British and Foreign

Southland Times, Issue 12009, 1 April 1892, Page 2

British and Foreign

(Unitjjtj Press Association'. — By Elkotiuo Telkgraph— Copyright. ) LONDON, Mab. 30. Received, 3151., 7.30 p.m. Silver has risen 13 4cl per lb. Mr Austen Chamberlain, 3011 of r,he Right Hoti. J. Chamberlain, has been returned unopposed for the Worcester sent in the House of Commons, rendered vacant owing lo the expulsion of G. W. Hastings. At the wool auctions there is good competition, and the opening prices are maintained. Crossbreda arc slightly cheaper, and coarse sorts are at par to £d pei lb losrer than the prices obtained at the last series. The American visible supply of wheat U 61,000,000 bushels. Mr H. Bottmnley denies that he was the vendor of the Hausard Union Company, bus admits that he was the procurator of the Company, and that the net profit was L 15.000, not L 90,000. Madame jTussaud has purchased Denham Villa, Rainhill, in which Deeming committed the murdera, and will re-erect at her waxworks exhibition in London the rooms connected with the crime. Owing to a large efflux of Anarchists expelled from France the police in London arc taking great precautions to prevent them landing in England. fa Mar. 31. Received lsb, 1.10 a.m. Letters addressed by Deeming to the British Consul in Monte Video when he was arrested for fraudulently obtaining goods in England, have been discovered. In these he complained of the treatment received in prison, and threatened the British Minister with death unless he took steps to redress his grievances. The (rial of six of the persons arrested in Walsall on suspicion of being connected with an Anarchist plot is proceeding. Sir Richard Web3ter, Attorney-General, in opening the case declared that the prisoners projected horrible atrocities. Dalgefy and Co. Ltd., have declared a dividend of 8 per cent for the year. OTTAWA, Mar. 31. Received Ist, 1.10 a.m. Canadian sealers claim from the United States the sum of half a million dollars as damages owing to their extended exclusion from Behring Sea, pending the settlement of the dispute. BERLIN, Mar. 31. Received Ist, 1.10 a.m. Russia has informed the German Government that she has no intention of attacking Germany, and that the movement of troops towards the frontier is only a measure of precaution. WASHINGTON, Mar. 30. Received 31st, 7.30 fp.m. The United State* has paid an indemnity of 100,000 francs to Italy for the lynching of the Sicilians in New Orleans gaol. The Government declare that it is only paid as evidence of friendship not as an admission of liability. PARIS, Mar. 30. „ Received. 31st, 7.30 p.m. Ravachal has been arrested on suspicion , of being the author .of the last Anarchist outrages.