BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5758, 2 May 1890, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

[By Electric Telegraph. —Copyright.] (By Elective Telegraph— Copyright.) LONDON, April 30. At the Newmarket meeting to-day the Two Thousand Guineas resulted :—Surefoot, 1 ; LeNord. 2 ; Blue Green, 3. The Hon. Mr White's pair did not start. (Received May 1, 10.30 p.m.) May 1. Owing to Surefoofc's victory in the Two Thousand Guineas, he is established favorite for the Derby at 6 to 4 on. In the House of Commons to-day the Deceased Wife's Sisters Bill passed its second reading by a majority of sixtyseven. Speaking during the debate, Sir James Fergusson said that the agitation in Adelaide in favor of the Bill was entirely fictitious, and was contrary to the whole of the religious opinion of the colony. The Agents-General have, through the agency of Sir A. Blyth (South Australia), forwarded cablegrams to their respective colonies, disclosing Mr Raikes' proposal for a reduction of the colonial postal rates. Messrs Penny and Heyman, a firm in Blenheim, New Zealand, "have made a present of a quantity of frozen mutton and butter to Sir H. A. Isaacs, Lord Mayor of London. Gibson, patentee of a locomotive link motion, has sailed for Melbourne, where he expects that his patent will be tried on the Victorian railways. The New South Wales mare Lady Betty was fourth in the Peel Handicap. Ringmaster has been withdrawn from Cheshire and Somerset Handicaps. (Received May 2, 12.15 p.m.) Queen Victoria, who has been on a visi to Aix le Bains for the benefit of her health, has returned to England and taken up her residence at Windsor Castle. The Congregational Union have determined to resist the practice which has hitherto been in force in connection with the taking of the census of persons mentioning to what denomination they belong. A compromise has been effected between the directors of the Great Southern and Western Railway Company, Ireland, and the men out on strike. (Received May 2, 1 p.m.) Up to three o'clock this afternoon no disturbances are reported from the Continent with regard to the labor demonstrations. PARIS, April 30. The Marquis of Mores, who was arrested on a charge of inciting the army to | join the Anarchists, had a letter in his possession which will implicate an Orleanist Prince in a Royalist conspiracy, which was to take action during the labor celebration. A warrant has been issued for his arrest. ; May 1. Government have discovered an Anarchist stock of iron-tipped bludgeons and ; revolvers, which was secreted in the city. Fourteen hundred street hawkers have been arrested on a charge of being connected with the Anarchists. M. Constans is confident that the measures taken by Government will prevent any outrage being committed during the labor demonstration, and he threatens to imprison five thousaud foreign Anarchists. Louise Michael, who recently delivered a seditious speech to the Anarchists advocating that dynamite was essential to their objects, has been arrested. VIENNA, May 1. It is expected that 150,000 people will parade the streets advocating the eight hours system, and as a disturbance is feared the whole of the Austrian army has been placed on garrison duty. NEW YORK, May 1. The difficulty which caused a strike of carpenters in Chicago has now been settled and the men will resume work on Monday. The Boston carpenters arc out. Arthur Wood, a well-known swimmer, has announced his intention of attempting to swim. the rapids at Niagara Falls. The Bank of Aterura (?), in Philadelphia, has suspended payment.

ZANZIBAR, Mayl. Mowanga has placed Uganga exclusively within the influence of the British East African Comjjany. [specials to vums association.] London, April 27. Obituary : The Earl of Glasgow. Lyons, one of the members of Australian eleven, while exercising on a trapeze on board ship, sustained rather a nasty fall. He struck the gratings and strained the muscles of his legs. Heavy gales were met with in the Bay of Biscay, during which Jones and Trott were slightly injured. In the match which the team played at Gibraltar Turner took 9 wickets for 15 runs. The eleven commence practice on Tuesday. The Treasury is hostile to the Trustees Liability Bill, and it is unlikely that Mr Goschen will press the measure. When Sign or Succi had completed his fast the first nourishment he partook of was a little bouillon. He has promised to reveal the secret of the elixir which it is said has enabled him to complete his undertaking with so much success. The Scotch local authorities desire to share in the spirit and beer duties to be allocated for education purposes. April 28. The National Federation Trades.Council has decided to adhere to its previous determination of holding a grand procession of the various trades in Hyde Park on the Ist of May, and they consider it would be a breach of faith with foreign workmen to abandon the procession on Thursday, the Ist, for a demonstration on Sunday, the 4th. The workmen in the provinces aro apathetio in the matter. The majority of the bootmakers on strike have resumed work on the basis proposed by the masters. In this the latter agree to provide workshops for the men who have hitherto been employed under the sweating system. A few of the men have, however, declined to return to work until new workshops have bean actually erected. The tailors have given notice of their intention to go out on strike on the 4th of May. The directors of the Great Southern and Western Railway Company of Ireland are engaging '♦ blacklegs " to till the places of the men out on strike, and it is expected traffic will be immediately resumed. The signalmen who went out on strike are to be prosecuted by the directors for deserting their posts. It is probable that Murdoch, the captain of the Australian eleven, will assist in wicket - keeping in the forthcoming matches. April 29. A fight between Peter Jackson and J. L. Sullivan for 15,000 dollars takes place in San Francisco on June 3rd. Virtually the whole of the instalments of the. Victorian loan are being paid under discount. The firemen and drivers employed on ohe Great Southern and Western railway, | Ireland, will not strike unless the military interfere. The directors have decided that if the men apologise and return to work full consideration will be given to their alleged grievances. " Archbishop Walsh is acting as mediator between the employers and the men. The Duke of Cambridge will preside at a meeting of Australian colonists and merchants which is to be held in the People's Palace next month to consider resolutions in support of colonial federation.

Speaking o i Imperial federation the Ear: of Roseber;/ said that England should not approach the colonies in the 'attitu.de of tv beggar. It was

impossible to force" federation on thd 1 colonies, but he hoped that in the end, federation would be' brought about, and' that it would be the prelude to the union of all the English-speaking races. In a speech in the House of Commons Mr Chamberlain said that Mr Parnell's Irish land scheme could be worked con-, currently with the Irish Land Purchase Bill. He trusted that the Government would undertake the task of ultimately placing the control of land purchases in Ireland in the hands of the County Councils. Sir Vernon Harcourt said he would oppose Mr Parnell's scheme. The debate was adjourned. . New York, April 29. Congress has voted 150,000 dollars for the relief of the sufferers by the late heavy: floods in the Mississippi, O'Donovan Rossa was found guilty of criminal libel on Patrick Cassidy, but the jury recommended him to mercy. Berlin, April 29. Socialism is spreading to the lower German officials. Prince Bismarck will shortly leave on a visit to Scotland. Germany has offered a protest against the projected conversion of the Turkish debt. Ifc has been decided that the troops shall remain in barracks on the, Ist of May. They will take no part inthe celebrations. . The German Minister of Works intends to dismiss any Government employees who absent themselves from, their work in order to take part in the labor celebrabrations on May Ist. A" large number of employers have decided that those workmen who are absent at the demonstration on the Ist of May shall not be taken on until the 9th, thus depriving them of a week's work. . Paris, April 28. ■ The King of Dahomey complains that the French troops attacked him without first declaring war. He states that he will not harm the French prisoners whom . he captured in January last, but that he will hold them as hostages until peace is declared between his country and France. Senegal sharp-shooters have been despatched to reinforce the French troops in Dahomey. It is probable that an expedition to effect the subjugation of Dahomey will leave shortly. • ■ April 29. Two Italians, recent arrivals here, have been advising the soldiers to shoot their officers if they ordered them to charge the people at the labor celebrations on Thursday. , -. '. •

Zanzibar, April .28. • Enitn Pasha is to.be accompanied on his expedition to Central Africa by 600 porters five officers, and a body of Nubian soldier^. : Clark, who has reached here from tlie equatorial provinces, asserts that Emin ? s followers revolted because Emm desired to surrender the equatorial provinces to the Mahdi and his people. St. Petersburg, April 29. The Russian Press are commenting on the danger which would accrue to the Russian Empire through China throwing in her lot with England and lending her assistance in the event of ah outbreak of war. The order committing Schmidjt, who was alleged to have . betrayed a plan of the fortress of Cronstadt, to penal servitude in Siberia, has been countermanded, and he has been shot. It was ascertained that , he secretly divulged Russia's scheme of i mobilising her troops in the event of war with Austria. ■

Vienna,. April 29. The Austrian Government have advised, all the municipal authorities' to 1 courtmartial all persons accused of riotous behaviour during the labor celebrations on May Ist, and to shoot those Who are found guilty- ..".'• The workmen's executive committee have issued a manifesto/in which a request is made to the men to behave in an orderly manner during the labor celebration on the Ist of May, and also to use their best endeavors to preserve order. Rome, April 29, ' Most of the shops in the city are to "bia closed on Thursday, and the authorities have forbidden meetings or processions in connection with the labor demonstration on that day. A diplomatic rupture between Italy and Brazil is expected owing to the action, of the latter in stopping immigration. Calcutta, April 29. Over a hundred meetings have been held at Bengal :it which resolutions weird passed supporting Mr Bradlaugh's Indian reform scheme as opposed to. .that of Viscount Cross, Secretary of State for , India. "'_-, .' ■ . ' ... . Brussells, April .29. The labor demonstrations i'ri Belgium, will be carried out on a large scale. Over 200,000 workmen will take part in the procession. ;;; . .\. Madrid,. April 29. A grand procession of, members of various trades will be held here on Thurs^ day. • : -■ - ' Lisbon, April 29. Portugal is following the example sefc by England, and is building gunboats, suitable for the navigation, of /the Shire and Zambesi rivers. . .'.' ,''" ; England and America are 'insisting upon Portugal referring the Delagoa Bay raihvay dispute to arbitration. Bosnia, April 29. The Panslavists are 'organising deputations to wait on the Sultan and the C?sjv with the view of inducing them, to. insist upon the military evaouation of Herzegovinia by Austi'ia. : ' \ Soma» April 27.-' Prince Ferdinand has determined to suppress the evidence which would tepd to implicate Bussia in the conspiracy" which was formed by Major .Panitza ta dethrone him (Prince Eerdiniaiid). J . ■