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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume V, Issue 513, 14 June 1881, Page 3

( From The Lyttelton Times)

London, June 9. In the House of Commons to-day a resolution was agreed to, on a division, setting forth that any fresh commercial treaty with the French Government would be unsatisfactory unless it provided for a reduction of the import duties levied by France. News has been received to-day from Ireland, reporting that the disturbances in the neighborhood of Cork have been renewed. Further riots havo occurred between the police and the peasantry, and general disorder prevails in the district. June 11. At the wool sales to-day 8900 bales were offered. A firm demand was again experienced. Fifty rioters arrested during the recent disturbances ut Cork, have been sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. The police and military in Ireland are actively engaged in suppressing all meetings of the Land League. At five different places to-day meetings were prohibited and the people dispersed. Owing to increased disorder in Ireland large reinforcements of troops are being sent there, especially to augment the forces in the southern districts. Paris, June 9. The French Senate to-day, after a lengthy debate, threw out the Bill which passed the Chamber of Deputies last month providing for the adoption of the Scrutin de liste in place of the system of Scrutin d'arrondissement.