London.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 31 December 1891, Page 2

London.

Mrs Osborne, who sued Major and Mrs Hargreaves for slander, will be arrested on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences. Prince Christian was shot in the eye while out shooting with the Duke of Connaught and Prince Henry of Battenburg, at Osborne. The injury is only of a slight character. Zalinski, the inventor of the dynamite gun, has become insane. A dropped match caused a slight fire in a theatre in Gateshead during a performance of a pantomine. A fearful panic resulted, in which nine children in the gallery were trampled to death. The checktaker vainly attempted to stop the rush and was himself killed. During the panic roughs pillaged the actors' property. The shot which struck prince Christian was fired by the Dnke of Connaught. Three pellets entered the left eye, and it is reported that the injured organ has been removed. Prince Christian was not shooting, but simply advising his son when a shot from the Duke of < onnaught's gun glanced off a tree and struck him in the eye. He is progressing fairlywell. Sir W. A- White, British Ambassador at Constantinople, died in Berlin of influenza last Monday. Weddel's circular complains of the quality of New Zealand frozen mutton, which it asserts is even lower than last year, while on the other hand the Australian and River Plate has improved. The Marquis of Hartington, who has succeeded to the title of Duke of Devonshire, will remain leader of the Liberal Unionists, and Mr Chamberlain will be leader of the party in the House of Commons.