LONDON.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4044, 8 July 1884, Page 3

LONDON.

July 23. The negotiations between the British and French Governments as to the conditions upon which the proposed Egyptian Conference is to be held have concluded satisfactorily. Ono of the terms agreed upon between the two countries is that France ahall never send troops without the consent of the English Government, and their policy in Egypt is daily becoming more intense. In the House of Commons the supporters of the Government are diminishing, but it is probable that the Opposition will remain quiet until after the conference on Egyptian affairs has been concluded. The bill which the Bank of South Australia has introduced into the _ Imperial Parliament for the extension of its charter is now before the House of Lords. It is opposed by the Treasury on the ground that one of its provisions is intended to limit the liability of shareholders, in regard to the note issue. When the bill was under consideration last night Earl Redesdale insisted that the liability of shareholders in respect to the note issue should be unlimited. The Pall Mall Gazette last night contained a reference to the decision given by Justice Molesworth in favor of the local winding up of tho affairs of tho Oriental Bank of Victoria, and expressed an opinion that this decision would be reversed on appeal. The prospectus of the new Oriental Bank Corporation is now being issued, it is expected that the company will bo floated next month. An announcement has been made that Earl Kimberly was to preside at a banquet to bo given to tho Marquis of Normanby on his arrival in England, but this is believed to be premature. Juno 26. Speaking in the Reichstag yesterday Prince Bismarck referred to the proposed annexation of New Guinea and other islands in the Pacific, and ridiculed the idea that the Australian colonies had any claim to monopolise them. The Berlin newspapers deny that England is entitled to annex New Guinea. Tho announcement that the South Australian gunboat Protector had sailed for Australia was premature. Every arrangement was made for her departure, but at the last moment it was found necessary to delay her departure for a month. She is now lying- in the Tyne. The banquet to be given to the Marquis of Normanby does not promise to be a great success. Thg names of those who intend to be present are coming in very slowly, and amongst them is notable the absence of many Victorian colonists at present in England.