FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2489, 23 June 1888, Page 2

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

| By Ei.ixtuic Tki.kgkaph.— Copyright.] London, June 20. Tn view of the recent adverse vote on Mr J. Morley's amendment- to the Local Government Bill, the Marquis of Salisbury has summoned a special meeting of his party, to diccuss the situation, and whether the Government are to be dictated to by the Marquis of Hartington, Mr Chamberlain, and the Liberal Unionists, as the price of their support. The resignation of Mr Balfour as Chief Secretary for Ireland is believed to be imminent, although semi-oflicially denied. Hkrat, June 10. A British exploring party have crossed the Afghan Frontier between Peshawur and Aboltabad. Romk, June 19. Cardinal M®ran, of Sydney, h;id a long interview with Ilis Holiness the Pope to-day on religious affairs in Australia. Calcutta, June 19. Information has been received that fighting has taken place between the rebel and the British forces. Major Battye and Capt. Winston, of the Bengal Staff Corps, and six men, were killed. London, June 22. In the House of Lords, replying to Earl Carnarvon, Lord Elfinstone stated that the Government were considering the question of the entry of foreign men-of-war and troop-ships into Imperial fortified ports. Her Majesty the Quenn lias refused to givo her assent to the Victorian Marine Bill. Mrs Agnes Boucicaulfc has proved her marriage to Mr Dion Boucieault in New York in 1885, aud she has obtained a decree nisi for a dissolution of the marriage.