WAR IN CHINA.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4892, 13 September 1884, Page 2

WAR IN CHINA.

Pabis, September 11. M. Ferry was interviewed to-day by a newspaper correspondent with regard to the Franco-Chinese difficulty. The report of the remarks which were made by M. Ferry, proves that the statement published by Le National yesterday is entirely incorrect, as the French Government does not propose to extend warlike operations in China beyond the measures previously announced, and no change has occurred in Admiral Courbett's plans. The truth of the rumour that France would issue a formal declaration of war against China is also denied. .*. [Specials to the Press Association] London, September 10. | It is expected that the answer from the Britih Association in reference to the invitation to visit Melbourne will be j posted in Canada, where they held their recent sittiugs. Denis Dugan, the rescuer of a number of Irish political prisoners who escaped from Freemantel, Western Australia, by the American whaler Catapa, in April, 1875, has died in Dublin. The Times circulates a statement to the effect that a Kussian fleet had sailed from a Russian port with, it is believed, hostile designs on China. The holders of three quarters of a million of New Zealand five per cent, bdnds, having refused to agree with the recent scheme for the conversion of the bonds, will be paid off in January. Earl Dufferin, British Ambassador in Turkey, and who succeeds the Marquis of Bipon as Governor-General of India, will leave Stamboul on Tuesday next. The Western Australian Timber Company have purchased in Liverpool the ressel Ironmaster for £30,000. This company have also offered M. De Lesseps a supply of jarrab piles for use in the xAD ft mil **& Iftittj *Wj>flf P i W^li^M- September 11* H.M.S. l^liiQifllf'in be detained on the Australian iMpM the flagship of the Admiral. I^tt^sbip Tamur will, in October, cotiffiMjifresk crew to Sydney to relieve thtyfymicrew of the Nelson. One thousiMj||gponß have been arrested at \Vaillm&3m**A*^~i.«

The frozen meat by tb.3 steamer Euapehu has arrived in excellent condition. At the Forestry Exhibition held in Edinburgh, Australia was awarded one silver medal and a diploma. New Zealand was also awarded one bronze medal and three honourable mentions. Shaw-Savill's steamer Tainui and the New Zealand Shipping Company's lLaikoura have been successfully launched. Lord Roseberry, speaking at Aberdeen, said he feared that England was allowing her Colonial Empire to drift away from her. The survivors of the yacht Mignonette were again brought before the Court, and | have been remanded for a week, being released on bail.