BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12421, 9 February 1901, Page 7

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph-Copyright. EGYPTIAN IRRIGATION WORKS. LONDON, Feb. 7. A telegram has been received from Messrs John Aird and Sons, who are erecting irrigation works in Egypt, stating that the last channel of the Nile has been closed and it is now possible to walk across the river at Assuan. BRITISH TRADE. Mr Thomson, the President of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, in an address to the Chamber, stated that although immediate prospects -were less bright, the country’s trade was sound. The controversy, Freetrade versus Protection, was still alive. There was no telling, considering Britain’s costly wars, how soon the issue would be raised, even in England. DAMAGES AWARDED. LONDON, Feb. 8. A jury has mulcted the “ Daily Mail ” in £725 damages for alleging that Charles Macdonald, a jeweller in Glasgow, supplied a worthless sword of honour to the Clan Macdonald Society, for Major-General Hector Macdonald. , A SENSATIONAL SUICIDE. An unemployed Italian committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver in St Paul’s Cathedral during service yesterday. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN PORTUGAL. The King of Portugal, yesterday, receiving a deputation from the Evangelical Alliance, at Buckingham Palace, said that at his distinct wish religious liberty had been granted l to all Protestant Christians throughout his dominions. It was his determination to enforce this rule, and he was giving orders to ensure it being carried out. A ROYAL MARRIAGE. THE HAGUE, Feb. 7. Queen Wilhelmina was married at The Hague to Duke Henry, of MecklenburgSchwerin. The ceremony aroused tremendous enthusiasm. THE REVOLT IN VENEZUELA. NEW YORK, Feb. 8. The revolution, which for some time has existed in Venezuela, has been suppressed.