CABLE NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1293, 30 June 1884, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

LATEST FROM EUROPE. . i [bJEUTBR’s T.LKOBIMS —COPYRIGHT.] An Anglo-Portngnese Treaty. i London, Jane 27It is announced that the British Government has decided, after further ( consideration, not to ratify the treaty ; which was agreed upon in February, last with Portugal, providing for the appointment of an Anglo-Portuguese Commission to regulate the trade and navigation of the Congo river, West Africa. *i he Franchise Bill. In the House of Commons last night, before the Bill for the reform of the franchise had been finally passed, Ms Gladstone made a speech, in which he took occasion to warn the Hbuse -I of Lords that the rejection of the mea* ;; < sure in that Chamber could only be f-i' attended with the gravest results to the nation. «• -> ' Monetary and Commercial. !■/: 1 1.. Consols remain at 99 Ji, and New ■' Zealand securities at last quotations. '“The total quantity of wheat in transit i and shipping for Great Britain is £. 1,870,000 quarters, being a decrease of * -y T-'. Adelaide wheat, ex store, remains at I- 4nri and Kew Zealand ditto at 34s to fdde fiour, ex store, 28s, allow—Average quality beef, itton, 375. Prime New Zea--1 is quoted to-day at sd to -Ship from Wellsew York, June 28. -Ship Abiel Abbot from (he*Henry Parkes. v, Lohdoh, Jane 28. onual dinner of the Cobden iveoihg, Sir Henry Parkes, gf-New South wales, in to ibe toast of the colonies, tbejegislation of the colohever take a direction hoS--1 interests of the mother

The Congo River Question. In the House of Commons to-day, Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice, the Under-Secretary of Foreign Affairs, announced that the Government intended to propose to the Powers the appointment of a mixed International Commission to decide the questions which had arisen in connection with the Congo river and the adjoining country. A Commission will be appointed on the same basis as that which sat to regulate the question of the navigation of the Danube, and will supersede the existing Anglo-Portuguese Commission.

The German Parliament. Bbblin, June 28. The prorogation of the Reichstag took place yesterday. The discussion ft a subsidy for establishing a line of mail steamers to Australia has been shelved, but will be reintroduced next session. Fighting in Tonquin. Hong Kong, June 27. The latest news from Tonquin states that further fighting has taken place between the French and Chinese at Lingston, on the frontier, the Chinese being again the aggressors. The accounts received here show that the attack was made on the French position at Lingston by a large body of Chinese, and heavy fighting ensued, with varying success to the combatants. The assaults ol the Chinese were -renewed at intervals during two days, and hostilities proceeded for the whole of that time, neither side gaining any decisive advantage. The loss sustained by the French was set down at ten killed and thirty-two wounded. The Chinese loss is not known, but it is believed to have been heavy. Ten thousand Chinese are reported to be in the vicinity of Lingston, and further fighting is expected to take place during the next few days. [Received June 30, 12.40 p.m]. Cholera in France. Pabis, June 28. News is to hand from Marseilles that cholera has made its appearance there, and deaths have already occurred. The latest intelligence from Toulon states that the mortality from the epidemic there is now averaging six cases daily. It is probable that the projected fete in this city on the 15th July to celebrate the anniversary of the French revolution will be postponed, as it is feared the infection may be spread by the congregation of masses of people from various parts of the country, especially from those where cholera prevails.

The War in Tonquin. Tne French Government have ordered vigorous preparations to be made with the object of resuming hostilities against the Chinese in Tonquin.

The Egyptian Congress. London, June 28. The European Congress bn Egyptian affairs held their first sitting to-day. (Received June 30th, 12.40 p.m.) Latest Commercial. London, June 28.

Consols remain at ex div. New Zealand securities—Five per cent. 10-40 Loan, 104 % ; Five per cent, 1889 Loan, per cent. 1879-1904 Loan, ioi^j Four per cent. Inscribed Stock, 100%. Colonial breadstuffs —Adelaide wheat, of the coast, is quoted at 39s 3d for cargoes. Quotations, ex store, are unchanged. AUSTRALIIAfN. (bEDTEE’S TELEGRAMS —COPYRIGHT.) [Received June 30, 12.40 p.m.] New Guinea. Melbourne, To-day. Four of the Australian Governments have replied to Mr Service’s circular, and have intimated their readiness to contribute their share of the Li 5,000 which it ‘is proposed should be subscribed for the appointment of a High Commissioner for New Guinea.