TELEGRAPHIC. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Timaru Herald, Volume LV, Issue 5720, 11 July 1893, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

(Pica EtKOißio Telegraph— Oopsbight.) (Per PfiEss Association.) t Received 10.40 a.m., July 10th) BANQUET. Losdon, July 9. The Corporation of the city gave a banquet to the Czarewitch, and the Prince and Princess Christian. The former Bald he hoped the great amity which existed between the Royal Families of England and Russia would extend to the people of the two countries. A WARNING. James Tims, a member of the London County Council, and Secretary of the Radical Federation League, has been sentenced to three months' imprisonment for defrauding a railway company of the value of a ticket. LAMENTABLE YACHTING FATALITY. A yacht capsized m a violent storm off Skegness, a seaside resort m Lincoln* shire. Thirty excursionists were drowned. THE ARMY BILL. Berlin, July 9. The Army Bill has been read a first time m the Reichstag. (Special to Phess Association.) (Reoeived 7.30 p.m., July 10th.) THE PARIS RIOTS. Paris, July 9. There was a debate m the Chamber of Deputies yesterday, on tha subject of the recent riots, which the Radicals attributed to the hasty calling put of the ti'oopa. M. Drejfus said tha police had been guilty of murder. A great uproar ensued. A vote of confidence m the Government was carried by a maj irity of 200. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. St. Petersburg, July 9. The Czar and Sultan of Turkey are debating a meeting between the two potentates at Livadia, m the Crimea, m October, for the purpose of coming to an understanding respecting Bulgaria. RUMOURED CHANGES. London, July 9w The Law Times publishes a rumour to the effect that Lord Herachell, the Lord Chancellor, will succeed Lord Lansdowno as Viceroy of India. Lord Chief Justice Coleridge will take his place on the woolsack, and Sir C. Russell will become Chief Justice. MR CONYBEARE. Mr Conybeare'a offence, which brought down on him the censure of the House, consisted of his writing a letter to theDaily Chro/dcle, charging the Speaker with unfairly refusing to put a motion for closure. The Speaker denied the charge, and added that Mr Conybeare was ft frequent offender against decorum, and had narrowly escaped expulsion m 1887T