HOME AND FOREIGN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXIII, Issue 11283, 2 June 1891, Page 2

HOME AND FOREIGN

[Bt Electbic Telegeaph — Coptbight.] [Peb Pbess Association.] London,. May 30. The election for the vacint seat in the House of Commons for North Bucks, rendered necessary by the expulsion of Captain Verney, who was imprisoned for an offence against females, resulted' in the return of a Home Ruler. In the House of Commons to-day Mr Smith, in reply to a question, said the Government would consider the necessity of placing some restriction on the influx of destitute foreigners in Great Britain. Mr Gerald Baldwin ."has -non the Pollock scholarship - for physiology at St. Geoige's Hospital. ""^"" -H.M. ships Ringarooma andTauranga, two of the new cruisers for Australia, have left Malta for the colonial station, and a third, the Katoomba, has arrived at Malta en route. Obituary — Earl of Clancarty, tatat 57. His son William Frederick, Viscount Dunlo, aged 23, who married Belle Bilton, the burlesque actress, succeeds to the title. The Economist state? that if the colonies wish to depend on the public for floating their loans the present system of inviting tenders must be abandoned, and it considers there is no reason why the Queensland loan should not havo been subscribed if it had been kept) op"en for two months at the fixed price of 92, and provisions made for interest to accrue from the date of subscription. The leading bankers have agreed to meet when the occasion arises, and decide with the. Bank of England the mjmimuin rate of discount for three months' bills. Suez, May 29. The P. and O. Company's steamer Arcadia is ashore in the Canal, but in such a position that traffic is not' interrupted. The vessel will have to be lightened, and a portion of her cargo is being discharged. ..Pabis, May 30. The French Minister of War has sent a grateful message of thanks to Lord Charles Beresford, commander of H.M.S. Undaunted, for the assistance rendered by him to the French warship Seiguelay, when she stranded on a sandbank off Jaffa, on the Levant coast. St. John's May 30. British residents in Newfoundland are wildly furious at the action of the French Admiral in enforcing the exclusive claims of France to fish in St. George's Bay. Calcutta, May 30. Tha trial of the native Regent of Manipur is fixed for Ist June, and that of the Senapati follows. It has been decided to allow them the assistance of British officers in their defence.