LATE CABLE NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1402, 9 November 1886, Page 3

LATE CABLE NEWS

[•■ Tbixgbaph ” Special ] London, October 26 An Important Conference of Conservative Unions throughout Great Britain hig been held at Bradford, at which 800 deie2atea were present; the proceedings we-e private. The question of the uuion of the Empire was under consideration, nuo a resolution w»a submitted, dec anng that Imperial Federation was of supiemt Importance, and that was imperative it be adopted as an article of Come vative faith. The motion was carried amid wn enthusiasm. On the presentation < f the resolution the lari of Dunraven, U: dert ectetaty of State for the Colonies, expressed concurrence in the importance ol the question. Be stated that without Federation of the Empire it would becomi necessary for Great Br'ain to increas. the strength both cf her arrmy and navy The Conservative party are txudant over having identified themselves with a question dally growing iu P f; ". or > that they have dished the Liberals. The Liberal Press ridicules the action of the Conservative Conference in reierei.ee t< Great Britain’s Foreign Fo,icy, as i revival of jingoism. October 29. The Prince of Wa’ea, although not corespondent in a counter divorce suit instituted by Lord Colin Campbell against his wife Lady Colin Campbell, has been Implicated, and the Cuke of Argyle has, at the request of Her Majesty the Qaeen, obtained letters which the Prmce of Wales addressed to Lady Colin Campbell. October 31. It is well known that the Fnsdan Government has obtiim d the secret (supposed to be the exclusive possession cf England), of the mode of construcing the Brennan torpedo. Experiment* with the torpedo sre now being onouct-d at Cronstadt. November 1 Banian is indignant at Beach’s persistent refusal to row, except on the Parramatta river. He says the reason Beach insists on the Parramatta is because it is alow water. , . . . The continued delay in arranging for the burial of the body of the late Arch bishop Vaughan, Roman Cathode Archbishop of Syduey, is cs using much scandal- The body Is still uuburied, nor has the funeral service been performed. The body has merely ben laid on the steps of the family vault. The family of the late Archbishop are awaiting notion in Sydney to determine whether the body shall be sent there, before finally deciding on its burial. The Press condemns the conduct of Cardinal Moran inthe matter, he having been 1 ft rest duary legatee by the late Archbishop-