Her Majesty the Queen has given her assent to tho Western Australian Enabling Bill, It is believed that tho Anglo- 1 French agreemont assigns to France territory lying between Algeria and Lake Tchad, thence west to the Niger. •July 27. Mr Justice Chitty has appointed a provisional liquidator to wind up the New Zealand Agricultural Company. FOREIGN- New York, July 2G. Many American papers abandon all pretensions to the enclosuro rights of the Behring fisheries. A severe cyclone visited Laurence (Massachusetts), shattering 90 houses Twenty persons were killed, and 100 injured.
Berlin, July 26. General vonCaprivi will accompany the Emperer William on his visit to Buasia.
Brussels, July 26. The Chamber of Deputies has approved the Convention arranged between Belgium and the Congo Free Btate,

Capetown, July 26. The gold revonue of tho Trousvaal for the half year ended June 30th has |doclined by £66,000. Paris, July 20, Reports received hero from the French authorities at Zanzibar stale that the news of the English protection over the Zanzibar coast was received with satisfaction. Itisassortod that while tho Euglish are popular thero, the Germans frighten the Africans, displease the Europoans.and terrorise tho Aniba.
The French Government propose to lay a telephone cable betwoen London and Paris.
