LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Kumara Times, Issue 3002, 17 June 1886, Page 2

LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

[REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph— Copyiught. DESTRUCTION OF VANCOUVER’S TOWN BY FIRE. ONE THOUSAND PEOPLE RENDERED HOMELESS. THE SAMOAN GROUP. JOINT PROCLAMATION OF MALIETOA AS KING. MEETING OF THE ROYAL COLONIAL INSTITUTE. NE CESS] T Y FO i I /M PE .RIAL FEDERATION. GENERAL ELECTION. CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE TO OPPOSE GLADSTONE. (Received June IG, 7.45 p.m.) Ottawa, June 15. Telegrams are to hand announcing the total destruction Viy fire of Vancouver’;! Tov, n, 0:1 tins Canadian Pacific Railway. 0 ji'.vai’Js of a thousand In: i Mins ii tvo in l ’-ti in tide icu homeless ’’7 the confiagiation,

London, June 15. News has been received that the German, English and United States Consuls in Samoa have issued a joint proclamation declaring the authority of King Malietoa over the Samoan Group' (Received Juno 17, 1 p.m.) . . June 16. A meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute took place last evening; the Marquis of Lome in the chair. Amongst those present were Sir Geo. Bowen, Sir John Hall, Sir W. L. Dobson, and Graham Berry. In the course of hia speech on ihe occasion, Sir ,Geo, Bowen emphasised the necessity for Imperial Federation, owing to the rapid growth of the colonies. In view of the approaching general election, the Conservative party have decided to nominate a candidate for Midlothian in opposition to Mr Gladstone. [special to press association. 1 London, June 10. Adelina Pat ti, the singer, has married Signor Nicolini. Anarchist rioting has occurred at Perth (?) It has been suggested at Home to establish a steel foundry in Australia. In a paper read before the Colonial Institute by Sir Geo. Bowen, ho expressed the opinion that colonial autonomy would end in separation unless a Common Imperial Council was established. He considered that the Federation proposals ought to emanate from the colonies. A consulting council in London should be the first step if the colonies desire. It was incredible to suppose that the Australian colonies would contribute imperially unless they were permitted to have a voice in an Imperial Congress or Reichstag. The Free Cbuich of Scotland has forwarded a protest to Mr Gladstone against any French lodgement being permitted at the New Hebrides, which they contend would have the effect of destroying Presbyterian missions established there. La Paris declares that if France establishes a permanent protectorate over the islands, England can have no ground for complaint. The Pall Mall Gazette, in an article on the New Hebrides question, considers that the views expressed by Victoria in the matter were calmer than the facts of the case warranted, and states that if a single French soldier lands without the permission of England, the occupation of the islands will be ensured. June 11. Sir Alex. Stuart is suffering from congestion of the liver. Canon Liddon has declined the Bishopric of Edinburgh. The Comte de Paris will retire to England. The Belfast mob fought with desperate courage in the recent riots, women, girls, and boys taking part in it. Four people having no connection with the riot were killed. The new Parliament will probably meet in October. The Unionists hope to return 430 members, and the Conservatives expect to gain 30. It is understood that Mr Gladstone intends to offer free education as part of his future policy. M. Waddington does not believe the troops will be lauded at the New Hebrides, but that a station will be formed there, and M. Freycinet hopes for their early return. The French Socialist organ, “Le Cri dn People," declares that massacres will take place at the New Hebrides, and theie will be a revival of tactics displayed by the French troops in Tunis in May, 1881. June 12. The “ Spectator,” discus sing the New Hebrides question, is of opinion that the terms of the Pacific Convention must be maintained. There is a growing official opinion that ihe wisest course would be for Great Britain to exchange the Falkland Islands for New Caledonia. The Australian cricketing team returns through America if matches can be arranged. Juno 13. A manifesto which has been issued crushingly criticises Mr Gladstone’s action on his Irish proposals. Sir Charles l>iiko is of opinion that a large measure dealing with autonomy for Ireland is necoesary. June 14. Mr Bud has challenged Mr Steinitz to play a chess match. Isir Horace Rumhold, British Minister to Greece, who left Athens during the recent difficulty with the Powers, has now returned to that city. ibe Australian Club at Cambridge University have entertained the Aastralain team and the team representing the University m the match with the former at a banquet.

Lord Wolseley advocated the admission of colonial students into the Military College. The Australian Electric Light Company have ratified their agreement with Edison’s Colonial Company. The ex-King of Bavaria is now a raving maniac. Chloroform had to be tesorted to in placing him in a straight jacket. The Proctor has not yet intervened in the Crawfird-Dilke divorce case. It is reported that the woman Fanny, men tioned so frequently in the evidence, has been “spirited” away. Mr Gladstone in his manifesto maintains a silence respecting the Irish land purchase. He laments the necessity for another general election, especially at the present time, when the natural cry is for repose. He also deprecates the bigotry displayed by the Scotch and Irish Presbyters, and denounces wbat he terms the present paper union of Ireland with England. Mr Parnell and Mr Justin M'Carthy have published damaging details of an interview with the Earl of Carnarvon, in which they insist that the Earl promised to grant a protective tariff, and sketched out an Irish Constitution on the model of Colonial Constitutions, and at the time expressed himself as being personally in favour of Home Rule being granted to Ireland. Lord Carnarvon has emphatically denied the above statements. The Fenian Brotherhood have issued a manifesto, in which they declare that the dynamite truce which has existed for some time past is now at an end.