FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2452, 29 March 1888, Page 2

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

(IjY EI.HCTItIO TnLE'ilt.U'll.— COPYRIGHT.) London", March 24. Tun Agents-General who attended the sitting of tin; Tariff Conference at Brussels ha re returned to London. They expressed chemselves much gratified at the flattering position accorded the colonies at the Conference, and arc confident that much benefit will accrue to trade and commerce from the labours of the Conference. f-ir |<\ I). )>e!l, Agent-General for Now Zealand, conducted the debates on behalf of the colonics. Silver shares still show a downward tendency. March 26. Sir Graham Kerry has reminded Lord Knutsford, the ."Secretary of .State for the Colonies, that the. French Government have not replied to the request that the deportation of recidi vistes to New Caledonia should be stopped, and he urges that the Imperial Government should make further efforts in this direction. The wheat market is slack, and prices remain unchanged. The cargo by the Falsetto has been sold at 32-s (id. Irakis, Marc!) 21. The Count do Montcbello, French Ambassador at Con -tantinopie, will submit a modified Suoa Canal Convention to the Porte. March 2G. General Boitlanger heads the poll for the election at Aisne with 4.5,000 votes. A second ballot will, however, be ncccso Appeal Court has decided that the charges brought against M. Wilson are not of a criminal nature. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales attended the ceremony at Exeter Hall in memory of the late Emperor William of Germany. Three thousand Germans were present. Professor Max Muller delivered the funeral oratiou. Sir Daniel Cooper, Agent-Geueral for New South Wales, states that he is unable to invite the English brigades to com pete at the Sydney Firemen's Carnival unless be receives authority from hia Government. Washington', March 24. At a conference of women, comprising 200 delegates from all parts of the world, a resolution was passed in favour of female sulfrage, and that steps should be taken to improve their social and political status. It is reported that the Hon. Morrison R. Waite will shortly retire from the position of Chief Justice of the United States, and that he will be succeeded by Mr Pheelan.