BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 976, 14 November 1890, Page 28

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

B f Electric Telegraph. —Copyright. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, November 5. A syndicate is being formed to take up the butter churn invented by Mr Walter Cole, formerly of Wellington, New Zealand, and which was awarded a gold medal at the Islington Dairy Show. The personalty of the late Earl of Carnarvon has been sworn at L 313,000. The property in George street, Sydney, is to be allowed to accumulate until his heir, Lord Porchester, attains 'the- age of 35, when he will inherit it. The other property of the late .Earl, situated both in the colonies and in Wales, becomes the property of his widow during her life, and afterwards reverts to his second son. The appeal case, Ah Foy v. Mr A. W. Musgrove, Collector of Customs, at Melbourne, will be argued on the 13th inst. Barons Halsbury and Herschell will assist the ordinary judges. Sir Walter Phillimore is retained as loading counsel for Ah Foy. V < The Guardian asserts that Bishop Barry’s connection with the See of Rochester terminates early in 1891. Bishop Barry is now assistant Bishop of Rochester. London, November 6. The New Zealand Shipping Company and Shaw-Savill Company have each made arrangements for the despatch of one cargo steamer to the colonies every month. The new arrangement will come into force In January next. The Rev, Stocker, an-,army chaplain, who has been devoting himself to antiSemitic agitation, has been compelled to resign. Sir Saul Samuel has arranged a contract for the construction of 70 locomotives for the New South Wales railways for the sum of L 300,000. The Countess of Jersey, who has been suffering from typhoid fever, is progressing favourably, and daily bulletins have now ceased. . Lady Rosebery, who was attacked with the same disease, is steadily recovering. Messrs Tyser and Co. are instituting proceedings against the New Zealand Shipping Company, and claim damages for the loss of the agency. General Booth, of the Salvation Army, has purchased the site of a brewery in the city, and purposes converting it. into a city colony. The English bishops and Cardinal Manning approve the scheme. The Emperor of Germany and the Czar have written to General Booth, expressing sympathy with him in the loss of his wife. London, November 7. The Parnellite press is savage at the splendid reception Mr Balfcur received on his arrival in Donegal. London, November 8. The Colonial Office are surprised at the result of the Separation division in Queensland, and have assured Mr Hatton that the Separationists have done even more than Lord Knutsford, the Secretary for the Colonies, had expected. A large deputation of Queensland representatives wait on Lord Knutsford as soon as Parliament meets, urging him to introduce an Enabling Bill. Sir Thomas Elder has offered the Victorian Government, through Sir Montagu Ommaney, the sum of LSOOO towards an antarctic expedition, provided that the expedition is adequately equipped and purely scientific. He also considers that the Australian and Imperial Governments ought to contribute to the cost of the expedition. Westgarth’s Circular states that the continuance of the Victorian borrowing policy will lead to a serious loss of credit, and that no colony will be able to borrow at present, even at 5 per cent, below the last loan. Severe storms have been experienced off the English coast, and Viscount Cantelupe has been drowned by being washed off a yacht off Belfast. [Lionel Charles Cranfield, Viscount Cantelape, was the eldest son of Earl De-la-Warr. He was born in 1868, and was a Captain in the 3rd Royal West Surrey Regiment (Militia).] A Miss Riordan has heen arrested on a charge of shooting Professor Bright’s daughter. H.M.S. Ringdove, which sailed for Australia on Thursday, has been compelled to return to port, owing to slight defects in her machinery. A car illustrative of the colonies will be included in the Lord Mayor’s procession. On his arrival in Gweedore Mr Balfour was groaned at. Mr J. G. Swift McNeill, M.P. for Donegal South, referring to Mr Balfour’s visit, denounced the coercive policy, and] sneered at the philanthropy of the Government. Mr Balfour resented the intrusion of politics in connection with his visit, and said that he had never repented the coercion adopted by the Government, but on the other hand he was prepared to repeat it if necessity arose. An offer made by a syndicate, including the Marquis ol Hartington and Messrs Barings and Rothschilds, to build a line of fast Atlantic mail steamers, provided the line, is subsidised by Canada, has been accepted by the Canadian Government. H. M. Stanley’s charges against Major Barttelot are now more specific, and it is alleged that the latter was killed owing to his cruelty to the natives. It is probable that a libel action will be insti-

tuted against the publishers ofthe book by Major Barttelot’s friends. . The Times, referring to the charges levelled against Barttelot by Stanley, says that Stanley has accused Barttelot on hearsay evidence of persistent, vindictive, and malignant cruelty ; but on the other hand Barttelott implied that Stanley would not have hesitated to, poison him. •The same journal also says that Stanley Was informed that Jamieson (who succeeded to the command of Barttelot’s party after the murder of the leader, and who subsequently died of fever) purchased a native girl whom one of the cannibal tribes encountered by the expedition killed and ate, so as to enable Jamieson to vividly describe and sketch a cannibal feast. Mrs Jamieson, however; declares that the person from whom Stanley received this information has since admitted to her that he did not tell Stanley the truth. Stanley says that Barttelot beat several of his men to death arid killed one of his servants, a little native boy. He also kicked and threshed a chief’s wife, and cruelly ill-treated others of the party, whose bodies were covered with ulcers infested with maggots. Stanley declares that the Major was killed for striking the native woman, and that his death was justified. Major Barttelot’s brother denies that the Major struck the chief’s wife, and points out that Stanley’s version of the affair is altogether contrary to that given by the dead woman’s husband. He calls for a legal inquiry to be made into the charges brought against his brother by Stanley. The Times remarks that it is necessary that the charges should he legally refuted, otherwise England’s name will be disgraced and the memories of Barttelot and Jamieson execrated. London, November 9. Ic is said that Major Barttelot suspected that Stanley had designs on his life, and would attempt to poison him, in order to secure the sole credit for the success of the expedition. Stanley also says that Barttelot intended to poison Tippoo Tib’s nephew, A modus vivendi between Portugal and Great Britain for six months has been arranged, pending the ratification of the Anglo-Portuguese Convention. The agreements entered into with the natives since August have been annulled, and a British protectorate proclaimed over Zanzibar. Investors are complaining that the tax on companies’ dividends in Queensland involves the payment of a double income tax, and it is pointed out that this will have the. effect of checking the investment of capital in Queensland. Lord Connemara, Governor of Madras, has resigned, and it is suggested that the vacancy should be offered to Lord Carrington. Mr Oscar Meyer, the representative of New South Wales at the late Mining Exhibition at the Crystal Palace, continues to squabble with the Executive for ignoring the services he rendered, and for not awarding him a medal. It is generally believed that the rise in the rate of discount will be steady, but that a panic on the money market need not be feared. Consols and colonial stocks have fallen one-half per cent. The metal market is also depressed. The Economist censures the Victorian Government for its excessive construction of new lines of railway, which it asserts was done to placate the electors and workmen. The Blue Spur Gold Mining Company of Otago is issuing L 26,000 preference shares. The lady cricketers are appealing for a loan to enable them to visit Australia. The Prince of Wales approves of General Booth’s scheme for the foundation of city farms and oversea colonies. Forward business in Australasian wheat is inactive, and foreign arrivals are small. Off coast cargoes have not met with a ready sale. London, November 10. Miss Riordan was arrested on a charge of shooting Professor Bright, not his daughter, as previously mentioned. The cause which led to the affair is said to have been jealousy of the man engaged to Professor Bright’s daughter. The Marquis of Salisbury, speaking at the Guildhall, said that Europe was peaceful, and that peace would last for another year. Referring to the tariff he declared chat England was powerless to retaliate to the extravagant foreign tariffs, as her vital interests were connected with the trade conducted within the Empire. He condemned the action of unwise theorists and silly and interested politicians for misleading the masses with regard to the Eight Hours Bill, and also as to the disputes between labour and capital. The proposed visit of the Czarewitch to India as the guest of Her Majesty the Queen would, he thought, result in much good both to Ruasia and England. He justified the negotiations with Portugal respecting Eastern Africa, and said there were no sinister fears of hostilities arising. •^ n trie case of the Countess of Jersey the symptoms of fever are renewed, and - the family express anxiety. In the details given by Mr Bonny of the rear guard, it is hinted that Major Darttelot was insane, and behaved with the greatest ferocity towards his followers. The publication of Mr Bonny’s statement has caused a sensation, and the press demands that a Commission of Inquiry should be instituted.

Mr Stanley has retained Sir Charles Russell in the libel action which is to, be brought against the publishers of his book by Major Barttelot’s brother. Mr Bonny also confirms Stanley’s charges against Jamieson. The Emin Bey Relief Committee deny that either commercial projects or acquisition of Emin’s stock' of ivory were the : objects of the expedition. London, November IT. Miss Riordan lias confessed to shooting Professor Bright, and has been oomnutttd for trial. :i • y. .. Paris, November 6. ;In liis letter to Le Temps, Mr. Higginson considers if France perseveres in her attempt to secure New Hebrides*, herclaims will be neutralised by the hostile designs of New South Wales- • , Constantinople,, November 6. A manifesto has been circulated by the Armenians inciting the rebels in Turkey. . _ __ . Berlin,. November 6. Dr, Koch is sanguine that his cure for consumption will be successful, and also •that he will be able to successfully treat cases of diphtheria, cholera, typhus, and all infectious diseases. < He repudiates the statement that he intends- to make profit out of his discovery, and intimates his intention of disclosing his method. Berlin, November 7. The Emperor William proposes that the nation should purchase Dr Koch’s consumption cure by conferring a title on him and paying an annuity. It is said that from one month to eight weeks elapses before a complete cure iseffected. - Berlin, November 8. Dr Koch lias completed the experiments with his cure for consumption, and he has now a few private patients under his treatment. In addition; to these he is treating several of the inmates of a charity hospital in Berlin. Large quantities of consumptive lymph are beirig prepared, and it is expected that the secret of the cure will be divulged 1 to the public in about six weeks. The doctor has been inundated with pathetic appeals from the relatives of patients suffering from, consumption; to lose no time in making the disclosures. Amsterdam, November 6, The Duke of Nassau has assumed the regency of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg. Her Majesty the Queen has been appointed Regent of the Netherlands. St. Petersburg, November 7. The Czar has agreed to pay a subsidy to Dr Koch providing his cure for consumption proves effective. Rome, November 8. A meeting, which was of the most cordial nature, has taken place at Milan between General Gaprivi and 1 Signor Crispi. , New York, November 6. The reception of Mr O’Brien is fixed for the 10th inst. The principal box at the theatre in which the reception takes place was put up to auction and purchased by the Mayor of New York for 115 dollars. Mr H. M. Stanley has arrived in New York. New York, November 7. Mr H. M. Stanley received an ovation on his arrival here. He justifies his censure on the conduct of Major Barttelot, and attacks Lieutenants Troup and Bonny, who were members of the rearguard of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. New York, November 9. The Italian Succi, who was successful in fasting for 40 days in London, has begun a 45 days’ fast in this city. A son of Sarah Bernhardt has fought a duel with a journalist in New York, in which the journalist was seriously wounded. Rich gold deposits have been discovered in Feather River, the bed oi California. New York, November 11. A panic took place on the New York Exchange owing to the alarmist reports received from London, but it is hoped that the worst is now over, as matters are quiet in London. Treasury bills, for which tenders were called, were allotted at a discount of L 5 0s 9d per cent. Ottawa, November 8. The efforts made to have the sentence of death passed on Birchall, who was convicted on a charge of murdering an English tourist, commuted to imprisonment for life, have been unsuccessful, and the execution has been fixed to take place on the 14th inst. Pekin, November 8. The Government powder mill at Taiping exploded and three hundred persons were-killed. THE AMERICAN ELECTIONS. New York, November 6. As the returns come in it is seen that the elections have resulted in an astounding increase of the members of the Democratic party. In the Southern, Western, and Eastern States the majority in favour of the Democrats is expected to be quite 150. The press describes the result of the elections as a political revolution. Canada is jubilant at the defeat of the Republicans and the prospect of a revival of friendly trade relations with the United States. New York, November 7. It is said that the Democrats will be likely to reduce the Republican majority in the Senate to six. The Farmers’ Alliance claim to have punished the Republican party for deny-

ing the people the right of f rn T~T~ —- and-they threaten to treattheD C ° party in the same way to enlarge the volume of a?tee McKinley’s N cMeras S K ociat°e?^ er Kß--in the election. “ ave keen The cS,S’J“ b “ 9 - r.% rented in .«?«•'CjjES xue turn tho ©lections ha.v<v have the effect of modifying fc u aho ? °l fche McKi «% g Tariff A* 1 ' 8 ' though the forms of Congfei wHI Acfc ’ some delay to occur before the - e repealed- 4ctis Majoiv McKiniey claims to haver, be reversed at the elections* t? expected that the minimum instead of a maximum tariff will be imposed, and £ free coinage ; of silver will be commeiS The Republican minority in the and the Democratic majority ia the Iff of Representatives nil e?,H e t fe override a veto. 01 P (SPECIAL TO PRESS ASSOCIATION 1 New York, November 6 ’ Major McKinley was defeated for Ohio by two hundred votes. The DemocS majprity m the House is variously matea at rrom 78 to 97. The Democrats carried the North-western and South?! States, and elected the Governor of t sachusetts for New Hampshire Mr J r Blaine declared that the defeat of'the Republican candidate Governor of Pom sylvauia, would be a death blow to Pm', tection, yet the Democrats succeeded by ten thousand votes.: The Democrat elected the Mayor of New York W seventy thousand The Republicans ad nut _ that Mr Grover Cleveland will be the next President of the United Slates. The‘press is jubilant at the result of the elections, which they ascribe to the McKinley tariff. The Democrats have secured four seats in Pennsylvania. Major McKinley, the originator of the tariff, it appears, was defeated hv 421 votes. -i Ex - President Cleveland is greatly pleased at the result of the elections, and asserts that it is essential to adjust the tariff to the reasonable requirements of the Government. The Democrats have a majority of from 80;000 to 100,000 votes. : New York, November 7. It is expected that the McKinley Tariff Act will be repealed. COMMERCIAL AND SHIPPING. (per press association.) London, November 4. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,792,000 quarters, and for the Continent 652,000 quarters. The American visible supply is estimated at 21,248,000 bushels. New Zealand oats, 365. The tallow market is dull, and shows a slight decline. Best mutton, 26s 6d to 27s ; best beef, 25s to 25s 6d. Hides, 3d to 3£d. The money market is firmer. Three months’ bills are quoted at five per cent. Australian and New Zealand Mortgage Company shares, LI; New Zealand Trust and Loan Company, L 8 10s ; National Mortgage Company of New Zealand, 10s; New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, L2 10s. jjj’oYoujbsr 5* Arrived Ardmore, barque, from Timaru (July 15) ; Anglo - Norman, barque, from Oamaru (August 14); Westland, ship, from Wellington (August 9); Alice, barque, from Auckland (August 1 ) London, November 6. Two thousand bales of New Zealand hemp have been sold, good quality realising L2B 10s ; fair, L 27; ordinary, L 23105. . ' Frozen beef is quoted Jd higher, hut mutton is unchanged. H.M.S. Ringdove sailed for Australia to-day. The Blue Spur and Gabriel Gully Mining Company is raising additional capital. -ijMessrs Nelson Bros. (Limited) have declared a dividend of 10 per cent per annum. „ London, November 7. The Bank of England returns published to-day show the total reserve notes and bullion to be L 11,206,000. proportion of reserve to liabilities 34.90. Consols, 94rk, firm. .' , t New Zealand 4 per cent inscribed stocu, 103|; 3i do, 94£. , rV . t South Australian wheat, 383 6d, . firmer ; Victorian wheat, 38s, firm, Zealand long-berried wheat, 3is, s e y> market firmer. . T - in. Kauri gum, good pale scraped, bu New Zealand cheese, best quality, 40 per cwt. firm: Sugar—Best German beet, 12s 6 , Java, 15s 3d. . _ g The bank rate of intersb m no per cent. The rise is believed to to the efflux of gold to Spain. « London, November & The Bank rate of discount has raised, fearing the wi'hdrawal oi millions of money for Spain. Silver, is quoted at 3s lid. . ggLaa As compared with 1889, th • have decreased L 484,000, w ft. exports for the same period nave creased L 592,000. i

the r ise in the Bank rafce of it is probable that gold to the half a million will be withdrawn I * Knain and Portugal, and it is possible 2? the Bank of France will release toprevent a crisis. , : g There is a gloomy feeling prevalent on the ifrchauge* and a decline it. prices, id Argentine stocks, w <a> cent rate of discount is feared. A ,t London, November 9. Tallow is medium—mutton, 25s 3d : vp.f 24s 9dwheat market is improving, Continental is unchanged ' while the American is declining. New Zealand Sat, on passage, 36s 3d-, off coast, 375. irApey is advancing. Three months’ bills are quoted at 5f per cent. London, November 11. Arrived— Audola, ship, from Lyttelton /August 14th). The barque Banca, which left Glasgow on September 17th for Port Chalmers, has put into Bahia, a seaport of Brazil, in a, leaky condition: Ttis expected that it will be necessary to discharge'her in order to effect repairs. It is also reported that her crew had been troublesome and refractory. . It is expected that a million in gold ■will be exported to Russia. Capetown, November 8. Sailed, to-day—R.M.S. Ruapehu, for Hew Zealand, via Hobart. Sydney, November 6. / The following are the current quota1. jjons for the principal silvermining shares Proprietary, Ll 4 ; British, L 3 5s 6d; Centrals, L 7 6s ; North, LI 3s ; South, L 5 4s; Block 14, L 7 103 ; Block 10 Ll 5 17s ; Junctions, L 3 Bs. Sydney, November?. Sailed —Tarawera, for New Zealand. Sydney, November 10. Arrived—Eillan Donan and Conference, from Kaipara. Sailed—Pukaki, for Westport, and the German squadron for Wellington. ■ Sydney, November 11. Arrived—Janet Nicol, from the Bluff. The steamer Pukaki has not sailed for Westport, as mentioned on Monday. Melbourne, November.B. Sailed—Monowai, s.s., for the Bluff. . Melbourne, November 10. Arrived —Killarney and Rainbow, from Whangaroa, and Te Anau, from Bluff. . Albany, November 8. Arrived —Oceania, s.s., from Plymouth. Passengers for New Zealand—Mr and Mrs Halisburton, Mr and Mrs Campbell, Mesdames Gaffken and Bennett, Misses Gaffken, Hall, Ramsay and Newman, Dr Wilson, Rev Ramsay, Messrs Hugill, Woods, Mander, and Pouelton. Sydney, November 8. Sailed—Presto, for Kaipara. Newcastle, November 10. Sailed—Three Cheers, for Auckland, and Ellen, for Kaipara. The Hew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) have received. the following cable messages from their London office, dated 7th inst., viz. : • Frozen Meat.—Mutton market firmer. Canterbuiy is worth 4d and Wellington 3fd per lb. Supplies of American beef ate light. There is a fair demand. New Zealand beef, fore-quarters, is worth 3Jd and hind-quarters 3jd per lb. Tallow. There is rather better demand. Fine mutton is worth 26s 6d, and good beef 24s 9d per cwt. SPECIAL. London, November 5. A deputation, which included Mr T. Archer, Agent General for Queensland, andMrE. M. Nelson, of Nelson Bros., waited upon Mr E. Stanhope, Secretary for War, to-day, and asked him to remove the restriction which had been placed on frozen beef being admitted into the contracts for supplying the army with ®eat. Mr Stanhope promised to give e7 ®7. cons ideration to the request. The tenants on Lord Carrington’s estates in Buckinghamshire and Lincolnehire are preparing an address of welf? me > which they will present to him on p return from New South Wales. Lord „ Urnngtou will also be accorded a public reception by the residents of Wycombe Buckinghamshire), and preparations steal ready being made to receive the exovernor in a worthy manner. Among e signatures to the address are those of pwatds of 2000 chairmakers. . London, November 6. t . ae Daily Chronicle, in an article on Cabinet of Victoria, considers a Mr Munro has succeeded in forming 4 strong Government. nf arikr| al Manning has written a letter v ytnpathy to General Booth, in which d one as enfc ttled to work r London, November 7. ave ’ Dm historian, is in a precariIr u? of heal th. . aC^ono ka3 returned to 1 supposed to be a lunatic,.shot the r?f° r , , obh, one of the masters at Scaped d Univerait; y> in Die groin, and Tha -n «, London, November 10. n ft Daily News contends that the and °f New Zealand are morally, of N^? 8 ™,y a Hy, liable to the holders * Plymouth Harbour Board bonds, cludi'n n , er of Protestant ministers',' inand if " r ®bdeacon Farrar, Dr Parker, have ; evs Han nay, Moulton, and Dods Generafp ~a , n a PP eal in support of Pro? P ro i ecfc - Woun^ Bright is recovering from the inflicted on him by Miss Riordan.

The Portuguese Convention has been withdrawn, and the status quo ante restored, pending the arrangement of a new Convention. • js: Paris, November 6. .- The Customs Committee has, by a largo majority, approved the principle of a double tariff. V, Higginson, owner of, the uolanae mines in New Caledonia, in a letter •to Le Temps, states that Mr Service, of Victoria, is entirely wrong in thinking that the New Hebrides would be overrun with convicts if the islands were annexed to France ; but on the other hand,' he says it is probable that the transportation of, recidivistes would'be suspended if the New Hebrides wholly belonged to France. 1 ' h ; 1 ’: ■ . Paris, November 7. M. Ribot made a statement in : the Chamber of Deputies to-day, declaring that .while France was carrying out a pacific policy, she was preparing for any emergency that may arise ; and he further stated that it was impossible to force the immediate evacuation of Egypt by Great Britain. ' St. Petersburg, November 7. It is feared that another attack, is to be made on the life of the Czar, and in consequence the guards have been increased and vigilance redoubled. Vienna, November 7, The Czarewitch, who is on a visit to the Emperor Francis Joseph, received an ovation on his arrival here. The heir to the throne of Russia visited the resting place of the late Prince Rudolph, and placed a wreath on the tomb. Rome, November 10. General von Caprivi, Chancellor of Germany, and Signor Crispi, Premier of Italy, have confirmed the provisions of the Triple Alliance, and General Caprivi has returned to Berlin. The Pope has insisted upon the Irish Bishops enforcing censure by name on those concerned in the Plan of Campaign and boycotting. • Berlin, November 10. Toxalbumer (sic) is the main ingredient in Dr Koch’s specific against consumption. Experts confirm its success in the treatment for tuberculosis. New York, November 5. The expedition to Lagos, on the slave coast (West Africa), fitted out by Mr Gordon Bennett, proprietor of the New York Herald, starts on Saturday. Commander V. L. Cameron will have charge of the expedition. Messrs Dillon and O’Brien have met with cool receptions in many parts of the States. New York, November 6. Sir J., McDonald, the Premier of Canada, declines meddling with Messrs O’Brien and Dillon on'the question of provincial law. Ottawa, November 6. Mrs Birchall, whose husband has been condemned to death on a charge of murdering an English tourist, has presented a petition to the Minister of Justice praying for a reprieve. The Minister has promised to carefully consider the evidence and submit a report to his Excellency the Governor. Cairo, November 7. It is stated that the followers of the Mahdi have dwindled down to 2000. Washington, November 10. The American committee formed to raise funds for the relief of the famine, stricken districts in Ireland has withdrawn its appeals, owing to the measures taken by Mr Balfour to alleviate the distress. Chicago, November 10. A parade of 10,000 anarchists took place yesterday.