BRITISH & FOREIGN

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5718, 14 March 1890, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN

[By Elkctoio Tbleukaph. Copyright.] [Per United Press Association.] (iteceived March 13, 1.25 a.m.) LONDON, Mahch 13. The Hon. Mr White's Derby candidates Narelln.li and Kirkham have advanced somewhat in favor owing to excellent gallops over the two miles and a half this week. The freedom of London has been conferred on Sir John Fowler, engineer of the Forth bridge. It has been ascertained that the loss of life in the Agrifa colliery is less than was at first supposed. The number of deaths is reported at fifty. Dr Westcott, Canon of Westminster, has been appointed Bishop of Durham. Sir Howard Elphanstone, a passenger by the Now Zealand steamer »Tongariro to Teneriffe, was swept overboard by a heavy sea and drowned. BERLIN, Makch 13. Germany lias appointed two delegates to the Labor Conference, including the Prussian Minister of Commerce. NEW YORK, March 13. Consul Webber has been appointed a member of the Emigration Commission. VIENNA, March 13. The persons connected with the emigration frauds in Galicia have been sentenced to light terms of imprisonment. The Public Prosecutor appealed against tho decision. [specials to press association.] London, March 11. A hundred miners are reported to have been entombed by a colliery explosion in Wales. Speaking in the House of Commons on the subject of the colonial divorce bills, Mr Sydney Gedge urged that the Queen's assent should be withheld pending the views of the House being obtained on the subject. Barun de Worms replied that such a course would be an infringement t/i the constitution. A verdict of murder by some person unknown hasbeenreturnedin the West Ham murder case. The Tichborne claimant's candidature for Stock-upon-Trent is void, his depositmoney not having been lodged. Cambridge is improving in public favor for the University boat race. In consequence of the strikes, trade in Liverpool is at a standstill. The following if the latest betting on tho Derl-y :— 5 to 1 against Surefoot, 11 to 1 Riviera, 15 to 1 Garter. There is no alteration in the position of Mr White's horses. It is expected that Papal delegates will attend the labor conference. The King of Holland is again in a precarious state of health. The mine in which the explosion occurred in Wales has been inspected. The cause of the disaster is unknown. Mr Hean's report will be awaited before the management of the Bauk of New Zealand is removed to London. March 12. Mr Patchett Martin is credited with j having assisted Sir Charles Dilke in hi? sketches of Sir Henry Parkes and other Australian notabilities in ''Problems of Greater Britain." Mr Sydney Gtdge intends to raise a discussion on the colonial divorce bills ag;iin when the consideration of the estimates comes on. Tho Committee on the Western Australia Constitution Bill includes Baron de Worms, Sir G Baden-Powell, Admiral Colomb, Sir Richard Temple, and Messrs Campbell, M'Carthy, and M'Arthur Fifteen bodies have been recovered from the colliery in which the explosion took place. It is believed that at least 100 others must have lost their lives. The colliers insist on an increase of 10 | per cent., but the majority of the miners are willing to accept 5 per cent. M'Auliffe, the American pugilist, has issued an open challenge for a fight to a finish. The Rev. Mr Tucker, a curate in Durban, Natal, is to succoed to the bishopric of Equatorial Africa, in succession to the late Bishop Hannington, who was murdered by the natives several years ago. The African corn yield from the spring harvest is expected to be the largest ever known. The news of Major Wissman's victory is confirmed. The enemy lost heavily, whereas the casualities on the German side were slight. The chief Bwonahere has escaped into the interior. Schebrikora, newspaper correspondent and magazine writer, was arrested by order of the Czar on his return to Russia, while in the act of writing a letter containing an impassioned appeal for reforms. The wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom total 2,600,000 quarters, fov tho Continent 768,000 quarters. Thp American visible supply is 28,375,000 bushels. Tho four per cent, debentures of the New Zealand Loan an,d Mercantile Agency Company are quoted at 95. Four and •<■. half per cent, debentures of Dalgety and Co. are at 113 1. Caiko, March 15. Famine and pestilence are reported to be raging in the Soudan. Paris, March 12. The murderers of the Due d'Au male's gamekeeper were sentenced to death, and the double execution took place to-day. There was a piteous scene at the guillotine.