LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Kumara Times, Issue 2897, 10 February 1886, Page 2

LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. >—■ —« LORD CHANCELLOR FOR IRELAND. THE RIOTS IN WEST END, LONDON. RESTORATION OF ORDER. ANOTHER ASSEMBLAGE OF ROUGHS DISPERSED. (Received February 10, 1.30 a.m.) London, February 8. Mr John Naish, Q.C., Solicitor-Gen-eral for Ireland in the last Gladstone Ministry, -has been appointed Lord Chancellor for Ireland. February 9. Order has at length been restored in the West End after the riotous proceedings of the unemployed. The amount of damage done is uot fully estimated, but it is kuown to be immense. Arrived, the Chimborazo, from Australian ports. (Received February 10, 12.45 p.m.) Later. Crowds of roughs assembled this morning in Trafalgar Square and ita vicinity, but were easily dispersed. The jewellers' shops, however, remained closed, in anticipation of further violence. Public opinion generally blames the police for their inaction in the face of the riotous proceedings of yesterday. [special to press association. I London, February 4. The Pall Mall Gazette considers the appointment of Earl Granville, as Secretary for the Colonies, to be a grave mistake. Mr Murray Smith, writing to the Times, states that the Federal Council will present an address to the Queen regarding the possession of the New Hebrides. The French Government are making inquiries as to whether the colonies will send representatives to a Conference which it is proposed to hold in Paris, in May next, for the purpose of taking into consideiation the protection of cables in time of war. It is publicly believed that Mr Gladstone will frame his policy on the lines laid down in Mr John Morley's speech at Chelmsford. There is a general distrust expressed in the Ministry.