LONDON.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3726, 25 June 1883, Page 3

LONDON.

June 12. The Coir, a Paris paper, has an article this morning insisting on the rights _of France in the New Hebrides, and urging that any attempts at annexation by tbe colonies should be resisted. It is stated by several leading London papers that the English Government will net allow Victoria to annex the New Hebrides. It ia also reported that an agreement has been made between England ancl France that neither country shoidd take possession of the islands. The two gunboats ordered by the Queensland Government have been commenced at the Armstrong ship - building yard at Elswick, Newcastlc-on-Tyne, and the two torpedo boats ordered aro also under construction at Thomeycroft's yard, London. A handsome rug from skins of tho platypus has been presented on behalf of Sir AY. J. Clarke to Prince Getrge, the second son of the Prince of AValos. At a conference recently held of Methodists of the new connection it was decided to continue the mission to the outlying portions. The Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief of the English army, has given ovidence bsfore the commission appointed to report on the proposed Channel tunnel. He condemns the undertaking from a military point of view. A series of fetes arc being given in Birmingham in honor of Mr Bright and in commemoration of his having been a member for Birmingham for twenty-five years. Mr Bright publicly entered the city yesterday, and was welcomed with the greatest enthusiasm by an enormous crowd of no less than a quarter of a million of people. j The Sue_ Canal Company has decided to construct a second canal parallel with the one across the Isthmus of Suez. Plans aro being prepared, and the canal will be lighted at night by electricity. Tho Prince of AVales and tho Dukes of Connaught aud Albany voted with the majority for tho second reading of the Marriage with a. Deceased AVife's Sister Bill. Nearly the whole of the prelates of the House of Lords were with the minority who opposed it. The resignation is announced of Hcrr Rudolph yon Benninger, who since ISG3 has been President of the Prussian Chamber of Deputies. Thirty passengers by the English steamer Bcllona have been seized by a party of brigands whilo on shore at Kciluk, a sea coast town in Asia Minor, and conveyed into the interior. June 1-1. An article on Victoria appeared in the Pall Mall Gazette to-day. The paper unfavorably criticises the low minimum fixed for the £2,000,000 Victorian redemption loan, and also comments adversely on the effects that the annexation of tho New Hebrides will have on the colonies. The St. James' Gazette to-day has an article on colonial defences. Tho activity of the colonies in providing means of defence is warmly praised. Juries will not bo appointed for tho colonies at the Amsterdam Exhibition. The exhibits will, it is stated, be divided into clauses, and there will be a jury for each section. Several orders have recently been received from the colonies by Mr Armstrong, the well-known ordnance maker at Elsewick, for heavy guns to be mounted on batteries recently constructed in tho several colonies. The orders will bo completed as early as possible. A banquet was given to Mr Bright at Birmingham, at which Earl Granuville was present. The latter, in replying to the toast of his health, said that the Government wero mediating with a view of bringing about a pacific settlement of the diflicnlty which had arisen between France and Madagascar. June 17. The fetes which have boen held during the week at Birmingham in honor of Mr -Bright terminated last night, when Mr Bright addressed a large and enthusiastic public meeting. In the course of his remarks he referred to the cvidenoe which had been given by several military authorities on tbe subjeot of the proposed channel tunnel, and contended that their views of tho military situation of England being weakened by the construction of the tunnel were absurd, and could only be attributed to insular prejudice. | The course adopted by tho Pope relative to the suppression of Irish outrages has aroused great indignation amongst the Fenians of Chicago. Two thousand of their number have signed a manifesto repudiating the authority of His Holiness in the matter, and urging the Irish people to disregard his commands. A feeling of dissatisfaction has been growing in the Cobden Club for some time consequent upon the admission of a member of a foreign secret society. The result has been the wholesale resignation of members. June 19. An influential deputation waited upon Earl Derby yesterday to urge upon the Government tho desirability of voting a sum of money for the purpose of assisting emigration to the colonies. Lord Derby, in reply, promised to consult his colleagues on the subject. In an article upon the proposal of the Suez Canal Company to construct a second canal, the Standard urges that England and Egypt should accept the terms offered by Baron do Lesseps, the president of the company, and assist him in obtaining the land required for carrying out the project.

[Special to Press Association.] ANNIHILATION OF TURKS IN ENGAGEMENT AVITH ALBANIANS. CAUSE OF THE" SUNDERLAND ACCIDENT. DECEASED AVIFE'S SISTER BILL RETROSPECTIVE. PEACE 1$ AFCfIIAIfISTAN, SCULLING MATCH BETAVEEN HANLON AND COURTNEY.