BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6893, 14 June 1892, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. —Per Press Association.— Received Juno 13, 12.20 a.m.] LONDON, JrsE 13. The British East African Company has ordered Uganda to bo abandoned, as the funds in-.: exhausted and no revenue ia coming fr >iv the territory, while the public in England decline to subscribe the additional capital. The Times unres the Government to acquire the Company's right to prevent any other power annexing Uganda. The Doric has returned to Plymouth with her machinery damped. Prince Ferdinand is i\;tu riling to Bulgaria, delighted with his reception by the English. (Received June 14, 10.50 a.m.) Mr Pulteney Bigelow, expelled rrom Russii, is a friend of thf Kiiser and' author of h book on the Emperor William and his Eastern neighbor. The .Nonconformist Council, in an appeal regarding the genem! election, favors many advanced Liberal ideas, but only touches lightly on Home Rule. The appeal haa offended the Liberals, but the authors protest against it being considered a counter appeal to the Irish Protestants' manifesto. A Victorian wheat care;') Ivis been sold at 34s 3d. The Premier of New South Wales has consented to attend the Chamber of Commerce Conference, but as a listener only. In the course of an address to the Empire Trade '-eague on I'ie resources of the colonies Mr Dibbs said he would not identify himself with the policy of the League nor advocate preferential tariffs. The principal subject to be discussed at un interview on Tuesday between Lord Knutsford and Mr Dibbs is tho investment of Trust funds in Australian securities. Lord Knutsford personally favors colonial investment, and Mr Dibbs will endeavor to convert Mr Goschen to the same view. The Now South Wales Premier will advocate that the Sydney mint be allowed to coin silver but question of conversion of the debt is to be left alone for the present. It is also his intention to ask her Majesty's assent to the New South Wales Divorce Bill. June 12. — There was a Urge gatherin it Tufnell Park yesterday, when the New Zealand athlete team made their first appearance in England, being accorded a warm reception. In the 100 yds handicap the only New Zealander who ran, Cuff, was unplaced. In the half-mile, D. Wood Ml. In the quarter-mile, P. Wood, who ran from scratch, was unplaced. J. Hempran second in one he;»t in the 100 yds scratch race, won in lOsecs , and in the 440 yards hurdles. H. Batger from scratch finished second, the race beinjj run in 61 sees. ST. PETERSBURG, Jcxe 13. The Russian press is irritated at the success of Prince Ferdinand's visit to England. Air Pulteney Bigclow has been expelled from Russia, uo reason being assigned. MADRID, June 13. Barcelona has been proclaimed in a state of siege owing to the labor riots. BERLIN, JrsE 13. Miss Marsden has returned to Berlin from the Siberian leper settlements. She declares that the lepers there are oblige! to live in the forests like wild beasts. PARIS, Juxe 13. President Carnot has paid indemnities to tho victims of the dynamite explosions, but repudiates his action as setting up a precedent for the future. WASHINGTON, June 13. The silver States have approved of the Republican platform. The New York Exchange is buoyant, regarding Mr Harrison's election as certain to ensure the defeat of free coinage. The Democratic Convention meets at Chicago on June 21st. Messrs Cleveland and Governor Hill will be candidates.