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ENGLISHLondon, May 18, Advices come front Otadangah of a serip'is Mahommedan riot, which is sajd to have been started by some of the inhabitants under a pretence of protecting a mosque. fhg mob was dispersed by t'ae police, but not before o.ie constable had been killed, and many of the rioters seriously injured. • Mr E. Divyer Gray is endeavoring to bring about a reconciliation between the Parnellices and antiPifynellites.
May 19
It is reported that the Right jsev. William Dalrymplo Maclagan, Bishop of LichGeld, succeeds the lata Dr Magee as Archbishop of York. Lori Sheffield declares that Shrewsbury, Gunn, and Atteweli have absolutely refused to join the team which he is getting together to visit the Australian colonies.
A statement is published that the Barings and Messrs Cristobal de Murrieta and Company (a South American and Spanish firm of merchants) called in £BOO,OOO lent on t|ie §andringhaip estate, but the Queen has fop a renewal of the mortgage, The Australian cvuiserg Mildura, Karakatta, and Wallaroo are to be placed on the reserve on arrival at their destinations.
At a meeting of the National League of Greao Britain, a resolution was carried expressing the hope that Her Majesty the Queen would live to open 'he first first Parliament. The resolution was proposed by Mr Tim D. Sujlivan, M.P. for the College Green division of Dublin Cfty.
It is rumored that a great financial trust it> being formed for the purpose of absorbing Paj jng's assets from th« Bank of Epglapd wbeft the market is favorable.
Details of the capture o r British and German steam colliers by the Chilian rebel cruiser Blanco Encalad a have been received. From these it is. learnt that immediately the seiz ure was made known to the British Admiral he demanded an apology, threatening otherwise to open fire on the rebel ships. Tl).e captain of the Blanco Encalada at once apologised, and fired a Boyal salute. The New Zealand Shipping Company, and the Shaw, Saville Company have the mail freights by 10s, aud ordinary cargo by 5s per ton. foreign. Athens, May 18. The Government have voted a sum of 50,000 trancs to be distributed among the Jews who are in destiti;ce circumstances ou the island of Corfu
St Petersburg, May 18 The officials have been ordered to collect ssatisties of the Jews in the Russian provinces with a view to the expulsion of those who are illegally residing there. M;»y 19. A decree which hasjust been issued prohibits Jewish lawyers from pleadin<; in criminal cas*s in the Courts of Russia, and also prevents them' from appearing in civil cases in which the sum at stake exceeds a certain amount.Belgrade, May 19. On Monday the Government took steps to enforce the notice on ex Queen Nathalie, ordering her to q-iit the country, and at their direction she was seized and thrust into » carriage, which was then driven along the quay, escorted by a body of gendairaes. News of Nathalie's seizure quickly spread, and a crowd soon >urrounded the vehicle. Without much difficulty the indignant populace rescued the ex-Queen frotu the limbs of the law and conveyed her hack to her residence. The principal merchants and all of the students in the city disapprove of the action of the Government, and are upholding the cause of Nathalie, Hundreds of people are guarding her residence to prevent her re-capture by the officers of the Government. In the evening a good deal of fighting took place in the streets of the city, and two of the Queen's supporters were killed.
Within half an hour of the rescue of ex-Queen Natalie 500 cf her supporters assembled to guard her palace. At dawn the gendarmes forced their way through the guard, and, arousing the Qneen, invited her to leave peaceably. , After reflection, the Queen, in order to avoid bloodshed, promised to do so. and was escorted to a train, in which she was conveyed to the Hungarian frontier. In the fighting last night only one was killed, while fifty others were injured. New York, May 18. The Esmera!da has on board a stock of provisions for the Itata. May 19.
The United States cruiser Charles ton, which had cleared for action in view o! a brush with the Chilian rebel steamer Esmeralda, has left Acapulco harbour. Her commander suspects that the lrata passed Acapulco without calling in, and he has accordingly gone south in search of her. The latest advices received in the city state lb at the Itata is safe, having an amplo supply ot coal and provisions on board. Calcutta, May 18.
A serious outbreak of cholera epidemic is reported from Burmah, a large number ofmen of the Sixteeuth Rifles being among those attacked. The disease is also raging at Darjeeling in the Presidency of Bengal, and 90 coolies have already succumbed to its effect.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3816, 21 May 1891, Page 2
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