LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Kumara Times, Issue 3099, 8 October 1886, Page 2

LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. + BULGARIAN" DIFFICULTY. PROPOSED CONFERENCE OF THE GREAT POWERS. IMPERIAL INSTITUTE. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE COLONIES. A NEW ZEALAND LOAN IN THE MARKET. DISPUTES BETWEEN FRENCH AND ENGLISH FISHERMEN. CANADA AND THE PROPOSED IMPERIAL ISSTITUTE. AFFAIRS IN BULGARIA. IMPERTINENT DEMAND OF THE RUSSIAN AGENT KAULBARS. FRANCE AND THE MADAGASCAR DIFFICULTY. WAR IN SOUDAN. CAPTURE OF TAMAI BY FRIENDLY ARABS. TWO HUNDRED REBELS KILLED. (Received October 7, 12.15 p.m.) London, October 6. It is announced that the British Government favour the proposal of Austria for a conference t>f the representative Powers to discuss the Bulgarian difficulty. (Received October 7, 2.30 p.m.) Later. Surprise has been expressed here at the smalluess of the contributions which the colonies propose to make to the projected Imperial Institute. A New Zealand Government loan ■■'for £l,-507,800 ni I'.ur per cent, was utiucmnced to-day. Tenders will be opened on the 14'!t ins-t. (Received October 8, 1.15 a.m.) October 7 The minimum for the New Zealand Four per cent loan of £1,567,800 has been axed at, 97. (Received October 8, 1.5 p.m.) October 8. Disputes bnve arisen bH\v<:en Eng•ish -ted FYe H-buff! en ••».*■• l'.-'iUf"|?. , .e, ;,r.A *;.:•.'«...'tal -i t-1 : -. • i t.-. r.']f';iVn i;-iVC: OCcurrcd, necesaitaing the intervention of the police.

(Received October 7, 12.15 p.m.) Ottawa, October 6. The Press and the public of Canada are warmly supporting the proposed Imperial Institute. The Canadian Provincial Assembly will vote a contribution, as well as the Dominioß General Government. (Received October 8, 1.15 a.m.) Sophia, October 6. The garrison at Shumla have inquired of the Bulgarian Government if th By intend to make war against Russia. The Government denied having thought of such a proceeding, and condemned the inquiry. General Kaulbars, who is touring through Bulgaria and Roumelia, has been coldly received in these provinces. He ordered the Military Commandant at Rustcliuk to release the prisoners implicated in the deposition of Prince Alexander, at the same time offering him a reward for so doing. The Commandant, however, refused. (Received October 8, 1.5 p.m.) Paris, October 7. M. Freycinel, premier, has announced that the difficulty between France and Madagascar is on the poiut of being settled. Alexandria, October 7. Intelligence is to hand from Soudan that the friendly Arabs have captured the rebel position at Tamai, and killed two hundred rebels in the fighting which took place. ♦ [SPECIAL TO MELBOURNE AGE.] London, September 22. Truth advocates the establishment of a permanent Colonial Institute, as proposed by the Prince of Wales, provided that a suitable site be chosen, and that the "Exhibition gang" be excluded from its control or management, and that proper accounts in connection with the present Exhibition be furnished. A petition of the trade societies in Sydney against the policy of State assisted immigration from England to the Australian colonies has been presented to the House of Commons by Mr Thomas Burt. | Mr Parnell, in a lecture which he has delivered on Ireland, strongly deprecated the extensive emigration that had for some years been going on to the great injury of the nation. September 23. The Pall Mall Gazette publishes an account of an interview between a member of its staff and Mr Norton. Mr Norton eulogised Sir H. Parkes, and stated that the colonies were opposed, both to the cession of the New Hebrides to France, and the proposal for the establishment of Imperial federation. Mr Norton has requested an interview with Mr Stanhope, and it is probable that the request will be granted. September 24. The Republique Francaise, in an I article dealing with the French occupation of the New Hebrides, declares I that it is impossible that France can evacuate the islands, while the British man-of-war Albatross is engaged burning the natives' villages. The Morning Post publishes a statement this morning to the effect that it understands that the French Cabinet will very shortly arrive at an important decision regarding the New Hebrides. The matter, it says, is to bo finally dealt with at the npxt meeting of the French Cabinet. In diplomatic circles generally it is believed that the annexation of the islands by Fiance is imminent.