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Western Star, Issue 810, 19 January 1884, Page 3

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(Reutee’s Special.) HOME AND FOREIGN. London, Jan. 14. Tenders are invited for the loan of four millions for f'e colony of Victoria, bearing interest at 4 per cent. The minimum is fixed at par. . Rival gatherings of the Parnehites and. Orangemen having been announced to be held at* Black Lion, County Cavan, Ireland, a proclamation has been issued by the Executive, prohibiting the proposed meeting, and a force of one thousand troops is held in readiness with the view of pr. venting any possible disturbance. Marquis Tseng, the Chinese Ambassador, returned to this city to-day. Jan. 16. The steamship Duke of Westminister, which went ashore at the I-le of Wight on the 3rd inst., has been successful,y floated and safely brought to port. In the course of a speech at Newcastle la«t night the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain al'uded to the occupation of Egypt by the British forces, and slated that the withdrawal of the troop shad only been delayed by the revolt in the Soudan, and that the Government still adhered to its proposal for the eventual evacuation of Egypt as previously announced.

It is reported that the Marquis of Normanby has resigned the Governorship of Victoria. It is believed that ihn Imperial Government will I'ecognise the principle of Sir Geo. Grey’s Pacific Annexation Act. A rumor has gained currency to the effect that England intends to immediately establish stations along the coast of New Guinea. Jan. 17. Slit Julius Vogel has written a letter to the Tinibs strongly urging the passing of an Act to legalise the investment of trust funds in colonial stocks. The Standard says that* the wholesale financial houses consider the minimum fixed tor the Victorian loan as too high, and that unless the public subscribe liberally the bank will have to fall hack on a syndicate. In its issue of this morning the Daily News, in referring to the proposal of the Victorian four million loan, doubt* whether it will be successfuljy floated. An outbreak of fire occurred at No 67, Cprnhill, on the premises occupied by Messrs Silver, and is now t 6 a m.) increasing rapidly. ’The Union Bank of Australia has declared a dividend for the past half year at the rale of 18 per cent, per annum, and carries forward £3500 to the reserve. The homeward mails, na Brindisi, dated Melbourne, December 4th, were delivered yesterday. Caibo', Jan. 14. It is currently rumored here that the Egyptian Government has almost decided to retain Khartoum on account of great difficulties which have arisen in connection with the proposed evacuation of the town by the Egyptian troops. The matter is still understood to be still under the consideration of.the Cabinet, but it is expected that a decision will very shortly he arrived at. Jan. 15. Intelligence i to hand from Khartoum that the tribes inhabiting the districts of the White and Blue Niles, in the extreme south of the Soudan, have openly declared their allegiance tp El Mahdi, and are joining his ranks in large numbers daily. The Colonel of the Egyptian .army has started for Turkey with authority to enli-t a thousand Arabians (?) for service in Egypt. Baker Pasha,, commanding the Egyptian troops in Soudan, meditates transferring bis base of operations from Souakim to Massowab, on the northern coast of Abyssinia, and has already obtained assurances of friendship from the Abissinians. Jan 19. The Minister for War has abandoned the journey which he proposed to make to Khartoum in order to supervise the evacuation of the town by the Egyptian garrison. . The statement m ,de yesterday that a colonel of the Egyptian army was about to raise a corps of Albanians for service in Egyyt, is not correct. Calcutta, Jan. 9. The International Exhibtion to date has been visited by 307,000 persons, and the interest taken in the display shows no signs of abating.

(Special to Melbourne Pap res.) London, Jan. 14. The Vatican has invited Archbishop Croke of Cashel to succeed the late Archbishop Vaughan of Sydney. The Vatican is now awaiting his consent before the appointment is fully confirmed. Jan. 15. Mr David Kirkcaldy, of the London Testing and -Experimental Works, is sending to the Industrial Museum at Sydney, a collection of specimens exhibiting the qualities of steel and iron. , It is reported that Senoussie, a Tripoli protender, bas -joined TCI Mahdi. Jan. 16. Obituary—The Earl of Bantry, aged 82. His son and heir, Vi count Berehaven, is in the Colonies. ■ It is believed in political circles that if a Federation Bill was brought forward it would bo certain to pass. At the annual meeting of the Australian Mortgage and Agency Company, limited, held yesterday, the report was adopted. _ Owing to Earl Granville’s parleying, it is rumored that France will not, send any more convicts to New Caledonia, and possibly not to any of the other Pacific I-lands.

INTERCOLONIAL. Sydney, Jan. 16. The Colonial Treasurer will deliver his budget statement on W ednesday next. B Jan. 17. The Committee of Elections and Qualifications have declared that the scats in the Legislative Assembly of the Hon. G. Reid (Minister of Public Instruction) and Mr TC. B.,Suitor (ex Minister) are vacant by reason of an informality in regard to the proclamation or their election. The committee has still under consideration the question of the validity of the election of the Hon. S. E. Cohen (Minister of Justice). Brisbane, Jan. 16. Another batch of escapees from New Caledonia has arrived here. Melbourne, Jan. 17 Mr Ford has been appointed the third member of the Railway Board.

Here are tbe true particulars concerning Miss Mary Anderson’s meeting with thePriucessof Wales: —“During the performance of the ‘Lady of Lyons’ a message was conveyed to the fair American to visit tbe Koyal box, but it being her invariable custom never to sen anyone during tbe performance except those connected with the progress of the piece, she replied that she should be happy to see the Prince and Princess after the fall of the curtain. The Princess replied that she never waited after the end of the piece, and there the exchange of communications ceased. Miss Anderson was not a little astonished, therefore, when at the conclusion of the performance she was informed by her manager while dressing that the Prince and Princess of Wales were waiting in fie passage to see her. bhe at once threw on a cloak and went out to be, in her own language, greeted by ‘ the most delightful lady whom it has ever been my fortune to meet Miss Anderson may claim to have re„ ceived the highest honor of any actress at the bands of the Princess.