BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Otago Witness, Issue 2302, 14 April 1898, Page 15

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

London, April 4. Lord Hillicgton, a partner in the banking house of Glyn, Mills.-and Co. He died suddenly while in church. Mrs Eleanor Marx Avelicg, daughter of Karl Marx, and wife of Mr E. Bibbings Avelirjg, the well-known scientist and Socialist, committed suicide. The personalty in the estate of the late Mr Wm. Gisborne, formerly of New Zaaland, has been sworn at L 203.997. April 5. Sir M. Hicks-Beach has declined to grant State aid to tbe Salvation Army for charitable institutions belonging to that body. The proceedings in the Buckcr v. Calvert sporting action have been stopped, ths case having been settled out of court. Wheat is Gd dearer for tht3 week. The Duke of York visited th3'Ausiraiian .Art Exhibition. The Times says that the exhibition consists oi a collection of bright and pleasant pictures. The subjects are fresh and the technique good. ' French influence is, however, very perceptible,. Z . .. April 6. The passengers from the wrecked steamer China havearrived in London. - ' * ' . A permanent separation is being arranged between the Grand Duke of Hesse and tbe. Grand Dachess. . The Qaeen w.iil support her granddaughter. April 7. Mr Gladstone has been compelled ro abandon writing tbs autobiography upon ; waich ha has been engaged for some tirna. Failing health renders him totally unabls to read or write. H.M.S. Penguin has been recommissiorje<3 for sarvice on the Australian station for survey work. The African line steamer Dahomey is ashore at Holyhead. The forepait of the vessel has bean destroyed by fire: The crew saved the arms and gunpowder aboard. ' April 8. ! The funeral of tbe late Arthur Orton, the : Tichborne Claimant, took place at Paddington Cemetery. Tnousands were present. 1 Thirty Australian pictures exhibited at ' the Australian Art Exhibition have fouad ' purchasers. The Board of Trade returns for March for ! the United Kingdom show that the imports increased by L 2.757.715, while the exports : decreased by L 813.404. : Tbe Bank of England rats of discount has been raised to 4 per cent. Members ot thft British Cabinet will spend tbe Easter holidays within easy reach of Louden. ' Ths late Miss' Louisa Da Costa has bequeathed all her real estate in Adelaide to tbe Governor of South Australia to establish J. a Good Samaritan fucd fora convalescent'"'"Stome in eonnsotion with the AdsJnide Hospital. The City Corporation have euspendsd ten officers of the health department who are charged with accepting bribes from the contractors. April 9. The Queen has presented President Faure wUb Aoglais's portrait of herself. , Obituary : Hamar Bsyss, Libatal Unionist ; member for West Staffordshire. He was a j director cf the Bass breweiy firm. '• The Bishop of Melanesia, who was a pas- " senger by the China, states' that he saw the vessel going straight for the shoal. The ' engines were reversed, but too late. When 1 she struck her head was oaly 20 yards off ' the rocky coast. vesßel wa? prevented, slipping off into deep water by a rook . piercing the bottom. Seeing the la'nt! reassured the passenger*. The women be- - hayed splendidly. At 2in the morning the boats landed the ladies in evening dress. They crossed a rough, rocky beach to the cosiling station, and sfteivrards found shelter b\ a hotel. Berlin, April 4. The Governor of the Portuguese colony of Mozambique, who is now in this city, met with a cordial reception. He declares that his object is to secure the permanent protecjjon of Delagoa Bay against Great Britain. ' Vienna, April 7. ' Tho Austro-Hongarian Ministerial Con- ■ ference has reducefi the Admiralty proposals for an increase of the navy by nearly onehalf. Athens, April 5. The Chamber of Deputies has been prorogued. April 7. Sir Alfred Biliotti, British Consul in Crete, has succeeded in inducing representative Christians and Mohammedans to hold friendly intercourse in the market near Heraklion. Capetown, April 5. There have been extensive secessions on the part of the members of the Afrikander Band in favour of the new progressive union, April 6. The Government of Natal have offered to provide annually, free of cost, 12,000 tons of coal for warshipfl calling at Durban. Mr Chamberlain expressed gratification at the offer, which the Admiralty would gladly accept. - April 7. Fifteen thousand Basutoa welcomed Sir Alfred Milner, Governor of Cape Colony, who is visiting their territory. Washington, April 7. Sir Julian Pauncefote has suggested that a commission be appointed to settle tha American- Canadian sealing differences. New York, April 4. The River Ohio burst its "banks at Shawneetpwn, Illinois, and destroyed the greater portion of the town. Two hundred persons were drowned. Ottawa, April 7. Mr Fielding, Canadian Minister for Finance, has announced the intention of the Government to repeal the reciprocal section of the Canadian tariff and substitute another section confining the operation of the reciprocal provisions of the act to Britain, India, New South Wales, and British West Indies. The new tariff will Gomt into operation on August 1.