ENGLAND.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7173, 27 May 1885, Page 3

ENGLAND.

London, May 22. , A million and a half of the Victorian : loan has already been paid. The Earl of Kimberley, Secretary of State for India, denies the statement that Russia had demanded to have an envoy at Oabul. It is probable that the Hon. F. T. Sargood, Minister for Defence of Victoria, M«fl&r-General Downes, R.A. commander of the South Australian force, )■ Colonel O. F. Roberts, commandant of the New South Wales Artillery, and v Jas. F. Garrick, Agent-General for v Queensland, will be created Commanders !s of the Order of St. Michael and St. l George. '.. ' The meat'by the Ruapehu and Tainui '. is in excellent condition. . > May 23. Mr "Wildred Powell haa been appointed English Consul at the Navigator j Islands. < The shipment of grapes by the s.s. , Potosi is realising 6d per lb. The New South Wales. Land and ,;. Finance Company, with a capital of half : . a million, has been registered. It is believed that Germany is willing '■'■■ to sell her interest in the "Western ~- Pacific. •V. The Admiralty and the several Agents- ~: General meet on Tuesday next to dis[V cusb the question of colonial defences. \ • A Kußsian corvette has proceeded to v Honolulu. There is a prospect of parleying being [' revived in connection with the Anglo- :\ Spanish treaty. • ' The price of wheat is receding, despite : ; the cold and wet weather experienced in /, 1 England and the adverse reports { received from America as to the crops *^ iv that country. The latest quor tations are : — Ex warehouse, 36a ; off- :.\ coast cargoes, 35s 6d ; cargoes' on the i way and to arrive in June, 375. ■.. It is reported at Souakim that the . '■ ■• friendly Arabs are joining the ranks of kt the rebel Osman Digneh.

[BY KIiECTBIO TELEGRAPH — COPYRIGHT. [beuter's telegrams.] (Received May 26, 2.30 p.m.) / ' r' London, May 25. It 4JB announced that the Hon. J. B. Thurston, Colonial Secretary of Fiji, has been appointed Lieutenant- Governor of that colony. Sir A. B. Havelock, .3LCM.Gr., will probably bo appointed Governor of Fiji in succession to Sir ■ Wm, Des Yoeux. (Eeceived May 27, 1.15 a.m.) ; ' , May 26. The fleet of ironclads which has been [ assembled at Portland under command >of Admiral Hornby will start imme- ', diately for a cruise off the Irish coast. I The cruise is said to be undertaken with I the object of elaborating a number of naval manoeuvres for future uso.