LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Kumara Times, Issue 2293, 3 January 1884, Page 2

LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN

INTELLIGENCE. + . [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. VICARAGE OF ST. PETERS, LONDON DOCKS. ATTRIBUTED CAUSES OF THE BROGDEN FAILURES. CONSECRATION OF DR. BARRY TO THE SEE OF SYDNEY. HOMEWARD STEAMERS. THE ORANGE AND PARNELLITE MEETINGS. ATTACK BY THE ORANGEMEN. HOMEWARD MAILS. TRIAL AND SENTENCE OF THE MARQUIS DE RAYS AND HIS ASSOCIATES IN FRAUD. (Received January 2, noon.) London, January 1. The Rev. M'Connochie has resigned the Vicarage of St. Peters, London Docks, the benefice of which was recently sequestrated by the Bishop of London. (Received January 2, 9.55 p.m.) Evening. The failure of Messrs Alexauder and Henry Brogden is attributed to the rejection of their appeal to the Government of New Zealand for liquidation of claims in counection with the colonial railway contract, and to numerous minor failures in the iron trade. The consecration of Dr. Alfred Barry to the Metropolitan See of Syddey, New South Wales, took place in Westminster Abbey to-daj'. The ceremony was very largely attended, both by the clergy and laity, and all parts of the edifice were crowded. (Received January 3, 1.10 a.m.) Canon Westcott, who preached the sermon at the consecration of Dr. Barry, in referring to the ceremony, expatiated upon the peculiar fitness of Dr. Barry for the office to which he had been chosen. Arrived, at Plymouth, to-day, the P. and 0. steamship Thames, from Melbourne November 8; and the Orient steamship Chimborazo from Melbourne November 17. January 2. Great excitement prevailed at Dromore, County Down, Ireland, in consequence of the Orange and Parnellite meetings. The Orangemen, who numbered fully 20,000 men, attacked the Parnellite gathering, but the strong forco of troops present prevented a serious collision of the two factions. San Francisco, December 31. The steamship Zealandia, with the homeward mails dated Auckland December 12, arrived here yesterday. (Received January 3, 12.40 p.m.) Paris, January 2. The trial of the Marquis de Rays, on charges of fraud and deception in connection with the New Ireland expedition was concluded to-day, when the,

prisoner was found guilty and sentenced to four years' imprisonment, and to pay a fine of 3000 francs. The associates of the Marquis were also found guilty, and sentenced to shorter terms of imprisonment, and fined in the same amount. [special to press association.] London, December 27. Two of the torpedo boats for New Zealand will be shipped by the ship Lyttelton, which leaves early in January. The New gun-boab Protector, ordered for Victoria, has been successfully launched on the Tyne. December 28. The New Zealand Shipping Company's new steamer Ruapehu made fifteen knots in her trial trip. December 29. The French Government is making preparations for the despatch of large reinforcements of their fleet in the Pacific. There have been frequent meetings of the Committee of the Senate on the Recidivist Bill. News has been received of the massacre of sixty-eight of King Coffee's children. The Daily News commends the proposals of the late Conference to ensure the protection of the lands of the natives of New Guinea. Lord Carnarvon, writing in the Contemporary Review, thinks it would be impolitic of England to insist on the application of the complete Munro doctrine in the Pacific, and that it might be possible,- with the concurrence of France, to secure the complete neutralisation of the New Hebrides, but that it is unlikely that Fiance will consent to abandon the penal settlement scheme under external pressure from the present insufficient efforts to secure complete Australian Federation. The Pacific squadron is also too weak, and he expresses a hope that the Imperial Government will find itself able to concede most of what the Conference has demanded. It would be sufficient to annex the coast of New Guinea without interference with the interests of that country. In the grain trade sales have been made of the Adelaide and Victoria new crop. For large cargoes of February shipments buyers offer 44s for recent arrivals. New Zealand wheat of improved quality has realised from 40s to 425.