BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXI, Issue 7224, 25 April 1884, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

££r ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.] [Reuter’s Telegrams.] I Received April 24, at 11 a.m. J LONDON, April 23. The cargo of frozen mutton on hoard the steamship Lusitania arrived in good condition. The Melbourne portion of the shipment is realising per lb. AN UNRULY HOUSE. In the House of Commons to-day the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Bill, the object of which is to prohibit the importation of live animals from countries where foot and mouth disease exists, came up for further consideration. Several amendments were proposed by the Government on the provisions of the Bill as passed by the House of Lords, but the House refused to agree to the amendments. fEeceired April 24, at 2.15 p.m.J ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT. CAIRO, April 28. Sir R. G. Egerton, British Consul-

General; Nubar Pasha, President of the Council of Ministers; and Sir Evelyn Wood, have recommended the British Government to despatch a combined English and Egyptian force to Berber for the purpose of relieving the beleaguered garrison. (“Received April Si, at 10.5 p.m.]. LONDON, April 23. The Orient Steam Navigation Company declares no dividend for the past half-year, but carries forward to the reserve £7OOO. [Received April 25, at 12.55 a.m.J EGYPTIAN CONGRESS. LONDON, April 24. In their replies to the British Note on Egyptian affairs, all the Powers have assented to the principle involved, and it is understood that a meeting of European plenipotentiaries will take place at an early date, AFTER TWO TEARS. The trial of suspects who were arrested on charges, of complication in the murder of Mrs Henry J, Smythe, and the attack upon Barlow Smythe and Lady Henrietta Monck, near Killucan, Westmeath, on April 2, 1882, was concluded to-day, when five men were sentenced to ten years’ penal servitude. [Special to Press Association.] [Received April 21, at 7.15 p.m,] LONDON, April 23. A portion of the frozen meat by the British Queen has been placed on the market, and has realised 6d per lb.

The German Government have decided to subsidise companies running a monthly steam service to Australia,