CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1625, 3 February 1886, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

(kLECTRIO TKLECrtAPII. — COPYRIGHT. ) (SPKCIAE TO VtllVaU PUKSS ASSSOxiAl'lOtt.) London, Jan. 20. The report that Lord George Hamilton was to l>6 appointed successor lo thu E irl of Carnarvon a* L'»rd LiouUnant of Ireland, provua aiifo<ui<led. January 21. The Gvardlan, which is the priucipal ' organ of the Cliurch of tinglaud, olij-vta to Dr Mo«>rchou8 1 beiii£ transferred ' from Melbourne to Manchester, and maintains that it is desirable that colonial Bishops should devote their ': lives to colonial service. 1 The expedition organised by the | G'-rman Government for an exploration ! of New Guinoa will embark at Hamburg iv February. Herr Schukber has beun placed io command of the expedition. January 22. Mr Gladstone, m the House of Commons last night announced that he had not altered bis views with regard to the settlement of Irish affairs, and still adhered to- the solution which he ad vocnted m his recent electoral speeches. At the same time he reserved to himself the rieht to exercise freedom of action on the question. He condemned the Government for giving uotice of a resolution to amend the rules of parlia- ' mentary procedure, and asking that it be treated urgently. He maintained l lnil priority should be given to the problem of extending the principles of local self-government to Ireland. January 23. The Great Powers hava approved of the 'proposal made by Russia to compel Servia and Greece to disband their troops. If Servia persists m her refusal to lay down her arms, her territory will be partitioned.