HOME AND FOREIGN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8629, 27 July 1891, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press Association.— Telegraph.Copyright SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. / Madrid, July 25. The . Republican journals protest against a Spanish military intervention in the case of peace being disturbed by Portugal. - < 5 THE CZAR AND "QUEEN (. . - - ■ - NATALIE. , : .. St. Petersburg, July 25. The Czar has refused the request oi the expelled Queen Natalie, of Servia. to visit her son in Russia. ; The young King of Servia is now on a visit'to the ] Czar. " " ' CONVICT LABOUR TROUBLES. ; New York, July 25. . The Tennessee miners have decided to suspend any " further molestation for 160 days, in order to per mit of a special meeting of Parliament being held for the purppse of repealing the Convict Labour Laws. The Kentucky miners are purchasing rifles, and propose to assist those in Tennessee should the necessity arise. • ■ ALLEGED - OFFICIAL CORRUPTION. / • Ottawa, July "25. 1 ; Before a Parliamentary committee today, a witness testified that he had paid Sir H. Langevin, late Minister of Public Works, the sum of 20,000 dollars for his services in securing him Government contracts. < i SANITARY "CONDITION OF HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. . London, July 24, The committee of the House of Commons appointed to consider the sanitary condition of the Houses of Parliament, reports ' that . the internal., drainage scheme is perfect. k:V > 4% PURCHASE OF A MELBOURNE • BUSINESS. v . London, July 25. The syndicate which recently purchased the business of Messrs. Buckley and Nunn, general drapers, of Bourkestreet, Melbourne, will probably; convert it into a limited liability company. The amount of the purchase money is believed to be £325,000. , '< THE "HOLY COAT" OF TREVES. ' v Rome, July 25. His Holiness the Pope has sanctioned the forgiveness of sins of pilgrims visitting the " Holy Coat" of Treves, in Rhenish Prussia. ;■ ' ' ; Paris, July 25. Throe thousand pilgrims, en rout to America, who were being conveyed across the Continent in special trains, met with a serious disaster at Fournies. VICTORIAN RIFLE TEAM. London, July 24. At the National Association meeting at Bisley Common, the Victorians won the second prize of £30, in the contest for which Lord Lindsay subscribed the money. „ 1 POPULATION- OF FRANCE. - Paris, July 25. The census shows the population of France to be 38,095,000, which is 123,903 less than at the enumeration in 1886. : j LORD FEDERATION. '■ London,* July 24. • Lord Onslow, in a despatch :to the Secretary for the colonies, says that in the opinion of the majority of people in New Zealand, federation ; is outside the . realm of practical politics. ~ Tho prospect of consolidation of debts and conversion into a general commonwealth loan at a reduced rate of interest would alone ; tempt New Zealand to join.. > • ,

CHINESE CONSULS AT ENGLISH PORTS. ■ J London, July 24. The Imperial Government has agreed to allow Chinese Consuls to be appointed at English ports. A BY ELECTION. ~ . j London, July 24. . Mr. Brand, Radical, lias been elected for Wisbeach by a majority of 260 over T Mr. Duncan, Tory candidate. " The Times, in referring to the result of the Wisbeach election, considers it indicates a dangerous restlessness of the rural voters. Russia and india; St. Petersburg, July 23. The construction has been begun of a strategic and commercial railway from Dusham to Sanikhs, on , the Afghan frontier. ' THE TIMES ON NEW SOUTH WALES FINANCE. London, July 24. The Times eulogises Mr. McMillan's control of the finances of New South Wales. It considers the credit of the colony above suspicion, and urges the market to support reasonable loans. ; SIR J. MACDONALD AND THE PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY. ; : Ottawa, July 23. The Liberals intend to move for a • committee of inquiry into the circumstances under which Sir J. Macdonald became possessed, of his interest in the Pacific Railway Company, unless the executors give a satisfactory explanation. • v Ottawa, July 25. The executors of the late Sir John Macdonld deny that he owned any Canadian-Pacific stock in any other way than in his name, and declare that the shares held by the deceased gentleman were only 122.-

THE PARNELLITE CONVENTION. .London, July 24. The Parnellite Convention was a great y success. A programme was adopted of manhood suffrage, reinstatement of evicted tenants, and reform of the land laws. Mr. Parnell said lie intended- to fight to the end. . A RICH GOLD~DISCOVERY. : ' . v. Washington, July 23. Dalziel's agency announce that a discovery of rich gold has just been mado at a place called Pringapoeki, in Central America. The precious metal is . found in ingots weighing from six to thirty-six pounds. It is supposed to be due to volcanic upheaval. The discovery lias caused quite a mining fever in Central America. AN AMERICAN MILLIONAIRE. Washington, J 23. Some time since an b order was obtained for the exhumation of the body of James Macllenry, an American millionaire, who at one time was largely concerned in the Erie Railway. Ihe deceased was insured for 1,000,000d01., and upon his death his body was in- interred at Liverpool. The companies with which the insurances were effected ... are now led to believe that his death was due to suicide by poison, the result , of which would be to render the policies void. The autopsy ordered by the , Supremo Court shows that Mr. MacHenry died a natural death. ; THE AUSTRALIAN WOOL SALES. , J London, July 24. Large numbers of buyers announce their intention of attending the coming wool sales in Australia. , NEW ZEALAND" POTATOES IN . '/ THE LONDON MARKET. ; 1 London, July 24.. Twenty - five tons of potatoes, ex RM.s. Tainui, from New Zealand, have - been sold at an average of £4 per ton. ■ <".