BRITISH & FOREIGN

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6911, 24 February 1894, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN

Prtst AuooUMon—Eleetrio Telegraph-OopyrgM. LONDON, F«b 22. The Republic of Guatemala has suspended the payment of interest on its external debt owing to the fall in silver. An escaped lunatic named H. W. Carter has been committed for trial for sending a threatening letter to the Queen. Feb. 23.— Sam Lewis, the well-known money lender, won Bixteen thousand pounds at Monte Carlo. A telegram to Dalziel's Agency from Capetown gives a denial to the reported death of Lobengula. It is believed in Scotland that Mr Gladstone will retire at the present Parliament, and it is thought probable that Sir Thomas Carmichael will be nominated in his stead for Midlothian constituency in the Liberal interest. BUENOS AYRES, Fbb. 23. It is alleged that Jabez Balfour is charged with fraud in connection with the Salt* brewery which is likely to delay his extradition. RIO DE JANIERO, Fib. 22. The steamer Carradale, from Wellington to London, has put in here, having lost her propellor. WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. A division of opinion over the tariff is causing a breach in the Democratic ranks, and has enabled the Republicans to secure the election for Pennsylvania by an enor« mous majority. ROME, JFeb. 23. Italian stocks have fallen 3J per cent. -'" CAPETOWN, Feb. 23. The Cape Mounted Rifles are massing at Umtata, on the borders of Pondoland.