NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 426, 8 March 1890, Page 2

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

[BY elkgtbic telegraph—special to STANDARD.] BRITISH AND FOREIGN. ANOTHER HOME RULER ELECTED. THE PARNELL COMMISSION. "GATE MONEY PRINTERS.'’ A RIOT IN THE HOUSE OF THE ABINGTON BLACKGUARD. Mr Bolton, Home Ruler, has been returned for the constituency of St. Pancras by a majority of IoS.

The Staatsrath advises the voluntary establishment of Workmen’s Boards, especially in the Government factory and mines.

The Shaw Saville Albion Company declare a dividend of ten per cent, and an addition is made to the reserve fund. The sum of £25,000 is written off as depreciation of freezing machinery. The Germans are drilling fifteen hundred Soudanese for service under Captain Wissman.

The Pope has interdicted the cremation nf bodies of members of the Roman Catholic faith. Several Nihilists have been arrested in the vicinity of Arlchoft' Palace with bombs in their possession. Bismarck is desirous to revive his Socialist Bill, but the Emperor is hostile to the proposal. The Globe characterises the Australian cricket team chosen to visit England as a combination of “ gatemoney printers.” The Forth Bridge was opened by the Prince of Wales with a great demonstation. The Chairman of the company, Mr J. Fowler, has received a baronetcy. Mr B. Baker, C.E., one ot the engineers, and Mr Arrol, contractor, will be knighted. Serious rioting has taken place at Setubal, 18 miles from Lisbon. Two of the rioters were killed, and many others injured by the military. Mr Gladstone tnet with a great ovation on the conclusion of his speech in the House of Commons, on the report presented by the Times-Parnell Commission. Flannigin, author of the articles Parneilism and Crime, has been blackballed at the Athenaeum.

In the House of Commons, Mr T. Harrington read a cypher telegram purporting to disclose parleying of the Times subsepuent to the suicide of Piggott, to obtain the evidence of Sheridan and Miller, the Times agreeing to pay the parties £50,000 and £lO,OOO respectively. The Times states that it only fulfilled its duty in trying to obtain Sheridan’s evidence, which Parnell sympathisers In America had prevented. The Times also states that the cypher message showed that Sheridan offered to disclose the whole history of the Land League, producing documents which would implicate himself, Parnell, Dillon, and others, and that would prove the Parnell letter to be genuine. The Purchase of Land (Ireland) Amendment Act will be partially compulsory, and provision will be made for assisted immigration. China has set about reinforcing her defences on the Siberian frontier, apprehending a speedy Russian attack. An electric underground railway between London and Clapham has been tested successfully. The French Ministry intend to resign. Sir Chas. Dilke says Australia is the model for modern nations, and that few countries are more worth imitating. The Prince of Wales has been elected Grand Master of the Union Grand Lodge of Freemasons of England. An unlikely rumour is in circulation that Dr Barry will be appointed Bishop of Durham.

The Government of Brazil proclaimed a new constitution without waiting for the proposed convention, but afterwards submitted to have the matter decided by a plebiscite. The French Colonial Congress favors the establishment of a French protectorate over Dahomey, Upper Guinea. A riot occurred at “ Abington” Baird’s house, over the recent Smith Slavin fight. Mitchell assaulted Goode and Coburn with a poker. Both were seriously injured and had to be conveyed to the Hospital. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Mitchell. New Zealand Shipping Company’s shares are at £4 3s, and Shaw Saville Albion Company’s at £lO tos.