Bridlington and Quay Gazette. — 1883-02-03 (Bridlington, Humberside, England)

NEW LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN EGYPT. Alt houj.:ll the details of Lord Dufferin's scheme for the new Legislative Council in Egypt are not yet woiked out, the broad principles on which it is to be based are, according to the Standard's Cairo currespdndent, substantially agreed upon. The new Legislative Chamber will be partly filled by men nominated—probably for life, and certainly for a long term —by the Khedive, with the advice of his Ministers. These will form the entailer half, the larger hall being chosen on the system of double election. Each village will choose a village elector. These electors will choose the members of the provincial councils, who in turn will elect the members of the Legislative Council for • shot t term. Besides this body, the village electois will ellowle directly 45 members who may he considered more Immediate representatives of the people. This holy will have no separate existence, but, se occasion requires, will be called en to discuss with the Legislative council the great questions of canalisation, taxation, and the like, which closely affect the interests of the masses. The whole will be called the General Assembly. The Legislative Council will have a consultative voice in all internal affairs, but no right of veto except in the case of a proposal to increase taxation. Its opinions, however, will naturally always carry great weight with the Cabinet Council. Later on the powers of the council may perhaps be eat...clod so as to be assimilated more closely to those of the House of Commons, but it is not deemed judicious at present to allow it more than deliberative functions. Lord Dufferin's judicial scheme provides one Euro- • peen and two native judges for each provincial Court of Filet Instance, and three natives and two Europran for each of the two Courts of Appeal. Lord Duff echo Is not desirous that the majority of the European judges should be Englishmen. The commission is now selecting the native judges. A novel feature will be that of having arbitrators attached to each court who will attempt as far as Dossible,to settle differences outside the tribunale. It is looped the new scheme will be put in force in six weeks.  On Monday the workers at the factory of Messrs. J. and A. Creak and Co., linen manufacturers, Forfar, struck work owing to the refusal of their employers to advance their wages.  The suicide of another victim of the Monte Carlo gaming tables is reported. He was an officer in the army but from respect for an honourable family his name is withheld. Lord Justice Brett, at the Breconshire assizes on Tuesday, strongly condemned the Inertness of the pollee in the came of the alleged outrage on a farmer, and reprehended the non-attendance of the defendants at the magisterial hearing. Thomas Harvey, a retired naval 'surgeon, charged on remand at Plymouth with maliciously wounding Richard, Kitts, a waiter at the Globe Hotel, by stabbing him with i penknife, has been discharged on his brother's promise to confine him in a private asylum. The death is announced at the age of 64 of Colonel William A - of Rod Scar, near Preston, Sir Richard Asaheton • had been co,_