LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Kumara Times, Issue 2843, 12 November 1885, Page 2

LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

[REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.] ! Y E MOOT UlO Tk r.KO 1? A PH THE ABDUCTION OF LILY ARMSTRONG. THE SENTENCES ON STEAD AND OTHERS. INCREASE OF BRITISH ARMY. PARNELL APPEALING TO GLADSTONE. (Received November 11, 2.55 p.m.) LONDON, November 10. Sentence was passed to-day on the prisoners form*? guilty of abduction and conspiracy in conned ion with the Armstrong case. Stead, editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, was found guilty of abduction, and sentenced to three years’

imprisonment, while Jacques, of the same journal, was found guilty of conspiracy, and received one year. Rebecca Jarretf and Madame Maury were each sentenced to six months’ imprison: ment, in the latter case with hard labou r. (Received November 12, 1.4 a.m.) November 11. It is rumoured that owing to the heavy drain caused by the despatch of troops for service in Egypt and in India, it has been decided by the War Office to augment the British army by ten battalions, Mr C. S. Parnell, addressing a public meeting at Liverpool last night, made an appeal fo Mr Gladstone to submit to the electors some scheme of government for Ireland which should be combined with the maintenance of the unity of the Empire. [SPECIAL TO MELBOURNE AGE.] London, November 2. A sum of £SOOO has been subscribed by the public for the defence of Mr Stead, and a further sum of £IOOO is required. It is asserted that a limited liability company is in existence, whose business consists in the exportation of girls to the Continent for immoral purposes. November 3. Mr Stead, editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, against whom proceedings have been taken in connection with the alleged illegal abduction of the girl Lily Armstrong, has asserted that the statements made by Mrs Jarrett, who was called as a witness for the defence and who made some astounding assertions, are not to be relied on. The German New Guinea Company has recommended Government to defer, for a year, the scheme for the colonisation of the German portion of New Guinea.

Rowell, the well-known pedestrian, has challenged Scott, of New Zealand, to meet him in a go-as-you-please contest. Rowell stipulates that in consideration of the match taking place in New r Zealand, his expenses shall be paid. [special to press association. | London, November 8. The Colonial Wool and Finance Company of Australia has been registered with a capital of a quarter of a million. Russia is trying to incite a rebellion against Prince Alexander, of Bulgaria. A conspiracy to murder King Milan of Servia has been discovered, and five arrests of those concerned in the plot have been made. The jury in the case of Stead, of the Pull Mall Gazette, who was found guilty of abduction in connection with the girl Lily Armstrong, wished to recommend the accused to mercy. The Whites are expelling the Chinese from all Washington territory.