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Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1733, 14 June 1886, Page 4

Items by Cable.

The American Tariff Bills have been abandoned for this session. Mr Pleydell will collect the English assets, and will settle the Hat of creditors m the Commercial Bank, but beyond th'iß will do nothing uuless directed by the Judge. Beach refuses to row m England after August, and is somewhat surprisedat the silence oC Hanlon. ; ' * The freedom . of tho City of London lias been offered to prominent colonists, including Sir Saul Samuel, v Sir Alexander Stuart, aud Sir Arthur Blytti. The City Livery Company of Skinners admit Sir Saul Samuel, the Salters* Company Sir Arthur Blythe,- and the . Fishmonger*' Company Sir Charles Tupper to their respective liveries. The Agent-General, on behalf of Victoria, signs the agreement for the conveyance of the parcel post on Friday. Vy. The ex-Empress Ehgenie and Princess Louise have visited the Australian sec tiou of the Exhibition. ' Mr Graham Beiry and Mr Garnek have protested against the roccnt action of' France m sending a vessel to the New Hebrides. Lord Roseberry, to ■whom the protest wa3 made, will ask M. Wadditijiton, French Ambassador m London, to Rive sin explanation /of tho .matter.' The Admiralty rely. upon..thevigUsuce of H.M.S. Undine and Raveu, . which are at present iv the neighbourhood of tho islands, to look after English interests ther?. The Agents-General believe; that the present action of France ie simply the jjrHlnd.e to annexation. Mr Chamberlain is forming a Radical union to promote the establishment of a noifortn autonomy for England, Ireland, and Scotland. ■." , Rioting has taken place at Belfast.and the police have beeu compelled, to ■ fire on the rioters. Twenty- three Scotch Lil-erals voted against th« Irish Laud Purchase Bill Messrs Ford, O'Donnovan Rossa, and Sullivan are making menaces against England. Seven more deaths have taken place at Belfast from wounds received m the recent riots. Tho police were again attacked, on Tuesday afternoon, and the disturbance assumed such a serious phascthat the military were called out to disperse the crowd. ' M. De Freycinet has assured Lord Lyon, British Ambassador of Paris, that the action of the French Govern... ment \n despatching a war vessel to the r New Hebrides, is solely due to the nocessity for protecting French subjects from massacre by the natives.