BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 165, 14 August 1886, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

London, August 5. - •■ Mk;Parne£l addressed a meeting afrDublin last night, ;t 'ln the course of,< his, speech he >aid that ,' Mr'; GJadstoine^ ; ttolne* Rule', BiH "was the only' measure that' wofild be'accepfcabW The 7 Irish people demanded that the rente of' the land, in Iceland^, should greatly reduced. ,_, •. r, - "London, August 6.~ A letter written- by. Mr Gladstone hints that he ititsn'ds to 1 seek; repose in oh beyond this country; and that henceforth, he will, drop all .correspondence. The Irish Land League has boycotted a branch of the Irish JN or them Bail Way, because their nominee was riot selected as an inspector on the line. „ . , .^ r The prices obtained at private wool eales in London, show an advance of Id per lb over the closing rates in July. At Antwerp prices have risen to the same level. London, .August s.*r~Arthur< B. Forwood has been appointed Secretary to the Admiralty in, the new. Ministry. The Hon. Wm. Brodrick has been appointed Financial Secretary to the War Office, not the Hon. Henry S. Northcote, as previously announced. ' Lord Harris has been appointed Under- Secretary in the War Office. Mr Heary Matthews, who accepts the Secretaryship of State for the Home Department in the Salisbury administration, has been re-elected unopposed. London, 7th August — A sculling contest has been arranged between Wallace Boss and Beach for the championship and £1,000. Gaudaur has left New York for this country to enter into training. His match with Beach takes place on the 18th prox. Lee, of New York, has been permitted to compete in the International Sculling Contest which takes place this month. The War Office has issued orders for three regiments of cavalry to proceed to Burmah in November and October to strengthen the forces at present in the country, and to enable them to forcibly suppress the Dacoit disturbances. The "Times," referring to the proposal to establish a penny postal service with Australia, considers that the idea is perfectly feasible, provided that the rate of speed demanded of the mail steamers is made slower. The postal authorities are, however, adveree to the scheme. London, August 9.— Earl Roseberry has forwarded a note to the Russian Government in which he states that the Ruaeian action regarding the port of Batoum is contrary to the provisions of the Berlin treaty, and will not therefore be recognised by England. Constantinople, Atgust 4. A determined attempt was made today by a native Mahometan on the life of Kaimal Pasha, the *Grand Vizier. The assailant fired five shots, but none took effect, and Kaimal was unhurt. The wouldbe asaas&in was promptly arrested. He complains that ho has been treated unjustly by the Grand Vizier, and this led to the assault. x