LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Kumara Times, Issue 3028, 17 July 1886, Page 2

LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. ELECTIONS TO THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. ANGLO-UNITED STATES EXTRADITION TREATY. OLD AUSTRALIAN COLONISTS' BANQUET IN LONDON. NEW SOUTH WALES FIVE AND AHALF MILLION LOAN. DEBATE ON REMOVAL OF DUC D'AUMALE. CHALLENGE TO A DUEL. (Received July 16, 1.4 p.m.) London, July 15. Wilfrid Lawson is elected for Cockermouth (Cumberland). Conservatives have gained seats at Macclesfield (Cheshire), Richmond (Yorkshire), and the East Division of Dorsetshire, held last Parliament respectively l>y W. C. Brocklehurst, Sir F. A. Mil bank, and the Hon. Pascoe 0. Glyn (Liberals). (Received July 17, 1.30 a.m.) July 16. Negotiations are proceeding between the English and United States Governments for the conclusion of an extradition treaty, applicable to dynamiters. The old Australian colonists' banquet was given last night, at which the Hon. H. 0. E. Childers, Home Secretary, presided. (Received July 17, 1.15 p.m.) Later. The total tenders for the New South Wales five and a.half million loan amount to seventeen and a-lialf millions. (Received July 17, 1.30 a.m.) Paris, July 15. Dining the debate in the Senate today regarding the removal of the Due D'Aumale from the Army, an altercation took place between Boulanger (Minister of Whi) and M. Haiiuenii y, which resulted in the former challenging the latter to a duel. [special to press association. I London, July 12. The death is announced of Mr R. Dowling, artist. Jn'y 1.3. Sir Thos. Brassey states that it is veiy desirable that a training school should be established at Sydney to train naval cadets for Australian co>st defence. An Englishman has shot Niagara rapids in a cask. The eldest sou of Sir Duiiel Cooper, formerly of Sydnev, lias been married to a daughter of the late Sir Geo. Grant Suttie, Bart. Her Majesty the Queen and Princess Beatrice gave presents. A nomber of merchants and others have paid a visit to the New South Wales Court at the Exhibition, and expressed surprise at the prospects of the con! tiarb. Turkey is disbanding the iwrvca called up during the recent difficulties, i Mr Samuel Morley is ill. |

The proprietor of the New York lerald has despatched an expedition on a voyage of discovery towards the North Pole. The Marquis of Hartiugton and Sir Michael Flicks-Beach have made speeches which indicate that the Irish National League will be suppressed. The Agents-General have asked for an intmview with the Prince of Wales to urge upon him to visit Australia. The New South Wales loan is expected to realise from £95 10s to £96. July 14. A meeting of the Cabinet will be held on Saturday next. Messrs P. B. Burgoyne and Company, Wine Merchants, offer a cup for the most suitable colonial wine for home consumption, exhibited at the Jubilee Exhibition.