[Pkesb Association.! London, May 18. Mr Gladstone's motion to equalise the probate and snccession duties irt respect to realty and personalty has been rejected in the House of Commons by a majority of seventy- six. The Greymouth Gold Dredging Company with a capital of £20,000 has been registered. The doctors who dissected the late Mr Irving Bishop have been arrested on a charge of manslaughter, but have been admitted to bail. Her Majesty the Queen haa opened tho new sohools at Eton. A deputation f-rom the Fruit Growers' League waited on Sir Saul Samuel, Agent General for New South Wales, and asked him whether the Government of that Colony would ofter facilities for acquiring land there for fruit grow ng, and whether they would contribute towards the expenses of sending out experts. Sir Saul Samuel said he doubted whether the Government would give pecuniary assistance to private enterprise, but offered to give any informa tion that would be of value. j Mr Bradlaugh's resolution objecting to the proposed terma of commuting perpetual pensions has been rejected in the House of Commons by a majority of 49. All hope of raising H.M.S. Sultan, whiob was sunk off Malta, has been abandoned, but efforts are being made to save her guns. New Zealand hemp is qnoted at £36 5* to £36 10s. Bomb, May 18. J His Holiness the Pope haa been suddenly taken ill. Ho ia very weak. Madrid, May 18. A number of Anarchist and Republican agitators conspired to seize and loot Sucoa, a town in Valenoia, while the men were work ing outside in the fields. The plot was dis covered, however,- and the gendarmea seized the leaders. Sin-Wore, May 17. News has been received here that the Norwegian barque Norway, bound hence to New York, foundered in a gale. Her orew however, safely reached the Mauritius, St. Petkusbuhg, May 18. A widespread conspiracy againat tho life of tae Cz>r, in which tbe officers and uoldiera of several regimenta stationed at Moacow and Warsaw are implicated, haß been dis covered. Many officers and eoldiers havo been nrrested, and three officers committed suicide to avoid arrest A bomb of terribly j des motive power was found ab Warsaw, The plot haß quite prostrated the Czarina. Paris, May 16. Tlie sharee in the new Coniptoirhave baen subscribed threa times over. 