BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXV, Issue 7865, 21 May 1886, Page 4

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

IST ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT,] [EbUTJSH’b TELEGRAMS. J [Received May. 20, at noon.l THE HOME RULE BILL. 5 LONDON, Mat 19. >' la the House of Commons last night, a motion was adopted agreeing:to set apart four days, per week 1 for discussion on the Governmentproposals for securing anconomyi for Ireland. Mr Gladstone, speakings to the motion, expressed his belief that the debate would occupy most of next week. Mr Labouchere suggested that the House should assentto the second reading of the Bill, in order to affirm the principle of autonomy, on condition thnt the---crvTVTßinOTv—uovn—promised to withdraw the Bill in its present form. The Marquis of Hartington, addressing a public meeting last night at Bradford, Yorkshire, denied that he had in any way relaxed his hostility to the Home Rule Bill. COMMERCIAL. LONDON, Mat IS. Three per cent Consols are £ higher, 101|. x Martell’s and Hennessy’s brandies are quoted at 15s per gallon. {Received May 20, at 1 p m.] FROZEN MEAT. LONDON, Mat 19. The cargo of frozen meat ex R.M.S. Cuzco, from Melbourne, has beenlanded in good condition. THE MARQUIS OP SALISBURY. X The Marquis of Salisbury addressed a crowded meeting of the Primrose League in Her Majesty’s Theatre last I night. Lord Salisbury complained that his advocacy of coercion for Ireland had been greatly overdraw* by his political opponents, and urged 1 upon Parliament the necessity for 1 granting full powers to govern Ireland, which powers should be exercised firmly and with wisdom. 1 THE NEW HEBRIDES QUES- ■ TION. Mr Graham Berry, the AgentGeneral for Victoria, has had an interview with the Secretary of State for the Colonies in reference to the New Hebrides. Lord Granville assured him. that Her Majesty’s Government would act in conformity with the wishes of the Colonies in the matter, and expressed himself , anxious concerning the ultimate' settlement of the rcddiviste difficulty. (■Received May 21, at I.IS a.m.l PARTY FEELING AGAIN. . PARIS, Mat 20. An outcry is being raised by the organs of the Republican party against the manner in which th« Count de Paris is permitted to hold grand receptions in this city. Government are discussing a proposal for hi» exclusion from France. COMMERCIAL. LONDON, Mat 2*. The market rate of discount baabeen reduced to 1|- per cent. [Special to Press Association.] [Received ,M‘ay 20, at 11,30 a.m.l LONDON, Mat 19. The Peninsular and Oriental Com- • pany, in their tender for the Federal » Mail Service, demand a fourpenny parcel post. It is believed that Mr J. P. Garrick, the Agent-General for Queensland, and the Hon J. M'Bain, President of the Legislative Council of Victoria,will be Knighted' on Her Majesty’sBirthday, and that-Mr E.-C. Baker*.

of Sooth Australia, will be created a Companion. Exhibition honours will lie delayed until the closing. It is rumoured on the Bourse that H. de Freycinet, French Minister of Foreign Affairs, is seriously disquieted at, Germany’s reply to his enquiry why she was re-inforcing her army. The Standard considers it would be safe for England to annex the Howe and Pitcairn Inlands. fßeooived May 20, at 4.50 pjn.l LONDON. Mat 19. The Lord Mayor has entertained 1200 persons at a luncheon in honour of Bishop Moorhouse. The latter, inferring to the recent Socialistic demonstration, declared that the Socialism which existed in Victoria was not of a serious character. The German historian, Leopold von Kanke, is dying. It is reported that the Prince of Wales has provisionally agreed to open the Jubilee Exhibition at Adelaide, and that the P. and O. Company offer to convey him to Adelaide in 32 days. The shipment of fruit by the Orient steamer Cuzco has arrived in excellent condition. Princess Beatrice visits the Exhibition to-day, and Her Majesty the Queen will visit it to-morrow. Maxwell, who was arrested in Auckland on the charge of murdering Preller, at St Louis, has confessed that he accidentally chloroformed him. Earl Granville has cabled out to *tSe Australian Governors particulars of the mail tenders. The National Rifle Association are arranging to welcome the Australian rifle team. Mr Graham Berry has received a satisfactory assurance,. re the New Hebrides, from Lord Granville, and baa wired details to his Government. Mr Berry told Lord Granville that it would he unfair to require the Colonies to again define their requests. Lord Granville, in reply to Mr Berry, implied that it would he a public error to accept the extended proposals of France. He further stated that in the first instance he only suggested that a cession of the New Hebrides was possible on a basis which would determine finally the convict question and several other points. The settled attitude of the Government is arousing French enmity. Lords Rosebery and Granville fear that the action taken by their Government will have the effect of re-opening the recidivist© question. |_Roceiyos May 21, at 12.15 a.m. 1 f LONDON. Mat 20. Beach has Banian’b challenge. k ©ttuerai Boulanger will ask the French Chamber of Deputies to increase the army by seventy-three thousand additional troops per annum. A number of German traders have been massacred by the Ashantees. Nelson, the sculler, has been awarded the Royal Humane Society’s Medal, for rescuing a lad from drowning. With the view of defeating the ring, it is suggested to inaugurate a line ©f ships from Liverpool and Glasgow to Australia, and that a Company should be formed with a capital of .£300,000 for the purpose of giving effect to the suggestion. The Times this morning contains an appreciative notice of the late Hugh George, of Sydney. Three Russian ironclads have been launched at Sebastopol.