BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2809, 25 March 1882, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

.... , , £ReOTBB% AQKNpJ.j , , .... ; London, March 23. The Bank of England hastd.dayre* ducedits rate ol digconnt tp, 8 per coat. Egyptian Affairs, • : *h , ,The political crisis is believed to be imminent, and it. is anticipated that Mahmoud Baroudi Pasha will' resign and.be succeeded by ; Arabl Pasha,*the leader of the National party and the present Minister ’of War, 4 at President of the Council of Minister?..«. . Dangerous Craft. Intelligence has reached ConstatstiPoplV r ihat a VeQel of dynamite and gunpowder has been seized by the Russian - authorities at Kertch, a seaport in the Cntp|a. , (yrf The Deceased Wife's Siister : AgJinThe . Canadian House-of Comtpons has passed a BilL legali§jngmarriago with a deceased wife ? s sister.'- ’ f t^hiv tp the'&iseri: •*< A telegram has been received byrthe German Empfeßdr William ilieifisar of Russia conveying the; latter’s warmest greetings on the. occasion of His Majesty’s birthday: .„ . Balloon Ascent.; Mr Burnaby yesterday ascended in the ballon Eclipse from the south coast the Channel to France. Telegrams are to hand this .morning showing tjial he has been successful, the balloon having been sighted from Boulogne, 'bn 'the the French edast.' The ■■■• •••*■’ In the .House; pf Lords to*day the Bill introduced by Earl Bedesdale; Requiring that membeiPs bf ‘ f’arliaiaent upon taking 1 the' bu'sfcomary’' oatli of allegiance shoiild declare their belief in God, was rejected on the motion for its second readings without a division:

' Expenses of Royalty-?;V. ™ if JJg thjs House of, Commoaa,,to*jiay.tba motion granting the sum of ; dB10,00ais an annuity to Prince* : Leopbldj 'oii ' the occasion, pf. ‘his f ,approaching marriage to tho ,Princess Helena of Waldeok, was voted on fl a division by, a .considerable majority. The minority, numbering 42 members, consisted of Radical and Par* neUite members; f ?■' '4 K 0 f f. U

, 0 , : if; .. Qood^y^iJjOhn,!^;;j- : , Thp of . Washington has pasied the iGbinsse risjpri ’ Bill, which; Wadrhcent|y .vp’fqd by ,’the .JSehate. .The measure entirelyproliibitsChinosoimiaigratioa for 20 years, arid permitsonlyChitiMe officials, merchants, students and travellers to enter the United States.