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SPECIAL TELEGRAMI.
Loxnow, December 10.
The French ministry have resigned.
The Turko-Egyptian difficulty is amicably
arranged.
President Grant's message is satisfactory
intone:..
The oecumenical council was opened on the
8th, with great pomp. The Empress of
Austria was present.
Dr. Temple's election is confirmed.
At the colonist's meeting Mr. Westgarth
moved the first resolution, " That a deputa
tion wait on Earl Granville."
The wool sales closed firm.
The London Chartered Bank dividend is
8 per cent.
M. Olivier, the French deputy, submitted
a programme of demands for reform, includ
ing the amelioration of. the law for public
safety, the revision of the electoral laws, and
the abolition of the law for securing govern
ment officers immunity from prosecution.
150 deputies agree to adhere to the pro
gramme.
The constitutional party now possesses a
working majority.
General Dulac is in Paris.
The P. and O. Company declared a divi
dend at the rate of 6 per cent.
The Suez portion of the British India cable
will be sent through the canal.
The excavation of Mount Cenis tunnel
from the Italian side has reached French
territory.
President Grant's message to Congress re
commends a gradual return to specie pay
ments, a reduction of taxation, and approves
of the policy of the present financial secre
tary ; believes bonds as they fall due can be
replaced by other bonds, at not more than
44 per cent.; expresses sympathy with the
Cuban insurrectionists, but declares they are
not yet entitled to recognition; hopes for an
early and satisfactory settlement of the Ala
bama claims, and considers the foreign rela
tions of the United States generally satis
factory.
The government prohibited Fenian
processions in Cork and Limerick.
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