BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 996, 3 April 1891, Page 28

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION’ .) London, March 25. Shareholders of the Anglo Australian Printing and Publishing Union (Limited) are endeavouring to make Mr Horatio Bottomley, Managing Director, liable for the sum of L 90,000, which has disappeared. Tbs Agents-General are pressing Sir John Pender to begin the cable redactions on April 10, but it is more likely to be the Ist of May before they come into effect. The delay is owing to parleying with Russian and Indo-European lines. The last Victorian loan is in fair de mand at par. London, March 26. England will officially exhibit at the "World’s Fair at Chicago. The Eastern Extension Company has informed the Agents-General that it will be impossible to reduce the cable rates earlier than Ist May, as the Company is unable to lower the charge without the consent of the Governments who have granted concessions. The reduced rates must begin simultaneously on all sections.

The syndicate which has been formed to woik the iron deposits in the Illawarra district, New South Wales, proposes to seek the co-operation of Sir Thomas Lewis and other large ironmasters to raise a million of capital. Prompt action will be taken so as to provide one-third of the million immediately. London, March 28. The Portuguese Government will submit to the Marquis of Salisbury a fresh basis for an Anglo Portuguese convention concerning the South African difficulty. London, March 29. Further assaults have been made on Mrs Jackson, who was recently abducted by her husband. Shortly after the abduction her friends obtained a writ of habeas corpus compelling Jackson to release her, and as she was passing through the streets to-day she was set upon by a disorderly mob, who were apparently instigated by her husband. The spot-barred billiard match, in which J. Roberts (champion) conceded "W. J. Peall 12,000 points in 24,000, for LSOO a-side, resulted in the defeat of the champion by 2590 points. Obituary—R. Pilling, the well-known cricketer. Berlin, March 25. The census which has recently been taken shows the population of Germany to be 49i millions. Berlin, March SO. Dr Koch has returned to this city. Belgrade, March 25. Both ex-King Milan and Queen Natalie have been ordered to leave Servia during the minority of their son Alexander, the present King, but will be permitted to see him ODce a year. Queen Natalie refuses to sign such an agreement as condemning her to banishment. Roue, March 27. The Bank at Leghorn has suspended payment. Its liabilities are said to amount to L 2,000,000. Paris, March 28. An Englishman named Lea has been arrested here on charges of bigamy. It is alleged that he has gone through the marriage ceremony no less than 43 times, and after each celebration he disappeared, taking with him the wedding presents. St. Petersburg, March 28. The Russian Government has chartered six foreign steamers for the purpose of conveying emigrants, recruits, and war material to Vladivostock. Washington, March 25. Fifteen hundred deaths from influenza have been recorded in Chicago in a fortnight, and seven hundred at Pittsburg. At Alleghany and other places it seems to be declining. Washington, March 26. The death rate from influenza at Chicago is 150 per day. Scores of doctors are confined to bed by it. Ten thousand cases have occurred at Pittsburg. President Harrison has appealed to the Marquis of Salisbury to prevent the Chinese from entering the United States, via Canada. Sir John Macdonald, Premier of Canada, who was consulted on the matter by Lord Salisbury, declares that it is impossible to accede to President Harrison’s request. Ottawa, March 28. Actuated by the decision of the Privy Council in the case of Ah Toy v. Musgvove, Collector of Customs, Melbourne, the Government of the Dominion i;? preparing to legislate in the same direction as the Australian Colonies respecting the exclusion of the Chinese. Buenos Axres, March 29. A conspiracy has been detected among the police, who seized a number of rifles. Several arrests were made. San Francisco, March 30. Information from Honolulu states that the Reformers are opposing several of the appointments made by the Queen in the Hawaiian Cabinet. New York, March 29. One thousand deaths are reported in Chicago from influenza this week. Dr Gentry, of Chicago, claims to have discovered the influenza microbe. John O’Connor, one of Parnell's delegates to America, is at Boston suffering

from influenza, and his condition is regarded as critical. New York, March 30. The influenza epidemic is spreading throughout America. St. Petersburg, March 30. The influenza epidemic has re-appeared in some parts of Russia. SPECIAL. London, March 29. It is rumoured that Mr J. S. Blaine and Lord Salisbury have amicably settled the case of the Sayward, the British sealer which was seized for an infringement of the Behring Sea fishery regulations in January. Buenos Ayres, March 25. The proposed coalition between Generals Roca and Mitre is favourably received in the Argentine. Lisbon, March 25. One hundred and sixty of the soldiers who were imprisoned after the rising at Oporto have been sentenced to deportation. Lisbon, March 26. Major Serpa Pinto, the well-known explorer, is seriously ill. Paris, March 26. The Queen of England met with a brilliant reception at Grasse. Vienna, March 27. It is reported there has been a large concentration of Russian troops on the Austrian frontier.