THE CHARGE AGAINST CAPTAIN VERNEY

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 131, 28 April 1891, Page 2

THE CHARGE AGAINST CAPTAIN VERNEY

; MUTINEERS PUNISHED ; MORE LYNCHING IN AMERICA f • ■ . ' : • London, April 25. [ The further hearing af . the charge ' against Captain Verney has been adjourued to Thursday. r Mr M. Davitt is resigning the editorship of the Labour World, and leayeß , shortly tor California. ' Four of the Artillerymen who mutinied at Gosport last week were sentenced by court martial to two years' imprisonment with hard labour. Lord Salisbury has issued an ultimatum to Portugal, stating that unless she immediately gives facilities to British 1 traders lor free trade through Mashonaland, in accordance with treaties in force, ~ England will resort to forcible measures. April 26. In the billiard match, spot barred, between two well-known professionals, ' Tayl'T and W. Neil, the former made a wonderful break of 1467, which is more i than double the number recorded : by any , other player on the championship table. The maximum price for wheat is* now looked up as having been reached. French buyers are speculating with a view to the failure of lhe English crops. Received April 28, 10 15 a.m. Valparaiso, April 27. Details of the sinking of the rebel warship Blanco Encalada,- off Autofasto, . show she was attacked by the torpedo fleet while she was lying at anchor, and ■ the vessel was destroyed by the Alnierante Lynch, a torpedo catcher, built in England, which fired two Whitehead torpedos. i The number of persons on board the Blanco Encalada was 500, half of whom were drowned. The ironolad Huasca was struck by a torpedo. The warship Florence has gone over to the rebels. r President Balmaceda, fearing an attempt to poison him, has all his meals ; prepared by his mother. i . London, April 27 Colonial stocks generally, have fallen another half der cent,