LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Kumara Times, Issue 2781, 20 August 1885, Page 2

LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

[REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.] I’.Y Erect me Terror a pit—Copyright. ARREST OF A RUSSIAN SPY IN INDIA. THE ZULFIKAR PASS. MODIFIED PROPOSALS BY RUSSIA TO ENGLAND. THE DIVORCE SUIT. SIR CHARLES DTLKE AND HIS CONSTITUENTS. SPREAD OF THE CHOLERA IN SOUTH OF FRANCE. (Received August 19, 3 p.m.) London, August 18. A man assuming the garb of a priest, and giving the name of Father Kanaricks, has been arrested in India as a Russian spy. Hs is thought by the authorities to bo. identical with the ox-Conirnunist Oliver Pain, who it is believed recent!}’ kept tin; Mahdi informed of the movements and strength of the British troops in Egypt,

- (Received August 19, 1 a.m.) August 19. The Standard to-day states that Russia has made modified proposals to the English Government with regard to the occupancy of the Zulfikar Pass, and that a peaceful settlement of the Frontier difficulty is expected to ensue. Sir Charles Dilke is in receipt of a communication from a large number of the electors of Chelsea, which borough he represents in Parliament, accepting his denial of the charges recently made against him, and assuring him of their continued confidence. Paris, August 18. The cholera continues to spread in the south of France, and several cases have appeared at Toulon. [special to press association.] London, August 13. In speaking on the motion for a vote of thanks to the Australian Contingent, the Marquis of Hartington said he regretted that precedent prevented Colonel Richardson being mentioned in the resolution. He spoke in high terms of the excellent manner in which that officer had fulfilled his duties. The Prince of Wales urges that an Exhibition of Australian living fish, which would be obtainable for acclimatisation, should he made at the forthcoming Colonial Exhibition. The number of emigrants to be sent out monthly to Adelaide has been reduced to two hundred and fifty. The American postal authorities are returning all English letters for Australia sent via San Francisco that are not sealed in closed mails. It is announced that the Duke of Richmond has been appointed Secretary for Scotland, with a seat in the Cabinet. August 14. Some excitement has been manifested in Madrid at the reported occupation of the Caroline Islands by Germany. The report up to the present has not received confirmation. John Ruskin, the eminent art critic, is seriously ill, and in a critical condition. Bishop Selwyn has been married to a daughter of the late Mr Thos. Sutcliffe Mort, of Sydney. A Spanish man-of-war has been sent on a visit to the Caroline Islands. Lieutenant-Colonel Richardson, Commandant of the New South Wales contingent, is gazetted a Companion of the Order of the Bath. August 15. The Marquis of Salisbury will shortly visit the Continent, and will meet Signor Deprets, the President of the Italian Council. It is expected that the Telegraph Companies now assembled at Berlin will offer to reduce the charges on the Australian cablegrams by half-a-crown per word for ordinai’y messages, and press messages by one-fourth. The Right Rev. Dr. Hale, Bishop of Brisbane, has declined the appointment as Rector of Ozleworth, a parish of Gloucestershire. Major W. W. Spoling, of the N.S.W. Permanent Artillery, has been created a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. August 17. The Tariff Committee of the International Telegraph Conference have rejected a scheme propounded by Germany in reference to the cost of telegrams in Europe. The difficulty regarding the Australian mails via San Francisco has not been satisfactorily settled, and the Pacific Mail Company have resumed carrying them. The meeting between the Czar and the Emperor of Austria will take place at the Kremlin on the 21st inst. Payment for the Egyptian indemnity has now been commenced. LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS. [REUTERS TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN TREASURER’S ESTIMATES. QUEENSCLIFF PERMANENT ARTILLERY FORCE SENTENCES. PROCLAMATION QUARANTINING VESSELS FROM CHOLERA PORTS. QUEENSLAND TREASURER’S FINANCIAL STATEMENT. (Received August 19, 3 p.m.) Adelaide, August 19. The Colonial Treasurer estimates the revenue of the coming year at £2,340,000, while the expenditure for,

the same period is set down at £2,410,000. It is anticipated that new taxation to the extent of £200,000 will be required to meet the deficiency at the end of the coming financial year. (Received August 19, 10.15 p.m.) Melbourne, August 19. Sailed, this afternoon, the Union Company’s steamship Rotomahana, for New Zealand. It is considered probable that the sentences of six months’ hard labor and dismissal from the service passed upon the other insubordinate Permanent Artillery men, in July, will be somewhat modified by the Government. (Received August 20, 12,55 p.m.) August 20. His Excellency the Governor has issued a proclamation ordering quarantine to be imposed on all vessels arriving in Port Philip from ports where cholera prevails. The sentence of two months’ imprisonment passed upon the second batch of the Queenscliff mutineers has been confirmed by the Government. (Received August 19, 10.15 p.m.) Brisbane, August 19. The Hon. W. R. Dickson, Colonial Treasurer, has brought down his financial statement. He proposes, in order to meet the deficiency of the coming year, to introduce fresh taxation to the extent of £90,000; the duty on spirits to be increased by two shillings per gallon, machinery (hitherto admitted free) to be subject to a 5 per cent, ad valorem duty. It is intended to increase the duty on imported timber, and have an excise duty of 3d per gallon levied on beer brewed in the colony.