CABLE NEWS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 181, 12 July 1884, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

[beuter’s telegrams. - ) London, July 11. In the House of Commons last night it was announced that the London Government Bill and other measures introduced by Ministers, which were likely to lead to a lengthy debate, will be dropped for the present session. The deceased wife’s sister Bill, which was recently introduced in the House of Lords, has now been withdrawn. The committee of financial experts which were appointed by the European Powers to consider the proposals of the British Government in regard to Egyptian financial questions, held frequent sittings during the past few days. The committee is expected to complete their deliberations next week, when Conference will reassemble for the purpose of discussing the report of the experts. Ministerial and Opposition caucuses are now actively organising for the purpose of agitating respectively for and against reform of the franchise. Paris, July 11. Telegrams from Marseilles report that cholera is still raging there, no less than fifty-three deaths having occurred yesterday from the disease, The latest news from Toulon states that the epidemic is somewhat abating, the mortality yesterday having only amounted to twelve cases, which is below the recent daily average.