LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Kumara Times, Issue 2667, 8 April 1885, Page 2

LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

[REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES TO IRELAND. THE DECORATIONS IN DUBLIN. DECEASE OF THE R.C. BISHOP OF SOUTHWARK. FIJI AND THE CLAIMS OP GERMAN SETTLERS. BANQUET TO THE AMEER OF AFGHANISTAN. (Received April 8, 1.10 a.m.) London, April 7. The city of Dublin is very generally decorated, in view of the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Ireland,

Obituary.—The Right Rev. Robert A. Coffin, Roman Catholic Bishop of Southwark. The Commission of Inquiry which has been sitting for some time to adjudicate upon the claims of German settlers to land in the Fiji islands has concluded its labours, and the commissioners are now preparing reports. The members of the Commission are said to be in accord on the question, only a slight divergence occurring in the finding. Bombay, April 7. Earl Dufferin gave a banquet yesterday at Rawul Pindee in honour of the Ameer of Afghanistan. The Ameer made a speech, in v/hich he wished prosperity to Great Britain, and referred to the Queen’s army as ever victorious. Per Merchant Shipping and Underwriter’s Association : London, April 6. Arrived, the ships Mountain Laurel, from Auckland; Jessie Readman, from Port Chalmers; Zealandia, from Wellington. [SPECIAL TO MELBOURNE AGE.] London, March 29. The St Petersburg Press, advocate fitting out swift cruisers, for the purpose of harassing and destroying British commerce in the Pacific and Indian oceans. An ultimatum has been issued to Turkey, informing her that her Egypt tribute will be abolished, unless she signs the Egyptian Financial Convention. + [special to press association.] London, April 1. Lord Carington, the new Governor of New South Wales, sails for Sydney in the third week in October. The reported transfer of the New South Wales loan account from the Bank of England is denied. Mr Geo, Anderson, M.P. for Glasgow, who has been appointed DeputyMaster of the Royal Mint at Melbourne, has been presented by his constituents with a purse of sovereigns valued at £ISOO. Twenty-five Russian men-of-war are cruising in the neighborhood of Siberia. Wallace Ross has isssued a challenge to Beach, offering to row him a match on the Thames for the Championship of the World. April 2. At a consultation between Lord Dufferin and the Ameer of Afghanistan it was agreed that a detachment of Engineers should be despatched to Herat. The rising in Manitoba is spreading, and fears are entertained that there will be more bloodshed. Mr Jefferson Davis is seriously ill, and his condition is considered very critical.