LATE TELEGRAMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1890, 10 February 1888, Page 21

LATE TELEGRAMS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN. (Special to Pbbss Association.)

London, February 3. Mr H. F. Beaumont, M.P. for Colne Valley, Yorkshire South, has declined to accede to the request of his constituents that he should resign his seat owing to his having ceased to support Mr Gladstone. The Right Hon. Anthony Mundella, presidingatthe meeting of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, referred to the existing commercial depression, and said he thought, as far as the colonies were concerned, they had touched the lowest point of the depression, and were now beginning to rise again. New Zealand was already resuming her former activity and prosperity. The Colonial Office has forwarded a despatch to the Queensland Government in which it announces that a satisfactory settlement of New Guinea difficulties has at length been arrived at, and a proclamation, of sovereignty will be issued shortly. The Marquis of Ripon was entertained at luncheon at the Mansion House, Dublin. The health of her Majesty the Queen was drunk with enthusiasm. A horrible accident occurred at Dublin to-day. The female lion- tamer Senide placed her head in the mouth of a lion for the purpose of having her photograph taken in that position. The flash of the camera startled the animal and caused it to close its jaws and worry the woman like a mouse. The unfortunate woman was dreadfully mangled, and expired almost immediately. February 4. The total quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,524,000 quarters. The market remains firm. Seven thousand quarters of Australian wheat, on the passage, have been held for 345; 6000 of the January shipments have been held for 33s 9d. The Colonial Ammunition Company has been formed to take over and work the factory of Captain Whitney at Auckland. Messrs O'Brien and Dillon have left on a ,visit to Marseilles for the benefit of their health. The Duke of Abercorn, who was a member of the deputation of Irish landowners which waited on Lord Salisbury to-day, said that many of the landlords in Ireland were on the verge of starvation, and that owing to the state of Ireland their properties were quite unsaleable. Lord George Hamilton has replied to the statements of Lord Charles Beresford in reference to the conduct of affairs in the Admiralty. He denied that the naval Lords were unanimous, and that the Government finding that the opinions of the junior Lords were divided, had exercised their authority as a Cabinet. February 5. The Marquis of Ripon and the Right Hon. John Morley have returned from Dublin. Mr Gladstone is at present at Cannes, and his health has greatly benefited by the trip. He will return here in time for the opening of Parliament on Thursday. The Earl of Fife has arrived in Berlin, and has received a visit from Count Herbert Bismarck. It is believed that his lordship is on a mission to Germany. The Arabs, under Osrnan Digna, have made a raid on Suakin, and killed seven of the garrison. A force of cavalry pursued them, and succeeded in dispersing them. The Comte de Montebello, the French Ambassador at Constantinople, has had an interview with Kiamil Pasha, the Grand Vizier, and has assured him that the Damascus "incident" will not disturb the harmony existing between France and Turkey. There is a growing anxiety over the strikes which are occurring throughout the United States. Several fatal affrays have already taken place in the Pennsylvanian mines, and at Pittsburg members of the Knights of Labour Society made a violent attack on the negro workmen. News from tho Italian camp in Abyssinia states that the balloonist corps has reached Sati. The Premier, Signor Crispi, has proposed an increase of the duties on cereals in Italy to five lire.