THE GOVERNORSHIP OF VICTORIA.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3833, 29 October 1883, Page 3

THE GOVERNORSHIP OF VICTORIA.

A HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA. CHINESE AVAR PREPARATIONS. REVIVAL OF OUTRAGES IN IRELAND. EXPULSION OF COUNT DE PARIS FROM FRANCE PROBABLE. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS ON THE ANNEXATION OF NEW GUINEA. THE DIRECT STEAM SERVICE TO NEW ZEALAND. A COUNT KILLED IN A DUEL. LONDON. October 22. , It is rumored that Lord Normanby's j term of office as Governor of Victoria will be prolonged. Messrs Chapman and Hall announce tho publication of a history of Australia, of which Mr Rusden is one of the authors. Mr Wcstgarth, writing in the Pall Mall Gazette, advocates proportionate representation of the colonies in the Imperial cabinet. Ten thousand Chinese troops have been assembled in Canton in expectation of a French attack. The Government has been warned that it will be impossible to restrain the Orangesmen if tho proposed National League meeting is allowed to bo hold in Ulster. The Geodetic Conference, held in Rome, had advised the universal adoption of the meridian of Greenwich. There is a revival of outrages in Ireland. Michael Davitt, at Wexford, stated that the League had not the power he expected. The expulsion of the Count de Paris from France is probable. October 20. The Globe questions the wisdom of the peremptory warning given by the Secretary for the Colonies to General Mclvor. Tho PalL Mull Gazette says that Lord Dert>y's action in the matter commits England to the annexation of Now Guinea. The St. James' Gazette thinks tho cheapest course would be to permit Australia to make tho annexation. The Standard says that

General Mclvor has forced the hand of tho Government. The Morning Post and Daily News justify and defend Lord Derby's action. Lord Salisbury, in tho National Review, advocates the State taking steps to abolish the rookeries now existing in London, and erecting proper houses for the occupation of the poor. At the farewell lunch given on board tho s.s. Tongariro many well-known colonists were present, and highly eulogised Jthe direct steam service established by the New Zealand Shipping Company. Patrick Heley Hutchinson has been appointed Torpedo Lieutenant in the Victorian navy. Sir Saul Samuel has been appointed a member of the Fisheries Exhibition Awards Appeal Committee. Kew South Wales and Tasmania have each been awarded an additional gold and silver medal. Count'"Batfciany has been killed in a duel at Temesvar, Hungary.