BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 956, 27 June 1890, Page 25

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. (per press association.) London, June 18. Sir J. Boehm’s medallion of the late Mr W. B. Dailey will be unveiled at St. Paul’s in July. After four days’ hearing the case of Miss Wiedemann v. R. Walpole has come to a conclusion. The defendant sought to establish the position that the plaintiff was an adventuress. The detective employed by him, however, supported Miss Wiedemann’s case, but nevertheless the jury disagreed, and could not arrive at a verdict. London, June 19. The men bers of the police force claim a right to retire after 25 years’ service, with a pension equal to two-thirds of the pay. It is considered unlikely that the members of the Opposition will oppose the settlement arrived at between England and Germany with regard to East Africa. The Australian Trading World suggests consolidation of a portisn of the Australasian debts, at the rate of LlO per head, into Federal 3 per cent consols, jointly and severally secured by perpetuity, and so made to constitute an acceptable medium to the Trustees Investment Bill. The Times considers the suggestion ingenious, and says it can be effected without difficulty. The holders of the New Plymouth Harbour Board debentures intend to petition the New Zealand Government to place them in as favourable a position as if the mode of disposing of the waste lands was still the same as in 1879. They urge if their claim is not recognised it will prejudice the credit of the Colony. H. M. Stanley declares that Lord Salisbury has added half a million square miles of territory to the British Empire, with immense possibilities of extension in the future. Sir F. Macldnnon warmly approves the Premier’s bargain. The report that Stanley has been appointed Governor of the Congo Free State is premature. The local taxation proposals before the House of Commons were only carried by a majority of four. Mr W. H. Smith declares it was a snatch vote. Fine hemp, L 22 ; good, L2l ; medium, Ll 9 5s ; middling, LlB. A thousand bales were sold at these prices. Frozen meat is unchanged. A large number of carcases by the Kaikoura were condemned. London, June 20. The Orient Steamship Company having reinstated the firemen who were discharged, the men on strike have returned to work. The dock labourers at Gloucester, who struck owing to an alleged breach of agreement on the part of the employers, have resumed work. The employes of the British Government have formed a Federal Council with the view of improving the rate of wages and promoting the interests of trades unionist. Under the Civil Lists Pensions Grants, Mrs Blanchard has been granted a pension in consideration of her services as a worker on behalf of the emigration of women. The Prince of Wales having declined, the Duke of Fife will open the Mining Exhibition. Owing to the Marquis of Salisbury mediating in the dispute between the Home Secretary and the Chief Commissioner of Metropolitan Police, it is considered likely that Mr Monro will resume office. The new procedure proposals of the Government will be referred to a select committee. The weekly returns of the Bank of England published to-day show the total reserve in notes and bullion to be L 13,470,000, being a decrease of L 138,000 as compared with the previous week. The proportion of reserve to liabilities is 39 T2 per cent, Consols, 97J. New Zealand 4 per cent, inscribed stock, 105 ; 3ij per cents., 95J. Adelaide wheat, firm, 38s ; Victorian, steady, 37s ; New Zealand, long-berried, active, 36s 6d. Sugar—German, 12s 3d ; Java, 14s 9d, nominal. No. 1 best Scotch pig iron, f.o.b. in Clyde, 45s cash. Market rate of discount for three months bills, per cent. The New Zealand Agricultural Company have extended the time for payment of their debentures to five years. London, Junß 21. Sheet iron has fallen 30s. The Economist predicts a further fall in the price of wools at the third series, which open on Tuesday next, as it considers that the market is unprepared to absorb 400,000 bales without an abatement in price. London, June 21. The police demand an increase of pay, and ignore the efforts of Hyndman and other Socialists to provoke a strike. The number of the Postmen and Police Unions is steadily increasing. Sir Edward Bradford succeeds Mr J. Monro as Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. [Sir E. Bradford has lately been secretary in the Political and Secret Department of the

India Office. He has been in the Indian army since 1853. He was born in 1835.] Sir Arthur Sullivan has offered Miss Amy Sherwin a three years’ liberal engagementin the “ Gondoliers” and “Ivanhoe,” at the Savoy Theatre. In a letter to The Times Mr Henniker Heaton eulogises the enterprise shown by Queensland in reserving the right to establish a penny post to Great Britain by the British India Steam Navagation Company’s steamers. The Marquis of Salisbury has complainpd to Portugal of the latter’s violating the status quo in the Shire district by massing troops on the banks of the Rus River. The St Petersburg correspondent of the Chronicle telegraphs that the Czar has sanctioned a Franco-Russian alliance to balance the Anglo-German agreement. At the Telegraph Conference in Paris Sir F. Dillon Bell, on behalf of Sir Arthur Blyth, announced that the South Australian Government would refuse to grant any rebate on cable messages. The Agents-General are pressing the Imperial Chancellor of the Exchequer to agree to share the cable guarantee. The licensing clauses in the local taxation proposals of the Government will probably be withdrawn. London, June 21. The correspondent of the New York Herald states that 200 Newfoundlanders and Frenchmen came to blows at Portauport. They fought with clubs, oars, and boathooks, and numerous broken bones were the result. The Frenchmen, who were in a minority, got the worst of it. London, June 23. It is reported that Great Britain has arranged with France with regard to Zanzibar. The Metropolitan firemen demand an increase of pay, shorter hours, and the establishment of a pension system. It is reported that the Cabinet is debating the appointment of the Marquis of Lothian as successor to Lord Carrington in the Governorship of New South Wales. The Colonial Office, however, denies that he has been nominated, or that any one has been selected.

By the orders of Sir Edvvarc 1 Bradford, who has succeeded Mr Monro as Commissioner of the Metropolitan police, the delegates, appointed by the police to advocate their interests, were prevented from meeting at Bow street, and sentries were placed at every door. One of the inspectors ordered the station reserves to compel the delegates to quit the footway, but they refused, and were loudly cheered' 5 ' by their comrades. Subsequently the police assembled at Adelphi terrace, W.C., when a petition, to be presented to Mr H. Matthews, the Home Secretary, was drawn up, requesting him to meet the delegates at Bow street on Monday. The men are ehraged.at the action of the Commissioner, and have resolved on a general strike if any of the delegates are punished. A sergeant and a constable have been arrested for addressing another meeting of the police, and the men belonging to the station have refused duty until they are released.

In reply to a question Co-day Sir James Fergusson stated that the Sultan of Zanzibar had consented to a protectorate, and the French rights in Zanzibar were not affected.

The St. James’ Gaz tte, in referring to the amount cabled from Melbourne in aid of the survivors of Balaclava states it is peculiarly gratifying to see the colonies assisting those who in the past have been neglected. At the Hurlingham Gun Club Meeting, Mr W. Sayer, of the Melbourne Gun Club, won the cup, valued at LSO, and the Ll2O sweepstake, killing eleven pigeons in succession, Sir M. E. Grant Duffy, the Earl of Derby, Sir John Lubbock, and J. Anthony have a project on foot to establish a Colonial Quarterly Review to uphold the federation propaganda. The first issue will probably come out at Christmas, and the bulk of the articles will be contributed by colonists residing in the colonies. Mr W. H. Smith, leader of the House of Commons, has dropped the publicans’ compensation clauses, and the tax is to accumulate pending legislation on the question. Prince Albert Victor, the eldest son of the Prince of Wales, who was recently created Earl of Athlone and Duke of Clarence and Avondale, has taken his seat in the House of Lords.

In the House of Commons to-day Sir Michael Hicks-Beach said it was not intended to appoint a colonial representative upon the Committee to consider the expiring treaties of commerce, and that only representatives of British commercial interests would be included.

Licht, sugar expert, estimates the production of beet sugar for the last nine months shows'an increase of 820,000 tons. He expects the campaign will show a surplus of 844,000 tons. The Western Australian Midland Railway Company are issuing L 1,000,000 6 per cent debentures. London, June 24. Replying to a question in the House of Commons to-day, Sir James Fergusson stated that Lord Carrington will resign the Governorship of New South Wales in November next, and a successor would be appointed. He had nothing to add to Lord Knutsford’s despatches of July last on the question of consulting the colonies in the appointment of Governors. In consequence of the diminished majorities secured by the Government

on the licensing question, Mr Goschen, | Chancellor of the Exchequer, threatens to resign office unless the whips of the Government party refuse to grant leave j of absence to their supporters while the measure is pending. Seventy thousand coal miners at Southport held a demonstration to-day in favour of the eight-hours system, and protesting against the levying of royalties. Sportsmen of all ranks have presented Lord Durham with a testimonial in recognition of his valuable services in the direction of turf reform. Responding to an address presented to him to-day, signed by thirty thousand Berliners, Prince Bismarck declared it was impossible for him to become a dumb dog, and he claimed the right to speak in the interest of peace even if he stood alone. Arrived—Seiriol Wynn, barque, from Napier (Feb. 25). Sofia, June 19. A Bulgarian note forwarded to the 1 Sultan makes a final appeal to Turkey to sanction the election of Prince Ferdinand to the throne of Bulgaria. Sofia, June 21. The sentences passed on Major Panitza and other conspirators have been confirmed. Berlin, June 19. The Germans are extremely jubilant at the cession of Heligoland. General von Caprivi has received from the Emperor the Order of the Black Eagle. Berlin, June 20. Germans consider that the East African settlement almost amounts to an alliance with England. Berlin, June 21. The feeling is gradually spreading in Germany that in the settlement of the East African question England secured the best of the bargain. Berlin, June 23. The Emperor, in addressing the workmen at Krupp’s manufactory at Essen, in Rhenish Prussia, announced that he intended to persevere with his labour policy. Berlin, June 23. Major Wissman, who has been in charge of the German operations at Zanzibar, received a warm welcome on his arrival here. Berlin, June 24. Major Wissman considers the settlement agreed to between Germany and England in regard to East Africa is a death blow to Germany in Africa. St. Petersburg, June 21. Crowds of Jews are being expelled from the Western Provinces of Russia, and are seeking refuge in Austria. Paris, June 21. The French Government decline to discuss the question of the disposal of the Egyptian conversion surplus until England has fixed the date of the evacuation of Egypt, and thus compel the levying of a French tax. The King of Dahomey is suing for peace. Paris, June 22. M. Ribot, in the Chamber of Deputies, said that according to the Berlin Convention it was necessary for Great Britain to arrange with France previous to taking action in East Africa. Paris, June 23. The petition presented t > the Chamber of Deputies by the shareholders in the Panama Canal Company, asking that proceedings be instituted agaiust the Directors of the Company, has been referred to the Minister of Justice. Constantinople, June 23. It is reported that the Russian Bbck Sea Squadron will make a demonstration in Turkish waters to prevent compliance with the Bulgarian Note demanding recognition of Prince Ferdinand by the Porte. Washington, June 19. The Finance Committee has reported McK nley’s Tariff Bill to the Senate, with only slight changes in the duty on wool. Washington, June 20. American citizens have presented a petition to Senate asking it to support thqir title to lands acquired from Fijian chiefs. The petition has been referred to tlib Foreign Relations Committee. In consequence of the Senate inserting a money clause in the Silver Coinage Bill, the Speaker of the House of Representatives has referred the measure to the Coinage Committee. Washington, June 21. The House of Representatives lias decided that the action of the Speaker in referring the Silver Bill to the Coinage Committee owing to the insertion of the money clause by the Senate, was erroneous, and in consequence a deadlock has arisen. Washington, June 22. The cyclone in Illinois lifted the school at Pawpaw into the air, and the bodies of many of the scholars were afterwards found in a creek in the vicinity. The telegraph lines were destroyed, and at least 100 persons killed or injured. New York, June 21. A cyclone passed over the State of Illinois, wrecking many of the towns and villages. Thirty persons were killed and numbers injured. St. John’s, June 21. A British warship has again ordered the closing of Baird’s lobster factory in St. George’s Bay. Baird refuses to do so unless force is applied. St. John’s, June 23. The British owners refuse to close their lobster factories established on the French shore.

Adelaide, June 24 (by steamer). Sir F. Dillon Bell, speaking at the Telegraph Conference at Paris, in refer.] ring to the cable reductions said this reduction would be accompanied by a reduction of 50 per cent for international telegrams sent over the New Zealand cables, and at the sam time a further reduction would take place in the rates between Australia and New Zealand, which would become 6s for ten words for ordinary messages, while press messages would be reduced to 2d per word. SPECIAL. London, June 18. The postmen intend to prosecute the Postmaster-Geheral for stopping their pay for attending meetings. The dissatisfaction amongst the police is spreading. Mr Goschen has been persuaded to reconsider the cable question, and this time it is hoped he will return a more favourable answer. The opinions of the press vary as to the cession of Heligoland to Germany. The St James’ Gazette considers that England has made a bad bargain. The Pall Mall Gazette calls it a shameful transaction. The Star stigmatises the Premier as a traitor, and the Daily Chronicle speaks of it as ignominious. London, June 19. Mr Gladstone approves the cession of Heligoland. The German press is jubilant. The French press considers it a degrading arrangement. London, June 20.

The first clause of the Bill granting compensation to publicans was carried by a majority of four. Lord Salisbury, in reply to Lord Roseberry, said that naval experts were favourable to the cession of Heligoland. H. M. Stanley says that Lord Salisbury has achieved more than a legion of missionaries and explorers could do. At the sitting of the Telegraph Conference Sir J, Pender and Sir F. D. Bell explained the scope and effect of cable reductions. London, June 21. The Telegraph Conference, sitting at Paris, has recommended a reduction in the rates on shipping cable messages. Lord George Hamilton, First Lord of the Admiralty, and Sir James Fergusson, in reply to Sir Thomas Esmonde, said they did not intend to publish the papers in connection with the inquiry held at Sydney into the mutiny on board H.M.S. Egeria. The execution of the Samoan Treaty has been deferred, owing to Real obstacles which are in the way. In the House of Commons to-day, Mr J. Henniker Heaton inquired whether there was any truth in the report that a Scotch peer was to succeed Lord Carrington as Governor of New South Wales, and whether Sir Henry Parkes had been consulted in the matter. It is asserted that the inhabitants of Heligoland are opposed to the island being ceded to Germany. Lord Salisbury states that he has received no official intimation of the shooting of two sepoys by Mr Buchanan, British Consul in Shire. London, June 23. The Central News Agency says the statement that the Marquis of Lothian’s name will be submitted to Sir H. Parkes as Lord Carrington’s successor is untrue. Sir W. Robinson will fill the gap temporarily. Vienna, June 18. Count Kalnoky is indisposed. Madrid, June 18. Thirteen ‘ deaths from cholera are reported at Puebla. Madrid, June 19. The cholera is decreasing. Paris, June 19. France is issuing a 3 per cent loan of 700,000,000 francs (L 28,000,000). Paris, June 23. The Telegraph Conference is closed. St. Petersburg, June 22. Russia threatens to adopt ulterior measures unless the indemnity due by Turkey is promptly paid. She declines to wait for payment until November. Naples, June 23. Sporadic cholera has appeared here. Sofia, June 23. Bulgaria will repudiate the suzerainty of Turkey unless Prince Ferdinand is recognised. Cairo, June 19. Smallpox is prevalent in Egypt. Capetown, June 21. The African colonial press denounce the agreement arrived at between England and Germany over the East African question. They describe Zanzibar as the key to Africa. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) have received the following cable message from their London office, dated 20tli June, 1890 : Tallow—Market is inactive. Tallow has declined 10s per ton since last report. Frozen meat—Mutton market is steady. Wellington mutton is worth 4g per I>. Lamb market is easier. Prime New Zealand lambs are worth, per carcase, ofd per lb. Beef market is inactive. Nominal value for forequarters is 2;|d per lb. Other quotations are unchanged since last advice.