EUROPEAN TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7827, 22 December 1886, Page 6

EUROPEAN TELEGRAMS.

London, December 4. Sis G. Bxrry has published a letter, in which be announces that it is the intention of the Viotorian Government to hold an International Exhibition in Melbourne in 1881, in connection with the oelebration by New South Wales of the centennial year of that oolony. In his letter Sir G. Berry dwells particularly on the faot that the aotion of Victoria in joining the New South Wales centennial oelebration, is likely to promote closer relations between the two colonies. The report that the South Kensington site had been finally adopted for the Imperial , Jubilee Institute has been officially denied. The message from President Cleveland to ( the United States Congress favours free im- ( portation into the United States of raw < material. ' j The prinoipal London newspapers publish ! leading articles commenting on the proposal of tho Government tor a convention repre- , aenting Great Britain and her oolonial pos- , sessions, with a view of organising an effi- , cient system of Imperial aefenoe, and discussing other important matters. The Press, , with the single exoeption of the Daily ( Chroniole, is unanimous in expressing approval of the scheme. The Chroniole objeots to federation on a military basis. , Amongst the questions to be considered by t the Conference will be that of Imperial , postage rates. , The Daily News this morning expresses a , hope that the Conference will refuse to , discuss any proposal to establish an Imperial , Zollverein. A further batch of 260 recidivates are to . be shipped from Franoe to New Caledonia on . Monday next. , Prince Alexander is now in London. I It is rumoured that the Russian Govern- j met t have entered into an engagement with . Turkey, whereby they will acquire the shares j held by the latter in the Sues Canal in lieu , of the payment by Turkey of the indemnity ( due by her In respect of the reoent Russo- . Turkish war. I Mr. Chamberlain was absent from the con- ( ferenoe of Unionists of the Liberal party held | yesterday, but sent a telegraphic message, in whioh he suggested the holding of a free oon- ( ferenoe to whioh all sections of the party > should be invited, with the view of formu- ( lating a safe scheme of autonomy for Ireland. ( A reunion with the original Liberal party , Mr. Chamberlain declares wholly impossible ] so long as Mr. Gladstone adheres tc the ex« , treme proposals whioh have already been rejected by the House of Commons. ] The London committee in connection with . the South Australian Jubilee Exhibition have up to the present allotted for English exhibits a space amounting in the aggregate to 5000 feet. The total number of persons who have so far intimated their intention of •ending exhibits to Adelaide is 427. A prospectus has been issued of a proposed company to be floated for the construction of 1 a railway on the land grant system, from York to Geraldine, in Western Australia. The company, which is to have a capital of £500,000, will have a transference of the oonoessions granted by the Government of Western Australia to the Midland Railway Syndicate. December 9. Muoh anxiety continues to be felt respecting complications in Europe. Exporters at Odessa decline to make..their spring shipments by English teasels owing to the menacing outlook. It la stated to be very probable that the IPrince of Wales will accept the invitation offered him by the Viotorian Government to visit Victoria for the purpose of opening the Centennial Exhibition. December 10. The Governments of Germany, Franoe, and Russia have determined upon refusing to receive the Bulgarian delegates, who have started on a mission to the different European Powers with the view of explaining the present oondition of affairs in connection with their dispute with Russia. December 13. It is probable that steps will immediately be taken to largely inorease the German Federal army. The Government, as a justification for this proposal, contend that under the present conditions less than 3,000,000 German and Austrian troops can be mobilised, whilst Franoe and Russia combined are Able to raise 5,000,000. Docember 14. Lord Tennyson has published a new poem, thn motive of which is an insistence on the importance of the maintenance of the navy in an efficient oondition. The poem apparently is based on the remarks whioh appeared in a paper read before the Royal Colonial Institute by Sir G, Berry on the 9tb November last.