EUROPEAN ITEMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 961, 5 June 1883, Page 2

EUROPEAN ITEMS.

■ ——«, ;:— .aso/joiM - - * - - May' 23. TheSnez Canal Company 4iaye madp an, offer to Lord Qranviyf j if the construction of > the second canal is effected they will reduce the present rate of tariff for vessels passing through the oenaL They also promise to increase the wMfci The French Senate has pro-, to appoint a Civil'Commission to' enquire inte the relations existing between France and Tonquin, with a view to-a ’ pacific settlement. - Sir Alexander Galt, late High Commissioner in London for the Dominion of Oahada, left London yesterday. his departure he was honored with several audiences by the Queen. . . t , , It is asserted on good s ifrthdhty that Sir Hercules ■Hucceed' the' of lie first of the new gun boats bafltrto the order of - the Victorian Gscs-etta iiiant?by d - Co **::, will be launcHeallm the nth of next month. The restoration of the tower of the” High Church of St Giles at Edinburgh, wmch was originally btiilt • ih the' form- of an Imperial crown, has been completed. The relationqsq||Bcen the German G >- LoSgtord, who has paid several inghim to use his influence to suppress Inah outrages, reoeif!|4|fl[q pay|plgiat)ltJ»nS the British Government, though he acted in a semi-official capacity. The Agent-General of the various Australian oelow*«PP hfay> r 2skl|>iv»d »rrhi-> temew with the Right Hon. Hugh Chil- ■ dfirs Chancellor ef the . Exchequer. The object of their visit was to obtain a reduction in the price of stamping debentures. In reply, Mr Childers requested the Agents-Geoeral to embody their views In a written statement. Arrangements have been made for the inscription of the South Australian Loan.; The fim issue of the inscribed bonds has been announced. London, May 24 The Right Hon Wi E.. Forster,, m. speaking at a meeting fain Hie 'Aborigines - Protection Society last night referred to the proposed annexation of New Guinea! i He warmly supported the proposal, and , suggested that the basis of the anneifitioh. should be similar to that of Fiji. Serious riots have taken betweenthe Turks and the Christians ih Erzeroum, the principal city of Armenia, in AsiatieTnrkey. , A of jiaye /been ; made. ’ 1 Mr Q. H.' Wyndham, the Secretary of tion of the proposed . Turkish system of protection, by ;ap ad yaiyremi duty will be charged "bn all goods imported by that country, with the exception of ItHy, Austria and France. A barrister in New York, who has beep consulted by Tybat), the alleged 1 “Ntirri-' ber One” of the Irish Assassination. Committee, confirms the . report that Tynan is ready to, shriehder himself to* the English Government. It is now rumored that the. men w fyp has bfs at id NeW York as “Number One” is an impostor, and > that the real individual is in Mexico. May* 2b. ‘ * The Executive of the Suez Canal Com- , pany are raising fp ,thp cost of the preliminary expertises. ih connection with the construction of thesecond Suez Canal. . - ? The German Governmental its intention of accepting the ad valojem r duties proposed to be levied upon articles’ imported into Turkey from all countries except Austria, Italy, and France. The contributions to the Parnell fund have reached a total of LIO,OOO. The Most Rev. Thomas William Oroke, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cashel, is at prqaent.iu JKingaton, where- he- was accorded an ovation by the inhabitants. He asserts that notwithstanding his rewnt disoultied with 'the Pope he llpT quite satisfied to continue his former*. labors. Latest advices from. Rome state that Irish bishops has been received. to.uige His Holmess to issue the circular. ilgjftC ■ 7L<* -JSI 51 AAoiWISn, : Siiy 26.”' 1 *• Mr Gladstone, op of : ljis colleagues, hasaclepled the ihetion brought forward by Mr Jameß Bryce the raember. for Tower Hanueff, Q bvern- I meat to insist upon Turkey introducing, a, series of reforms into Armenia.