GENERAL EUROPEAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6565, 1 December 1882, Page 6

GENERAL EUROPEAN NEWS.

r Lo>*dox, November 16. Till*. Government have officially informed Parliament that they have declined to accede £ to the proposals of the Porte for the appointment of an International Commission to decide the future of Egypt. In the House of Commons, Sir Stafford Northeote exe pressed, his dissatisfaction at the decision j arrived at, stating that he considered the ' matter wus one in which all the European Powers were interested. s Dissension lias arisen amongst the members of Cherif Pasha's .Ministry, Red if Pasha 1 having endeavoured by a course of obstruction to create a deadlock. He is said to be E in favour of French interference in the affairs l of Ei;ypt. His dismissal from office is proa bable. Maskoko. the Central African chief who last year ceded a number of stations on the j River Congo, and led the French African .j exploring expedition, has again confirmed e his previous grants, which have been embodied in a formal treaty of defence. At the suggestion of Prince Bismarck, 3 Chancellor of the German Empire, the Russian Government have withdrawn their ; envoys from the minor German Courts, and will in future only maintain diplomatic relations with the larger States. Mr. Dillon, the member for Count)' TipT perary, who recently stated his intention to I resign his seat in the House of Commons on the ground of ill-health, but who was persuaded to withdraw his resignation, has had • a relapse, and will, therefore, in all proj bability carry out his resolution to retire from public life at an early date. November 20. 1 The Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, - in a speech delivered at Varozin recently. 2 made the suggestion that the settlement of t Egypt should be remitted to the decision of i a conference of the representatives of the ; European Powers. : Some trading stations, established by the - American explorer, Stanley, on the Congo - river, in Central Africa, have been attacked, during his absence, by hostile natives. The French Government intend to place cruisers [ on the Congo river, for the purpose of pro- ' tecting the trading stations established there : by the recent French explorers. : The long and bloody struggle between the : Republics of Chili and Peru appears at last likely to terminate. Negotiations for peace ' have been entered into, and the bitter hostility previously prevailing has given ; place to a more amicable feeling between the two countries.