EUROPEAN.

Westport Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 3275, 2 December 1884, Page 2

EUROPEAN.

(Received November 27 —10 p.m.) London, November 2(5. Wm. Sproston Baine, Liberal M.P. for Scarboro', has been re-elected for that constituency by a reduced majority compared with that by which he was returned in 1880. Thomas Sutherland has been elected to the vacant seat in the House of Commons, for Greenock constituency. London, Nov. 30. Gladstone and Salisbury have definitely decided upon a plan for the redistribution of seats, which it is understood will be accepted by both Liberals and Conservatives, and the compromise on the franchise question is thus complete. A despatch has been received from Sir Hercules Robinson, Governor of Cape Colony, with reference to the recent settlement of the Bechunaland difficulty. His Excellency states that the Cape colonists generally disapprove of the settlement, and that the action of the Ministry in offering favorable terms to the Boer raiders is being warmly criticised by the public press. The ship Flora arrived at Hamburg yesterday, from Auckland Aug. 7 ; and the ship Thames at New York, from Auckland Aug. '.), (Received Dec. 1—0.20 a.m.) Beklin, Nov. 30. The Conference on the Congo Question is still holding its sittings here. The proceedings have been harmonious throughout, and it is expected that a settlement of the question will shortly be arrived at to the satisfaction of all the Powers concerned. Pakis, Nov. 30. A vote of additional credit to the amount of 43,000,000 francs (£1,720,000) has been passed by a large majority in the Chamber of Deputies, for the prose-' cution of the war in Tonquin. The Chamber of Deputies has passed a resolution requiring the Franco-Chinese Treaty, concluded at Tiensin in May last, to be strictly enforced by the Government. (Received Nov. 28—11.15 a.m.) November 2G. The Boers raiders in Bechunaland have accepted the offer of the Government of farms in unallotted territory in Stellaland and have agreed to evacuate Chief Monsin's territory. Bechunaland will then be formally annexed by the Capo Colony. (Received November 28—11.15 a.m.) London, November 27. The following has transpired regarding the Government scheme for the reorganisation of Egyptian finance, which will be submitted to the Powers for approval. England is to advance Egypt, under proper guarantee, a sum of five millions. Of that amount a million will be spent on irrigation works, indemnity to sufferers by the bombardment of Alexandria, payable by preference bonds, and interest on daira sanich 4 to 5 per cent, and unified 4 per cent debts be reduced to 3i per cent. A Parliamentary blue book has been issued, relating to the Recidiviste question and the negotiations which have taken place thereon between the French and English Governments. Among the latest despatches is one by Lord Lyons, British Minister at Paris, announcing that in the course of an interview which he had on October sth with M. Ferry, the latter declared that the French Government were desirous of acting in a neighborly spirit witli regard to the Australasian Colonies, and proposed that negotiations should be instituted for an Kitradition Treaty applicable to criminals escaping from New Caledonia. Alluding to this proposal Lord Derby stated that he deemed it inadequate to satisfy the demands of the Colonics, and that no decision could bo given until the Colonial authorities had been consulted He believed, however, that the Colonies would prefer to pass enactments of their own to exclude criminals from their shores. (Received November 27—10 p.m.) Paris, November 25. In the Chamber of Deputies to-day M. Ferry made a statement as to the present position of affairs in the East. He announced that the recent negotiations which had taken place with the Chinese Government have proved fruitless. The demands of China with regard to the basis upon which the settlement might bo effected were exorbitant, and the French Government coidd only reply to those demands by asking the Chamber of Deputies to vote French credits for carrying out present operations on the Chinese coast until the present conflict could be terminated with honor and satisfaction.