FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2462, 21 April 1888, Page 2

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

(By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright.) London, April 18. The Deceased Wife's Sister Bill has been read a second time in the House of Commons by a majority of 57. It is reported that Sir Arthur Gordon has been raised to the peerage. Mr Goschen, speaking at Croydon, eulogised the readiness shown by the Australian colonies to bear their share of the cost of defending the Empire, and to maintain an Australian navy. Mr Goschen expressed the opinion that the House of Commons would liberally and satisfactorily respond to the expectations of the colonies in the matter. April 19. Lord Hartington was to-day presented with the freedom of the city of London. In the course of his speech he declared that the extension of local government to Ireland would be more useful than any dream of impossible independence, or the autonomy of a subordinate province. April 17. The Prince of Wales has written to the Melbourne Committee who were collecting funds for the Imperial Institute, thanking them for the sum of £5300 which has been forwarded. The guns of H.M.s. Orlando, wlrc'.i relieves H.M.s. Nelson, on the Australian station have passed through a successful test. The disputeover the betrothal of Prince Alexander to the Princess Victoria has embittered the Germans against England. The New South Wales loan is quoted at a premium of 255. The Standard considers the placing of the New South Wales loan imprudent, and states that even if the colony is prosperous, it will increase her burden of debt, and drain her. resources. New South Wales 3 per cents, have fallen 30s. The American Government claim Christmas Island, and protest against its annexation by England. The Dominion House of Commons has passed the Fisheries Bill. Mr Dillon has yielded to the' police, and has been sent to Drogheda.