EUROPEAN ITEMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1353, 16 December 1885, Page 2

EUROPEAN ITEMS.

“ Aob ” SnoiaiA. Bt Tslbobath fboh Biurr To day. . London, December 7 Mr Parnell, leader of the Irish party, has delivered an address, in the course of which, after alluding to the results of the general election as far as they had bee a proceeded with, said that he relied on the Liberal section of the new Parliament to concede the demands of himself and his (followers regarding the government of Ireland. London, December 8. Mr MoElhone’a appeal in the Browne will case at Singleton has been dismissed by the Privy Council, with costs. The Times today, discussing the re so lotion of Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia and Fiji to establish a Federal Council, constituted of representatives of those colonies, applauds the decision arrived at, and expresses- a regret at the paucity of members composing the Federal Council, and at the refusal of New South Wales and New Zealand to join it; but declares at the same time that the formal establishment of the Council, even although its range be limited, Is a quea tion of primary importance. With regard to the direct denial which has been given by the Archbishop of Canterbury to a statement that it baa been decided to debar oolonially-oadained clergy from the ministry in England, complaints are now made by colonial clergymen that although they are not absolutely inhibited, the licenses which they receive permitting them to officiate are only temporary.