Telegrams.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1115, 14 September 1883, Page 3

Telegrams.

'HOME AND FOREIGN* t \, • il * ' ■ Paris, Beptnrnber 7, The Marquis Tseng had an interview to* day. with M. Oiiallemol Laopur, French Minister, at which he made a proposal for a peaceful settlement of the PrancoClnnCso dillicnlty on the basis. of the adoption of Trinquin as a neutral zone. It is understood that his proposals were favourably received by the Foreign Minister. '• September 8; I, Further diplomatic parleying has taken place between the Marquis Tseng.and M. Challemel-Laoour, Minister of Foreign Affairs, regarding tho Franco-China dlffii culty in Tonquin. The China ambassador has drawn up a series of proposals for the settlement of the 'question, add -has submitted them for decision to the French Government. . A Cabinet mooting will bo held on Monday next, tho 10th iust,, to discuss tbs matter. . . ■, Admiral Pitrre, lately commander of tho French naval forces at Madagascar, has arrived at Marseilles seriously ill, and it is feared that his condition is hopeless. ' San Francisco, September Bth. Tne P.M.S. City of -New York, with the homeward mails, dated August 14th, arrived yesterday. ■ 1,1 ' '' . London, September Bth. ,The catalogue.p)f to-day’s, .wqol ,sadeepmprised 940Q bales.. The market was dull. ) Mr Gladstone is cruising on the Scotch coast, and is not expected to return tp London for some time. 1 : . The wool sales are continuing. One hundred and eight-eight thousand bales have been catalogued and twenty-two thousand bales withdrawn. Values are unchanged, and the market is weak owing to the small demand for the Continent. Messrs Schwartze and Co. attribute the action of tho foreign buyers is abstaining- from purchasing to the unsatisfactory condition in which moat of the Australian wool reaches tho market. September 10. Telegrams to hand from Switzerland state that Misses Booth, daughters of General Booth, of the Salvation Army; have been expelled from Charl&swbrth (sic.) The Marquis Tseng, Chinese envoy, returned to London to-day from Paris, where ha has been negotiating with M. ChallemclLacour for any amicable settlement of the Franco-Chinese difficulty. 'The efforts being made in Bulgaria to Eussianise the people in defiance of the wishes of Prince Alexander are not likely to cause some strain in the relation between. Russia and Germany. Cape Town, September 10. Intelligence has been received from Natal that Dabulnaszi, a prominent Zulu chief, and one of the leaders in the recent hostilities, has been arrested at Greytown, in Natal. It is announced that M. Patonotvo has been appointed to succeed M, Tricou as French Minister at Pekin. .