BRITISH AND FOREIGN

South Canterbury Times, Issue 3318, 20 November 1883, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

[ByElectric Telegraph—Copyright.]

[Reuter’s Agency.]

[Received Nov 19,1883, 10 p.m.] Egypt Speaks Up. London, Nov. 17. A Note has been addressed by the Egyptian Government to claim to have a voice in the control of affairs relating to water-ways through the Isthmus of Suez. Shipping. The Orient steamship Garonne, with a cargo of 3650 frozen sheep on board, arrived at Plymouth yesterday. The Merchant Shipping and Underwriters’ Association under date, London November 17, report the arrival of the steamship Doric with 8000 carcases of frozen mutton, from Lyttelton (left October 5; ships Blance, from Bluff (left August 3), and The Colleen. Funds Forthcoming. Cairo, Nov. 17. A syndicate of bankers in this country have offered to provide the necessary capital, if the Egyptian Government undertakes the construction of the projected Suez canal. Chinese Volunteers. Hong Kong, Nov. 17. News has been received here that a volunteer force of 220,000 men is being raised in China, in view of the prospect of war. Much uneasiness is felt in consequence by foreigners resident in Chinese territory.

[Received Nov. 20,1883,0.50 a.m.] The Plot ThickensParis, Nov. 18. In the course of the interview which was granted to-day by the Marquis Tseng to a newspaper correspondent, the latter elicited from the Chinese Ambassador a statement to the effect that the attack upon Bacninh, by the French troops in Tonquin, would be considered by the Chinese Government as a casus belli. Woe to the ConqueredBelgrade, Nov. 18, A large number of prisoners captured by the troops during the recent rising at Scernarika and Kruchevatz, are now being tried for participation in the revolutionary movement. The judgments which have been passed upon those who have been found guilty are remarkable for their rigorous severity.