ENGLAND.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6782, 14 February 1884, Page 3

ENGLAND.

London, February 9. News from the Gape reports the death of Cetewayo suddenly from heart disease. The Pall Mall Gazette says that circumstances demand that England should assume the absolute government of Egypt for a fixed period. There are still garrisons in the Soudan exceeding thirty thousand men menaced by the rebels, and the Radical journals argue that it is England's duty to rescue them. The Tongariro will make her next voyage through the Suez Canal. The Spectator demands that the Government should now throw aside all further pretenceß and assume the direct government of Egypt. The Times and Fall Mall Gazette severely censure the Gladstone Ministry for shutting their fcyes to obvious facts, in tbe vain hope of avoiding responsibilities which all Europe lays at their door. In Parliament Ministers have intimated that they will accede to Lord Salisbury's motion for a Royal Commission on the housing of the London poor. Mr D. Macfatlane, M.P. for Oarlow, has given notice for Tuesday of a motion in favor of the immediate establishment of a protectorate in Egypt. Owing to the important character of Egyptian affairs now, public interest is almost entirely centred in them, and little attention is given to the domestic policy of the Government. The idea of an Egyptian protectorate is widely" and influentially supported. The creditors of Young and Lark, Australian merchants, have agreed to accept payment in full extended over a period of two years. Their Egyptian liabilities are to be paid within six months. The London liability of the firm amounts to £360,000, but it is estimated that the assets represent nearly double that amount. The London Chartered Bank of Australia ranks as a creditor for £190,000.