HOME AND FOREIGN.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXI, Issue 11342, 2 October 1888, Page 2

HOME AND FOREIGN.

ByjEleotrio Telegraph— Copyright.) (Per Press Association.) LONDON. September 29. The Admiralty have appointed a Committee, consisting of admirals, to draw up a report on the recent naval manoeuvres. on the English coast. Sir James,-, F.ergusson, Undor-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, speaking at Manchester, said that for many years foreign affairs had not borne such a peaceful aspect as at present. , ... Sir William Armstrong • declares that cruisers of the Piembnt type.with a speed of 24 knots, are the best adapted for the defence of commerce and the coast line. ,It is reported that the Czarewitch is betrothed to Princess Maud, daughter of the Prince of Wales. Sir Dillon Bell and Sir Saul Samuel have arranged with the Director of the School of Mines at Frieburg to test a number of samples of colonial ores. ( Messrs John Berby and Belton Corney have been appointed members of the Legislative Council 1 of Fiji. . Mr T. Archer, Agent-General for Queensland, has resigned from the Federation League, because its meetings are presided over by Lord Rosebery, whom he asserts is aiming to dissolve the Union between Great Britain and Ireland. In the Central News, Sir Morell Mackenzie describes the daily habits of the Emperor Frederick, and publishes a long list o£ statistics showing that the fatality resulted from the operation of the larynx. A torpedo book, containing seorots worth thousands of pounds, has been stolen from tho torpedo sohool of the ship Vernon at Portsmouth. ■ ' . The Bight Hon. John Morley, speaking at Ipswich, said that Mr Chamberlain's scheme for the local government of Ireland was more dangerous to the United Kingdom than the Bcheme propounded by Mr Gladstone. • , ■ bold to the value of a million and a half has been withdrawn for South America; • 'Good basils are selling at £d advance, and ordinary quality at Jd. , VIENNA. . ■■ , September 29. During the artillery practice to-day, which was witnessed by the Emperor Francis Joseph, the officer in charge of the guns paid no attention to the order when cease firing was sounded,- and the Emperor, who had gone to inspect the targets, narrowly escaped being struck by a projectile. . . BBUSSELS. .!'• September 29.; , ' TKe Independent Beige publishes a forecast of Sir Morell Mackenzie's book on the illness: of the late Emperor Frederick, which shows that Dr Gerhardt's .treatment of the Emperor produced cancer,,and also that the use of Dr Bfamann's imperfect canula and Dr Bergmann's rough treatment of the patient hastened his death. ; It also asserts that if Sir Morell Mackenzie had been left alone in his treatment of the Emperor ha could have prolonged life for at least 20 months. SUAKIM. September 29. Another Egyptian battalion has been ordered here to reinforce thos« holding the forts. The rebels continue to advance in the trenches, despite the heavy fire from the guns of H.M.S. Gannet. ZANZIBAR. September 28. The rebels have renounced their allegiance to the Sultan, on tho ground that he has no power to transfer the country to the Ger. mans. The tribes are flocking to the coasts in immense numbers, and all German residents have been expelled, except at Bagamoyo I and^Durhalaun. September 29. Most of the German officials from the surrounding districts have now arrived here. They report that the money and powder of the rebels are exhausted, and that during the engagement at Bagamoyo several Germans were killed. . BERLIN. September 29. That portion of the late Emperor's diary •relating to incidents of the battle of Eoeniggratz has been published by the Zeitung, a newspaper published at Kiel. . PARIS. . September ,29. ■ The Government have decided to submit a Bill at the opening of next session on the 15th October restricting the financial powers of the Senate, and depriving that body of the right to dissolve that Chamber.