LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Kumara Times, Issue 2396, 3 May 1884, Page 2

LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.

THE PROPOSED CONFERENCE ON EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS. CONSECRATION OF THE BISHOP OF RIVERINA, N.S.W. EARL DERBY CREATED A K.G. THE EGYPTIAN GARRISONS IN THE SOUDAN. THE ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS. NEW CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE. ARREST OF AN ANARCHIST WITH EXPLOSIVES. (Received May 2, 2.30 p.m.) London, May 1. In the House of Commons to-day the Hon, W. E. Gladstone announced that the French Government had accepted the proposal to hold a conference on Egyptian affairs, but required that there should be an exchange of views between England and France beforehand as to subjects to be discussed. Mr Gladstone further stated that the Turkish Government has not yet replied to the proposal, but that the other European Governments have accepted the same.

The Rev. Sydney Linton, the newlyappointed Bishop of lliverina, New South Wales, was consecrated to-day ac St. Paul's Cathedral with the cu -

tomary ceremony. (Received May 3, 0.55 a.m.) May 2. Earl Derby, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has been created a Knight of the Order of the Gaiter. Despatches relating to the Soudan were laid before both Rouses of Parlialiameut yesterday. Among the latest was one from Lord Granville to Major-

General Gordon, dated April 23rd, instructing the latter to state what force would be required to effect the rescue of the garrisons at Khartoum and other towDs in the Soudan that are ivested by Arab rebels. (Received May 3, 1 p.m.) The race for the One Thousand Guineas at Newmarket to-day resulted as follows : Busbody... ... ... 1 Queen Adelaide 2 Whitelock 3 Paeis, May 2. Li-Fong-Pao, the present Chinese Envoy at Berlin, has been appointed to replace the Marquis Tseng as Ambassador to France, and will at once open parleying with the French Government with the view to a pacific solution of the Tonquin difficulty. (Received May 3, 0.55 p.m.) Madrid, May 1. The police effected the arrest at Barcelona of an anarchist in whose possession a large quantity of dynamite was found. The prisoner has since confessed that he iutended to have used the explosives for destroying a railway line.

[special to press ASSOCIATION. ] London, April 28. Sir F. D. Bell will shortly proceed to Paris to interview M. Faure, French Under-Secretary for the Colonies, on the liecidiviste question. Lord Derby states privately that he is in favor of federation, but cannot do anything in the matter until some of the colonies sanction the result of the recent Conference at Sydney.

April 29. The Agents-General recommend that either Sir F. D, Bell or Sir Andrew Clark should represent the Australasian colonies at the Suez Canal Conference. The Right Hou. Mr Childers will decide which is to be.

The Standard publishes a report from Egypt that four divisions of Bedouins, numbering 500 soldiers, hove deserted from the ranks of Gordon Pasha's garrison, at Khartoum, and that his position is helpless. The same paper states that the Soudan is lost as far as Wadyholfn.

April 30. The Governments of Italy and Russia have agreed to join the proposed Conference of Powers to take into consideration Egyptian affairs. Her Majesty the Queen returns from Darmstadt on Monday next.