LATE ENGLISH NEWS.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4509, 18 June 1883, Page 2

LATE ENGLISH NEWS.

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A reinforcement of Algerian troops, comprising several regiments of Zouaves, recently ordered to proceed to the seat of war at Tonquin to aid the French there, left Algiers on Monday. .

A discussion Las been proceeding in the London press with reference to the proposed tunnel between Dover and Calais. Mr Hyde Clark, the eminent philologist, who published a number of works on military engineering, favors the proposal, but Sir A. Allison, who was second in command to Lord Wolseley during the Ashantee campaign, oondemns it.

Earl Boseberry, who was offered and tentatively accepted a seat in the Privy Council as Minister for Scotland, has since declined the appointment. It is probable the office will be offered to Mr Hibbert,' the Liberal member for Oldham.

It is reported that number " One " of the Assassination Committee Las been poisoned in America in consequence of his having expressed his willingness to give himself up to the English Government.

A publican in Dublin who had rendered himself obnoxious to the Invincibles, has received a letter containing some explosive substance. Other oases of a similar character are reported, and the police; are making inquiries. A major of,the Russian army, stationed at Moscow, has been banished to.Siberia for having publicly expressed an opinion in favor of certain social reforms being necessary in Russia.

The appeal in the oase of the steamer Ferret, which was stolen from Glasgow, and seized in Melbourne, was decided today. The Court decided that the Standard Bank in British South Africa, which accepted an insuranoe upon the vessel, fibould pay a som of £4000, with interest ■ p '

at «irr<*nt .batik rates. A point raised in connection with the ownership of the vessel was reserved for subsequent argument. .. ,', Several cases have recently occurred in which strong suspicions •>• entertained that persons in Dublin have been poisoned by the Invcibles, and orders have been given for the exhumation of bodies to pro« cure evidence of the facts.

The Mayor of Berlin acknowledges the receipt of 61,000 marks (£4673) from Australia in aid of those who suffered by the severe floods which occurred in the Rhenish provinces'during last autumn, A rising of natives has taken place in the Island of Sherbrox, situated a short distance from Sierra Leone A chief named Gipwoe invaded that portion of the Island occupied by European resident* at the head of a large force, and has already, burnt two towns and several villages. ''. / Information has been received from Af- "* ; ghanistan thatanother encounter has taken place between the troops of the Ameer and the Shin warns, a rebel hill tribe. The latter were defeated with great loss, and r. it is now thought probable that in view of their continued reverses the rebels will: giv? their allegiance to the Ameer. The Echo, a London evening paper states that the Duke of Albany.has been offered the Governorship of Victoria on the termination of the term of the Mar- ". »quis' of Normanby. i Negotiations are going .on bolwean the Mes-ittgeries Maritime Coy and ttiejFrench Government for the extension of that coat*' pany's present service, from Noumea, Tahiti, and.Auckland. . -. ?, Application has been made on behalf of . Jas. Carey, the informer! that he should , be released from custody, but the Government have declined to'agree to it. Carey has since been offered, but.has, declined, the wardership in an English prison. „ - The report that several persons hare' been poisoned by Irish Invincibles in Dublin, has been inquired into by the authorities, and has proved to be unfounded. Mr Henry Broadburst proposed in the House of Commons to-day that in all casesi of contested election the expenses of the successful candidates should be charged, to local rates. The motion was rejected without a difision. Mr Dillon, who after a lengthy incar- s ' ceration, for lefusing to give sureties foe his nood behaviour in connection with the •Irish question, has been released. He. left London for Farts to-day. The English Government has in* timated to the promoters of the seootid' ■ Suez Canal Company, that they will per- - sist as a condition of allowing the work t» be undertaken, that there shall be a considerable reduction in > charges, and an '< increase of the control exercised by the English Government. ''"

The Russian Government has forbidden the transit of Europeans across the" Caucausus. It is understood that this ; . step has been taken in consequence of, the Russian Topographical operations now being conducted along a portion of the Russian frontier beyond the mountains. < \ Huge preparations, are being made in Germany to celebrate" the four hundredth anniversary of 4 Martin Lathers' birth, which occurred in November, 1483.