LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Kumara Times, Issue 2929, 19 March 1886, Page 2

LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

[RE DTER’S TE LEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. “ >—■■ -< RESIGNATIONS OF CHAMBER. LAIN AND TREVELYAN. (Received March 19, 1 a.m.) London, March 19. Air Chamberlain and Air Trevelyan, who have given notice of their intentions of resignation of office on account of differences of opinion with repaid to _ tl >e Irish policy of the Government, will have an interview with Mr Gladstone. It is unlikely, however, that any agreement obviating their resignations will be arrived at. [SPECIAL TO MELBOURNE AGE.) London, March 3. Mr Charles Todd, C.M.G., Postmaster General and Superintendent of Telegraphs of South Australia, who recently read a paper before the Royal Colonial Institute on “Overland Telegiaphs, is tn have the honorary degree of Master of Arts conferred upon him by the University of Cambridge on the 11th inst. The Standard, leferring to-day to the question of colonial finances, says it is impossible to overrate the responsibility of the Bank of England in connection with the lavish borrowing of the colony of Queensland. ° March 4. The adoption of reduced cable charges for Press messages is to be further deferred, pending the approval of the colonies. Match 5. Government lias decided to postpone taking any definite acti n relative to the establish men t of a post card service I between Great’ Britain and Australia, I

It is feared that the scheme might prove premature, and that heavy loss might result from it. The conditions under which Australian wines will be sold at special bars at the approaching Colonial and Indian Exhibition have been arranged. The Exhibition caterers will receive a quarter of the receipts at those bats for managing them, except with regard to those to be established in the School of Cookery, from which they will receive only a tenth of the receipts, March 6. The Marquis of Hartington, in tep'y to a circular which he recently issued to the Liberal Clubs in Great Britain inviting an expression of opinion with regard to the attitude of the Liberal leader in respect to the Irish question, has received eighty communications, which express the view that the personal opinions of Mr Gladstone upon the Irish question are not binding opon the Liberal party. The Weekly Dispatch declines to comply with the demand of Sir Saul Samuel that it should apologise for having published in its report of a speech made by a returned emigrant, at an Emigration Conference, certain insulting charges against Sir Alexander Stuart, late Premier of the colony. The Dispatch upholds the accuracy of the report. Sir Saul Samuel is endeavouring to induce the Public Prosecutor to indict the person who made the alleged libelous statements, but it is probable that no definite action will be taken until the arrival of Sir Alexander Stuart, who is now on his way to England.

The Privy Council to-day gave judgment in an appeal made by Mr Speaker Barton to reverse the decision of the Supreme Com bof N South Wal es in the case of Taylor v. Barton. All the grounds of appeal were disallowed, and a judgment given in favour of Mr Taylor on all the points. Mr Taylor has intimated his withdrawal of any claim to damages to which he became entitled by this decision. In doing so he explained that as the costs of the proceedings would necessarily be home by the Government of New South Wales, he was unvvil ing to mulct tb»> Treasury of the colony in damages. f SPECIAL TO PRESS ASSOCIATION. | London, March 13. The Common Council of the City of London are arranging for great festivities on the occasion of the anniversary of the Queen's coronation, and have invited the leading colonists at Home to he present. The opening of exhibits for the Indian and Colonial Exhibition has commenced. The Executive have divided the remainder of the space originally allotted to Tasmania bet ween South Australia and Fiji. The Emperor of Germany, Prince Bismarck, and Mr Gladstone, who have been indisposed, are now better. March 13. The Canard steamer Oregon, 7500 tons, has been sunk through a collision. Obituary.—General Trevor Chute, 1v.C.8., aged 51 years. There are 51,000 men out on strike in America. The Sportsman re-offers its Challenge Cup fo he rowed for by the great oarsmen of the world.