LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Kumara Times, Issue 2729, 20 June 1885, Page 2

LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

[REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.] My Electric Telegraph—Copyright. THE NEW BRITISH CABINET AND OTHER APPOINTMENTS IN THE MINISTRY. (Received June 20, 1.15 a.m.) London, June 19. The following constitute the new Cabinet, submitted by the Marquis of Salisbury to the Queen : First Lord of the Treasury, and Premier—Marquis of Salisbury Lord High Chancellor* —Sir Harding Giffard President of the Privy Council —Sir Stafford Northcote Secretary of State for the Colonies— Right Hon. F. Stanley Secretary for Foreign Affairs—Lord Salisbury Home Secretary—Sir Richard Cross Secretary of State for India—Lord Randolph Churchill Secretary of State for War—Rt. Hon. W. H. Smith Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Michael Hicks-Beach First Lord of the Admiralty—Lord George Hamilton Chief Secretary for Ireland—Earl of Carnarvon The office of Lord Privy Seal has not yet been filled. (Received June 20, 11.30 a.m.) Later. The Earl of Carnarvon will be Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and Mr Arthur Balfour Chief Secretary ; Mr Edward Clark--, Q.C., has been appointed Attorney-General, Mr Gorst SolicitorGeneral, and the Mon. Edward Stanhope President of the Board of Trade. [special to press association.] London, June 10. The general opinion on the Continent in reference to the defeat of Mr Gladstone is not one of sympathy with him, but there is a distrustful feeling prevailing in regard to the probability of the Marquis of Salisbury and Lord Randolph Churchill coming into power. The younger members of the Tory party are urging that if their party take office they should do away with the Coercion Act, and that loans should be raised instead of imposing fresh taxation on (he people, June 11. The North German Gazette, in an article on the Samoan question, considers the claims put forward by New Zealand in regard to that island are untenable. Official papers have been issued which define the difficulty there is in the way of creating a colonial navy. The Suez Canal has been blocked up by a sunken dredger. It will be fully a week before the obstruction can be removed, and traffic resumed. The tenders for the Westport and Greymouti! harbour loans of .-£150.000 and .-£IOO,OOO respectively were opeuccl

to-day. The Westport loan was covered twofold and the Greymouth threefold in each case. Tenders at £95 10s will receive 36 per cent, and above that amount in full. June 12. It is considered unlikely that the Suez Canal Commission will agree as to the report to be drawn up. Germany is equipping a scientific expedition to proceed to New Guinea and Britain. The Indian Museum at South Kensington has been destroyed by fire. Moat of the collections were saved, and only a few of the inventions were damaged. June 13. Obituary—The Rev. Edwin Paxton Hood, minister of the Independent denomination and author of a large number of works, aged 65 years. The report that Kassala had fallen into the hands of the rebels is incorrect. It is expected that the Redistribution of Seats Bill will be passed through the House of Commons on Monday. Owing to the Ministerial crisis, the Russian sqnadron intended for despatch to the Pacific has received orders to remain in the Baltic. From the same cause, parleying on the Afghan question has been suspended.