LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Southland Times, Issue 1207, 8 February 1870, Page 3

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

JjOkdos, December 10th. The French Ministry has resigned. The Turko-Egyptian difficulty has been arranged. President Grant's message is satisfactory in tone. The (Ecumenical Council opened with great pomp on the Bth. The Empress of Austria was present. At the meeting of colonists, Mr Westgarth proposed that a deputation should wait upon Earl Granville. The wool sales closed firm. ' The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. have declared a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. ; and the London Chartered Bank at the rate of 8 per cent. M. Emile Olliver, the. French deputy, has submitted a programme of reform, including the amelioration of the laws relating to the public safety, the revision of the electoral laws, and the abolition of the immunity of Government officers from prosecution. 15 deputies support this programme, but the constitutional party command a majority. General Dulac is in Paris. The Suez portion of the British-India Telegraph cable will be sent through the canal. The excavation of the Mont Cenis tunnel from the Italian side has reached French territory. The Government prohibited Fenian processions at Cork and Limerick. The Irish Land Bill will embody two leading principles, viz., full compensation to the tenant for improvements, and the inability of the landlord to evict without the intervention of a legal tribunal. Fenian demonstrations and outrages are multiplying in the South of Ireland. A man named Callaghan has been murdered at Cork by Fenians, who suspected his fidelity. Eight thousand men with flags and tar barrels marched through Cork, shouting for Rossa. The house of a clergyman, who supported Mr Heron at Tipperary, was totally destroyed. At a meeting of Welsh Liberals it was resolved to raise £20,000 to compensate the victims of the landlord's tyranny. Cardinal Cullen has issued a pastoral, strongly condemning Fenianism. Seizures of arms and agrarian murders are on the increase. Obituary. — Mr Justice Rayes; Mr Barclay, the well-known brewer ; Madame Grisi; Grace Barling's brother; Lord Foley; Admiral Deacon; Mr Warden; Mr Burcham, the London police magistrate ; Sir S. Dacres, Sir E. Conroy, Rev. W.HarnPßS,LadyH. Cathcart, Ladyßlantyre, Lady Cooke, Mr David Napier. LoinxOT, Dec. 18. Further correspondence with England on the subject of the Alabama claims has been submitted to Congress by Mr Fish, proposing the resumption of the negotiations at Washington. In one of Lord Clarendon's despatches ] lie stated that England had modified many of her views on firm convictions. She could not risk any further negotiations until the terms of such negotiations were more clearly intimated. She was anxious for an early v and honorable adjustment of the claims, and was willing to change the law so as to prevent any recurrence of such an affair. Lchstdon, Dec. 23. M. Ollivier has been entrusted with the formation of anew ministry in France, i The colonial wool sales by auction closed steadily. For the South Australian loan for d 5100,000, tenders were received amounting to £611,500. The bonds were allotted at from 8f- to 9J premium, principally at the lower rate.