BRITISH AND FOREIGN

South Canterbury Times, Issue 3338, 13 December 1883, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

[ByEleotbio Telegbaph—Copybight.] [Reuteb’s Agency.] [Received Dec. 12,1883,4.30 p.m.] N. Z. Degrees! London, Dec. 11, To-day’s “ Gazette” contains an order announcing that degrees conferred by the University of New Zealand will be recognised in England and throughout the British colonies. Intermarriage Laws* Buda-Pesth, Deo. 11. At to-day’s sitting of the Hungarian House of Magnates, a Bill for legalising the intermarriage of members of the Christian and Jewish faiths was thrown out. The Exhibition' Calcutta, Dec. 11. The various courts at the International Exhibition are now nearly completed. The Exhibition is a great success ; 90,000 persons have already been admitted, and the number of visitors is increasing daily. Affairs in Egypt. Caieo, Dec. 11. Arab Hillmen are mustering in large numbers in the neighborhood of Souakim, and it is expected that they will make a night attack upon the garrison and town. H.M. gunboat Banger, now cruising off the coast, is attacking the rebels with rocket fire, with a view of preventing their approach against the town. (Received Dec. 13, 1883, 1 a.m.) Commercial. [London, Dec, 11. Consols remain at 100^. New Zealand securities :—5 per cent 10-40 loan and 5 per cent 1889 loan have each declined 10s, and are quoted at and 103£ respectively ; 4J per cent 1879-1904 loan remains at 101 J; and 4 per cent inscribed stock at 100£. Adelaide wheat, ex store, is unchanged at 465; and New Zealand do at 38s 6d to 43s 6d ; Adelaide flour, ex warehouse* is at 325. The Irish League. Dec. 12. A meeting of the members of the Irish National League took place at Dublin yesterday, when Mr Parnell received tribute from various branches of the League to the amonnt of £BB,OOO. In the course of his address to the meeting, Mr Parnell made a bitter and vehement attack upon Earl Spencer, the Viceroy, and Mr Trevelyan, the Chief Secretary for Ireland. Mr Parnell, however, expressed his full confidence in the ultimate success of the cause. Federation. A.t the meeting of the Colonial Institute last evening, the Marquis of Lome, referring to the question of Federation, suggested that a Council of Colonial Envoys should assemble in London to discuss the preliminary measures which should be adopted with a view of establishing the Federation of the Empire.