HOME AND FOREIGN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8812, 27 February 1892, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press Association,—Electric Telegraph.—Copyright, BENGAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Calcutta, February 25. The Bengal Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution favouring a proposal for the free coinage of silver ore at the fixture of the gold standard. The Council also condemned the issue of rupees. THE ACTION AGAINST M. CON STAN S. London, February 22. The action brought against M. Constans by M. Laur for assault, arising out of the recent scene in the Chamber of Deputies, was dismissed on the grounds that the Senate had withheld its sanction to the prosecution. MR, BALFOUR'S IRISH BILL. London, February 25. The Earl of Cadogan states that the Government did not intend to depart from the safeguard contained in Mr. Balfour's Irish Local Government Bill. THE SHOP HO ÜBS' BILL. London, February 25. The Shop Hours' Bill introduced by Mr. W. J. Lane, member for the Eastern Division of Cork, was thrown out. The principal support of the measure came from the ranks of the Tory Party. ' THE FRENcTI"ANARCHISTS. Paris, February 25. The anarchists in France are distributing dynamite throughout Europe with the intention of using it during the celebration of May Day. MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. London, February 25. Lidderdale has turned up safely, and explains that his absence from the city was voluntary. THE CANADIAN SCANDALS. Ottawa, February 25. Startling evidence lias been given be« fore the Royal Commission, implicating M. Mercier and M. Pacaud, his financial secretary. It is alleged that the expense of Mereier's country seat and household were defrayed from the Baie Chaleur railway subsidy. THE BRITISH ARMY. London, February 25. Lord Wantage's Committee on the Army declares that, with the exception of the Gua. ds, there is not a single battalion of infantry effective for short service if the necessity arose, and it recommends increased pay and the granting of other privileges. WOOL IMPORTERS' COMMITTEE. London, February 25. Mr. E. M. Young has been elected chairman of the Wool Importers' Committee.