BRITISH & FOREIGN

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6293, 13 February 1892, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN

Press Association— Elecirie Telegraph — Copyright.'] LONDON, Fkb. 10. Obituary : Lieut. -Colonel Grant, African explorer. A tremendous procession followed the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon's remains to the grave to-day. There were over one hundred carriages containing mourners. The shops along the route were closed, and man}' draped with black. Bells were muffled. The Bishop of Rochester pronounced the benediction. The funeral service was of a most impressive character. Many cheques for charitable purposes were sent in lieu of wreaths. Dr Pierson, who delivered the funeral address, described Spurgeon as the greatest divine England had seen for a hundred years. The import of cattle from Denmark is prohibited. Fkb. 12.— The Shipping Federation, fearing the extension of the coal miners' strike, is hastily making arrangements to load and discharge vessels by free labor. Lord Carrington, in the course of his speech, said the Australia colonies were unlikely to renew the arrangements respecting the cruisers at the expiration of the term. Lord Jersey writes that the idea of a Pan- Britannic contest deserves the fullest consideration and discussion. Lord Glasgow will take to New Zealand with him as secretary Colonel Patrick Boyle, and as aides-de-camp Captains Hunter and Blair. General Booth has selected Cape Colony for his over-sea settlement. The Daily News, referring to his visit to Australia, says that if the latter refuses to receive immigrants, her record of progress is practioallv closed. ST. PETERSBURG, Fkb. 11. Government has granted an additional sixty million roubles for relief in the famine districts. RIO DE JANIERO, Feb. 11. Another revolution in this city is imminent. Ministers have resigned, and the telegraph wires are cut. [.Specials to Press Association.] London, Feb. 10.— The Czar has sent decorations to the workmen at St. Etienne, in France, who denounced two Englishmen who were convicted of trying secretly to obtain the design of a new Russian rifle. [The two Englishmon alluded to, Walter Bedwell and John Samuel Cooper, were arrested at St. Etienne on a charge of espionage, and condemned by the local Court respectively to two months' imprisonment with 1 000 francs fine, and 15 months' imprisonment with 3000 francs fine.] -H. M.S. Swinger i« to be sold by auction.— lt is alleged that Mr Schnadhorst, the organiser of tho Liberal party, estimates their majority at the general election, including the majority of the Irish party, will be thirty. London, Feb. 5. — Cardinal Manning swill haß been proved at under £100. — Divers who have inspected the Eider report that it will be hopeless to attempt to get her off. — The Miners' Federation has decided to make the eight hours question an urgent one in Parliament. Yeh. 8. — The Archdeacon of London, preaching at St. Paul's yesterday, spoke in terms of great praise of the life and labors of Mr Spurgeon. Feb. 9.— The Berlin correspondent of a London paper says that the pension scheme instituted by Prince Bismarck is of doubtful success.— An insurance agent of Wandsworth named Carvagua, arrested in connection with the Anarchists of Walsall, explained that so far as he knew the bombs were intended to destroy rabbits in Australia. Bvexos Ayrks, Feb. 9.— The Argentine elections are favorable to the party of peace. The elections have not been conducted without bloodshed. Twenty persons were killed or wounded during the riots. Washington, Feb. 8. — McKinley, one of the seamen belonging to the cruiser Baltimore, who was injured in Valparaiso, claims £8000 from Chili.— The United States Commissioner of Immigration reports that 00 per cent, of the immigrants have their tickets prepaid by relatives, and that British criminals are systematically sent over u-uler the encouragement of the Imperial Government. The Commissioner advises that preventive measures should be taken to put a stop to it. Ottawa, Feb. 8 — The Catholics of Canada have been prohibited from sending their children to schools where Protestant children attend. Berlin, Eeb. 6.— The Reichstag is considering the question of joining the Postal Convention. The announcement that Australia had joined was received with applause It was also stated that the Cape was expected to enter. — The Emperor William has conferred the Order of the Black Eagle on Marquis Rudini, the Italian Premier, for the part he took in the establishment of the Commercial Treaties. Hoxn Konu, Feb. 5. — The mandarins of Mongolia, who are suspected of connivance with the rebels, Mill be dismissed.