LONDON.

Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1344, 12 November 1884, Page 2

LONDON.

. The Homeward mails per Orient steamship Liguria were delivered yU> Brindisi to«day, froni- > Melbourne, / October^.' l : ' y !r / Mr Gladstone was not pres.eut aJK the^Oaildhali banquet- this eve'nfttf: Earl Granville w.ho was among Ju% guestsbf the evening made a lergtby speech m the course of wJbJcbyfi© expressed a hope tha^J>f^-WvX«>l«y» besides rjesc»i«gr^reneral. Gprdoii, a stable government' iu —^ the Soudan. -The Foreign Secretary ~ also stated that the Cabinet had not y^t examined Lord : Northbrook'i report on th,e state of .affairs ia Egypt. , He also, said that bothjih© French and ChineHe Croyernnienti were aware ol|England s reaa"inesß to mediate between them for settlenienfc of the Toriquin difficulty tht strained relations which' have arisen from' the ' jf jarigson aftair, Eeferring: to the Franchise Bill, Lprdj Gran vill« declared; that ..if the Cpnieryatijef formulated a definite scheme for re* i distribution of seats Government j would be prepared to irio'dify tneir» ! aTccoifdingly," . '. ' : " -,- •■ .;., ' "-T- ■■'■■-Soy 11. 0 H This persistent rumors regarding the ; p'arley ing which it ia. alleged is now proceeding between France and : China are daily gaining credence^ and itig now further stated ' that; r the i French ; .Gpyer^en!6 H wUI i> fpFejgft its demand ot indemnity. on_ account of theLaugson^^ affair;, m order ..that a Pacific, settlement of the. Tonquiil difficulty may be arranged, ■■■./■■■■ # The Franchise' Bill passed through Committee m the House., of "Com% moriß last night. .. ;• j7 ' Per Merchant Shipping andrTJn* derwriter-s Association' :-^liondon, November 10, arrived Dnnedii* from Oamaru, August 16. ' : • • <;