BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Dunstan Times, Issue 1034, 10 February 1882, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

The police have arrested 40 persons for interfering will and attacking hunting parting in C.aro and Limerick, Ireland.

All the shares have been allotted in the Hawkins Hill Gold Mining Company, New South Wales, which was recently started in

London with a capital of 11100,000. Great success has attended the floating of the New Zealand Grain Agency Company, with a capital of £I,OOO 000 Applications for shaies I'avo been received in excess of the capital to be subscribed. A large private dynamite store in Limerick bas been entered and plundered of its contents.

Sixteen persons have been found guilty ami sentenced to various terras of imprisonment at the Cork assizes for being connected with "Captain Moonlight” and his band, and for being concerned in the outrages perpetrated on tile tenantry of the Earl of Cork. Dining the course of the trials a man named Conned, a prisoner on a similar charge, gave evidence testifying that instructions and money for carrying out the outrages were received from Dublin.

Further intelligence is to hand fully confirming the fact of an outbreak against the Tmki.-h itile in the Province of Yemen, bo ut hern Arabia, and stating that the rcbelli m is assuming alarming proportions and rapidly spreading throughout the Province.

Tile Tu kish G ivernment have entered into a guarantee by which they pledge themselves to pay an annual instalment of 10, 1 00,' 01 francs towards the war indemnity to Ru.-sia.

Tlie application of Guiteau’s councel for a new trial lias been refused, aim sentence lias been pass' d upon him, lie is lo be hanged on the 30tli June.

The total quantity 'f wheat affoat for Gr-at Britain is 2.810,000 quarters. Earl Granvi le, Foreign Stcretary, has communicated to the Pi ess a denial of statemen s which hj ive been current to the eff.-ct that, the Anglo French note of theSJi ult., guaranteeing the maintenance of the Khedive’s authority against disorder, is tautiiin 'lint to the intiin itiouof the decision of England mid France to use aimed intervention in the event of anarchy arising in idy.pt.

A small portion of the cargo of frozen mutton brought by ihe steamship Cusco was sold by auction in London on February G, and rca '3rd an average of 01 per lb. The remainder is bring landed at the Pool. The meat is considered tu have been badly prepa 1 e I for shipment.

M dnnnmed Pasha, the new President of the Egyptian Council of Ministers, paid a vis-t to the British representative, Sir E B Malet. In the course of the interview the Premier look occasion to re-assuie the British ambbassador with regard to the policy of the new Ministry. The Khedive received a deputation of officers of the army to-day, at which GOO were present. Tae officers tendered their thanks lo fis Highness for the confidence he hail displnye I in the National Party, and assured him of the fidelity of his military forces.