BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6898, 20 June 1892, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

*. I Prem Association— Electric Telegraph — Copyright. LONDON, June 17. Mrs Brown-Potter and K. Bellow have dissolved partnership, it is staged that the dissolution was tin amicable one, and. that t!i. tour in Cape, etc., ended in great Io8». The Scotch Home Rule manifesto expresses distrust of Mr Gladstone. At Ascot to-day the Alexandra Plate resulted :— Bluo Green 1, Bracken 2, Houndsditch 3. The accident which led to the death of Lord Aucrum caused a painful sensation in social circles, and the tie«» of his death was con- eyed to his father (Marquis of Lothian) by the Duke of BuccK;uch. During the day many friends called expressing condolence. In the House of Commons, the Hon. A. J. Balfuur announced on behalf of the Government that it was impossible that a dissolution could take place before the 29th or 30th inst. Mr Dibbs, Premier of New South Wales, to-day had an interview with Messrs Rothschild, regarding the proposed conversion of and consolidation of that colony's loans. The Messrs Rothchild intimated that they were well informed respecting the nuances of the colonies, and they regarded their position in a favorable light, and also that the scheme was practicable. Mr Dibbs has arranged with Mr Trueman Wood, British Commissioner to the Chicago Exhibition, to negotiate for New South Wales exhibits being placed in a special court, and asserts that unless this is agreed to, his colony will decline to be represented at the World's Fair. Jcne 18. At an inquest on the bodies of the victims of the Bishopsgate tunnel accident the jury censured two of the signalmen. Dr. Win. Maunsell Collins, formerly attached to the Horse Guards, has been committed for trial on a charge of forging promissory notes to the tune of LISOO. Captain Chas. Selwyn, in the Statist, declares that the market is distinctly averse to investment of trust funds in colonial securities. Prince George of Wales has been sworn in as Duke of York. Jcne 19. — Mr Gladstone denies calling the Protestants of Ulster fools and rogues. Replying to the Irish Nonconformists manifesto he denied that there was not a scrap of proof that Catholics would oppress the members of other religions ; on the contrary, the Irish Home Rule members of the House of Commons concurred in the promotion of the clause in the Home Rule Bill of 1886 forbidding the erection of a Catholic establishment in Ireland. He pointed out that the Catholics in some constituencies elected Protestants a*> their representatives in Parliament, as Lord Mayors, and beads of pub* lie bodies. He declared it was an essential condition of Home Rule that minorities should be protected. Silver is at 3s 4fd. Keen competition is still maintained at the wool sales. BERLIN, June 18. Germany has arranged to build a strategic railway from Carlsruhe into Lorraine. ROME, JraE 18. The King and Queen of Italy, accompanied with a brilliant suite, have started for Berlin on a visit to the Emperor and Empress of Germany. Many festivities have beeu arranged in the German capital during the stay of the royal personages. NEW YORK, June 17. Four Italians have been lynched At Seattle, a port Tillage, capital of King County, Washington, on the eastern shore of Puget Sound, for murdering an American foreman. Further intelligence from Venezuela states that the rebels continue in their success against the Government troops, and that they are advancing on Bolivar, on the Carribean Sea. President Palaccio has resigned. Tammany Hall opposes Grover Cleveland in the Chicago Convention. June 19. -President Harrison desires that there shall be only one representative for the whole of Australia at the Monetary Conference in Washington. Mr Dibbs states that it is impossible, but he thinks New South Wales ought to join the Conference, giving their delegate a watching brief, as he will be unable to attend himself.