LATE BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 3111, 22 March 1883, Page 2

LATE BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

Rear-Admiral John Crawford Wilson has been appointed second in command of the Channel Squadron. Her Majesty the Queen has met with a slight accident, having slipped on the stairs at Windsor Castle. She is a little hurt.

The Lord Mayor of London has opened a fund for the relief of the distress in Western Ireland.

Owing to the inclemency of the weather, canal traffic in England is rendered very uncertain, and the mails are frequently delayed. The Right Hon G. J. Goshen, M.P. for Ripon, has been appointed Chairman of the Grand Committee of the House of Commons on Trade. The High! Hon George Slater Booth, M.P. for North Hants, has been appointed Chairman of the Grand Committee on Law.

The Press generally are sceptical as to the accuracy of Lady Florence Dixie’s story about the attack made on her.

Sir Alexander Galt has resigned his position of High Commissioner for

Canada. The Niluli'ts threaten to blow the Kremlin up with dynamite on the accasion of the Czar’s coronation. An Am rioan man-o’-war has been ordered to Madagascar. The Charity Organisation Society intend to request Sir Charles Dilke, President of the Local Government Board, to advance emigrants money from rates and other sources. The French Government have issued orders to their gunboats ut Madagascar; to blockade Tarnatave. In a speech, Mr Parnell stated that the Land Leaguers of Ireland are becoming desperate, and that violent outrages are possible. A Commission has been appointed to enquire under what conditions the claims of the Isle of Skye crotters. shall be considered.