ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 5488, 6 December 1884, Page 2

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

[by electric teleoraph.— copyright.] (reuteb's teleqbams).

Received Dec 6, 1.10 a. mi THE PBANCHISE BILL. London, December 5. — The Franchise Bill was under consideration in the House of Lords yesterday, and passed through committee.

THE REDISTRIBUTION OF SEATS BILL. In fche House of Commonß last night the Redistribution of Seats Bill was read a second time. RE- ASSEMBLING OF PARLIAMENT. Parliament will re-assemble after the Christmas recess, on February the 19th. BECHUANALAND. In the House of Commons last evening, in reply to a question, the Hon. Evelyn Ashley stated that the Cape colonists would not be called upon to bear any portion of the cost of the expedition to Bechuaualaud. The Colonial Under-Secretary abo stated that the Imperial Government would not assent to the settlement of Bechuanaland as effected by the Cape Government. Capetown, December 4. — Colonel Warren, who has been appointed to the com* mand of the British expedition to Bechuanaland, arrived to-day. THE CONGO AND NIGER CONFEKENCE. Berlin, December 4. — The deliberation of the International Conference on the Congo and Niger questions has not yet terminated. It is believed in well-informed circles that the Powers will accede to the British claim of the protectorate over the country adjacent to the river Niger.