postponed until June 20. A NEW ZEALAND COMPANY. London, May 18. The Greymouth Gold Dredging Company, with a capital of £20,000, hag been registered. CREMATIONIN ENGLAND. London, May 17. The Middlesbro' Town Council has passed a resolution in favour of cremation. THE BACCARAT GAMBLERS. London, May 17. The gamblers arrested at the Adelphi Club were remanded till Thursday. Bail was allowed.

A CHALLENGE BY LAYCOCK. London, May 17. Lay cock, the Australian oarsman, who has just arrived, has issued a challenge to the world, bar Searle and O'Connor. The challenge issued by Laycock to scull anyone in the world bar Searle and O'Connor, is for £1000 a-side. Received May 20, 1.35 a.m. Sydney, May 18. Laycock, the Australian sculler, who is in Sydney, absolutely denies the truth of the recent cablegrams that he has challenged to row the scullers oi the world, bar Searle and O'Connor. THE CHESS TOURNAMENT. New York, May 17. The chess tournament, which has been going on here for some months past, stands :—Tchgorin first, with 29 points ; Weiss, second, 26i. This, bowever, is subject to re-playing of drawn games. AN EXTRAORDINARY PROPOSAL. London, May 17. It has been decided to evict tenants on the Irish Estates of Viscount Massereene and replace them with Ulster Protestants. It is feared bloodshed will result if the decision is carried out. THE CANADIAN SERVICE. London, May 17. The carrying out of the CanadianAustralian mail contract is contingent upon Sir John Mac Donald arranging with England for a faster Atlantic ser' vice.

THE QUEEN AND HER PORTRAIT.

London, May 17. Her Majesty the Queen has declined the request of Sir H. Loch to sit for her portrait for the colony of Victoria. FRANCE IN THE PACIFIC. London, May 17. The Rev. Mr. Jones, in a letter to the. Christian World, denounces the attitude of France in the Pacific Islands, and accuses it of continue.d persecution in these localities. THE VICE-ROYALTY OF IRELAND. London, May ] 7. It is thought probable that the Tories will agree to the abolition of the "ViceRoyalty of Ireland. THE AUSTRALIAN CABLE LINES. London, May 17. In the House of Commons Mr. Hen-niker-Heaton has given notice to ask the Government why. they refuse to join in subsidising the Australian cable lines. A FATAL ORGIE. Washington, May 16. In a drunken orgie in Washington territory a quarrel ensued, in which five men were shot dead. OBITUARY. London, May 17. The Earl of Malmesbury, aged' 82. The Dowager Queen of Bavaria.