HOSTILITY TO THE ANNEXATION OF NEW GUINEA IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3675, 25 April 1883, Page 3

HOSTILITY TO THE ANNEXATION OF NEW GUINEA IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

THE TIMES APPROVES, BUT THE PRESS GENERALLY DISAPPROA r E THE ANNEXATION. ENGLAND ANNEXING TERRITORY NEAR SIBERIA. ARREST OF AN IRISH INVINCIBLE IN ENGLAND. > THE AMSTERDAM EXHIBITION. LAUNCHING OF A r AST SQUATTING COMPANIES. REBELLION IN ASHANTEE. X UNVEILING A STATUE OF LORD BEACONSFIELD. FENIAN PLOT FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF WESTMINSTER BRIDGE AND SCOTLAND YARD AA r ITH DYNAMITE. j FENIAN KIDNAPPING STORY DISTRUSTED. ARABS FIGHTING NEAR ADEN. PERMANENT COMMITTEE OF AGRICULTURE FOR ENGLAND. LONDON. April 19. The reported action of the Queensland Government in taking possession of Noav Guinea has caused great annoyance to a large and influential party in the Houso of Commons, and strong pressure is being brought to bear upon the Government to induce it to repudiate the action of Governor Sir Arthur Kennedy. Tho Times adnures the decision of the Queensland Government in annexing New Guinea, though it is certain to provoke considerable discussion in the House ot Commons. Tho Press generally disapproves of the annexation. The Standard states that England has annexed large tracts of country in the vicinity of Siberia. Egan, the treasurer of the Irish League, intends to permanently reside in America. \ Kingston, one of tho Invineibles, has been arrested at Bootle, a village contiguous to Liverpool. The A'ictorian and Ncav South Wales courts at the Amsterdam Exhibition aro about ready for tho receipt of exhibits. other "youyta are beknuVuaijd, aad it

Avill bo some time before they are completed. It is announced that the Prince of AValcs will not attend the opening ceremony. Two vast squatting companies for the purchase of land in tho Northern Territory, Australia, will shortly be launched. Sir Julius A r ogel is the promoter oi one. A general rebellion has broken out in Ashantee. Sir Stafford Northcote has unveiled the statue erected to the memory of the late Lord Beaconsfiold. A large number of members of the Liberal party Avere present. Gallagher, one of the men in custody for being- m° unlawful possession of explosives, has hinted that it is intended to destroy AVestminster Bridge and Scotland Yard with dynamite. The story told by a telegraph clerk of his having been kidnapped by Fenians is distrusted, and the clerk has been suspended. The Arabs are reported to be fighting amongst themselves in the A'icinity of Aden. Troops have been despatched to restore order. H.M.S. Dragon has been detained at Aden. The Government has announced in the House of Commons its intention to appoint a Permanent Committee of Agriculture, under tho presidency of the Right Hon. Mr Dodson. By Electric Tii-KaitAPH. —Copyright. [Reuters Telegrams . ]