TELEGRAPHIC. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 8336, 25 November 1887, Page 5

TELEGRAPHIC.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

l»I JXJJOXaiO] TJBLH&HAi’fI—COP YSJ9E X,]

[Ebtttjsjb’s Telegrams.] ! Received Not. 21, at 10.15 p.m.] THE FRENCH CRISIS. PAEIB, Nor, 23. M. Brisson, wbo was summoned by il>e president and charged with the formation of a Ministry, has refused to undertake the task unless M. Grevy resigns* THE CROWN PRINCE. BERLIN, Nov. 23. His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince continues in wonderful health and spirits, breathing freely, and his i ability to swallow being unimpaired. | A COMING BANQUET. LONDON, Nov. 23. The Earl of Rosebery and the Earl of Onslow have signified their intention of being present at the banquet about to bo given to Mr James Service. I Received Nov. 35, at 2.10 a.m.] MONETARY and commercial. Consols are at IOBf. New Zealand securities unaltered. The market rate is at 8 per cent, and the bank rate at 4 per cent. Breadstuff and tallow are unchanged. [Special to Press Association.] (■Received Not. 21, at 11.20 a.m.l the' sugar conference. LONDON, Nov. 23. The Sugar Bounty Conference will commence sitting ou Thursday. The Anti-Bounty Society have decided to urge the abolition of drawbacks. i THE CARRIAGE OP MAILS. The Steamship Companies contend that in the agreement recently entered into for the carriage of mails to the Colonies, no provision was made for carrying parcels by the Postmaster. The Eight Hon Cecil Raikes, the Postmaster-General, is trying to overcome the difficulty. . THE FRENCH PRESIDENT. M- Gr<£vy, the President of France, having refused to resign, the Chamber of Deputies negatived a motion for the suppression of the Presidency, but decided to take extreme measures to maintain peace and order in Paris. THE MINERS' MEMBERS. The Northumberland Miners’ Union, which carried a resolution in September last, refusing to continue the allowance to Mr Thomas Bort, M.P. for Morpeth, and Mr Charles Fenwick, M.P. for Wansbeck. have now rescinded that resolution. (Received Nor. 25, at 1.16 a.m.l THE PARIS EXHIBITION. The Secretary of the French Embassy in London has requested the Agents-General to use their influence in moving the Colonies to exhibit at the Paris Exposition to be held in 1889. In making the request, ho implied that the decision of Victoria

pn the subject would affect the action of France in the direction of the appointment of an official representative at the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition. THE GREAT LIBEL ACTION Messrs Parnell and O’Connell have been summoned as witnesses in the action, O’Donnell v. The Times , for a libel alleged to be contained in the articles published by that paper on “Parnellism and Crime.” MR PARNELL. An impression prevails that Mr Parnell will winter in Egypt. THE AUSTRALIAN CENTENARY. The movement to celebrate the centenary of Australia has not been received with much enthusiasm. FINED. William Stinson has been fined .£IOO for selling bad New Zealand meat. RECIPROCITY. Baron de Worms, in replying to a deputation which waited upon him to urge the advisableness of imposing countervailing duties until the sugar bounties were abolished, intimated that the Government would do their utmost to find a remedy for the existing state of things. THE BISHOP OF BATHURST. Bishop Cameridge, recently consecrated to the See of Bathurst, is in feeble health, and is suffering from debility. THE NATIONALIST PRISONERS. Mr Mandeville, Secretary to Mr O’Brien, and who is confined with latter in the Tnllamore Gaol, has been forcibly stripped of his clothes, in order to force him to comply with the prison regulations for wearing a prison garb. AFFAIRS IN SOUTH AFRICA. A force of 700 Boers has threatened to seize Swaziland, a territory situated to the north of Zululand. [Eeealved Nov. 24, at 10.80 p.m.] BOYCOTTING A PRESIDENT. It is expected that the boycotting of President Grevy by those whom he has requested to form a Ministry will compel him to resign. Outride of Paris no excitement is displayed. BILLS OF LADING. Messrs Samuel Montague and Co., bankers, invite the London Chamber of Commerce to approve of the registration of bills of lading which alone exchanges for goods. TONGA. The Daily News urges that the Tongans exciled during the recent troubles ought to be permitted to return. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company* Limited, has received a camblegram, dated London, Nov. 22, as follows: Wool, -r- The sales to-day opened fairly well at the level of last aalSa, except that the market for short staple merino scoured is easier. The attendance of both Home and foreign buyers is good, and their competition fairly active. The sales comprise about 184,000 bales. 10,500 bales have been sent direct to the manufacturing districts. Wheat.—-Market steady. New Zealand, f.a.q., in granary, has advanced la per 4961 b since last report. Tallow. —Market firm.