ENGLAND

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6917, 22 July 1884, Page 2

ENGLAND

London, July 7. In the House of Commons this afternoon Alderman Fowler, one of the members for the City of London, asked a question of which he had giren notice relative to the decision of the Government, on the proposed establishment of a British protectorate over New Guinea and other islands in the Pacific The Hon. Mr Ashley, Political 1 Seoretary for the Colonial Office, stated that the Government were making arrangements for the appointment of a High Commissioner of the Western .Pacific, as was proposed by Earl Derby in his despatch of the 9th of May, and that th« latter had decided to communicate with the Colonial Governments before making any definite arrangements as to the residence of the new High Commissioner or the appointment of his staff. A conference is to meet in London at the end of this month with the object of disousaing the advisability of a general federation of the British Empire. Mr Forster will preside, and a number' of other prominent members of Parliament have promised to be present. The Agents-General of the various Australian colonies have also been invited to attend. July 8.; News has been received from Colonel '■ Glenfell, commanding the troops which were despatched on the 31st of May to {■!V7aidy Halfa.ancl^Koroßko, reporting tfiat"; "they hay|a)w^ nbw<^«^ atfainsi^

The Agenta - General for thV;^w*§£gjM tralian colonies obnsidev. the '^'V§&jo^^ of Mr Ashley to Alderman >;FoMerk|||l to be valueless. The reply .:«impMt|||| means that the Australian' oolonj^sg||^ should pay the expenses of 'a.-y}^Lio%f^^m Commissioner and his staff inßtea^;; ; pf ;&|S|^ England, as at present. . The 'Agdriti^^^ General now understand that in •&ppmnto^p*M ing a High Commissioner Lorl.l)ejfi)y^|l|p distinctly repudiates all idea oC isdtabiuihr^i:^^ ing a protectorate over New Guinea or'/ojfi^^J oountenaucing its annexation and that"'.of^j£^ the adjacent Paoific Islands. l . f,^,i^^tffMt The Marquis of Noruianby at a banquet^^Wi given to him to-night expressed himself fl||Jl strongly opposed to the annexation ~:fatMoiM New Guinea. ■ ■ -'' ' '■■■/_ : --£.^£^||f Probate has been granted to the will of the late Duke of Albany, the amount r qf%^l his estate being sworn at £46,000. >{ ''w^i^M '. .". -',iTnljrn\lJSip The Grand Duke of Hesse, wido^er^f?|p| the late Prinoeas Alice* has bbmoeay '■*s'£ '3| divorce from his second wifei r Madan;J»; 'fj|| Kolemine, who had previously beeh f^M divorced from the former Secretary of the , v^ Russian Legation at Darmstadt. ' * ~-:&'-iM ■ ■ July;lo.;v^il| The Chancery Division of the Highv|^S Court of Justice has refused to settle tfi^i|^t| list of the contributoriea to 'the Oriental hs&s Bank. Corporation before they yewaiion^;^ A committee has been appoin^dv^assjstvif^ in the official liquidation of ■the :^:WnEv;|y;| Reports have been received, from G(Bylolix;||^ and Mauritius- in favor of delays realising the assets of the bahk.^^Mr/^t' Justice Chitty considers that a call upon | : .| the shareholders would be injurious at' 1 .^| the present moment, but Mr Welton ia --K^-fj pressing the matter with the view of .ex- y :;|j pediting the winding up of the affairs of %p| the bank. " " " ■ " -'\-^.MM ' Julyi!^%^?| The Agents-General propose to'witK^^^ draw the offer of the payment of a sub- +'%M sidy ~of £15,000 guaranteed '; 'by^4fitf||^| Australian colonies, uhleßß a' British ;oS| protectorate is established over^-ifiT^^ipi Guinea. The question is nowjup,di^^§^;l| ouasion by the British Cabinet; *"^ H';? -H^ifgi Professor Strong, Professor. of ;Olaßsic«^i^ and Comparative Philology in the^MelT^pi bourne University, has been appbinted^o^^ the Professorship of the I4verpool.Goi«-;H||l lege, and will consequently resignVhisJ?^ position, in connection with the Melbournel ?«§ University. '•• ' ■••.••■•■ -^^?mk ■• . ■ J,uly/lp>:?^i^ The Times of this morning supports tixe^-Ji ' recommendation that Great '^.Bri^ain|v i .|| 1 should exchange with France the (F^->|^|i 1 land Islands for New Caledonia, beUevl6g^;f| that the adoptiua of this coursf ;;U^|&ef?i ' only method of preventing the reourrenoejiv'l . of the irritation which exists over'yth^gl j reoidiviste question. The ■: Times "|al«>t|« , condemns the apathy which ~Lord.DerJ>y|^ . has shown throughout this mftttfr.C AJ%"#^ I [by BLioraic TBLBOBAPHr-ooimoH^};|||