BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Timaru Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 1745, 6 May 1895, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Per Electric Telegraph— Copyright. Per Press Association. \ GENERAL SHIPPING. [ London, May 3. [ Arrived— Soukar, ship, from Lyttelton (January 20th); Auriga, barque, from . Napier (January 13th). OBITUARY. The Earl of Pembroke. ; ■ LOF-D HOPETOUN. Lord Hopetoun, ex-Governor of Victoria, has arrived after a short stay m 1 Paris. He will have an interview with Lord Ripon at an early date. L THE RUSSELL SUIT. [ Countess Russell appeals against the . adverse decision m her suit for restitu- . tion of conjugal rights. ' NICARAGUA. ! It is officially stated that, relying on ! the guarantee that Nicaragua will pay f. he indemnity m a fortnight, the block--1 ade of Corinto will be raised. Other ■ claims are to be referred to a joint com- ' mission. ! ARMENIA. 1 Russia, Britain, and France will shortly present to the Porte a scheme for reforms 1 m Armenia. The Porte has already ap- ' proved of a scheme enabling Armenians 1 to take part m provincial administration. ! THE WILDE CASE. Bail has been allowed m Oscar Wilde's • case. l Oscar Wilde was admitted to bail, , himself m £2500 and two sureties m , £1250 each. . THE IMPERIAL CABINET. May 4. I There is said to be strong friction m ; the Cabinet owing to the Chancellor oi . the Exchequer pressing his Local Veto . Bill, and this is believed to explain Sir William Vernon Harcourt's implied early retirement from office. '. The Daily News denies that Lord Rose* s bery retires from the Premiership. i THE DUKE, OF ORLEANS. Washington, May 3. The Duke of Orleans is improving. ; FATAL CYCLONE. : May 5. [ By a cyclone at Sioux Falls fifty-two I people were killed. In some instances ; children were carried half a mile by th« force of the wind,

COUNT KALNOKY. Vienna, May 5. Count Kalnoky has resigned owing to M. Banflya, the Hungarian Premier, having prematurely stated that the former had protested to the Italian Government against the action of the Papal Nuncio, m Vienna, m fostering clerical agitation against the Hungarian Government.