British and Foreign

Southland Times, Issue 12771, 2 December 1893, Page 2

British and Foreign

[United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] / LONDON, Dec. 1. Received 2nd, 0.50 a.m. • / M. Spuller having failed to form a French Cabinet, M. Casimir Perier, yielding to the President’s wishes, undertook the task. He will be Premier with the portfolio of Foreign Affairs ; M. Ranal, Minister of the Interior, M.' Burdeau of Finance, M. Spuller of Education, and M. Loubet of Public Works. During a run 60 million lire (L 2,400,000 werp withdrawn from the Credits Mobiliere at Rome. Two-thirds of the assets are still intact. The House of Lords has passed the second reading of the Employers Liability bill. The accounts of the Tyser line for 1892 show a debit balance of L 58,000, including L 20.000 loss on completed voyages to New Zealand., , ■■■■.■ i Mercantile debentures stock yesterday rose 2|. [SPECIAL.] RONDON, Nov. 30. Received, Ist, 7.30 p.m. Clergymen of the Church of England and others, who have been conferring on the best means of coping with the prevalent distress, have approved of the principle that sufficient Wages should be paid to enable the people to live, and suggested the appointment of boards of conciliation. The evidence given by experts at the trial of Harness and his coadjutors was that the appliances sold by him as electric were merely magnetic and did not affect patients. The Home Secretary, in.reply to a question, said he was considering the propriety of prosecuting Samuels, editor of a paper known as The Commonwealth, upon a charge of inciting Anarchists to commit murder. John Stodgeons, the solicitor - accused by Mr Leigh of malversation, has been suspended for two years. Immense profits were made by the Durham coal owners,, whose men did not join the strike and thus enabled them to command the market. The Marquis of Londonderry alone is said to have netted a quarter of a million sterling. . Dec. 1. Received 2nd, 0.40 a.m. It is proposed to increase the legacy duties, the taxes on spirits and malt, and to impose a duty on sugar to meet tbe loss of revenue expected from the alterations in the U.S. tariff. The Brazilian insurgents fired on the British steamer Sardinian Prince, doing some damage to the vessel and wounding some of the sailors. The Credits Mobiliere has suspended payment owing to the run on the bank. The liabilities in August amounted to 21 million sterling.