BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1676, 22 March 1890, Page 4

BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

Latest Cablegrams. The Sydney cheese by the Valetta was spoilt by the heat, and only realised l&s per cwt. The Melbourne vegetable marrows and onions arrived in excellent condition. The condition of the carrots was fair, but the potatoes packed in hay and paper were rotten. Those packed in earth arrived sound.

Lord Churchill has published the original of his protest against the appointment of "The Times "-Parnell Commission. The promoters of the commission he declares to be the real traitors, not the Liberal Unionists.

M. Pasteur complains of the " perfidy " of the New South Wales Government in withholding the reward due to him for his discovery of a means of exterminating the rabbit pest merely because he is a foreigner. The Due d'Orleans deprecates the promotion of a petition to President Carnot asking for his pardon.

Russian troops are being massed on the Roumanian frontier.

The Bavarian Government have declined to recognise the Old Catholic members of the church.

The English delegates at the Berlin Labour Conference will abstain from discussing the eight horn's question. Prince Bismarck has had an interview with Herr Windhorst with a view to negotiating for the union of the Cartel (Ministerial) and Clerical parties, in order to secure a working majority in the Reichstag. Emperor William's acceptance of Dr Windhorst's proposal to restore the Guelph fund to the heirs of the Duke of Cumberland was the cause of Prince Bismarck's resignation. All the Prussian Ministry resigned simultaneously. Count Waldersee will probably succeed Prince Bismarck as Chancellor of the German Empire. Duke Ernest of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha has unsuccessfully endeavoured to reconcile the differences between Emperor William and Prince Bismarck, which led to the latter resigning from office.

The Committee of Ways and Means of the American Congress advise the reduction of the sugar duty by 60 per cent., and condemn the payment of bounties.

Lord, Salisbury discredits the report that the British flag has been rehoisted at Shire, and says it is probable that the flag was hoisted on the Ressel river.

The Portuguese officials in Shireland protested against the hoisting of the British flag, but did not attempt to forcibly oppose it being done.

Lord Salisbury has declined to propose to Parliament a vote for the relief of the starving people of the Soudan.

It is understood that Russia has repudiated the Bulgarian indemnity, because it was sought to be accompanied by a recognition of the legality of Prince Ferdinand's election to the throne.

The Duke of Connaught's speech on the defences of Bombay has been received with enthusiasm throughout that presidency. It is probable that Newfoundland will refuse to recognise the settlement arrived at in connection with the lobster fisheries.

The Australian horses Plutarch, Narellan, and Kirkhamhave had a gallop of over a mile at their best pace. They will probably run before the Epsom meeting. Surefoot remains a strong favourite for the Derby at 7 to 2 against.

The French Chamber of Deputies, by a majority of 240, carried a resolution expressive of confidence in the De Freycinet Ministry.

The Comte de Paris expresses warm approval of the action of the Due d'Orleans. The spirits of the Royalist party are rising. News has been received that a French outpost on the Congo has been attacked by natives, and eleven of their number massacred. The American laundrymen of San Francisco have combined for the purpose of driving out the Chinese who are engaged in that business.