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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 69, 29 April 1881, Page 3

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. r Pabis, April 25 The Arabs in Algeria are excited over the Tunisian difficulty. Fifty thousand* French soldiers leave at once for Algiers. April 26. Open hostilities have broken out between the French and Tunisian Governments. The French have , •VombardecL the island of Tabacia,. situated near the coast at the western extremity of the Tunisian territory.. They destroyed the town, and afterwards landed a body of troops. London, April 25. There is a marked increase of agrarian crimes in Ireland. April 26. The late Earl Beaconsfield was buried today. The Prince of Wales, Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold were present, also the Marquis of Salisbury, the Marquis of Hartington, and others The ceremony was of a simple character. .-,... Later. In the House of Commons tonight, Bradlaugh, who recently was re-elec-ted for Northampton, appeared a ? the table and applied that the- oath o allegiance should be administrated to him. Sir Stafford Northcote moved that the House refuse him permission to swear,..., A- debate ensued, during which Bright and Gladstone spake against the motion, tut it was carried, on division by a majority of 38. Bradlaugh then reappeared and persisted in. his demand to be sworn. The Speaker ordered him to withdraw, but he refused and resisted the Serjeant a.tj Arms. 'He was then placed under arrest until the adjournment of the-Hdnpe. Mr Dillon, M.P., has publicly stated that future evictions in Ireland will meet with wholesale armed resistance 1 by the tenants and their sympathisers, » J r April 27. On theßouse of Commons meeting totfiryTßrOTaugfi i again appeared at the table to demand his right to take me oath. A motion was thereupon introduced ihat be should withdraw, andanot^NftfMgftnd-anHfiated debate took place on the question. Bradlaugh, however, finally retired, upon Mr Labouchere announcing

tliat he would introduce a Bill to permit him to take the oath Melboubns, 'Ihursday. A steamer named the India, which recently arrived here ironi Mauritius, Uas been seized by the Commiasioner >f Customs for sailing under a false register. The vessel is understood co be tlie Ferret, which mysteriously lisappeared from Glasgow at the beriuuing of February last, leaving a . number of valueless bills in payment of its debts. Profe&sdr Eeulaux, German Commissioner to the Melbourne' Exhibition, will shortly proceed on a visit to New Zealand. The Melbourne Presbytery has been sitting for the past two daya considering a case against the Eev. Mi 1 Strong in connection with his article on the Atonemement in the Victorian Beview. The Presbytery has now adjourned.