BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 534, 20 November 1890, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

The Berlin hotels are rapidly filling with consumptive patients. The Imperial Institute is in want of money, and is expecting further contributions from the Colonies. The Dock Committee warn ship owners that they will have to discharge their own vessels from the beginning of the year. The New York Bankers have issued a loan of i0,000,0c0 dollars upon certificates for Banks needing the aid of a clearing house. The junior partner of a New York firm of brokers has been dejected in forgeries amounting to 350,000 dollars. New Zealand butter by the Tongariro averaged 305 to 40s. Much of it was pronounced mere rubbish. The Agents-General urge that the colonies should be allowed the option of remaining out of all commercial treaties between Great Britain and the other Powers. Mr Parnell has issued instructions to whip up a full attendance of the Irish party at the beginning of the session, for one combat, first and last, on the great issues still pending. His party is opposed to his resigning. The survivors of H.M.S. Serpent report that she struck at 10 o’clock at night. The crew obeyed orders with perfect coolness for an hour, when the Commander, seeing the case Vvas hopeless, relieved them from discipline. Business in London is at a standstill, and it is doubted whether the bottom has . really been touched lj is feared that leading Anglo-German Bank is in difficulties. A leading-- syndicate lost altogether £160,000 by tffe last Victorian loan. 11 is regarded as certain that owing to the crash in the market, syndicates financing Colonial loans will refuse to assist any early issues. In the Divorce Court, in the case O'Shea v. O'Shea and Parnell, co-respon-dent, a domestic servant, formerly an employe of Captain O’Shea, at Brighton, gave evidence to the effect that Parnell visited Mrs O’Shea under an assumed name, and that an one occasion he made his escape by the window, owing to the unexpected return of Captain O’Shea. The jury found Parnell guilty of adultery with Mrs O’Shea, and a decree nisi was granted. Mr Justice Butt said the evidence was so strong that there was no necessity for a lengthy summing up. It was shown that house after house had been taken under aliases, and in one instance Parnell escaped by means of a fire escape, on the unexpected return ofthe petitioner to his wife’s residence. There was no evidence of connivance on the part of petitioner, and the Judge refused to allow co-respondent to avail himself of the plea that O Shea connived at Parnell’s intimacy with his wife, or that there was collusion or neglect on his part. The Judge administered a severe rebuke to Parnell for availing himself of his friendship with the husband to debauch the ..man’s wife. A counter-charge against the petitioner, of adultery with his wife’s sister, the learned Judge characterised as baseless and abominable, The jury returned their verdict without quitting the box, Captain O’Shea was granted custody of the children. Costs were awarded against Parnell.