BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2573, 20 June 1881, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[Reuter's Agency.] The Crops. London, June 17. Favorable accounts are published as to the state of the English wheat crops. The Irish Land Bill The Irish Land Bill was again under consideration in Committee of the whole in the the House of Commons to-day, when the second clause was passed after some discussion, French CropsParis, June 17. Accounts to hand from the wheat growing districts give favorable reports of the French crops. Quieting: DownRecent intelligence from Ireland reports that disorder in that country has somewhat abated, rioting between the peasantry and the police has greatly subsided ; the authorities, however, continue to take steps to prohibit all assemblies of the people on occasion of sales and at scenes of evictions of tenants. I taly v- France. Telegrams are to hand from Marseilles announcing that an extraordinary disturbance occurred there to-day. Several regiments of French troops, just returned from Tunis, were marching through the town, and on passing the building occupied by the Italian Club, they were hissed from a window by some of the members ; there was a large number of people on the street at the time, and the action of the Italians greatly incensed them. They angrily demanded that that the Italian escutcheon should be removed from the Club, when a great scene of disorder ensued. A prefect arrived on the scene, and endeavored to calm the mob, protesting against any violence ; but despite this protest, the deputy mayor of the town, who was present, took the load of the crowd, and, ascending the ladder, tore

down Ihe esculcheon wiili hia own bands ; O ’der then restored. The news of (lie occurreoce has caused much

excitement’