LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Kumara Times, Issue 3154, 13 December 1886, Page 2

LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] By KlectricTelegraph.—Copyright,

RELIEF OF EMIR BEY. AN EXPEDITION TO EQUATORIAL AFRICA. FATAL LIFEBOAT ACCIDENTS AT SOUTHAMPTON. 27 PERSONS DROWNED. M'ARTHUR (GLADSTONITE) UNSEATED FOR BUCKROSE. SYKES (CONSERVATIVE) ELECTED. PRINCE OF WALES AND THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE. THE NEW GOVERNOR OF TASMANIA. THE EVACUATION OF EGYPT BY THE BRITISH FORCES. STEAMSHIP MOVEMENTS. GENERAL KAULBARS' RECALL. DEATH OF MARCO MINGHETTI. RECONSTRUCTION OF FRENCH MINISTRY. MURDER BY SOMAULI TRIBES. | (Received December 11, 2.45 p.m.) London, December 10. An expedition to Equatorial Africa I has been arrangnd under the guidance of H. M. Stanley for the relief of Emir Bey. December 11. A serious boating accident occurred at Southampton [jSoathport, hs Southport is the name given in the second telegram farther on] when h lifeboat capsized and thirteen of its occupants were drowned. (Received December 13, 1.15 a.in.) Later. W. M'Arthnr, a supporter of Gladstone, has been unseated on a scrutiny being taken for the Buckrose Division of the E*st Riding of Yorkshire. He has heen succeeded by C. Sykes, a Conservative. The Prince of Wales has written a letter to the lord lieutenants of the different counties, asking their co-opera-tion and assistance in informing dwellers in the country concerning the object of the Imperial lustitute. | Sir R. Hamilton, the newly-appointed Governor of Tasmania, will sail for Hobart in the steamship Doric, which leaves London on January 27. At Southport, yesterday, after the first lifeboat had capsized a second was despatched to the rescue of the same vessel as the previous boat was bound for. This met with the same fate as the preceding boat, being capsized and fourteen persons drowned. Sir Samuel Davenport, Commissioner for South Australia to be ColonialIndian Exhibition, sails for Adelaide on the 17th inst. (Received December 13, 12.5 p.m.) December 12. A note has heen addressed by the Porte to the British Government intimating a desire that they should discuss the question of the evacuation of Eg.Vpt by the British forces. Earl Iddesleigh, Foreign Secretary, in reply, promised to consider tlie Porte's request without delay. (Rceeived December 11, 2.45 p.m.) Rio de Janiero, December 10. The New Zealand Shipping Company's Kaikoura, from Wellington, November IS, arrived here yesterday evening. Her cargo of frozen mutton is in good condition. Capetown, December 10. The s.B. Rimutaka, from Plymouth, November 20, left yesterday evening for New Zealand. (Received December 12, 6 p.m.) St. Petersburg, December 11. Thp Official Messenger in its issue to-day publishes an article stating that the recall of General Kaulhars and the Russians from Bulgaria is not intended as a severance of the ties which unite Russia and Bulgaria. Rome, December 11. The death is announced of Marco Minghetti, the Italian statesman and diplomatist. (Received December 13, 1.15 a.m.) Paris, December 11. M. Goblet has succeeded in forming a C.ibiii'jt. For the present he win .snccpprl M. Freycinet as Foreign Secretary, General Boulanger retaining his position, as Miuister of War, * and '

Admiral Aube that of Minister of Marine and Colonies. In the Chamber of Deputies to-day M. Goblet announced that the new Ministry would follow the foreign policy of M. Freycinet, but promises internal reforms. (Received December 9, 1.30 a.m.) Aden, December 7. News has been receive.! that tho Somauli tribes havs murdered Dr. Jiinchalke, agent of the Eastern Afiican Society at Aaesmyoo (?). [SPECIAL TO PRESS ASSOCIATION.] London, December 7. The sitp of the Imperial Institute is not yet officially decided upon. The Times considers that England must find military material for her col.inies, whilst the latter must undertake to construct fortifications and build gunboats, and provide crews for their defi-nce.' The. Standard suggests that a Congress of colonial statesmen would be a worthy memorial of the Queen's Jubilee. Government has declined the 6nancial offers of the Australian colonies regarding New Guinea, but will continue the protectorate. They consider Admiral Tryon has done what is necessary to repress outrages. England is willing to give an initial sum of £IOO,OOO and proclaim its sovereignty over- the British portion of the island if the colonies are prepared to undertake! all future financial responsibilities. December 8. Two hundred and sixty recidivistes have embarked for New Caledonia, and ninety-six more are ready. December 9. Lord Salisbury stigmatises the policy of the Land League as nothing but an org mined system of embezzlement. The Perth Midland Railway Compatty, Western Australia, announces a first issne of a quarter of a million. The Rev. Willoughby Flower has been appointed to St. Peter's, Ballarat. The Fenian Brotherhood have expelled O'Donovan Rossa, on the ground of treachery and fraud.