HOME & FOREIGN GABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 223, 26 January 1894, Page 2

HOME & FOREIGN GABLES.

A SENSATIONAL TRIAL. THE PRINCESS OF WALES' HEALTH. i IMPORTANT SPEECH BY MR j BALFOUR. | , NEW FRUIT-PRESERVING PRO- 1 CESS. BISMARCK'S MEETING WITH THE ; EMPEROR. i ANOTHER CRISIS IN EGYPT. NOTABLE LIBEL ACTION. \ I PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, January 24. It is expected that) the trial of Jabez ; Spencer Balfour will result in a startling < exposure, involving the prosecution of others. It is alleged that letters exist showing that Balfour was preparing for the inevitable crash four years ago. Truth reports that the illness of the Princess of Wales is exaggerated, but • nevertheless it is certain the Princess has , decided to withdraw from society. The first consignment of Cape fruit to London by the new ventilating process , has arrived in excellent condition. January 25. Mr Balfour, speaking at Manchester, said every party would welcome with heartfelt satisfaction the greatest disewwr^Jji jtoliticai .science — namely, a plan for making Great Britain constitutionally and legally one organism with the colonies. No such plan has, however, yet been suggested. Mr John Biddulph Martin, the wellknown banker of Lombard street, husband of Victoria C. Woodhull, the noted American woman's rights advocate, has instituted proceedings for libel against the British Museum authorities in connectiou with a book which stated that his wife published an obscene narrative and descriptions in connection with the celebrated Ward Beecher-Silton divorce scandal a quarter of a century ago. Calcutta. January 24. The. bank has made no allotment of the India Council Bills, the tenderers having offered fourteen and five-six-teenths. The India Council has made a special allotment of a quarter of a lakh of rupees. Few York, Januiiry 24. Reports have reached here from Brazil that the rebel Admiral Garna is seeking the mediation of the United States Admiral. Belgrade, January 25. The decree of exile against King Milan and Queen Natallie have been cancelled. Home, January 25. Marquis Rudini emphatically denies he ever attempted to break the Triple Alliance. Berlin, January 25. The Emperor is assigning rooms in the palace to Bismarck, whp is expected to arrive on Friday. Oaibo, January 25. The Khedive's reply to Lord Cromer's demands in unsatisfactory. Riaz Pasha, the Premier, is trying to persuade the Khedive to retract the aspersions he cast on the frontier forces. Lord Roseberry is directing Cromer's action in the matter. Washington, January 25. The House of Representatives has placed coal on the free list. The Committee of Foreign Affairs has introduced a resolution to Congress^condemning the action of Mr J. S. Stevens, American Agent at Honolulu, approving the President's views, and denouncing the annexation or protection of Hawaii as uncalled for and inexpedient.