BRITISH AND FOREIGN,

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8530, 25 April 1895, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN,

(By Electrio Telegraph— Copyright.) (Per United Press Association.) London, April 24. Sir E. Grey, in reply to a question in the Commonß, denied that Bngland had sent troop 9 into tfce Kong district, a portion of the French territory in Western Africa. The House voted Viscount Peel, exSpeaker, a pension of £4000. It is reported that the offer of £10,000 for the racehorse Reminder is a hoax. The Grand Jury found a true bill against Obcm Wilde and Taylor. C?uu«el for the accnß3d state they do no*: intend to plead guilty, but mean to Bght to the better end. , . . The citizens of Edinburgh intend te give Lord Hopetoun a banquet on his return, „ The suit brought by tho Countess BueseU for the restoration of conjugal rites was dismissed. The verdiot gives the Earl a imdioial separation. A number of the leading members of the House of Commons are consulting with the Hon. J. G. Ward as to the working of the local option olaus#s in the Alcoholio Liquor Sale Control Aot and Compulsory Arbitration Aot in New Zealand, with the view of similar measures being introduced here, Paris, April 23._ France has occupied Schabe Borgy, in Western Africa. April 24. The Sakalavas have ioined the French in oneratin^ against the Hovas in Madagascar. Hiw-Yobk, April 24. The prioe of petroleum continues to increase owing to the action of the American ring. Tho price io now 100 per cent, higher than ot Ohristmas, and there is a prospect of a further rise, Newspapers here announce the arresb of Visoount Drumlaurig, eldest son of the Marquis of Qneensbury, on a oharge of insanity. It is alleged that the arrest was made in order to prevent his proposed marriage to a waitress in California.