BRITISH AND FOREIGN. London, April 13.

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BRITISH AND FOREIGN. London, April 13.

The Standard declares that Victorian and New Zealand butter Is superior to Danish, , and that New Zealand ohceie is better than Che Dutch ar'icle. ' Three ■ o;.j«rars have been arrested at Bath on of being concerned in the Muxwell Ledge murder. Their wrest wa* effected after a fierce resistance. TwoconTicts will also be charged with complicity in tbe crime. The annual report of the British and Australasian .Trust and Loan Company shows a profit of LIG.OIB. Toe turn of L3OIB has been carried forward, and a deorease in the value of seurities is also provided for. The tilttctora recommend tbe payment of a dividend of- & per cent: The P. and O. Company are Issnlng I»300j000 worth of 3£ per cent, debentures. April 14s The victim of the murder, which occurred fc February last at Muswell Lodge, for, irbicb three conjurers and two oonviots have been- arrested, was Henry Smith, a retired Iron merchant. The two conviots, who are regarded as principals in the. affair, had eluded pursuit for weeks. They had engaged the conjurers as a- means to obtain funds, »nd< are Relieved to have been concerned in a large number of burglaries. When arrested they tried to shoot their captors. The conjurers have- been released. A clue was first obtained by a brother of one of. the convicts describing, a lamp,, recently lost, which was identical with the one found at the scene oi the burglary. . The Bradford market is dnll and weak. The alteration is caused by rumours of impending failures. The personalty of the late John- Lysaght, galvanised iron- merohant, was sworn at L419;249. Sir, Arthur inherits most of the -Australian property. An explosion, occurred in a colliery at Wellington, Northumberland. Seventeen were. kiHed- and many injured. Tbe • Hay. syndicate has purchased the works an* rights of the Pneumatic Tyre .Company fdr three millions. The, original capital .of the company was L 22.500, and np - to date L6sß,ooo'has bean paid in dividends. tt fa expected the oompany will be refloated With ; a c»pitaLo£ six millions. . April IK The Eimutakn, bound from Wellington to London, put into Monte Video with her machinery injured. She was expected to tesmne her voyage yesterday. I Twenty thousand people have bean vaccl- i Bated in Gloucester since the outbreak of Imallpox. People who had. previously manifested opposition to vaccination are repentIng of their attitude. . The P. and O. Company's new steamer .India ba&beon launched at "(Jreenock. Apr.il 16. - ~ Tbe ordinary stock of' Guinness and Co. is quoted at LSIO. Shares rose L3O in one l rlay. . -The Rev, Mr Napp,- an American missionary who was expelled from Diarbekir, faas arrived at Aleppo.- - .The Trust Agency Oompany of Australasia haadecJjureiadiTidend of 2o percent.. < ,

1 The E., S., and A. Bank shows a profit of ,L 2537. A loan of £10,000 enabled the j directors to postpone the call. April 17. Bishop Moorhonse, speaking on the Voluntary Schools Bill, said it would be neoessary >to rate the voluntary and tho board schools on a similar basis. April 19. Shareholders of the Van Diemen's Land Company have authorised the sale of the : concession of the Waratah-Zeehan railway, which, includes 150 acres of land at Surrey Hills, in Tasmaniai . Mrs- Rowan, a well-known floral painter, has opened a great exhibition of -her paintings of Australian flowers, which is creating much interest. Two Naw York burglars • have been arrested in London for a jewellery robbery ] involving L 20.000. . j Pabis, April 13. Baton Schroeder died from the effects of a wound received in the duel, arising out of the recent scandals, with M. Katza, The German papers comment on the duel in ahostile spirit, April 15. At- the request of the Sultan the Premier has forbidden the organ of the Young Turkey party to be published or circulated in France. There is a public outcry at hi* action. Berlin, April 15. The German court* ordered' the owners of the steamer Craithie to pay to the owners of the steamer Elbe, which was sunk in a collision, the sum of 565,500 florins. v April 16. A new system of rebates on freight on German railways will enable Westphalia coal to be landed' in England at a sufficiently low rate to compete with English coal. April 17. The German Government are negotiating with tbe New Guinea Company for the transfer of the rights of the company, with a view to the colony being brought under direct Imperial control. • St. Petbbßbto<j, April 16. It is reported Here that Russia' is parleying with England ia regard to the latter's move- , ments in-Egypt.\ The Czar's coronation will cost L 1,500,000 sterling. A Russian warship will convey Li Hung Chang; from Port Said to Odessa. Li Hung ia, to represent China at the coronation ceremony. The Russian Government have asked Bulgaria to reinstate the officers who took refuge in Russian territory after King Alexander abdicated the'tbronei April 17. The Novosti urgas the Balkan States "to unite in dealing a heavy blow at Austria. April 19, The Cziir and Prince Ferdinand* of Bulgaria will uv.-'i'' tX Tsarkoe Palace. Constantinople, April 16 The Sultan has created Prince Ferdinand a marshal and bestowed decorations lavishly on the Bulgarian officials. Sofia, April 15. Prince Ferdinand has' started on a visit to St. Petersburg. ; Rome, April 18. Saueral galdtewa jtltiaai the govern).

ment that he will await the result of peace negotiatioEß before relieving Adigrat. BihjsseljS, April 16. It is reported here that Major Lothaire was tried and acquitted by the officials of the Congo Stato for the murder of Mr Stokes, but tbe report is not confirmed. , Madeid, April 15. Marceo, one of the rebel leaders in Cuba, entrapped a Spanish column in a narrow defile in the mountains) and inflicted on them heavy losses. SHAnaHAi, April 17. Core* is borrowing eight million dollars from Russia on the security of the province of HoDg Yeng. Washington, April 14. The Judiciary Committee of the Senate has declined to intervene in Mra Maybrick's case. Ottawa, April 16. After another stonewall sitting Lasting 80 hours the Government withdrew the Manitoba Schools Bill. Parliament is to be dis- ' solved, and the general elections v»ill take place in June. Both parties are confident of success, Sir Mackenzie Bowell states that even if Great Britain favoured an Imperial zollverein. the colonies would- not approve of it without Imperial preference duties. Mr Chamberlain's reference to increased trade was a I happy .augury. A second shipment of 20,000 bushels of Canadian wheat has been sent to Australia. The Canadian- Paciflo Railway Company offer to reduce' rates to encourage the export tiade.