LATEST ENGLISH NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 206, 4 September 1873, Page 2

LATEST ENGLISH NEWS.

SUMMARY OF NEWS. The following is a specially prepared summary of mail news brought by the Bangalore, which arrived from London at Melbourne on tho 27th August, and telegraphed to us from the Bluff:— Fifty thousand pounds worth of stock issued of the New 7/ «!and Fibre Works Company. Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency ad interim dr\ ldend declared 10 per cent, per annum. The financial agents of tho New Zealand Government invited, on July HHi, tenders for 20,000 four per cent, debentures, being portion of the Imperial guarantee loan of a million. The National Bank of New Zetland have made a £1 call. The flagship Pearl left Riston for Australia on July 22nd. Lieut Fergusson, ion of the New Zealand Governor, saded for New Zealand to act us aide-dc cum p. Dr Begg, of Romburgh, obtained leave of the Fresbvtery to visit New Zealand. Dr Feathcrson attended Granville'a banquet to tho Shah of Persia. The Dover f'astle left London on June 30th, for Otago ; the Celestial Queen, for Canterbury, on Juno 27th, with nimijjrants, and Sf Leonards, for Auckland, on June 19tb, with immigrant*. On the 20th June, six sunpU-s of Victorian wines, half rod and h ilf while, were tested in London by experts in European wines, in tho present of a flinall company. The trials issued mo«t PHiifcfactorilj.usL-ouuiHrcd \uth French and German Uineb ol a Mllllhll 1 cUlai.

His G-rm-e fie Antfibishnp of Ctinicrbuty' hai <• inferred the degree of Doctor of Dignity on tho Rev J. 'Kinder, 'df St Jolm-8 College, Auckland. Charles Oswald Brierly is painting a' lar-re picture of tho •hip Galatea for His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh During tho discussion on the niiliUrv estimates. Lord Elcho asked whetker the. Dapartment, co ild not adrantngeously introduce Australian turned meats, Sir Henry Storks replied that the soldiers re/mcd to cat tlie n. On Ju'y 2nd u spirited experiment was made by TtUcrmnn's Preserved Meat' Company t<j test tho praot'eability of preparing and distributing over Lr.idoti several hundreds of ii'oals of Australian and English fresh incut nnd vegetables. The average cost of euch fu.inly meal was about nineponee The working men of London are co-operating largely m.thLnK'vomcnt, and <i committee was appointed to form a corapan \ for popularising Australian and New Zealand meats, and bring them into general consnmptton amoiiu; the people. On the evening of tho departure of the last mail there wns an important debate in the House of Commons respecting the Kingdom of Fiji. Sir McArfchur moved a resolution, (Tilling on the Government to assume the protectorate or sovereignty of the islands. .Referring to Mr Gin Istono's statement last year, that no steps would be taken bv the English Government in that regard, unless supported by a popul ir vote of the inhabitants, Mr MeArthnr adduced copious evidence of a growing desire on their part for the annexation of the territory by the BritUh Crown, as the only means of securing prosperity and tranquillity of the islands. He expatiated on the commercial advantages tho step would involve, while Fiji would occupy as important a position as a naval station in tho Pacific as Malta in the Mediterranean sea. Mr Gladstone vindicated the Fijian officials from accusations levelled at them, and declared that, however popular the demand for annexation, England did not require territorial expansion, and that Englishmen should not encourage a spirit of acquisitiveness which they condemned in other nations. He admitted, however, a prima facie case had been made out for taking some forward step, preliminary to which inquiries are to be instituted on the ! spot by Captain Goodenough and the new Consul (Mr Layard). The inquiries will embrace a thorough investigation as to the real condition of the island — the position of the Government— tho wishes of the population, and other points. The motion was pressed, but lost on division by 86 votes against 50. The Times fences with the Fiji question, and siys, if we must accept this new obligation, let us understand the terms and prospects of the bargain* The four bank forgers, Macdonnell, Noyes, and the ln-others bidwell, were committed for trial at the Old Bailey. Each of the prisoners reserves his defence. With the exception of about £12,000, the proceeds of the frauds have been recovered. Montague Goldsmith was captured at Lisbon, and was convicted of conspiracy, with his, brother and sister, to fraudulently obtain jewellery worth £24,000. Five years' penal servitude was awarded as punishment. A prosecution was instituted by Sir Arthur Guinness against Sir John Gray, for publishing a gross libel in the Dublin freeman's Journal, under the head of reported social scandal. Having cleared himself from an utterly unfounded charge of bigamy, Sir Arthur accepted an apology and withdrew the action. The Gei mans have completed the evacuation of all French territory, except Verdue. Russia is holding Kungard, at tho mouth of the river OvUs. That station commands an easy advance to Afghanistan and Peisia, M. Vambrey aayjiJtusm has per'or ned a greater feat in taking Khiva than ever Napoleon or Hannibil achieved Tho 57th Regiment is to relieve the 73rd in Ceylon in October; the latter going to India. M. Lesseps 1 project aims at a railway journey from London to Calcutta being made in a week, at a cost of from £50" to £60. Australian |trees are being widely planted over the hill country of Ceylon and Southern India. The new charges of the Suez Canal Company are deemed excessive and prohibitory. The dentht are reported of Lieutenant Cameron and Mr MoHatt, of the Livingstone seurch expedition, on 21st May. Cholera is prevalent at Singapore having been introduced from Siam. The Chinese coal mines are favorably reported of. An ancient Christian Church has been discovered in the interior of Japan. The Japanese journals dilate on the folly of ordering Australian coals for the British Naval vessels on the Eastern station, when good nnd chewp coals can be got on the spot.