(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) London February 17.

Waikato Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1503, 21 February 1882, Page 2

(REUTERS TELEGRAMS.) London February 17.

In the House of Lords to-day a debate took place on the motion for the appointment of a committee of inquiry as to the working of the Irish Land Act, and after a long discussion the motion was carried on a division by 96 to 53. . The Da ily News publishes a piiagraph stating that the present Anglo-Fi ench note proposing the maintenance of the Urdu quo in Egypt, has received the cordial approval of the other Powei's, who will, it is further stated, piobably delegate England and France to execute the geueral agreement of the Great Powers in legaicl to Egypt. General Skobeloff harangued a gathering of Servian students in Paris yesterday, and pronounced a warm diatribe aaginst the Germans, expressing at the same time the opinion that a Russian and German war was inevitable. The event has created a sensation in Vienna and Berlin, and the Press of these cities express indignation at the action of General Skobeloff. Intelligence is to hand that a band of Peruvian marauders sacked the town of Pisco, and massacred 1000 of the inhabitants, including 300 foreigners, who were assisting the Peruvians to defend the place.