EUROPEAN NEWS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5208, 7 November 1883, Page 2

EUROPEAN NEWS.

[AGE SPECIALS. — UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ' [PER S S MANAPOURI.] London, Oct. 28. — In spite of the prohibition issued by the Impe"ial Government against General M'lvor attempting to further his scheme for the colonisation of New Guinea, the promoter still continues making preparations for the development of his proposal. He has now purchased a steamer for the- transport of intending colonists to that country. Marquis Tseng, ' the Chinese Ambassador in Paris, has entered a formal protest against the French making an attack upon the town of Backnil, Tonquin, at a time when negotiations were pending between them and Cnina with a view to a peaceable settlement of the Anam difficulty. It is reported that Monsignor Capel, the illustrious prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, is to be appointed to succeed the late Archbishop Vaughan at Sydney. 26th October. Lord Derby, in his letter to Mr Murray Smith on the annexation question, refers to the Conference which is to be held in Sydney next month, and states tbat should the Conference -unanimously affirm the desirability of annexation in the direction proposed, the Imperial Government will be prepared to reconsider their decision i Lord Derby, however, declines to suggest conditions under which annexation should be effected, and expresses his inability to furnish an estimate of the expense involved in executing the proposals referred to in his despatch of the 11th July. In consequence of the threats uttered by the dynamite party in Canada against the Marquis of Landsdowne the authorities have exercised special vigilance, and the additional precautions taken led to the discovery at Quebec of a dynamite plot to assassinate his Excellency on his arrival.