BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

West Coast Times, Issue 10103, 9 May 1895, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Lonkox, May 7. There is no market for Queensland sill in England unless consignments are helc for a time, and the Agent-General of thai Colony is making inquiries as to the pro 3pects of the' sale of cocoons in Milan and Italy. It is reported the war indemnity wil be increased to ten millions sterling as r solatiup to the Japanese for giving uj territory on the mainland. Persistent rumours are current thai Mr K. C. Munro Ferguson, M. P. fo: Leith, will receive a colonial governorshij Oscar Wilde has been released fin bail his two sureties being Lord Douglas ai < tbe Rev Stewart Headlam. Howell, Manager of the Broken Hil Proprietory Mine, in an interview, deniei the report that he did not propose tf return to Broken Hill. The mine hat three million tons ■of ores, which woulc last two and a half years, but then ii would be necessary to face refractor} sulphides. Lord Hopetoun took his oath and seal in the House of Lords, and also paid a visit to the House of Commons. A large number of people assembled a{ Plymouth to welcome Stoddart's team ou their arrival. Peel, in the course- of an interview, declared that Colonial cricket had vastly improved and the members of the team were charmed with the visit and the hospitality extended them. He be, lieved that the Australian team chosen to visit England next year would^ comprise the best all-round players the oolonies possessed. The garrison, who held Chitral against the rebels, have been awarded half a year's additional pay, A public meeting in London, which was largely attended, Gamed q, resolution calling upqn Governnjent to. interfere, in the Armenian difficulty, Mr Gladstone, in a vigorous letter, states rurkcy is apparently resolved to procure jer own ruin. He hoped that England.

WQne, gp jointly wiiH ■ oWrf? " #«Wfc would use force if necesfcaj-y to P^Wfc a f-epetition of jthe dee^s o£ shame." * .■ : During April the imports to the pnite4 Kingdom decreased by £670,000 and tte exports by £300,000. Rome, May 7. A train carrying the King and Queen of Italy was thrown off the rails at Incisa in Piedmont but their majesties escaped without injury. Vienna, May 7. Count Kalnoky, in a private letter now published, denounced the Papal Nuncio in the strongest terms. ' •> M. Bannffy, Hungarian Premier, declares that he always will maintain that the Vatican has no right to interfere with the internal affairs of Austria. The Emperor asked both Cpunt Kalnoky and M. Bannffy to withdraw tfoeir resignations, and the former replied that the position was untenable.