LATE ENGLISH NEWS.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4461, 23 April 1883, Page 2

LATE ENGLISH NEWS.

(Via the Bluff.) (Pee Pbess Association.) [Age Specials.] London, April 10. A deputation has waited upon Sir Chas. Dilke, President of the Local Government Board, to urge upon the Government the necessity of immediate action with regard to assisted emigration. In reply Mr Dilke said that the Government had already given the matter their earnest consideration, and had decided upon a course which would/ they trusted, meet the views of those who were takiug a prominent part in the movement.* The Government proposed in the first place to send a-onumber of children belonging to pauper classes to Canada, and should this experiment prove successful, the extension policy would be considered.

■The Cabinet 'has a proposal under consideration for the purpose of extending the money order system in connection with post offices in the colonies ; there is every probability of it being agreed to.

The respective Governments of Italy .and Switzerland have resolved to adopt a policy of protection.

A banquet was given in the Guildhall in honor of General Wolseley and Admiral Seymour. The gathering was a highly representative one, and included many prominent men in the Kingdom. In the course of the evening General Wolseley was presented with an illuminated address, expressive of the admiration with which his countrymen regarded his successful campaign in Egypt. The freedom of the City of London was conferred upon Baron Alcester, who was also made the recipient of a handsome sword. The bill introduced into the JETquse of Commons by Mr Healey, the member for Wexford, providing for modifications in I the system by which members of municiI pal Councils are elected, has been rejected by an enormous majority. . The South Australian Land Mortgage and Agency Company has declared a dividend of 10 per cent, for the year ending 31st December, 1882. De Brazza, who left Paris on the 22nd March upon an expedition to Africa, for the purpose of taking possession, on behalf of France, of a tract of territory on the Congo, which, it was stated, had been .ceded to him by native chiefs, has arrived at his destination. The inhabitants hate treated him with marked hostility, and a serious rising is apprehended, j . : The conviction of Joseph Brady in. the Dublin Criminal Courts, has struck terror into the hearts of his comrades, some of whom evinced a desire to turn informers. Joseph Mullett, who was one of the number committed for the murder of Lord Cavendish and Mr Burke, and who appears to have taken a prominent part in the assassination and conspiracies, has already. volunteered some information which is said to be of a most important character. He has also made some further disclosures with regard to Tynan, who is known as "number one." ' The Emperor of Germany proposes that the Reichstag should pass an Appropriation Bill for a period embracing the year 1884-5. The object of this proposal is to remove ordinary financial affairs from the arena of discussion for a time, so that the Eeichstag may have a better opportunity of discussing a scheme for certain social reforms, which the Emperor considers urgently needed. :

A series of tornadoes, all of unpres cedented fury, have visited Arkansas, in the United States. A large number of dwelling houses and public buildings have been ( completely wrecked, and several persons have lost their lives.

Negotiations are being renewed be-, ween the Governments of France and China, with reference to Tonquin, and the hostilities which had been commenced at Anam have been temporarily suspended.