NEWS BY CABLE

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2464, 30 November 1886, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE

(BY Kt,ECIB',Q TELBOKAPH-t-OOPYHIOHT

Keotbh's Telegram, Loudon, November 27, The Agent-General for Victoria had an interview today, "with Sir Robert Herbert, Permanent Under-Secretji-y VvJ'r'te'&lfJiißS. He, onbehalfof liii Government, aske'cl that the Agents General might bo jwpt informed as t the diplomatic correspondence betwee: the British and French Government relative to the New Hebrides, and th transportation of recidivistea to Net Caledonia. He also roqueateci thu information as to the British proposal regarding the .New Hebrides, and tli objections which had been raised by th French Governmofltto these propouali should be imparted to the Agenti General before a settlement betweo tie two Governments should bo finall coucluded. Sir Robert; Horberfatnte that he would refer the matter to M Stanhope, who lie bolioved wotlld agri with Sit 1 Graham Berry's request. M, de Staal, the Russian Ambass: dor, has left London tor St. Petorsburj The departure is stated to havo 11 political significance; that he is merel taking his ordinavy leave of abseno which was arranged last month, The Imperial Parliament has bet summoned to meet on 13th Januar The business to bo discussed will i confined to the question of procedure, Negotiations are proceeding betwec England and China with a view to tl cession of Port Hamilton in tho Coroa to China, and to England retaining her hold on the Corinm Straits. It is announced that Germany is seeking to arrange a settlement of the difficulty which shall bo satisfactory to both Austria and Russia, whereby Russia would recognise tho recently elected Sobranie, and the Great Powers would sanotionjtbe pinion of Bulgaria and Roumelia. Constantinople, November 27, General Kaul bars has left this city for St, Petersburg!]. Paris, November 27. M.de Freyoinet, Premier, made a statement in the Chambers to-day in which he said that Trance was not affected by tho Bulgarian difficulty beyond the general interests ot the Powers in preserving to Turkey the balance of power in the Mediterranean. Tho Egyptian question, he stated, touched France vitally, and she oould not allow any foreign power to bo mistress there. The Government, he added, had urged upon Eutjlaud the necessity of an early settlement of tho Egyptian question, Melbourne, November 29. The 8,8. Koonoowarra took- 300 diggers to Adnlaide to-day en route for Teetulpa, On the other hand 60 disappointed diggers have already arrived in Melbourne from Teetulpa, and the s,B. Adelaide, which arrived Ibis afternoon has brought several more, London, November 27. A better demand is experienced in the wool market, The total arrivals to date amouut to 130,000 bales, November 29. Mr J. F, O'Brien, member for'Sonth Mayo, as well as Mr John Dillon, bas been summoned to appear before the Court of Queen's Bench in Dublin on a charge ef intimidation. Both are endeavoring to evade the police, and havo, in defiance of the order, delivered harangues in several villages in the neighborhood of Sligo.