LATE TELEGRAM.

Otago Witness, Issue 1951, 11 April 1889, Page 22

LATE TELEGRAM.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN. (Peb Pbess Association.) London, April 10. It is reported that, the Marquis of Londonderry (Lord Lieutenant of Ireland) will resign that office in August next for private reasons. The Shah of Persia will pay a visit to England in July. It is expected that the Duke of Abercorn will succeed the Marquis of Londonderry as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. The Marquis of Salisbury was much disinclined to accept the Marquis of Londonderry's resignation, but the latter declined to ' reconsider 'the matter on the ground that the Marchioness ' was unequal to the strain of fulfilling iher social duties. Great inducement has been offered ,to| Mr Speight, the Victorian Railway 'Conimis^ sioner, who is now on a visit to England, to return to London and accept a position in the Midland Railway Company. t Mr' J. A.' Froude's new novel, just'publiphed, 1 'deals' with social life in Ireland diiringr' the "last century,' and treats on themisgbvernment then prevalent. Her Majesty iW Queen' attended [the funeral of the Duchess of Cambridge in Kew Cemetery, and laid a wreath of flowers on the coffin. Mr Thomas Buckland, of Charters .Towers (Queensland), has commenced an" action against "the Echo- newspaper' for £25,000 damages," for alleged libel contained' Jn a, statement published by thai journal to! the effect that Mr Buckland was anabscon'der. '* In the House' of Commons' Lord Henry Bruce, M.P. f dr. Ohippenham division, Wilts, has given. notice of a question tasking the Admiralty to iecognise the services of the Calliope's "officers and crew , iii saying thY vessel.in'fclie recent hurricane^ at $am6a.j Mr, Henniker Heaton has aAaSged that Sir Charles . Russejl, Q;O.,' ijhali arbitrate in tbe-dispufces connected with the'afliftiin'strk- f tion of the Vandeleiif' estate$ l lrelaiid7 ' ' : ' v ,Mr Gladstone' declined!^to,'.' support' Dr Clark^s?M.P;. for'Caithae/sy'ab'itract 'mV-. tion ;in'favßur:,of a;s^aral»'Pai|ia ! m'enti for Scotland, oh' the ground' ! thlfe the question

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j. was poOipe for settlement. TFfieZmotion i' i^as^egaJtive^yfa majdrjtj.'of Wl^ ■ i > „ The .death ,<is announced of Michel-Engene OKevreutyacentenariani'he havinjg beenborn 'in;tKe'y^arl7B6: ■", >'.' '/ ;;' " " 7 ?s<l Chevreui,,Miche!,-Bugene, chemist, 1 / was> bora at Anglers, August ,3l, 1786., iHavlngf completed hit studies; in,, the .Central ; School' of (that place, at the ,ageofjl9,he went to Paria,*where he .was engaged In thejchemical faotory.<of.J;hQ celebrated. Vauquelin, who discovered in his young, pupil such aptitude and sagaoityn that "he .entrusted th», direction ,of hit laboratory to him. <* In ; 1810 heww prepiurator of the , chemical,- course -in the Museum .of; Natural History, , and in ; 1813 ■> i was, appointed . ,profesaor ia the Lycee, Charlemagne and ofjlcer. of the unireri sity-i In 1824 he wag made director of, the, dyeriet .and professor, of special chemistry';iattheiOarpeti manufactory of the Gtobelinsi where he.had^eiiure to follow his f a vouritepunuits Into detail, one of jyhich .was his investigation, of, animal- oiU, or- greaie. In .1823 M. Ohevreul publiehedja , work on thfa fcubjeot. for which, the .Society for, the BnoouragemeHt of , NationaWndustry awarded him theprize otl3,ooofr. M . Ohevreul , has written , various j ioientifio -works. Some of these have been translated! into,,, variom European languages. M. Ohevreul; has, contributed to the proceedings of .scientific, societi.es, to dictionaries and other works. <JtadB3o> he. succeeded his- former master,. Vauquelin,,in,the ,qhair of chemietry-at the; Museum of Natural History, sinoe which . time, he has , become. - Eellow,, of the Koyal .Society, of London and president *of < the Society of Agriculture.! Jn 1864 he was. appointed^ director of the Museum of Natural History for five, years, and iv 1869 reappointed for another, quinquennial period. He was made Commander of the Legion, of (Honour, September 24, 1844. ' ; . " Paris, April 10. The, Belgian GoYferrimeiit have 'cauijioned General Boiijanger. 1 ' , ,"■, V Warrants have been issued for the arrest of Henri Bochefort and Cpun'^Dil&tf:! 1 The Senate has passed' the bill 'consjjt'uting itself a court to. hear the (charges -against persons accused 1 of 1 complicity with the Patriotic League by,a nia;jority'of 100; General 'Boulangerihas,,announced his in* tention of visiting England-shortly. 1 ' - It is probable that GetieM'.'Bqtilatiger will reside in England should" he . be"expelled from 1 Brussels; . - «..-■;; Washington^ 4gfrll 9. It is reported here that Prince Bxsinarck has proposed that neither • America nor Germany shall send any further reinforcements to Samoa, either of 7 ship's" "or 'troops, until the whole question shall have been settled at the conference on Samoan affairs to be held at Berlin, and that' Mr Blame has agreed to this. ' "" ,~ The United States delegates ; for the Samoan Conference sail for Berlin on the 13th inst. It is stated in New York that Bismarck has refused to receive Mr George Bates as one of the United States delegates to the Samoan Conference. Prince Bismarck's objection is based on the fact that Mr Bates has written articles attacking Germany's conduct in Samoa.