BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2788, 1 March 1882, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[Reuter’s Agenot.j The Irish Land ActLondon, Feb. 27At a meeting of the .Liberal members to-day, to consider the action of the House of Lords in appointing a Committee to enquire into the working of the Irish Land Act, Mr Gladstone declared that he would not allow anything to be done to impair the provisions of that measure. The meeting expressed its unanimous approval of the Premier’s decision. In the House of Commons this after noon, before any business was dealt with, Mr Gladstone rose and moved the postponement of the Standing Orders, with a view to the consideration of the motion of which he gave notice last week, setting forth that the proposed enquiry by a Select Committee of the House of Lords into the working of the Irish Land Act was untimely, and would defeat the operation of that measure and prove injurious to good government in Ireland. Mr Gladstone addressed the House at some length, and stated that a compromise between the Government and the House of Lords, with regard to the proposed enquiry, would have been possible had the House agreed to exclude the investigation of the judicial operation of the Act from the functions of the Select Committee. Sir Stafford Northcote opposed the Premier’s motion. The House divided and the motion was carried by s large majority. Presented to the Queen-

The Hon, Saul Samuel, 0.M.G., Agent-General for New South Wales in London, was to-day presented to the Queen at Windsor by the Right Hon, Earl Spencer, Lord President of the Council. Her Majesty accepted an album of colonial drawings from the hon, gentleman.

The Rebellion, in Austria. Vienna, Feb. 26. Telegrams are to hand announcing that severe and general fighting is proceeding throughout Herzegovina be. tween the insurgents and the Austrian troops. Several encounters have taken place, resulting in the defeat of the insurgents, large numbers of whom are now in great distress and homeless. One thousand destitute refugee insurgents have fled from the scene of hostilities, and have forcibly entered Montenegro to obtain goods and shelter.