BRITISH & FOREIGN

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6483, 28 September 1892, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN

[Prsu Association— Electric Telegraph— Copyright.] LONDON, Sept. 26. The committee appointed to investigate the affrl'-s of the Mercantile Bank of Australia is incemed at the report of the reoeivers, and suggests that the directors should be criminally prosecuted. A Sydney resident, in a letter to the Daily Chronicle, advises emigrants against, going to Australia. Ho says there are 10.000 unemployed in New South Wales, and 25,000 in Victoria, and that trade is paralysed. The British Government has agreed to divide the cost with Canada of fortifying the Pacific Coasts stations. The proposal of the Tasmanian Government to abolish the office of Agent-General in London is regarded in the city as a confession of the straits in which the colony found itself, and it is thought it would be better to retrench in the colony than do away with representation in England. The Colonial Office regard the proposed reduction of the Governor's salary as likely to do harm to the colony, as it would disgust the best candidates for the office, also that it would affect the scale of pension. Tho World states that the Queen will open the Imperial Institute in person on May 2nd. It is computed that fifteen thousand Clyde shipbuilders are idle. (Reoeiy«d Sept. 28, 1 a.a.)

Sbpt. 27 — The Investigation Committee of the M«r«antile Bank of Australia declines to express any opinion concerning tho report of the Melbourne Committee until they have hud time to fully discus* it. The details hare created a most painful impreiaion in the city, and much damage will be done to the credit of Victoria if the charges are substantiated. Opinion is expressed that it is clearly the duty of tho Government to initiate a prouecution in the matter. The report published of an interview with Li Hung Clung shows that the Chinese fail to appreciate the importance of the Russian movements in the Pamits. Lord Kimberley merely informed the Indian Government that they had full powers to deal with the currency question without applying to the Imperial Parliament. An unseemly dispute marred a vast prayer meeting in the Tabernacle, held in support of the Rer. Thomas Sturgeon's succession to the pastorate. Twenty-five saddles were cut about with knivea by the Ist Life Guards at j Windsor because the squadron were obliged to parade on account of dirty saddles. Some of the men were noisy and hooted the officers. • Sir H. Loch, in a letter to the Times, corrects a statement made by the authors of •« Life and Times of Sir G. Grey." He asserts that it was Lord Elgin, and not Sir G. Grey who afforded timely aid during the early day* of the Indian Mutiny, by dnrerlmg the China expedition to Calcutta. Mr Streeter, a well-known authority on precious stones, in a letter to the Field, cays Australia is pregnant with every description of precious atones, and predicts that in the near future it will become the El Dorado of commercial enterprise.

Miss Smith, governess, and others wero convicted on a "charge of forging the will of Mr Park, of Pedlin^ton. The will bequeathed Smith L 20.000 if his son did not marry her. Smith was sentenced to ten years, and her accomplices Miklewaite seven, Paul five, Ingram six, and Allison 12 months. The evidence showed that i the woman had obtained a strong influence over Park, and she could not prove she had been engaged to the son. The Financial News urges the Victorian Government to prosecute the directors of the Mercantile Bank. The Russians have seized a seventh British sealer in Behrings Straits. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 27. It is reported that Colonel Yanoff will be reinforced by twelve thousand men in Pamir next spring. BERLIN, Skpt. 27. Eight hundred workmen in the German State railway workshops protest against the reduction of unskilled labor below Is lOd and skilled labor below 2s lOd per flay. The number of deaths at Hamburg yesterday fell to 89. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 27. News from Southern Arabia reports that the Turkish troops, after a battle lasting the whole day, defeated the Arab rebels of Yemen with enormous loss. It is believed the country will now be pacified. 1 PARIS, Sept. 27. Speaking at the Socialist Conpress at Marseilles, Liebknicht said all Socialists were one nation. The Congress manifested great enthusiasm, and elected him permanent President. It is reported, however, that Government intend to expel him from France.

ROME, Seit. 27. Anarchist plots have been discovered in Bologna and Pavi. Many bombs were found. Eighty arrests have been effected. ATHENS, Sept. 27. The Bulgarian Government has closed Greek schools at Bourgas. In a note to the Powers the Greek Government claims this is a violation of the treaty of Berlin. CALCUTTA, Sept. 27. The Wana tribesmen have proclaimed their goodwill to Great Britain. WASHINGTON, Sept. 27. Mr Cleveland, in accepting the nomination as a Democratic candidate for the Presidency, denies he jus any desire to exterminate protected interests, and reiterates his views in favor of a sound, honest, and abundant currency. NEW YORK, Sept. 26. M. Haff Kine, the assistant of M. Pasteur, who, as the result of an experiment, declared that the innoculation of anti-chelera vaccine might be practised on a man with perfect security, has innoculated Mr Stanhope, a reporter of the New York Herald, who has undergone reckless and loathsome tests among the cholera patients without sustaining any harm. CAIRO, Sept. 26. The Arabs destroyed a bridge at Medjeidah, with a view to wrecking and pillaging a train, but the driver was warned in time to prevent a catastrophe.