BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 492, 12 August 1890, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

The cholera is spreading throughout Spain. Anarchy still prevails in Guatemala, and President Birrellas has fled. Sir William Jervois is to be banquetted on October 16. The naval manoeuvres have begun, Admiral Seymour being in charge of the attacking fleet, while Vice-Admiral Tryon leads the defence. Th Antwerp wool sales take place between August 18th and 23rd, inclusive ; 190,000 bales will be offered, including 6000 from Australia. The Vienna correspondent of the Times says that thousands of Jews are leaving Russia, and emigrating to Brazil and Algeria. The report that an edict has been issued against the Russian Jews is officially contradicted. The winding up of the N.Z. Agricultural Company has been ordered. The imports for the United Kingdom for the month of July show a decrease in value of £2,200,000 as compared with the corresponding month in 1889. The Madgeburg Gazette, in discussing the sugar bounty question, considers that the present tax on sugar will be maintained.

Miss Wiedmann has appealed against the decision in her divorce case with Horace Walpole. Mr Henry George has been entertained at a banquet, and in the course of his speech he stated that the single tax was progressing in Australia, but he found Protection was a strong obstacle to it. . The amount collected in aid of the survivors of the Balaclava charge is inadequate. The Mayor of Limerick and several members of the Corporation, have been expelled from the Irish League for refusing to support a resolution pledging confidence in John Dillon in his dispute with Bishop O’Dwyer. The Army Service corps at Chatham refused to parade. They retired to their barracks and locked themselves up in the storeroom. The ringleaders of the mutiny were sentenced to imprisonment for a month. The men allege they are overworked. An inquiry is to be made into these charges. The South Wales food supply is paralysed, and hundreds are engaged picketting the railways to prevent blacklegs working. The directors of the Railway Company have decided to resume the running of trains on Tuesday, under a strong police protection. The Cardiff Railway hands insist on ten hours, and shunters and signalmen on eight hours. Heligoland was formally handed over to-day to Herr Von Bottisher, German Secretary of State for the Interior, and the English and German flags were hoisted alongside one another. Mr Barkley, the Governor of Heligoland, took his departure to-day, amid great enthusiasm, extreme regret being expressed at his departure. Prior to his departure the Governor was entertained at a banquet, and salutes were fired as he left the snore. The premium on gold in the Argentine continues to recede, and is now quoted at 128. Since the formation of the new Cabinet confidence in the country has been revived. Dr Carlos Pellegrini, the new President of the Argentine Republic, is cousin to the late John Bright. Kremler was undaunted when placed in the chair for execution. The electric currents were imperfect, and as the contact was also faulty, three shocks had to be applied before death resulted, but the condemned man was unconscious after the first shock. Portions of the body were burnt, and smoke was seen issuing from his back.