BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Dunstan Times, Issue 1038, 10 March 1882, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

London, March 7. The deaths of Mr Edwin James, Q G. and Earl Walton are announced’ The Bank of Australasia has declared a dividend of six per cent, for the past halt

year. Firm and active demand still continue for ail kinds of wool.

In the f fosse of Lords to lay a Bill requiring that Members of Parliament shall make a declaration of their belief in God was read a first time.

Intelligence is to hand from Morroeco that severe conflicts has taken place between bodies of Moorish soldiery and French troops on the Algerian frontier No information has been received as to cause or result of the encounter. The United States Senate is now dismissing a Bill for the total exclusion of the Chinese from America.

Another outrage of a horrible character has been committed in Ireland- A band of miscreants broke into the house of a tenant who had been paying his rent, and dragging the unfortunate man nut ot his bed, deliberately shot him dea 1. They thou took an inf mt from the cradle where it was sleeping and dashed its brains out.

An infernal machine worked by clockwork has exploded in Berlin, setting fire to and

destroying one of the terminal railway-sta-tions of the city. The author of the outrage has been arrested.

Most disastrous floods have ooeuvrrd in Arkansas and adjoining States in the South owing to the overflow of tho Mississippi and Us tributaries. ' Au enormous extent of country was flooded and thousands of homes have boon devastated, and great loss of life and stock resulted. It is estimated that fully 50,000 persons have been rendered destitute, and that in the State of Arkansas alone 20 000 head of cattle have been drowned.

The Dally Telegraph of February 27th announced that Mr Gladstone and his Ministry had resolved to resign, inconsequence of tho notion of the House of Lords in appointing a select committee to inquire into the working of the Irish LandAet.

A man has been murdered inllreland for having recently given information to the police which enabled themtoseizeaquantity of arms and other weapons belonging to a Fenian organisation in Dublin.