BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Otago Witness, Issue 2105, 28 June 1894, Page 36

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Press Association— By Telegraph — Copyright. London, June 19. Two Victorian cargoes of wbeat have been sold at 245. The New Sonth Wale 3 experimental shipment of honty has arrived in excellent condition. Victorian poultry sold at 2 i G 1 Piayirg for the Gentlemen of England against Notts, Mr A. E. S^oddart scored 148. Brail, formerly of the Autonomie Club, has been charged at Bow street wiih felony, aud having in his possession explosives and placs* for poisoning and shooting tLe police and traitors to Anarchy. The Chronicle states that, acting under French influence, the Porte has protested against the CoDgo Treaty. A Russian warship has been ordere3 to Macaco. It is reported that the opponents to wool being admitted free are renewing their ■efforts to have a duty imposed, and a conflict with the Lower House is feared in consequence. June 20. Sir George Grey has been entertained at luncheon by the National Liberal Club. The Marquis of RipoD, who presided, referred in eulogistic terrrs to the eged statesman. Sir G. Grey, in replying, urged the Government to promote feck ration between Great Biitain, the colon'e*, and America for common objec'p, leaving local government intact. Bishop Selwyn read a paper at the meetJDg of the Colonial Insti-ute, in the course of which he said colonial Governments alone ought to import Kanaka?, and care ought to be taken to limit tbe number of r* emits so as to prcvent»the depopulation of the islands. He advocated the appointment of peripatetic officers to supervise the traffic, and said a native police force would be able to maintain peace at the islands. Sir George Grey took part in the discussion on the paper, and concurred in the views expressed by Bishop Selwyn. Lord Stanmoro contended that recruiting cu^ht to be conducted under the supervision of tbe Imperial Government. Sir J F. Garrlck, Agent-eeneral fcr Qaeen^land, defended tbe existing system of recruiting. A terrible tragedy ia reported from South Shields, where a teaman named Goodwin aod his son were found with their throats cut acd Mrs Goodwin with her bead battered in. It is believed that Goodwin ccurdtrel his wife and Bon and then committed suicide. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United K-ngdom is 3,520,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,400,000 quiitere. ' A South Australian wheat cargo has been sold at 233 6.1, while a Victorian cargo has bsen resold at 24s 3d. Union Steam Ship Company's shares are quoted at £7 1O. J , New Zealand ShippiDg Company's at £2 15?, and the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's at £G s*. A nurse named Gillespie, connected with tha Hackney Training School, has been sentenced to five yearb' imprisonment on s* charge of cruelly ill- treating the children under her care, whom she had beaten with nettles. Erasmus Wiman, of New York, who is a director of tbe Central Cyclone Company, has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment for foigery, The proposed stock conver&ion trust for i he purpose of dealing with the deposit receipts of the reconstructed banks will cot convert tbe securities unless they receive a ceitain proportion of each bank's deposits. Ie is proposed to begin with a million. Mr Gladstone has found it impossible to accept the invitation to visit Ametica. The value of th 3 rupee has been ofGcially fixed at 13£ d till September. The United States Committee appointed to look into the question of the Nicaragua Canal k commend the issue of stock to the amount of £16,500,000 for carrying out the work, and that it be supervised by three United States army engineers. The Pope in an Encyclical, appeals to Eastern Protestants to join the Oathtlic Church. The youßg Sultan of Morocco has imprisoned Muley Mahommed, bis elder brother, owing to the latter's intriguer. June 21. A decision has been come to whereby England virtually cancels the lease of tbe territory between Lake Tanganyika and Lake " Albert Edward, Germany allowicg Mr Rhodes, Premier of Cape Colony, to construct an uninterrupted telegraph line between the Cape aDd thp Nil?. The Australian Bank Deposit Trust proposes to iesue L 2.000.000 of marketable stcck against the deposit receipts of tbe following banks : — Australian Joint Stock Back, English, Scottish, an*l Australian Chartered Bdtk, National Back of Australia, London Bank of Australia, Bank of Victoria, and Commercial B -ck of Sydney. Miss Bettini, daughter of the late Madame Trebelli-Bettini, is disputing her mother's bequests to the Academy of Music. Evidence was given that tho latter had disinherited her daughter owir-g to the latter'a misconduct. Counsel for Miss Bettini alleged tt>at • they had quatrallad because the mother refused to permit her own lover to marry the daughter. Tne Rev. Mr Ottlay, Vicar of Eastbourne, has been offered the Bishopric of Wellington. It is probable that Sir William MicGregor, Administrator of British New Guinea, will succeed Sir J. B. Tburston as Governor of F.ji. Ihe Deposit Trust offer to convert a quarter of a million esch of the Victorian and National Bark deposits, half a million each of the Joint Stock Bank, the London Bank of Australia, acd th* CjD>jaerti=l Bank ot Australia (n-jt of Sydaey), into 1,075,000 first chargu 4 per cents , GOO.OOO second charge 4.} per csut., and 325,000 reversions.; y stcck. An Auhtiali&n wheat cargo has be~n sold at 23s G'J. The death of Lord Forrester is announced. June 22. Bir J. F. Garrick (Agent- general for Q i entland), Sir Saul Samuel (Agent-general

for New South Wales), Hon. R. E. O'Connor (M.L.C., New South Wale=), Hon. David Murray (M.L.C., South Australia), Hon. WMiara Gisborne ("formerly of New Zealand), Professor Jenks (formerly of Melbourne University), and Bishop Webber (of Brisbane) are among the delegates attending the University Extent ion Conpres?. The Duchess of York gave birth to a son at 10 o'clock this evening. B 3th are doing well. June 23. The St. James's Gazette, referring to the report that the Dutch Government refused to compensate Captain Carpenter and owners and crew of the Sydney-owned vessel Costa ltica Pocket for seizure in Java waters, declares (hat unless the Imperial Gjveinmenfc acs fir oily and quickly New South Wales will cause trouble. It is reported that the Queen has invited the Ameer of Afghanistan to visit England. Brail, the Anarchist, charged with felony and having' in his possession plans for the destruction of the police and traitors of Anarchism, has been committed for trial. At his lodgings were found apparatus tor coining. After the victory of one of the Prince of Wales's horses at Ascot, the dissenters erected a Scriptural banner opposite the royal enclosure. A l&rge crowd assembled and several scrimmages ie3ulted, but the police succeeded in restoring order. Lnreaa, recently president of tho robel Government in Brezi), haa been executed. Mr Stoddarb has asked liicbard^on, the Surrey bowler, to join the ciicket team for Australia. Sir FieOerlok Young has published a letter, recently received from a promineut South Australian, supgesting that the colonies should impose a differential duty of 5 per cent. io. favour of British goods as against foreign. A collUion has taken place between the steamer Dslans and a New .Yoik liner on the Atlantic. The accident happened during the night, and both vessels were seriuusly damaged, but the watertight bulkheads saved n disaster, and the vessels proceeded on their jourcey. June 2-i. The Duke ard Ducluss of York have received numerous congratulations on the biit'a of an heir. Her Mcj-esty tLe Queen and the Princess of Wales are among tnose who sent congratulations. The Datch Government, in reply to the British representative regardicg the seizure of the Costa Rica Packer, suite that the question is still under consideration. Lord Kimberley h-ss forwarded another C3rnmunicatioD, insisting on an early decision of tbe case. ' The colonial produce exhibi's at the Cambridge Agricultural Show are only fairly satisfactory, and appear to have been prepared too hurriedly. Some of the wines are muddy. The gsneral exhibits are limited, and are not representative. June 25. Both the Duchess of York and her eon are doing well. There were 1500 callers on Sunday. The newspapers welcome the birth of a male child as securing tho succession in a direct line. Rtfertnco was made to the incident even in the pulpits yesterday, and at several churches tbe organs played tho National Anthem. European Coarts hsve all sent messages of congratulation. A new tcrpedo-destroyer has achieved a speed of 29£ knots on it 3 (rial trip, beating the record of those which have preceded it. The Chancellor of the Exchequer will move an address to the Queen congratulating h^er on the birth of a prince. Sir S. Samuel has ascertained that the Dutch Government are undecided as to what course to tak-> with respect to the Costa Rica Packet claims. The Coptic's shipment of butter arrived in sound condition, and will be put into store. Sue ie usable to discbarge her meat owing to (he cold stores beitg glutted. The Times condemns the Deposit Trust Company as an attempt to convert creditors into shareholders, and declares that such schemes, which are unsound from top to bottom, ought not to be countenanced. Tbe Times, referring to the Stock Conversion Trust, soggeßts that the banks themselves should offer a million of deposit receipts as stock, repayable in 15 years, making the exchange when the first instalment now repayable matures. The deposit trust scheme contemplates the division of stock into three sections — the first charge yielding 4 per cent , the second 4£, and the third the reversion. June 26. The Victorian exhibits at the Cambridge Exhibition are attractively arranged. The grain and cheese are considered especially good. The National Lifeboat Association of Great Britain has offered to supply New South Wales with lifeboats for the purpose of establishing a service in the colony. Lord Aberdeen will officially welcome the conference delegates at Ottawa. Lord Jersey and the Australian delegates will reply. The Canadians wish to limit the discasiion to trade relation?, cable and steamship services, and exclude the Samoan question and Imperial defence. Paris, Jure 20. The Opera Comique in Paris has engaged Miss France 3 Savilie (Miss Simonsen). M de Loucle, addressing the Chamber of Deputies, urged that France should demand free navigation of the Nile and a free passage through Egjpt. The Chamber of Deputies has agreed to the first reading o? a bill conceding Home Rule to Pari°. June 21. In the French Chamber of Deputies M. Cavaignac gave notice to introduce a bill providing that the graduated tax on incomes derived from industry should be 50 per cent, less than on io comes derived from capital. June 25. A iishing boat capsized off tbe coast of New Jersey, and 21 of the occupants were drowned. Beblin, June 19. It is believed tri3t an accorap ice of the man at present in custody on a charge of being concerned iv an extensive forgery of bank notes will shortly arrive in Adelaide on board a steamer which recently left Hamburg for that port. The notes were forged in Hamburg, and it is thought that his

intention is to utter them in the Australasian colonies. June 22. Herr Kootze, Master of Ceremonies at the Emperor's Court, has been arrested for writing anonymous letters to the leaders of society accusing them of scandalous offences. June 23. The Emperor of Germany desires that Koolz3 (?), Master of Ceremonies at his Court, should receive immediate and exemplary punishment. Buda Pesth, June 21. A flood of an appalling character has been experienced 4 throughout Hungary. Thousands of houses have been swept away, while the loss of sheep and cattle has been enormous. Numbers of peasants have also been drowned. Tae damage is estimated at £6,000,000. The Hungarian Uppsr House, by a majority of four voteß, approved of the Civil Marriage Bill. St. Petersburg, June 19. There is a great out.cry in Russia at the low prices ruling for wheat, which will prevent profitable sales of the heavy crop. A leaky ferry boa*-, conveyirg a party of 70 picnickers, mostly youth 3 and girls, sank in the Samara, a tributary of the Volga. Forty-five were drowned. Terrible sCeues occurred when the struggling mass was precipitated into the water. June 22. Nine warehouses in Finsburg were gutted by fire, the damage being estimated at £150,000. The face of the telegraph wires bccomiJL'g red hot and falling to the ground was fraught with considerable danger. A mine was discovered on the railway lino between Orel and Vetebsk, which it iB supposed was intended to demolish the Imperial train going to the array nrinocuvres. Jane 2G. A mine was found near a church at Boris i which the Czar was expected to consecrate., A number of bomb 3 and infernal machines-; were also discovered in a cellar at St. Petersburg. It is reported that two Cabinet Ministers are compromised by the- disclosures. Constantinople, June 23 The Khedive arrives here on Monday. The Sultan is reported to be incensed at the British invitation to the Khedive, to visit EDgland without first consulting him. Rome, June 21. The Pope appeals to all Christian churches to unite with the Roman Catholics. Sofia, June 21. Prince Ferdinand is reported to have icforrned an interviewer that he. had received 20,000 telegrams congiatulatiog him on the dismissal of M. Starabulofr, and that the country was unanimous in its joyful approval qf his action. Belgrade, June 25. Kiog Alexander of Servia will pay a vitifc to the Sultan of Turkey. Madrid, June 20. Muley Mahommed, elder brother of the Sultan of Morocco, has abandoned his claims to th.3 throne and recognised Abdul Aziz as Sultan. Hongkong, June 19. The plague is increasing, the natives being quite helpless to prevent its spreading. Night and day they parade the streets firing crackers acd carrying joss sticks. The Vjceroy of Canton has publicly offered up sacrifices to propitiate " the devils." June 20. The plague now shows signs of abating. June 23. The Japanese Government have landed 5000 troops in Corea with a view to maintaining order. This action has led to strained relations with the Chinese Government, and the latter have ordered a fleet to proceed to Chemulpo to safeguard Cbiaese interests. Calcutta, June 22. The Indian Currency Association recommend reducing the currency by the sale of rupees as bullion, and raising the price to Is s£a. Tokio, June 22. A severe shook of earthquake has been experienced at "Yokohama and Tokio. Several natives were killed and injared, and great damage was done to property in all directions. Zanzibar, June 22. It is believed the French Government will establish a naval station at Fort Dauphin, in Madagascar. Capetown. June 20. The Transvaal Government are arresting Britishers who refuse military service. Sir Jacobus De Wet, the British agent, has entered a protest in the matter. June 21. Intense feeling has besn created among British residents in Johannesburg on account of the arrest of an Englishman for refusing military service. The Tranßvaal troops stormed Malabach's stronghold, each terrace being successively forced while the assailants were covered Iby artillery. The Malabach deserted the position and retired. WASHINGTON, June 20. Norwegian and Gsrman vessels are sealing in the Behring Sea. They contend that the award of the commission does not apply to them. June 21. The Senate has postponed the final settlement of the free-wool question, and has removed sugar from the free list. June 22. The Senate has fixed six years as the duration of the ircome tax.