ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES. (FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.) London, May 16.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 277, 30 June 1888, Page 3

ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES. (FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.) London, May 16.

ROYAL VISIT TO THE COLONIES. I kjkueve I was the first newspaper correspondent to bfcafce that if any English royalties visited Molbourno during the Exhibition season, the Duke and Duchess of Commug'hL would be Clio ones. Well, T now learn the propriety of thoir Royal Highnesses paying this vis>ib is aj»ain under the Queen's consideration, and that tho (jucstion will be definitely settled before the court to Balmoral

YACHTING TOUR TO THE COLONIES Mi 1 Robert Louis Stovonxm is not< the ■sort of poi'hou to do tiring liko anyone else. An oulinury individual wishing to get to Now Zealand from San Francisco, would take the mail steamer. Mr Stevenson and his \\ it'e have chartered a ploasure yacht, and propo.se to sail your way leisurely calling </( ronff at such of the South Sea Islands nb seem likely to repay a vis-it. Mrs. Stevenson is in Krisco making the necessary preparations, whilst her hiihband puts the finishing touches to the " Outluwb of 'Punstall Forebt," Jor the serial rights ot whicli he has just received no less than C2OOO.

THE COLONIAL INSTITUTE. The Uishop of Dunedin has been elected a Fellow of the Colonial Institute, and was at the mooting 1 on Tuesday last, as were Sir W. Bullur, Sii't/. Coodo, Dr and Mis Fisher, Mr Larking, Mi and Mvs l*nrvi>, Mr. l Lees and other New Zealandors. The subject of .•Sir A\'. Hunter's paper wa.s S/udea.' Next meeting Mr Hubeit de Castilln will discourse on ' Vine Growing in the Australian Colonies.,' quoting Mr Li. E. Alderton, in all probability, with regaul to New Zealand. The conversazione of the Institute is this year to be held in the Albert Hall instead ot at South Kensington Museum, a decided impio\cment. The Church Emigration Society arc despatching- a second party of ptotected girls to Australia by the Orient on July 6". Home very funny facts came out the other day before the Committeo on the Navy Estimates* re the victualling of our warship& abroad. Thore certainly does seem something wrong somewhere when the Australian Squadron, whilst lying in Auckland harbour, receives large consignment;, of Kew Zealand tinned meats from London. Yet this, according to Mr W. P, R. Voik. Director of Victualling, is what recently happened. The numerous friends and admirer.- of the late Mr F. \V. Chcsson proposo to eiect a memorial in hits honoin in St. Paul's, j Cathedral. Tawhuio and the chiefs who owed ?o much to Mr Chessou^efloits during their English visit, ought certainly to subscribe. Lord Canterbury has avoided becoming a certificated bankrupt by agreeing to pay i his ereditois £'200 a year. Sir Charles Clifford, Sir Walter Buller, Sir -lames Cockle, and a whole host of AngloColonial celebritie.-^wcre at the opening of the Italian Exhibition on Saturday last. It is a tar smaller show than the American ailair last year, and piomises well. At the annual meeting of the Land Nationalisation Society on the Nth inst., an interesting letter was read from Sir Itobert Stout, cordially supporting the objects of the society. Major - General Roche, who will be lemenibeied as serving with the ISth Regiment in the Maori Wai, hay beon appointed Inspector-General of Recruiting, a comfortable and lucrative berth. Angustus Harris is not the person to make mistakes about a prima donna* voice, or there might be some fear of a repetition of the Menk Meyer catastrophe with Mdme. Melba, The Australian songstress was to have matte her ddntf on the opening night of the season at Covent Garden, but (wisely enough), it has been resolved to postpone the occasion a week. Lord Charles Beresford, the Duchess of Wellington, and others, who have heaid the lady, prophecy a biilliant success. Mr Mortimer Menpes, the Australian artist, whose exhibition of Japanesque pictures in Bond-streot has excited geneial admiration, is engaged in u war of words with the great Whistler. The quarrel is the more regrettable since Mr Menpes wa.s once a profound admirer ot the eccentric inipessionist. Colonial newspaper folk arc lisiug in the world. At Wednesday's drawing-room the wife of the properietor ot the Si/duty uVeu> was presented to the Sovereign. Mrs Henniker Heaton appropriately acted sponsor. Mr jßen/ou's many friends in Australia and New Zealand may bo interested to learn i that that young gentleman landed £33,000 over Mm ting's victory at ivempton on Saturday. I take it that we shouldn't have seen much more of the "Jubilee Juggins- " if this little plunge hadn't come oil", as all his horses in training are to be sold on Wednesday nextAmongst the lucky legatees of the late Mr John Aloysius Blake are Mr and Mrs Cashell Hoey, probably the best known members of what is called "the colonial set " in London. Mr Cashell Hoey is secretary at the Agent Generals for Victoria, and Mrs C. H. (as everybody knows) writes | novels. They benefit to the extent of, about £1,000. The first-class cruiser, Orlando, is in course of being commissioned for service as ilag.sbip on the Australian Station.

THE " »ANERIES." A great many of the South Kensington officials who did *o well out of the "Collindes," aro lo the fore again at the "Danories," as the AngloDanish Exhibition opened last Monday has been christened. It was quite like old timeb to see Mr A. J. R. Trendell, who distinguished himself so as " literary superintendent " of the great show in 1886, blossoming forth in a similar capacity at the opening ceremony of the " Dane'ries." What a " literary superintendent " is, or does, I never could make out. Mr Trendell's chief duty seemed to be to toss off frequent bhemes and bitters with representatives of the press. Mr Simmons, who acted as Sir J. yon Haast's assi&tant two years ago, is also mixed up with this year's exhibitions. I noticed he was in the procession at the " Italianeries " or " Italeries " last Saturday.

FINE ARTS FOR MELBOURNE. The Fine Art collection which Mr Agnew and Sir G. Perry have between them got together for the Melbourne Exhibition has been shipped by the Rome wljich sails to-morrow. The Prince ot Wales inspected the pictures before they were packed and seemed on the whole pleased. Naturally owners of world famous pictures did not care to risk them so far away, but specimens of one kind or another of the works of nearly all our best men are inoluded. Mr Agnew'u help was invaluable throughout.

THE BUPPOSED AUCKLAND LEGATEE Mr' T. Aloysius Burke is still non est This you may remember is the gentleman who was so basely led to believe that a mythical Auckland millionaire had left him an enormous fortune, and who on the strength of the good news ran up bills to a tune of £10,000. The Bankruptcy Court expressed a wish to see the letters and other evidence which had induced Mr Burke «&

guilelessly to believe in the bequest and ordered him to produce them. This he failed to do, and likewise omitted to put in an appearance himself.

HENDERSON AND M ACFARL ANE S PACIFIC COMPANY. The prospectus of Henderson & Maci'arlane's (of Auckland) Pacific Islands Trading Company is in all the papers. It roadß well, but one would havo liked to .see a few New Zealand namfes on the London directorate Mr. Juo. Ewart (of James Morrison & Co.) is, of course, a good man, but some bf tho othors read like (1 don't say they are) professional " guinea pigs." The fact that the vondors like such a large portion of payment in deferred shares speaks well for the character of the enterprise, in fact, despite tho apparent weakness of tho London directorate, I expect to the capital fully subscribed. The libt opened yesterday and clones to-morrow.

1 COLONIAL PASSENGERS. AmongfeL tho through passengers for Now Zealand by Iho I*. and 0. Compuny's splendid now d.s. " Arcadia/ sailing on Iho first pro.\., are Mr and Mrs JP. Me Arthur, and Mr H. W. Chubb, for Auckland; and Mr C. S. Thompson, for Dunodin. The Austial has a whole crowd of Antipodean louri&lss and notables on board, including, Mr' T. H. Cowen, .Sir Charles ami Lady MacMahon, Rev. L M. Weir, Mr T. Stansfiold, Dr. v \Vcigall, -and Mi- Lloyd Trovor. 'hit \i. N. Doddn and Mr J. H. Ab^uloin a-ve Uirou^lv}>asson^ers for Wcllin^tpu, and, Mr T.. AlcClean for Vort Chalmers, b'y-,this ves&ol.

INCOME TAX ON ABSENTEES. The Inland .Revenue authorities], .says the " Hawk," required Mr Brooks, an Australian goutlomah, at present residing in thivS country, to pay income tax iiv respect of money of his invested in business in Austra. lia, which he never received in this countryHe duly made a return of all money he actually received here, and paid the tax on that ; but Somerset House wanted him also to pay on Australian profits which never came into his hands bore. If they succeeded in this, no foreign visitor to England would be safe. As Lord Esher said, it an American gentleman visited London, or an Hungarian nobleman took a shooting-oox in Scotland, he would have to pay the tax on the full income derived from his American business, or from his Hungarian estates, although not one twentieth of it ever reached his hands in this country. Luckily Lord TCshor decided against the authorities, for had he nob England would be shunned by foreigners with incomes as a plaguc-otricken country.

THE DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER. A Continental' paper lia-s some amusing records of what it calls "the insane desire of the Englishman to marry his deceased wife's sister." "Whoiiever/'says the writer, '• the Englishman has nothing better to do he is occupied in agitating in favour of the Deceased Wife's Sister Bill. He occasionally has a little war in South Africa, in | Egypt, or Afghanistan, but he always comes back to his. Bill. It is the passion oi his life to marry his deceased wife's sister. Now, seeing how strong and general tins passion is in England, why doesn't the Englishman marry hib wife's sister to begin with '( It is suieiy absurd of him to go on marrying the wrong woman and then to wait for death and the law to right him." The Frozen Mutton market continue, wretchedly low. Sir Reeves, ot JDuncdin, is right when lie urges the establishment of direct retail agencies, independent of middlemen, ail over the country. A strong stop of this sort would wake up trade and enlighten the lower middle class, who must eventually become yoiu be»t customers Prices at present rule : —Canterbury, 2s 7d to 2s 8d ; other New Zealand ports, 2s (id to 2s 7d. New Zealand lamb, 8s 4d to 4s 2d ; Sydney, 2s 3d ; all per stone of Slbs. The Napiei carcases per Tuvakina are fetching 2s (id to 3s Id. [A cablegram has since advised us that fro/en meat has risen.]