THE LATEST.

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 117, 26 March 1891, Page 2

THE LATEST.

London, March 25. It is reportpd that if a plebiscite were t-.ken, seven -eights of the people of IN t-wfoundlaiid would vote for annexation 10 the United States. The enforcement <.f the treaty with France is likely to be resisted unless a regiment of British .roops is despatched to coerce the Colony The New South Wales convention scheme is well receired. The newspapers which announced that ihe baccarat case had been compromised underpressure from the Prince of Wales were censured by the Court and ordered to pay costs. ! he Pope, in the course of an inter* view witu the Archbishop of Dublin, advises the Irish clergy to maintain op* position to Mr Parnell, AJr Parnell declines Mr Healy's challenge to resign, on the ground that he Tears that his opponent intends to ciruuaivent him by underli»U'l means Capktows, March 24 News ha<4 been received that the Governor of M adagascar, who perpetrated the recent atrocious cruelties, has been executed. Lisbon, March 24. Portugal has declared Sofala and Maoacaland in a state of siege. TioMK, March 25. The Italian Government are demanding the punishment of New Orleans lynchers. New Oelka.vs, March 24. Two mpn have been indicted .'on a charge of biibing the jury in the recent trial of Sicilian assassins. Geoegetown, March 24. English residents on the front i«r of British Guiana are fighting the Veae zuelas Received March 26, 10.30 a.m. New Tube. March 25 The Governor of Lousinana admits that three of the Sicilians lynched in New Orleans were probably Italian subjects. Yalpaeaiso, March 25. Insurgents have captured Antafagasta, and now control two-thirds of the Chilian revenue. St. Johns, March 25. The Government of New Foundland are strictly enforcing the terms of the Bait Act. Beklix, March 25. The census, which has recently been taken, shows the population of Germany to be forty-nine and a half millions. London, March 25. Mr Parnell asserts that Maurice Heally is iv collusion with the Unionists to defeat him at Cork. The Times, in referring to ParnelPs refusal to apply for the Chiltern Hundreds, considers he is seeking to shuffle out of the contest with Heally. The shareholders of the Anglo-Austra-lian Printing and Publishing Union, Limited, are endeavoring to make Mr Horatio Bottomley, Managing Director, liable for a sum of £90,000 which has disappeared.