BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LVII, Issue 6509, 6 January 1882, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[RbUTEE'B TELEGBAMB.] MINISTERS AT BIRMINGHAM. LONDON, Jan. 3. A large Liberal meeting was held this evening at Birmingham. Mr John Bright and Mr Chamberlain, two of the members for the borough, were present, and delivered long addresses. The former in tho course of his speech alluded to England's foreign relations, and stated that even if the country were without allies, there was no Power that had more friends, In reference to Irish affairs, Mr Bright justified the policy of coercion whioh has been pursned in that country. Mr Chamberlain also referred to the state of affairs in Ireland, and stated that there was already a decrease of fully forty per cent in the number of agrarian outrages. He held that the position of affairs was decidedly hopeful, and ridiculed the idea of landlords being compensated for a redaction of their rents. OBITUARY. Obituary—William Harrison Ainsworth, the novelist, aged 77. THE TRIAL OP GUITEAU. WASHINGTON, Jak, 3. The trial of Gnitean still continues. The prisoner's defence is now being proceeded with. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, have received the following telegram : LONDON, Jan. 3. Wool market unchanged. Trade in the manufacturing districts is brisk. Wheat market quiet. New Zealand is worth 52s 6d per 4961ba. Tallow market firm ; mutton is worth 43s 6d; beef, 33s per cwt