BRITHISH AND FOREIGN.

Otago Witness, Issue 2206, 11 June 1896, Page 16

BRITHISH AND FOREIGN.

London; June 1. Me Q adstone praises the paternal attitude of the Pope in inquiring into the, validity of certain English ocder&of the Rjman Catholic Church. The Irish Educations-Bill is endangered, owing'Co thre attitude of the Roman Catholic feishopsi June 2. The colbnial Agentß'general 1 leave on Monday to attend tne Telegraph Conference at Buda Pest'b. The Pacific? cable question' has heea postponed until their return. The excesses committed by the rebels in Nicaragua'compelled the British and Amerfr can. warships-, to land marines ab Corinto to defend the English bank. General Metula threatened to attack them, whereupon the Ships wore- cleared' for action', and General Mcula apologised. Mr Sinclair, the Victorian produce agent, Is vuiting the Scottish centres to encourage diiffiGt trade; Sir. Oi Tapper considers that there is a good prospect, of the colonies maturing a vcheme- at an. early date which will, justify Lord Salisbury in renouncing, the German sod Belgian, treaties. •Thirteen lady students have taken mathematical honours at Cambridge University. June 3. The. committee of foreign, bondholders bave written to Mr Chamberlain complaining of tbe treatment of the HTew Plymouth -bondholders; and threaten to- oppose, the < quotation of the text New Zealand loan on. the Stock Exchange. The Hon; Mr Reeve? also wrote' to Mr, Chamberlain..aesarlngbim the New Plymputb bondholder* bad' na«"real grievance, and ridiculing their threats. The- House of Commons, by a majority of I*l, declined to adjourn over Derby Day; The Antwerp' wool gales? open on the l9th Inet., when 9000' bales will. m. offered, of which 70s are- Australian. The> Committee of F*ddiiagfcon Ve»try Itrongly recommended! tkeuseof Australian hardwood for street paving. Lord Dufferin, in bidding farewell to thti members of the British Chambers of Commerce who visited- Paris, said thatr tfiat diplomacy was best which would: devise? a mean* of preventing the; armed forces of' Europe from'coming infcer. conflicts Jane-4* Sir M. Hickß-Beaoh ha* written t<r Sic Saul Samuel regretting he is unable to comply with- his request with reference to the income tax-exemptions ss it would involve* a^ heavy loss in revenne, Sir Morley, apeskicg at Leeds, denounced CfieSoudau expedition as the> outcome of a bastard; Imperial instinct. Obituary:Sln George 1 Johnson* the- well*known- medical authority.. Jane 5. At tbe-anntrsF meeting' of. the? Pt and O. Company SirT.' Sat'Herland', chairman-, said there- was 1 evidence of tha- Australiao- pasBBDger- traffic reoovevirg: la-, connection with the' mail service,, he- said' the company Bad 1 in'the>l*strlO»years:expandi2ct:2O millions -aforftngbeyoiid the.subsidy received*. Lqwdon, June-7. The^Observer- states' tbae Nevrlinsky, the Sultan's euroy, fa negotiating with the Armenian Committee in' London on tbe 'ftaMßi of thfc COToesfrf»n of reforms' if the Armenians' treat direct-wit It the 1 Sulfcan. The JEaiBBA yacht Meteor sailed ever tbe course; from tbe Nore to Doqer, in five hours- two seconds, beating the Prince of ffialesfe Britannia by nine minutes. Parts, June-4. A Royalist- has been' elected for Gtialett. Xbe Drrke-of Orleans- did not stand. By an explosion* in tbe Roebabell'e-Colliery in. the South of France, 2S" miners were Mlled. • China, has authorised France 1 to construct a railway from Tonquin to.Lung Chu. PAms, Juto T.. tJews,bas been.' received'that tns French Nfger- expeditfon> operating- in the* Borgu country, has'freecr defeated' in an" encounter witbr tfta natives,, and many were kilted, several deaths-resulting from wounds caused bj-goisoned' arrows.. W. Hanrjtauxdeclareß tbat tire annexation DfMadagaEcaris necessary, otherwise Great BHtain and vthe United. States will' i'nsißt on the terms of treaties- Being maintained. W. Julys' Simon, member of the French academy, is-'crying. Berlin,. Jan 63. Speaking in the-Reicbstag Bronsart deslared that the-peacer of Europe was assured 2oxailong timei. St. Peikbsbtjhg, June- T. The* Rnsriaa Government have cautioned tbe Porte that the massacres in Armenia nxust-not.be repeated. Jane 3. The-Nihilist*, assert: that they-allowed the /ls^».k©.'paßßiafEpeflCßfnUy.in order.to, avoid givieg a pretexir for. a. refnsaL of. reforms. June 5. The- Czar and.! Czarina* dined, at the: residence ofc Sir N ©'Conor;. British- Ambasi iftdbr; Tbia'was the only foreign emßasßy thurnonouredi

! Rome, Jane 6. < Obituary : Rossi,, the Italian tragedian. June 7.. , The. Premier promised tbat at an opportune moment legislation should be intror duced. to prevent the; formation of secret societies, including the. Masonic brotherhood. Madbid, Jane i. Marshal Campos, er Governor general of Cuba, and General Borrow were arrested on tbe. eve of figbHug, a duel, ari-ing out of a dispute over Cuba., June. 5, The municipality of Barcelona have pre-sented-a warship! to th& Government. Bhussbes, June 7. M.»jor Lothaire received an ovation on his arrival here. Hongkong, June 1. The; Chinese Government have- engaged Colonel Liebert, ot Berlin, to reorganise the army. He will be, accompanied by 20 drill instructors. CAIBO, June 1. Moslem students in Cairo resisted ihe cholera officials, closftd the doors of tbe sohool,. and stoned the Governor. Oapbtown', June 2. Mr Cecil Rhodes has reached Bui away o. . June i. Majw-general Carrington has arrived afe Bvrlawaiyo. He aenda columns under Spreckley, Plummer, and M'Farlane sgainst the j Jlafcabele position itt the- Matoppo Hills. June 5. Mr Cecil Rhodes expresses the opinion tbat tbe railway to Buluwayo will be cbinpleted within two years. Mr Rhodes antici- ! pates the railway to Fulapve will be finished within a. year. He declares tbat tbe charter of tbe Southi Africa; Company will continue until, the time- is ripe for autonomy being grantedlto' the: country north of the Zambesi; which-, is coß&idered. to be the most valuable portion. He adds that for five years he advised freetrade- and federal defence with tfhe Cape; and Rhodesia retaining its ihde* pendency. June 8, Sir Gordon Sprigg, Premier and Treasurer, has announced that the Cape surplus last year was a million and a- quarter. Ha estimated, tbat tbe surplus next year would be L366.Q00. - The; columns under Spreckley, and Beal ! routed: a strong- i'mpi of' Matabele. on the Gweloroad, killing 150 oi them. | Washington, June- 2. Mr Smalley, the- well-known correspondent,, states- tbat the. Republicans are wavering over tbe silver question. It is also probable that the Silver party will be in. the ascendant at tha Democratic Convention in Chicago. The.eommiht-.eft of tbe- Senate reports that New; ¥ork; and. 26; other soaposts- would. beat the- mercy of a foreign fleet; in tbe event of an outbreak of war. Jane 4. The Senate has passed the bill brought forward- by the Populißtr party forbidding the farther* issue of interest-bearing bonds withi out tlie, consent of Congress. June 6. At Kentucky, Virginia, tbe Democratic Convention adopted resolutions ia favour of free silver coinage. Tbe mention of the name of President Cleveland called forth hisses. New Yobh, June 5.' The American vessel Three- Friends succeeded fa landing' an expedition to help the Cuban rebels.