TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Bruce Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 1758, 15 June 1886, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN. (By Cable.) (Reuter's Spectal.) London, June 9, Her Majesty the Queen haa given her sanction for a dissolution of Parliament. The date of the new elections has not yet been fixed. Mr Chamberlain is forming a Radical Union to promote the establishment of uniform autonomy for England, Ireland, and Scotland, Rioting haa taken place at Belfast, aud the police have been compelled to fire on the rioters. Twenty-three Scotch Liberals voted againßt the Irish Land Purchase Bill. Messrs Ford, O'Donovan Rossa, and Sullivan are making menaces against England. Mr Graham Berry and Mr Garrick have protested against the recent action of France in sending a vessel to the New Hebrides. Lord Roiebery, to whom the protest was made, will ask M. Waddington, the French ambassador in London, to give an explanation of the matter. The Admiralty rely on the vigilance of H.M.S. Mildine and Raven, which are at present in the neighbourhood of the islands, to look after English interests. The Agents-general believe that the present action of France is simply a prelude to annexation. It is believed at the Foreign Office that the French vessels which recently proceeded to the New Hebrides were despatched there aolely for tbe purpose of obtaining reparation for outrages by natives on Frenoh subjects. Confidence is felt that France will not act in an underhand manner. The disturbance between the Catholic and Protestant parties in Belfast proved of a very serious nature. The police who attempted to quell the disturbance were attacked with stones and obliged to fire on the mob, killing five of their number and wounding many others. Tho American Tariff Bills have been abandoned for this session. June 10. The ' Pall Mall Gazette ' in an article on the New Hebrideß question considera thafc the views expressed by Victoria in the matter were calmer than the facta of the caae warranted, and states that if a single French soldier lands without the permission of England the occupation of the islands will be ensured. The disturbances at Belfast still continue. At midnight the rioters were reported to be menacing the police barracks. The military were again called into requisition, and had to charge with fixed bayonets before the crowd conld be dispersed. Anarchist rioting has occurred at Pesth. It has been suggested at home to establish a steel foundry in Australia. "Le Paris ' declares that if France establishes a permanent protection over the Islands England can have no ground for complaint. In the House of Commons to-day Mr Gladstone announced that the business requiring immediate attention would be wound np as soon as possible, and that he hoped the dissolution of Parliament would be possible by the 26 bh June. June 11. M. Waddington does not believe that troops will be landed at New Hebrides, but that a atation will be formed there. M. de Freycinet hopes for the early return of the troops to New Caledonia. The French Socialist organ 'Li Cri da Peuple' declares that massacres will take place at New Hebrides and that there will be a revival of the tactics displayed by the French troops in the fight with the Kromirs in Tunis in May 1881, 'The Spectator,' discussing the New Hebrides question, ia of opinion that tbe terms of the Pacific convention must be maintained. There is growing official opinion that the wisest course would be for Great Britain to exchange the Falkland Islands for New Caledonia. Canon Liddon haß declined the Biahopric of Edinburgh.

The new Parliament will probably meet in ' October. The Unionists hope to return 430 members, and the Conservatives expect to gain thirty. It is rumoured that Mr Gladstone intends to offer free education as part of his future policy. Le Comte de Paris will retire to England. The Bolfast mob fought with desperate courage in the recent riots ; women, girls, and boys taking part in it. Four persons having no connection with the riot were killed. June 13. Mr Chamberlain has issued an electoral manifesto to his Birmingham constituents. Referring in it to the Irish question he advocates a scheme whereby England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland would be endowed with similar powers of autonomy. Arrangements have been nude to hold a grand review at Aldershot, on the 20th July. Leading colonists now in England are invited to witness the manoeuvres. A manifesto which has been issued crushingly criticises Mr Gladstone's action on his Irish proposals. In the French Chamber of Deputies the majority against tho expulsion of the Orleanist Princes was 89. Paris, June 9. The French Government, in reply to inquiries of the* English Foreign OfEc-?, have announced officially that the object of deepatching a French man-of-war to the New Hebrides was to protect French subjects owing to the recent massacres by native***. The troops were to be landed at the point menaced with attack, if possible, and a temporary station might be established, but tho movement had no political object. June 13. The Bill authorising the expulsion of the Princes from France has been finally passed by the Legislature.