BRITISH & FOREIGN

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6144, 17 August 1891, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN

Per Press Association —Electric Tele graph. — Copyright] LONDON, Aug. 15. The governing body of the Imperial Institute have decided to allow the Australian Colonies a reasonable additional space for the display of grain and other products. The Marquis of Salisbury's costs having been paid, the Court has annulled Mr O'Brien's bankruptcy. The strike of 5000 Clyde ironworkers, which involved 12,000 other workmen, has collapsed owing to the executive refusing them assistance. The seamen are demanding from the shipowners an improvement in the provisions supplied them, and request thafe Australian preserved moats be included in their diet. The Rev. C. H. Spurgeon is weaker, and refuses to partako of food. The Russian inhibition baa caused a general rise in the wheat market, Bn^h has advanced a further sixpence, French one shilling and sixpence, the German market is Active in red winter, Now York 110 cents, and theie is an enormous advance at^msterdam, Vienna, and Berlin owing ft the action of " Bears. ' T-he agitation is increasing in Germany for a reduction of the duties on corn and other food grains. Cargoes of wheat, ex-Lis-moro and Keith from Lyttelton, have been sold for export to the continent. The Lismore's realised 40a and the Keith's 40s 3d. Aug. 16. Severe storms accompanied by heavy flooda havebeen experienced in Lancashire, and in some places the water rose to such a height that the mill fires were put out, and operations had to bo suspended. The damage caused by water ab Darwen is estimated at L14.0C0. The Cunard Company has entered into a contract for the construction of a steamer with a capacity of fcwelvo thousand tons, and capable of steaming twenty two knots per hour. The Chilian Government steamer Errazarez is coaling at St. Vincent, West Indies, and it is reported that she^ is awaiting the arrival of the French cruiser Pinto, which was run ashore at Toulon by a disloyal crew and subsequently floated off. In the cricket match, the Somerset eleven, who declared their innings closed, defeated Surrey by 141 runs, just on the stroke of time. Diamond black moths are ravaging the crops in the north of England!. Clouds of moths obscured for the whole night, tho light from tho lighthouse of Forne Island. Owing to the explosion on board H.M.S. Cordelia the Amiralty has ordered the withdrawal of the mark-one 5 inch guns afi well as 6 inch. Nine persons were injured by the fall of a scaffolding at the Travellers Club, Pall Mall. Lord Lurgan has 1 sold his estate in Armagh to tho tenants for a quarter of a million sterling under Lord Ashbourne's Act. Ten thousand workmen, employed in supplying ocean colliers in South Wales, struck work for an improvement in hours, * ST. PETERSBURG, Auo!"is. During a review ot troops at Moscow the Czarina ordered the Jewish soldiers to withdraw, as bheir presence was offensive to her sight. BERLIN, Aug. .15. Owing to Russia prohibiting the export of rye, the price of that orticle has advanced considerably, and is now sixteen shillings dearer than wheat. The increase has caused a panic in the grain market. Awn. 10. The sale of the Parisian journals, Le Figar» and Le Matin, have been prohibitod in Sfcrasburg, owing to a report published by them on the state of health of tho Emperor of Germany. Tho Council of Ministers of Berlin has decided not to reduce tho corn duties at present, bub will agree t«i a reduction in freight charges for cereals on State railways. "fcTho Emperor proposes attending the German and Austrian manoeuvres. PARIS, Aug. 15. Tho more discreet Paris journals are attempting to 'check the Russo-Phili ovations, as they are creating dangerous excitemont. The Russo-Philo ovation in honor of the Grand Duke Alevixs continue throughout the country. Aug. IG. Counfc Munsfcer, German Ambassador to France, repudiates tho responsibility for the revelations made by the Blowitz, the Times correspondent, regarding the I downfall of Bismarck in a famous telegram which represented the fallen Minister as crawling to Empress Victoria to intercede for him. Tho despatch to the Times was the result of a conversation in March last between tho Minister and Blowitz, which the former declares was published without his consent. VIENNA, Aug. 15. Tho Vienna Press is urging the European Powers to take action to prevent Russia from forcing Turkoy to permit the passage of Russian vossels through the Dardanelles. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 15. The rumored recognition of Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria by t.he Porte is officially denied. The Turkish Government have decided to despatch 700 soldiers to Crofco to restore order. OTTAWA, Aw. 15. The Hon. Pierre, Commissioner of Public Works at Quebec, declined to give evidence before tho Committee respecting j the alleged corrupt practice in connection with Baie Chaleur railway contracts. The i Hon. A. J. Chapham refused to produce | certain documents before tho Public Accounts Committee which it is alleged would prove him to be as guilty as Sir H. Langevins in connection with corrupt doalings with public works contracts. During the wrangle tho Hon. J. G. Hasjgarfe, Postmaster-General, challenged Mr Mullock, a member of tho House of Cominoup, to fight. Aug. 10. The contractor for tho Baie CUaleur railway admitted thafe ho paid the agent of Mr Moroior, Premier of Quebec, a sum of one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars, for securing him subsidios in connection with the contract. BUENOS AYRES, Aug. 15. The Catholics in the Argentine Republic proposo to exhibit a v Holy Coat " tomorrow, notwithstanding thab His Holiness the Pope has declared that the " Holy Coat " at Troves is the only genuine one, NEW YORK, Aug. 15. Owing to a blunder on the part of the architect it has been found necessary to relay the foundations of the Chicag© Fair at an estimated cost of a quarter of a million dollars. WASHINGTON, Auo. 15. Mr J. S. Blame, Secretary of Stake, is improving" in health. Tho Republican movement to nominate him for tho Presidency is increasing. YOKOHAMA, Aug. 15. News of a disturbing character has been received as to tho condition of affairs in Corca. Ib is assorted that Russian iufluenco haa succeeded in overturning both local factions which were contending for supremacy, and it is commonly wmwrod that Great Britain, Japan, and China are combining to defeat the Russian plans. The Chinese fleet is mustering, and war is anticipated between Russia and Japan.

[Delayed Cablegrams.] London; Aug. 11. . Sixteen hundred Thames engineers have struck because work wus senf; from

Saftiuda's (whore the men were on strike) to other establishments, Mr Balfour in his speech afe Plymouth said the Conservatives had full confidence thafa the working classes would ultimately b© on their side. Ho felt that if they could not persuade them that their best chance of justice lay in his party they mighb despair of politics. The Chamber of Commerce announces that a syndicate in the Argentine is subscribing ttiQ entire capital for the now National Bank, on condition that the Government does nob meddle with the working. %'Vhe M'lver Steamship Company, for which three-quarters of a million capital was asked, has nob been a success. | The publio subscribed only L 40,000 and I the M'lrers L 50,00. The contracts are alleged to b© informal, and the money is being returned to the subscribers, Aug. 12. Mr Balfour asserted at Plymouth that tho alliance between the Tories and the Unionists was now indissoluble. The differencef that divided them before the Home Rule question was agitated were now forgotten. Paris, Aug. 11. M. Constans has drafted a bill granting pensions to workmen and permitting the Governmont to lend money at five per cent, to farmers to enable them to tide over ruinous seasons. Aug. 12. The Grand Duko Alexis had a popular reception on making his first public appearance in Paris. The crowd cried out "Vivelaßusse." The firm of Tritse and Co. is insolvent. The Rothschilds, who are sleeping partners, lose two million florins. St. Petersburg, Au£. 11. Russia is building two ironclads of 11,000 tors in the Baltic. Washington, Aur. 11. Several deaths from sunstroke are reported from various parts of the country. During the year 54,000,000 ounces of silver has been purchased by the State under the new silver law, but even this has failed to maintain prices. The United States Government has concontracted for a hundred high - power guns at a cost of three and a half million dollars. Ottawa, Aug. 12. The Senate of Quebec is determined to sifts the Baie Chaleur railway scandal to tho bottom, and has refused permission to withdraw the bill now before the Parliament of that province. M. Pacaud, financial manager for tho Hon. H. Mercier, Premier of Quebec, is charged with receiving 100,000 dollars. The Senate has threatened to arrest all the principals concerned in the affair.