BRITISH & FOREIGN

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6026, 25 March 1891, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN

— - » ■■ - [Per Press Association —Electric Telegraph ■—Copyright] LONDON, March 23. The Times says that the Bengalese are favorable to the terms of the Age of Consent Act. Parneli states that he is willing to apply for the Chiltern Hundreds when Maurice He»ly appears before his constituents. Makoh 24. ; A mob hooted Mr Tim Healey in. the streets of Cork. Mr Dalton, a strong Parnellite, followed Mr Healey into his bedroom in the Victoria Hotel and struck him a violent blow, breaking his spectacles into fragments and injuring the left eye. The cheek was also seriously cub, ; Mr Maurice Healey, M.P. for Cork, will apply for the Chiltern Hundreds at the same time as Mr Parneli. The Tories intend to nominate a oandidate when thft resignations are in. ' ■ F. 0. Licht, sugar expert, estimates that the campaign will show a surplus of 50,000 tons. The beet production for the six months gives an increase of 23,0G0 lons. An impression prevails that the boilerg of all the Australian cauisers exhibit similar weakness to the Karrakarra's.ahd are' unable to stand a forced draught. The defendants in the baccarafc case have applied for the attachment o£ papers by which the alleged compromise had been brought about owing to the pressure exer-. 5 cised by the Prince of Wales. : iv Mr W. fl. Smith has agreed to delay* the introduction of the Newfoundland Bill in the House of Commons until April; 16th. In the meantime he has warned Sir W. Whiteaway, Premier of the colony, j that he must proceed with the measure unless Newfoundland legislated in the direction of fulfilling treaty obligations. Sir J. Lubbock urges an inquiry by a Parliamentary Committee before theiaiue of one pound n6tes is sanctioned. In reply to a question in the House of Lords to-day the Marquis of Salisbury stated that an explanation has been demanded in connection with the seizure of the steamer Countess of Carnarvon' while ; she was ascending the Limpopo river. % In the House of Commons to-day M» '". C. E. Howard Vincent., M.P. for Sheffield, asked a question regarding the establishment of a British Zollverein. In reply Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, President of the Board of Trade, stated th'tt under the Belgium treaties Great Britain secured great advantages, and that it would be useless to denounce such treaties until the country was prepared to adopt an alternative policy. -v' ( - Sir Julius Yogel suggests that Great Britain should subsidise the Newfound?, land fishermen with an amount equivalent to the bounties received by the French lobster fishers. The Times approves if an amicable settlement with France fails. ThePariscorrespondent of the Standard wires that a serious epidemic of small-pox ' is prevalent at Grasse, near Cannes, and; that 160 cases were reported; in i&e last \ : i x three months. During that period thirteen deaths occurred, the last on the 16th insfc. > Messrs Dillon and O'Brien hay? been removed to gaol at Cork to give :,eyj^ne£f % in cases arising out of the Tipperarjtso£ " ** .There is great excitement in Cork at j&eir arrival. ./ '""!"'•.•■ PAKIS, Mar. 24. The Maritime Congress advise that a **& tax of ten francs be imposed on all foreign ? ships entering the ports of France or her | oolonies. - :; ST. JOHN'S, Makoh. 23. The members of the Newfoundland. Assembly openly express themselves in favor of separation, and it is thought that any attempt atsoercion would only remit - in universal revolt. WASHINGTON, March 23. „ The United States Government has submitted to the terms of a treaty with Hawaii, which provides for absolute freetrade between the two countries. The Queen of Hawaii thinks that the Hawaiin Government must reject the treaty unless - a bounty on Hawaiin sugar is allowed. Mr Biaine, Secretary for State, believes that the Queen of Hawaii is anxious to cultivate reciprocal relations with Great Britain. , .