LATE ENGLISH NEWS.
(Via the Bluff.)
(Pbr Pbess Association.)
[Age Specials.]
London, May 23
The Buez Canal Company h*ve made an offer to Lord Granville to the effect that if the construction of a second Canal be effected, they will reduce the present rate of tariff ou vessels pasgint? through ; they also promise to increase the number of English representatives on the Board of Management.
A Committee of the French Senate has rejected the proposal to appoint a Civil Commission to enquire into the relations existing; between France and Tonquin with.a view.to a pacific settlement.
A league is being,, formed in New York for the purpose of preventing Government "officials from entering into trading transactions. The league will also seek to abolish Civil Service pensions, and the system of annual appoint* ments. Sir A. Gait, late High Commissioner at London for the Dominion of Canada, left London yesterday. Before his departure he was honored with several audiences by the Queen.
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4497, 4 June 1883, Page 2
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160LATE ENGLISH NEWS. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4497, 4 June 1883, Page 2
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