LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Kumara Times, Issue 3041, 2 August 1886, Page 2

LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. ELEVATIONS TO THE PEERAGE. ENTERTAINMENTS TO COLONISTS. THE NEW HEBRIDES. THE AGENTS-GENERAL AND THE FRENCH ASSURANCE. LORD PRESIDENT OF THE BRITISH COUNCIL. HITCH IN THE FORMATION OF THE NEW MINISITRY. DEATH OF FRANTZ LISZT, THE HUNGARIAN PIANIST. MORE RIOTING AT BELFAST.— ONE MAN KILLED; OTHERS WOUNDED. THREATENED DYNAMITE OPERATIONS IN LONDON. (Received August 1, 5.35 p.m.) London, July 30. Tt is announced tli.it Sir Tlioh. Brassey and Sir Michael Bass will be raised to the Peerage. A party of Colonists paid a visit today to Canterbury, where they were entertained at the Cathedrd by Archbishop Edward White Bens-n D.D. Another party proceeded to Chaiham to inspect the fortifications. The Auatr-Ji.iti A«(;iits General have had under consider'ion the recent assurance of the French Government regarding the New Hebrides, mid it, is understood generally the same are of a completely saiicfactory nature.

(Received August 2, 0.45 a.m.) July 31. It is announced that Viscount Cranbrook is appointed Lord President of the Council. A hitch has occurred in connection with the formation of the New Ministry, the Marquis of Salisbury experiencing a difficulty in filling the remaining portfolios, owing to the claims of Sir Richard Cross to an important office. The death is announced of the babe" Franz Liszt, the celebrated Hungarian pianist, aged 75 years. (Received August 2, 12.45 p.m.) August 1. Serious rioting again occurred at Belfast last night, between Orangemen and Nationalists. The rioters opposed the police who were called out to quell the disturbance, by atone throwing. The police fired, killing one, and wounding many others. The rioters were at length dispersed, and by midnight all was quiet. New York, July 31. O'Donovan Rossa has publicly declared that the American Dynamite Party is preparing to prosecute its operations on an extensive scale in London. [special to press association. I London, July 26. - Sir W. J. Clarke returns to Melbourne by the P. and O. steamer Rome. Baptain Blackshaw, of New South Wales, who was injured in the dockyard accident, is recovering. The projected Company for the purpose of purchasing the Charters Towers Mining Company, Queensland, has not been floated. A thousand deaths have occurred in Labrador, British North America, from starvatioo. July 27. The barque Crowntborpe, well known in the trade with the colonies, haß been abandoned, having become dismasted during heavy weather. A portion of her crew has been saved and landed at Capetown. At the time of the disaster the Crownthorpe was bound from London to Brisbane. It is anticipated that a little new blood will be infused into the Conservative Cabinet now being formed. If the Marquis of Londonderry accepts the position of Viceroy of Ireland, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach will become Chief Secretary for Ireland, Lord Randolph Churchill leading in the House of Commons during Sir Michael's absence. Viscount Cranbrook may possibly take the office of Secretary for the Colonies. It is repotted that Mr Gladstone will go on a yachting cruise in Italy after the opening of Parliament, and will winter abroad. The Prince of Wales refuses the Presidency of the Jubilee Exhibition Commission on the ground that he will be unable to give the necessary attention. Sir William Dobson is improving, and will return to Tasmania at the end of August. The wine tariff comes into effect on August 26th. The suicide of the stranger reported yesterday is not that of a colonist. July 28. The Fitz-oy (Victoria) Municipal loan of £60,000 at 5 per cent, has beeu placed in the market. The minimum is fixed at £lO3, and tenders will be opened on August sth. The Right Hon. A. J. Mundella, presiding at an Exhibition Conference on Railway Extension in the Colonies, referred to the safe investments in money lent in the colonies, and advised England to assist in developing colonial resources. The P. and O. Company have ordered a new steamer to be built for the Australian trade, at Messrs Caird and Co.'s yards, Greenock. She will be a vessel of 7000 tons. Mr Wardill hap offered the management of the English team, which he is arranging to visit Australia, to the Maeylebone Club. Further intelligence from Labrador shows a pitiful state of things existing there, tip to the present 3500 deaths have occurred from starvation, and fully 15,000 lives are in peril from the same cause. Indians are eating bodies of the dead, and to add to the horrors of the situation a large number of bears, which have become ravenous for want of food, are making raids on the settlements, devouring human beings. Lord Hartington and Mr Trevelyan have distinctly declined overtures made for a coalition. News is to hand from Tinnevelly, a town in the presidency of Madras, that during a performance the theatre took fire and was completely destroyed. A hundred of those present were killed in the panic that ensued. Truth states that Mr Gladstone will go on a yachting cruise ronnd the Irish and Scottish coast.

It is reported that Sir Michael Hicks-Beach will fill the position of Chief Secretary for Ireland in the new Ministry. The Prince of Wales ia prepared to accept the Executive Presidency of a permanent Colonial Exhibition if the present guarantees are renewed and a yearly grant is made for maintenance by the colonies. The P. and 0. Company are having another steamer built at Belfast similar to the one that is to be built at Greenock. The Rev. Alexander Mackennel has been elected Chairman of the Congregational Union for the ensuing year. July 29. Baron de Leseeps' report on the Panama Canal shows a balance of 241,000,000 f. He pledges himself to open the Canal in 1839. A shocking tragedy ia reported from Penzance, Cornwall. A man named James Hawke, who recently returned from Australia, mortally wounded his sister, brother-in-law, and a neighbour, by shooting them. He then committed suicide.