EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2999, 6 November 1882, Page 2

EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS.

i By Eleotbio Telegraph.—tCopyjhght. ’ [Reuter’s Agency.] Nov. 6, -1882,! I<3o a.m.] DIPLOMATIC. FRAHOE WANTS TO KNOW. " afeairs^Fsoudan.* v /•, r v ; ■ ■ London, Nov. 4. In the House of Commons to-day Sir C. Dilke, Undor-Secretary fbf'Foreign Affairs, stated in reply to a question that reassurances had . been given'; to the Porte regarding the nature of Lord Dufferin’s mission to Cairo in connection with the settlement of Egypt, and that the Turkish Government had; been informed that'no'steps would be taken whibh would relations between the Sultafihud the Khedive. £, ‘ ; ! Alexandeia'j Nov.' 3 1 M. Bredif, French Centroller-General of Egyptian Finance, who was recently notified by Oherif Pasha, through the French Consul, that he would npt, in future be admitted to the sittings of the Council of Ministers, has demanded to know upon what grounds the Egyptian Government refuses to permit him to resume his seat. Nov. 4. Further news has been received i from Soudan, but of an untrustworthy nature, and it is 1 considered doubtful whether the report that the Arabs under the false prophet had been defeated is worthy of credence, and General Alison has despatched thrdo British officers with escort tombtain reliable information as to affairs in Soudan. ? [Special, to Christchurch ‘‘Stab.”] DYNAMITE AND THE DAGGEE THREATENED. THE ANGLO-FRENCH TREATY, London, Nov. 3. A hundred anarchist placards have been posted in Paris and Marseilles threatening the governing and monied classes with dynamite'and the dagger. The Queen will personally open the new Law Courts on Nov. 16 M. Dulolerc insists that the AngloFrench joint contrql in Egypt can only be dissolved by mutual consedt. In the division on Mr Gibson’s amendment on the cloture resolutions, six Liberals voted with the Opposition, and Lord Eandolph Churchill left tho House without voting.