BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2468, 15 February 1881, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[Reuter’s Agency.j The Coercion Bill: A Cremation Ceremony. London. Feb. 14. A meeting took place in Hyde Park to-day in opposition to the measures proposed by the Government for the settlement of the agitation in Ireland. A considerable number of people were present. Several violent speeches were made, and copies of the Irish Coercion Bill were burned on the platform. Bady Agitators. The Ladies’ League, which has recently been formed in Dublin, lias for its object the furtherance of the -agitation for the settlement of the question of ownership of (he land in Ireland. Coercion for the Boers. In accordance with an announcement made on Saturda} 7 by the Secretary of State for war in the House of Commons, two regiments of cavalry and 1000 infantry have been ordered to proceed to Natal, to further reinforce Sir George Colley in the trausvaal. Getting Tired of the Fun. Cape Town, Feb. 11. . Negotations for a cessation of hostilities between the Cape forces and the Basutos have recently been proceeding, and a week’s armistice has been proclaimed throughout Basutoland and the Transkei. Alarmed Islanders. Constantinople, Feb. 13. News to hand from the Island of Crete reports that the inhabitants are at present much disturbed over the possibility of the Island being ceded to Greece, in partial settlement of the Turco-Grcek difficulty.