BRITISH & FOREIGN

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 157, 19 June 1886, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN

London, June 9th, — Her Majesty the Queen has given her sanction for the dissolution of Parliament. The date of the new elections has not yet been fixed. Arrangements have been made to hold a grand review at Aidershot on the 20th July. The leading colonists now in England are invited to witness the manoeuvres. The bill authorising the expulsion of the Princes from France has been finally passed by the Legislature —the majority in its favour being 89. The Comte de Paris will retire to England. London, June 9.— The Admiralty rely on the vigilance of H.M.s Undine and Raven, which are at present in the neighbourhood of the Islands, to look after English interests there. The AgentsGeneral believe that the present action of France is simply the prelude to annexation. It ia believed at the Foreign Office that the French vessels which recently proceeded to the New Hebrides were despatched there solely for the purpose of obtaining reparation for the outrages by the natives on the French subjects. Confidence is felt that France will not act in an underhand manner. Mr Graham Berry, Agent General for Victoria, had an interview with Earl Roseberry, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. No details have yet transpired. The Government have decidod to consult the various Colonial Governments as to the the expediency of utilising the Consular and other diplomatic asrencies for the promotion of commerce with foreign nations. London, June 10.— Kemp, the sculler, rows a match on the 19th July for .€lOO a-eide. The name of his opponent is not known. Beach refuses to row in England after August, and is somewhat surprised at the silence of Hanlan.