BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2514, 11 April 1881, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

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Successful Loan. London, April 8

Tenders for a Tasmanian loan of £300,000, at 4 per cent, were opened today, and were found to contain applications amounting to four times the sum required. The loan will be allotted at £99Gsßd. Tenders for a loan for the colony o£ Fiji, bearing interest at 44 per cent, were also opened to-da3 r , and the amount asked for was likewise found to be quadrupled. The whole loan will be allotted at £99 10s.

A Split in the Cabinet. I Bit is announced that the Duke of Argyll has resigned his position as Lord of the Privy Seel in the Ministry. His Grace’sresignation is due to a difference of opinion with his late colleagues as to the provisions of the Irish Land Bill which has been introduced in Parliament.

Lord Carlingford (formerly Mr Chichester Fortescue) succeeds the Duke of Argyll as Lord of the Privy Seal. Sir Michael in a rageSir Michael Hicks-Beach has given notice in the House of Commons of a

motion censuring Government for its settlement of the Transvaal difficulty. A Holiday.

Both Houses of Parliament adjourned to-day to April 25, for the Easter recess.

Earl Beaconsfleld

A bulletin issued this morning states that Earl Beaconsfield’s relapse has left him exceedingly weak, and uneasiness is expressed as to Ins state. Great general anxiety is felt at the critical nature of his Lordship’s illness.

Italy MenacedPabis, April 8,

Telegrams have been received from Algiers, announcing that 10,000 troops despatched from France in view of the difficulty in Tunis, have been landed at Bona, a seaport on the Algerian coast, near the Tunisian frontier.

A Political Crisis

Rome, April 8

The Chamber of Deputies has negatived a vote of confidence in the Ministry, and Signor Cairoli and bis colleagues have accordingly tendered their resignations to the King.

Decision of the Powers. Constantinople, April 8.

The Envoys of ti:e Powers to the Porte have bad under consideration the circular recently issued by the Greek Government justifying its refusal of the offer made by Turkey for the settlement of the frontier difficulty. In reply the Ambassadors have sent a circular note to the Hellenic Government peremptorily notifying as a final decision that it has been determined that the extended Greek frontier shall alone consist of the province of Thessaly with a strip of country in South Epirus, including the town of Prevesa on the northern shore of the Gulf of Arta. The note adds, however, that it has been agreed the fortress of Prevesa may be dismantled by Turkey before being surrendered.