HOME AND FOREIGN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8879, 16 May 1892, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press Association.—Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. ACTION FOR LIBEL. London, April 13. The London correspondent of the New York World has been mulcted in £1000 damages for alleging that Mrs.Geraldine Ulman would shortly be divorced. INTIMIDATION OF WITNESSES. London,' May 14. Several railway employees refuse to give testimony before the Parliamentary Committee, as they fear they may be subjected to the same treatment as Hood, who gave evidence, but was subsequently dismissed by the company.

ARREST OF AMERICAN TOU RISTS.

Berne, May 14. Five American tourists have recovered heavy damages from the Canton of Berne for false imprisonment on a charge of being spies.

RUSSIAN OATS AND MAIZE. St. Petersburg, May 14. The Russian Government has re-

moved the inhibition on the export of oats and maize.

AUSTRALIAN YACHTING CLUB.

London, May 14. Mr. Gibson Millar, of Melbourne, has written to the Royal Yacht Club, offering to give annually a prize of fifty guineas to be competed for by yachts tormina: the Royal Yacht squadron. In announcing the offer to the members of the club the Prince of Wales said it had given the committee much pleasure to accept the prize, and he suggested that the trophy should be named the Australian Cup. THE BACILLUS OF EPILEPSY. Berlin, May 14. Doctor Gecldes of the University of Halle, a town of Prussian Saxony, on the Saale, claims to have discovered the bacillus of epilepsy. MUNIFICENT BEQUESTS TO CHARITIES. London, May 13. Probate has been granted in the will of Alexander Allen, shipowner, for half a million. Glasgow ciiarities receive bequests amounting to £40,000 under it A CURIOUS CONSPIRACY. London, May 13. It is reported that a conspiracy to poison enormously insured horses by means of strychnine has been unearthed, and that one arrest has been made in connection with it. THE PAN-BRITANNIC SCHEME. London, May 13. Sir Henry Loch believes that the athletic portion of the -Britannic scheme is calculated to draw the En-glish-speaking races closer together, and he is glad to see that energetic efforts are being made to give effect to the scheme. BARON MUELLER. Ottawa, May 13. Baron Mueller has been created Doctor of Laws by the Mac Gill University in Montreal. NEW ITALIAN MINISTRY. Rome, May 13. Gioletti has succeeded in forming a Cabinet as follows : —Gioletti, Premier and Minister of the Interior; llrui, Foreign Affairs ; General Pelloux, War ; Perazzi, Treasury ; Sounioro, Finance. CANADA AND AMERICA. Ottawa, May 13. The Canadian. Government is asking Great Britain to permit it to be more fully represented at Washington than elsewhere. THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE. London, May 13. The Times considers there is a growing future before the Imperial Institute, as the growth of political power in the colonies is uniting them more closely to England. THE LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY. London, May 13. The London Missionary Society's income has increased during the past year by £35,000. NEW SOUTH WALES TREASURY BILLS. London, May 13. .The London and Westminster Bank lias placed a million of New South Wales 4 per cent. Treasury bills at 100]-, the bills to have four years' currency, payment of interest commencing on the Ist July. THE ENGLISH DERBY. London, May 14. The betting against Orme for the Derby is 10 to 1.