BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Otago Witness, Issue 2209, 2 July 1896, Page 20

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

London, June 23. Sir Augustus Harris and Dorvish Pasha (Turkish general and diplomatist). A true bill was found against Dr Jameson and his officers by. the grand jury. Cape newspapers condemn Dr Leyds's persistenoe in calling for the trial of Mr Cecil Rhodes as vindictive. The real object is g desire to remove the greatest obstacle to Transvaal ambition. June 24. Captain Youngbufeband, in the course of a lecture, stated that in the last decade tbe population of India had increased by 80.000,000. He advocated the adoption of a system of emigration to the tropical parts of Africa in order to absorb the surplus population. He expressed himself hopeful that some method will be devised for developing the country. Professor Prestwicb, the. eminent geologist, is dead. " " ' , Melbourne Brewery debenture-holders have authorised the issue of an additional L 40.000, which have been placed at the reduced interest of 5 per cent. A relief fund in aid of the relatives of those lost in the Drummond Castle has reached LIO.OOO. The .Queen subscribed JjIOO to the fund. - While H.M.S. Blake was doing a trial run at. f nil speed the exhaust pipe burst, and one of the port boiler* collapsed. One stoker was killed and five injured. . . Christians in Crete are refusing the relief proffered by the Turkish officials. June- 25. ■■Mr Gerloche, who leads the Antarctic expedition, sails in September in. the whaler BelgiCß. v Oxford University conferred the Dootorahip tSf Laws on the R'ght Hon. J. Chamberlain, tbe Bight Hon. John Morley, and Mr Bayard (tbe American Minister). Mr H. M. Stanley is in a .critical condition, Suffering from gastritis. ' " Mr. Goschen, in reply to a question, explained that tbe explosion on H.M.S. Blake was caused by shortness of water in the boiler. ■ Jane 26. News has been reoeived that Audree, a Bwedieh aeronaut, hts reached Spltzbergen, a group of islands in the Arotio Ocean, north-west of Nova Zambia. Mr Trenwitb, M.L A., Viotoria, who wbb suffering from oataract in the eyes, has been operated upon by Dr Nettleship, and the operation is regarded as perfeotly satisfactory. Obituary : The Duo de Nemours, one of the Orleans Princes. June 27. The tender of J. and A, Allan, Glasgow steamship owners, is the lowest for a fast Atlantic mail service with Canada. Sir C. Tapper states that the other tenderers do not comply with the conditions. Mr Youtg, of Adelaide, who has been tourIng Europe, declares that business in wines, fruit, and tinned meats is possible in northern; .Europe, provided the Government properly advertise. The Prince of Wales has been installed Chancellor of Aborystwyth University College. . Mr Chamberlain is communicating with the Governors of the colonies respecting a colonial nomination for a position on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. ' * June 28. The divers who have been searching for thefcull of tbe Drummond Castle have succeeded in finding the wreok. ' „ ' ,■- June 29. At the half-yearly meeting of the National Bank of New. Zealand the report showed a credit balanoe of L 37.196, and the directors declared a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent, for the year. It was decided to carry forward the sum of L 4696 and add L 20.000 to the reserve fund. The deposits amount to Li; 904,178, and tbe cash, bills disoounted, jand advanoes to L2,423,^0. Tbe Gallymont Mining Company, Hauraki South, is allotting shares. Mr H. M. Stanley is recovering from the attack of gastritis. Pabis, June 28. ' M.- Arton, of Panama scandal notoriety, ..has been sentenced to six years for embezzling the funds of the Paris Dynamite Company.The Paris Exhibition authorities intend to raise 65 million franos by the issue of lotteries. Berlin, June 23. Li Hung Chang and Baron Marshall yon j6ieberstein,(the Foreign Secretary) are conferring on the question of China ceding a coaling station to Germany: St. Petebbburg, June 24. ' High officials are said to be implicated in the mismanagement of the fete at which there was great loss of life, and the Czar has ordered the inquiry to be stopped. A verdiot was returned that the accident was the act Of God. June 27. The Czar is suffering from jaundice. Athens, June 23. The Turkish soldiers are marking 4 the bouses, of the Christian residents in ,Oanea, a seaport of Crete, and a massacre' is feared, Seven thousand Cretans, feariDg massacre, have taken refuge in a monastery at Oanea, and are seeking to emigrate to.Greece. -' . Cairo, June 23. Cholera has broken out at Koroeko, a village of Nubia, situated at the point of the Nile where tbe river bands Vest to Deir. Madrid, June 25. Alarmed at the indication! of sympathy In the United States with the Insurgents, the Spanish Government have determined to pour 100,000 more men into Cuba before January. Two Anarchists have been arrested in Havana on suspicion of being connected with ihe recent bomb outrages. Fooohow, June 28. ' "The steamer Tsinan sailed for Melbourne yesterday with a cargo of 1,400,0001b tea, The steamer Guthrle leaves for Sydney tomorrow with 1,000,0001b. The market is ifceady, with a fair demand and moderate transactions, and all fine teas have been cleared. Capetown, June 25. The Legislative Assembly has oarried a

resolution demanding . that the payment, towards the Basutoland deficit shall cease. Washington, June 23. There is great activity in the American naval yards preparing for the possibility of service in Cuban* waters. New York, June 25. ■ The New York Dsmoorats have adopted a gold standard. <- N « \ June 28. The Canard liner Umbria, which was aground at New York, has been floated off without sustaining any injury, and proceeds on her voyage.