LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Kumara Times, Issue 2536, 20 October 1884, Page 2

LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. >_—< H.M. SHIPS NELSON AND DIAMOND. EXECUTION OF NIHILIST CONSPIRATORS. DEATH OF THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK. (Received October 20, 0.30 a.m.) London, October 19. It is announced that H.M. ships Nelson and Diamond will be recommissioned, and remain on the Australian station. St. Petersburg, October. 18. Six officers and two women who were sentenced to death for complicity in the Nihilist conspiracies were executed to-day. Berlin, October 18. The death is announced of William, Duke of Brunswick, aged 75. [special to press association.] London, October 13. The meat by the Tongariro is now selling at 6-Jd to 7d per lb, and the prospects of the market appear capital for all arrivals before Christmas. The Melbourne Gas Company's loan of £197,000, at 5 per cent., has beeu placed on the market, with the minimum at par. The tenders will be opened on October 21st. The share list of the new Oriental Bank containsno Australian subscribers. Mr Romilly, Deputy High Commissioner in the Western Pacific, will take temporary charge of New Guinea until the arrival of Major-General Scratchley. With respect to New Guinea, the British Government hope, with the Queeen's prerogative and the Foreign Jurisdiction Act, to be able to create a competent jurisdiction. They also desire to treat the colonies as a consulting committee on matters relating to that island. The new gunboats recently constructed for the Queensland Government will leave for their destination in November. The Palumeh will be under the command of Lieut. Richards, and the Gayundah will be in charge of Commander Wright. Hirsch, Spindler and Co., merchants of London and Sydney, have been adjudicated bankrupts. October 14. England is urging that the dealings of the Conference to be held in Berlin should be limited to the unoccupied African territory. The offer of assistance recently made by Cauada to the Cape Government has not been confirmed. The Meridian Conference have accepted the meridian of Greenwich as the standard, the representatives of France and Brazil alone objecting to it. The Committee appointed by the Council of the University of Adelaide for the purpose of electing a Professor of Music, have received six applications privately, including one from Mr J. Kendrick Pyne, organist of Manchester Cathedral. The Committee have decided to advertise for a Professor before making any selection. The French Government demanded that the Recidiviste Bill should be discussed at the next sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, but this was resisted, and motions were passed deciding to await M. Levielle's report as to the suitability of Cayenne for the deportation of criminals, before proceeding with the measure, when an early discussion was agreed upon. It was contended that haste in the matter was uncivil to England, although it might appear pleasing to Germany. October 15. The Plymouth Chamber of Commerce intend entertaining Sir Saul Samuel, Agent-General of New South Wales; Sir F. D. Bell, Agent-General of New Zealand ; and Sir Arthur Blyth, Agent-General of South Australia, at a banquet on October 31st. Considerable surprise has been expressed by the financiers in the city at the withdrawal of the Melbourne Gas Company's Joan from the market. The loan was being negotiated by the Bank of New South Wales, and it has transpired that the Bank of England has refused to continue to inscribe loans unless they were entrusted with the floating of them. Sir F. D. Bell is urging Lord Derby to sanction Sir Geo. Grey's Pacific Annexation Bill. October 16. The Albert medal has been conferred on Dr. W. M'Giegor, C.M.G., Re-ceiver-General of Fiji, for the gallantry displayed by him in rescuiug coolies

from the wreck of the ship Syria, which went ashore on the Masalai Reef OU May 11th. The new Oriental Bank have triage their first call of £2 per share, which is payable on November 15th. The Transvaal Government having withdrawn their protection from the Chief Mantsiou, the English Government have directed Sir Hercules Robinson, Governor at the Cape, to establish British authority over his territory. Dalgety and Company, Limited, have received cable advice that the s.s. Coptic sailed from Plymouth on the 11th inst. for Otago. The number of passengers on board for all ports is 229.