BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2821, 10 April 1882, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[Reuter’s Agency.] Egyptian Affairs- . pAXBOj April 6. . It has transpired that Ismael Yakoub, Minister of Finance, has hypothecated the public revenue in order to raise money. Since the disclosure was made the financial agent whom he employed in his negotiations has been expelled from the country. April 7. The hypothecation of the revenue by the Minister of Finance is the subject of warm criticism. Araby Pasha', the leader of the National Party, has, however, repudiated the transactions of his colleague, and disavows all knowledge of them. . London, April 8. It has transpired that the situation of affairs in Egypt has lately been under the consideration of the Great Powers, and, in view of the position taken up by the Nationalist Ministry and Assembly of Notables, an unanimous agreement has been entered into;,by the Powers to demand a modification of those clauses of the Egyptian Organic liaw, on which the Notables/base, their claim for the control of the Budget, and by which the powers of the CotttroUers : General have been impaired. It has further transpired that the Porte has. not taken part in the recent negotiations, and that it was not consulted by the Powers. Corn Markets. April 6. The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is 2,550,000 quarters. The markets are now closed for the Easter holidays until Tuesday next. '

Battle in Tunis. Paris, Apri7. Telegrams have been received from Tunis reporting that the French troops succeeded in engaging the insurgent r Arabs yesterday, and that a desperate battle was fought, which resulted in the annihilation of the Arab forces. BonaAmena, the principal leader of the rebels, was in command of them during the battle, but subsequently escaped. April 8. Later despatches from Tunis state that after the recent defeat the Arabs fled for refuge across the border into Tripoli. A Timely DiscoverySt. Petersburg, April 8, The authorities have succeeded in discovering the dynamite mine, the existence of which was recently reported to them. The mine was • constructed in the neighborhood of Moscow to destroy the line of railway over which it was expected the Czar "ould travel. Investigations which uave since been made by the police have led to the arrest of eighty'persons who are charged with being connected in the projected assassination of His Majesty.

Persecution of the Jews. A renewal of the outrages upon the Jews in Southern Russia has recently taken place, and attacks in their worst forms have been made upon the Jewish quarters of various towns, At one township, near Chenson, alone, hundreds of houses have been demolished, and the occupants brutally treated.