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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 86, 14 January 1890, Page 2

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By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright JPER. UNITED PBKS> ASSOCIATION. J London, January 11. Sir James Fergusson denies that he is in any way indebted to the bauk of New Zealand. . • Judge Kelly declined to receive a resolution of confidence in Parjiell from the Glare grand jury. The Court of Queen's Bench has ordered The Times to disclose the circulation of the pamphlet entitled " Parnellism and Crime," and the price paid to the author. The Times has appealed against the decision. Six thousand five hundred quarters of wheat, January shipment, were sold at 35s 6d. In Chambers the Judges declined to grant an application to compel The Times to disclose the source of the information on which was based the notorious articles on " Parnellism and Crime." The case against Mr Newton, solicitor, charged with conspiracy in- connection with the West End scandals, commenced to-day after several adjournments. The evidence disclosed that Mr Newton purchased three passage tickets for New York, and that his clerk, a man named Taylor, and his son accompanied the man Hammond, who was notoriously connected with the scandal to New York. • The Yorkshire County Cricket Club report asserts that drinking is the cause of the decline of cricket in the county. The leading rowing clubs present a beautiful address to Searle's parents, and propose to institute an annual "Searle Memorial Race" on the Thames. January 12. The departure of the Frisco mail is postponed till January 14. The Marquis of Hartington is suffering from a severe attack of congesion^ of the lungs, brought on by neglecting a cold. The lock-out of men from the tea warehouses has been settled, and a compromise arranged. The London Trades Unions advise that pecuniary help should be afforded to the gas strikers. They also condemn Govern ment for supporting the Company with the aid of Police. * . ' At a meeting of the Council of the Im penal Institute, over which the Prince of Wales presided, it was agreed to establish a school of modern languages. Professor Max Muller, the eminent philologist, in an address supported the proposal. William Eignold, actor, and hi -. daughter, open in Sydney at Easter iii " Nowadays." New York, January 11. A tram was wrecked at Sydney (Nebraska) to-day, and the Australian mails on board were burned. The water rose suddenly in a caisson used in building a bridge over the Ohio river. Eighteen persons struggled to escape the valve, but 14 of them were drowned. St. Petebsbubg. January 11. During a melee arising out of a police raid on a Nihilist Club at Moscow, a young woman killed the chief officer of the secret police of that city and afterward committed suicide. ■ ! Pabis, January 11Intelligence is to hand to the effect that' the King of Dahomdy has made a prisoner of ■ the Governor of French Senegal. Troops are being despatched to rescue him and quell the rebellion. The wine production of France this year amounts to 28,000,000 hectolitres, the lowest for twenty years. > ? Zanzibab, January 11. • Information has been received to the effect that Bwanaheri, the Arab leader, has captured Burdn and Gravenruih, and and two officers of Major Wissman's expeditionary force, j Bbslin, .lanuar- 11. ! The funeral of the late Dowager Empress Augusta took place to-day with imposing ceremonies. The Duke of Ediu- j burgh and Empress Frederick were among those present. Prince Bismarck was absent, at the desire of the Emperor William, on account of ill-health. A Munich paper 'asserts that the Czar of Bussia has recently suffered from severe fits of epilepsy, to which he has been subject since, he met with the railway accident at Borgo in. October, 1888.