CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 15 August 1891, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

London. The Commissioners of the Exhibition held in .1851 offer science scholarships, of the value of £120, tenable for two years, for competition by students of the South Australian and New Zealand Universities.. After the opening of the Hygienic Congress, the Prince of Wales dined ■with the Council of the College of Physicians, and afterwards attended the conversazione given by the College of Surgeons. . tf he English press unite in proclaiming the Congress the most important one ever held. Fully a thousand representatives of various nations and countries were present. Further reports from Mashonaland describe the Phoenician ruins, found there, as the most unique in the world. It is rumoured that owing to the understanding arrived at between France and Russia the British Government intend to largely increase the Mediterranean fleet. Lord Salisbury has postponed the conference with Rustem Pasha, Turkish Ambassador, on the question of evacuating Egypt till October, i Bank of New Zealand shares have experienced a rise of 10s, owing to the payment of a dividend, and the favourable nature of the balance sheet and report. Messrs Murietta and Co., are issuing- a million's worth of six per cent second debentures. The Times discredits the statement that Russia will prohibit the export of wheat, and believes that the order will apply only to rye; The Rev C. H. Spurgeon has suffered a slight relapse. Mr Balfour asserted at Plymouth that the alliance between the Tories and the Unionists was now indissoluble. The differences that divided them before the Home Rule question was agitated were now forgotten. j A. somewhat remarkable case is now before the Law Courts. A Miss Cooper, 25 years of age, accepted an invitation from her cousin, aged 20, to visit St Paul's. A cab was procured, but instead, of going to the Cathedral the young man drove to St Bride's, and terrorised his companion into marrying him under threat of committing suicide with a revolver. The same day he deserted his wife, upon finding that she had no money, and the lady is now 'suing to have the marriage declared' null.. Miss Cooper's application. to have! her marriage With her cousin, into ; which she alleged she was terrorised, declared null and void was refused/ Mr Holden, Home ' Ruler, " was elected for Walsall by a majority of 538 over Mr James, Unionist. E. McAffery, one of the Invinoibles,' who was found guilty of participation in the Phoenix Park murder and sentenced to. i^en ...year's •imprisonment, • has" been released from goal. Mr, T. Harrington, M.P. , Secretary of the National League, has announced that the funds are exhausted and therefore the League is unable to continue its grants to . evicted tenants. He alleges that the seceder^ from the Parnell Party are responsible for the position of the. League. Mr Parnell's friends intend to stump England and Scotland in support of his leadership. Mr J. Dillon and Mr Justin Macarthy propose to establish an Evicted Tenants' Fund. - : Hon: James Russell Lowell, setat 72, died on the 12th. r