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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 135, 7 May 1891, Page 2

By '■* Electric Telegraph. — Copyright (PEU UNITED PRK.SS ASnOCI ATJO.n .) , London. May 4 -i The Chancellor of the Exchequer desires to ensure the right to trustees to re- \ cover promptly from the colonies in whose securities funds may be invested. The Pah Mall Gazette states that in ; consequence of information given by out- : siders the Queen's Proctor has decided not to intervene-in the O'Shea, diyorce case. ' May 5. Colonial stocks have risen generally^ohe per cent. ■ Edward Pinchert, merchant, has-been charged with an attempt to defraud Steerer, a jeweller, out of jE4O,OOb.^3Ie alleged that he was able to convert {one sovereign into three. The case was re- . manded. Further particulars of the sinking; of the Chilian ironclad Bianco Encalada show that she was undergoing repairs at the time, and was quite helpless, being unable to . get up steam. Consequently, ! when attacked, she afforded a steady target for. torpedoes; Six of them missed her, but the seventh proved effectual. Five thousand people are down with influenza at Rothenham. Lord James Duglas has committed suicide. Comage and Co.'s brewery, at Bermondsey, has been burned. Sir H. James has mtroduced a Bill to enable members of the House pf Commons to resign without going through the form of applying for the Chiltern Hundreds. The grand jury has returned a true bill against Captain Yerney, M.P., and the case comes on for trial to morrow. • ' Romp, May 5. Rudini, the Italian Premier,,' charges Mr Blame, Secretary of State for the United States, with ' publishing private despatches. Mr Blame has penned a sharp retort. It is expected that Mr Porter, American Minister, will be recalled from Rome. Brussels, May 5. The Strike is extending among the Belgian miners, and 20,000 are now out. Valparasio, May 6. Chili has solicited France, United States, and Brazil to intervene, with a view to bring about peace. The Ministers of these countries .are mediating between the belligerents. Washington, May 4 Secretary Blame proposes to accept Lord SaUsbury's proposal to close the Behring Sea to sealers for a season. \ tornado in Kentucky lifted up a church and dropped it in the middle of a street. iHundreds of buildings were destroyed. ■■-' * \. ''<;.■ Capetown, Mny 4 The number of men who have joined the Boer expedition to Mashonaland is greatly beyond what was at first expected. President Kruger in his despatches, though lamenting. his inabOity to prevent the raid on; Mashonaland, professes his friendship tb Great Britain. The expedition has swollen from 5000 to 20,000 men. In consequence of the attitude of the Boers, troops are moving in Natal. Valpauaiso; -May 6. The Government troops were victorious in an engagment at Pouzallont. and made use of their victory to behave with fiendish brutality, outraging girls, mur» dering w »men, and sacking towns. Received, May 6, 10.40 a.m. London. May 6. The British squadron at Bermuda has been ordered to proceed to Newfoundland. It is reported that an extra ten shillings per head will be allowed instead of the fees under the free education proposal. Captain Verney pleaded guilty and was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. Calcutta. Mny 6 The Marquis of Lansdowne, Viceroy of India, is opposed to the British annexation of Manipur, the scene of the recent revolt. Brussels, May 6. Serious disturbances have taken place at Seraing and Liege and several explosions of dynamite are reported. jNew Yobk. VI ay 6 The Grand Jury at New Orleans has refused to indict those concerned in the lynching of Sicilians.