FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2435, 18 February 1888, Page 2

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) Pakis, February 15. M. Felix Fadre, who uas appointed UuderSecretaiy for the Colonies in M. Tirard's Ministry on January 3, has resigned the position. London, February 14. The reply given by Sir James Fergusson, Under Secretary for Foreign Aft'airs, relative to the reported coalition of the English and Italian naval and military forces, is regarded as ambiguous. February 15. The Agents-General have promised to cooperate with the Emigrants' Aid Society in furnishing official information to intending immigrants to the colonies. The army estimates include the sum of £45,000, as an instalment towards providing an auxiliary squadron. The nominations weie made to-day for the seats rendered vacant by the resignations of Messrs Arthur C. Cohen and Chas. E. Lacaita for the jonstitnencies of Southwark and Dundee respectively. For Southwark Mr Augustus Beddcl, a Conservative, who was defeated by Mr Cohen at the last election, and Mr Couston, a Separatist, were nominated, and for Dundee General Sir H. D. Ualy, iv.CB., Unionist, and Mr Firth, Separatist were proposed. The announcement that Mr Cowen had been appointed musical director at the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition is somewhat premature, nothing yet having been definitely decided on. The British Commissioners to the Exhibition arc at present parleying with Herr Strauss, the well-known musician, a , id until the result of the negotiations is known no definite appointment will be made.

A heavy snowstorm has been experienced over the greater portion of Great Britain, and lailway traffice has been greatly impeded. It is stated that charges in the Cabinet are impending, and that Baron H. <le Worms will succeed the Earl of Onslow as Under-Secretary for the Colonies.

The creditors in the bankrupt estate of Lord Augustus Loftus, late Governor of New South Wales, have accepted his offer of £2000 cash. The bankruptcy will now be annulled.

Lord Dunraven, presiding at the Colonial Institute, deprecated State-aided immigration. He said the only danger to eventual federation was the possibility i that the colonies would give better trading advantages to foreigners than to England. In the House of Commons Mr Howard i Vincent is to move that a commercial union between England and her colonies is highly desirable. The French Press, misled by Lord Churchill's visit to St. Petersburg, are eagerly discussing an Anglo-French-Rus-sian Alliance. The Sultan has signed the Suez Cinal Convention, which embodies important modifications. It is considered improbable that England and France will agree to the amendments proposed in the Suez Canal Convention by the Sultan. Sir George Trevelyan, M.P. for Bridgeton, speaking on the amendment to" the Address-in-Reply in the House of Commons, said that the policy adopted by the Government with reference to Ireland had not tended to pacify the people, but had alienated all sympathy, and had also caused a decreased respect for the law. The debate has been further adjourned. Constantinople, February H. The Porte, yielding to the representations of M. Melidoff, Russian Ambassador to Turkey, has released the forty-one insurgents who were arrested for entering Roumelia with the object of instigating a revolt at Bonrgas. Dublin, February 15. The Mayor of Cork has been sentenced to a fortnight's imprisonment for assaulting the police, who wore engaged in stopping ,t display arranged by the Nationalists. Rome, February 15. Admiral Hewitt, speaking at Genoa, said the friendship at preseut existing between England and Italy may result in the union of the fleets of the two countries. New York, February 15. A derrick which was being used raising the girders for the elevated railway in course of construction in Brooklyn-street, over-balanced and fell on a crowded tramcar which was passing. Three of the passengers were killed and seventeen badly injured, some so much so that fatal results are feared. The cause of the accident is attributed to the carelessness of the engineer in charge of the works.