BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

West Coast Times, Issue 7233, 3 January 1889, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

London, Jan. 1.

A return just published shows the nominal capital of the principal companies established during thetyear at eighty anine millions. The revenue for the year for Great Britain was ninety millions one hnndred and seventy-three thousand. A theatre was destroyed by fire at Kirkcaldy, Fife, but no fatalities are reported. News has been received of a revolu« tion in the native kingdom of Ugundi on the north-west shore of Lake Victoria Nyanza, the King having; been deposed by his brother. It is believed this will afford Emm Bey an opportunity of escaping, as the new monarch is known to be friendly to him. Ie has transpired that fully one-third of the Dervishes' cavalry are without horses. The Duke of Westminster intends to present Turner's picture Dunstanbro' to the Melbourne art gallery. Suakim, Jan. 1, Sir F. W. Grenfell has entered Handoub and has published a proclamation announcing tbe defeat of Osman Digna. Many tribes have assured the General of their loyalty to the British. Several Arab sheikhs have offered to allow Soudan to be opened up to trade peaceably if the Dervishea and Osman Digna are expelled. Paris, Jan. 1. The election for the Department of Seine has been fixed for the 27th inst. General Boulanger is confident that he will be returned by an enormous majority. It is reported th»t struggling peasants and small landed proprietors of France generally are in a condition, and that some have stated they would gladly exchange their lot with that of fir6t class convicts in New Caledonia. Home, Jan. 1, The Pope, in an Encyclical letter just published, says the only cure for the evils prevalent in society is a return of the nations into the fold of tbe Church. j Vienna, Jan. 1. I Austria intends placing twelve monitors on the Danube. Mandalay, Jan; 1. The prisoners in one of the gaols mutinied. The disturbance was quelled by the guard, but not before seven mutineers had been shot. (Received Jan. 3. 1 .20 a.m.) London, Jan, 1. A telogram from Stanley Pool, on the Congo, says a number of letters from Stanley will reach England in March. A telegram conveying important news is expected at an early date.