NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume V, Issue 651, 25 August 1891, Page 2

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

By Electric Telegraph.] [Special to the Standard.] BRITISH AND FOREIGN. Italy has joined the other Powers in coercing China. The Duke of Cleveland, aged 88. is dead. The American Wheat Trust has failed for four million dollars. The death is announced of Lord Justice Inglis, of Scotland. The Rev. C. H. Spurgeon is slowly improving in health. Heavy rainfalls in the South of England are damaging the crops. A Haytian warship was among the vessels lost in the Martinique hurricane. One thousand deaths from cholera are reported in Arabia and Syria. The population of Buenos Ayres has decreased by 150,000 since last census. The Government of Hayti is endeavoring to raise a loan of 9,000,000 dollars. The late J. R. Lowell bequeathed his library to the Harvard University, United States. Mr Penn (Tory) and Mr Warnington (Liberal) are candidates for the Lewisham seat. English Roman Catholics are sceptical about the authenticity of the Holy Coat of Treves. Lord Esme Gordon, son of the tenth Marquis of Huntly, has been declared a bankrupt. By an explosion of powder in Blackbear mine, Burke, Idaho, eight men were blown to atoms. Further floods have occurred in Tyro), occasioning great destruction of houses and other property. During a storm at Kilburn, Yorkshire, two houses collapsed, but fortunately without injury to any person. The officials at New York have detained some pauper Jews whose passages were paid by Baron Hirsch. The Salvationists at Eastbourne, Sussex, intend to sue the Mayor of the town for damages for false imprisonment. The Convention of the National League in America has invited Messrs Parnell and McCarthy to visit the United States. A new military problem is to be tried at theAdstrian autumn manoeuvres, and precautions are being taken to exclude outsiders.

Negotiations between the European Powers and the Chinese Government in connection with the recent riots are becoming more favorable. There has been a sharp decline in the stock of the Bank of South Australia, due to sales by several nervous holders who were alarmed at the recent Melbourne failures. Many experiments j n Texas and elsewhere to test a contrivance to cause rain to fall have been successful. The brigands demand a ransom of ,£2OOO for the Italian inspector captured near Salonica. Otherwise he wiil be put to death. The Orthodox Conference of Russia recommends the saverest repression of Protestants, and urges that they s hould be made ineligible to purchase or rent land, or to fill civic offices. Die French Press is gratified at the reception of the fleet at Portsmouth. The Press of Berlin views the reception with calmness. The Russian Government considers the prohibition of export of rye will conserve the grain produce of the country sufficiently to allow the export of other cereals. An official estimate of the Canadian wheat crop is sixty-two million bushels, which will give thirty-five millions for export. This is triple last year's surplus. By a hurricane at Martinique, a French colony in the West Indies, 218 people were killed and 200 injured by falling houses, trees, etc. The devastation is fearful. The Bank of France is husbanding its gold, and intends purchasing American wheat to the extent of one hundred million francs. The financial crisis in Portugal is increasing. There is no gold and both silver and copper are scarce. Many peasantry, in the provinces of Kasau, Russia, are dying of starvation. The unfortunate people have been reduced to feed on grass porridge. The Spanish Government has decided to terminate commercial treaties which accord to the British Colonie “ most favored nation ” treaties. Mr Henniker Heaton asserts that England is on the eve of establishing an ocean penny post, the PostmasterGeneral having at last been induced to recommend it to the Cabinet. Arrangements are being made to hold an exhibition in Paris next year for the purpose of comparison of the products of French colonies with those from colonies of other nations. It is believed that the rumored secret issue of .£1,500,000 loan by the New South Wales Government, was chiefly the result of intrigue and jobbery by unscrupulous financial agents. The Times publishes a review of the position in New Zealand, four columns in length, in which a most favorable view is taken of the prospects of the colony. The authorship is attributed to Sir Julius Vogel. The Emperor of China has ordered a strong squadron to Nankin, on the Yangtse Kiang, and a second flotilla also, to overawe the populace. The Bishop of Treves has received telegrams from all over the world, congratulating him on the successful exhibition of the Holy Coat. Disorderly scenes were enacted at the Solialist Congress at Brussels. Thirty-one of the English delegates of new unionism became annoyed at the motions introduced by delegates from the older and more stable unions, and refused to attend. It is alleged that Anarchists control the proceedings. The Chilian insurgents are closing round Valparaiso, which is now severed from communication with the remainder of the President’s Army at Coquimbo. The insurgents’ fleet will co-operate in the attack on Valparaiso, and a battle is imminent. Ten thousand insurgents have landed at Grunter's Bay, and a fleet carrying 19 guns is ready to open fire. The forts of Valparaiso mount 30 gnns, and President Balmaceda has concentrated to,ooo men at Santiago for the defence of the capital. The troops have cut the wires and blown up the bridge north of Valparaiso. The insurgent cruiser Esmeralda fired »n the treops in town.

The N.Z. L. and M.A. Co. have received the following London market cablegram, dated August 21 :—Tallow. —Market easier. Tallow has declined 3d per cwt. since last report. Frozen meat. —Beef and mutton market dull. Quotations unchanged since last telegram. Lamb market firmer. Triple N.Z. lambs are worth per carcase s 2-Bihd per lb. Weather very unsettled!