ENGLISH SUMMARY.

Press, Volume XVI, Issue 2166, 28 March 1870, Page 2

ENGLISH SUMMARY.

London, Jan. 28. The exports to New Zealand for the month show an increase of £28,771. The New Zealand Truet and Loan have de« clared alO per oent. dividend. The loan and Mercantile Agency,* a divident of 10 per cent. The New Zealand medal for the campaign of 1846«1847 ia to be issued at once. Sailed—For Auckland, 27th of January, Mary Shepherd; January 22, Kate Waters; January 17, Jay Van Galen. For OtegoAlbatroee. For Wellington — Gloucester. Loading—Achilles, Argyleuhire, Heueeuina, Santon, for Auckland j Oerea, for Canterbury j Albion, for Neleon ; Equator, Pembroke, and Sohichellion, for Otago ; Alexandra, for Wellington. Share list quotations—New Zealand tsaa, quarter to half premium ; New Zealand Trust and Loan, one and a-haif to three-quartori premium ; Otago and Southland, one quarter premium ; New Zealand eizee, 1891,107 to 109 ; ditto fives, 96 to 97 ; ditto fi?ei ooawli* dated, 96* to 97J ; ditto sixes couijohdsted, 108 to 110 ; ditto sixes, June and December, New Zealand flax quoted at from £20 to £42. The flax market is exceedingly flatThe quantity arrived ie large, being with what arrived late in December, and wai held on* till January, over 3000 bales. At the.recent sales, buyers held off. The prices receded, for the portion sold, £8 to £10 per ton. At feu

decline only a email proportion of the quantity offered could be placed. There is still wme doubt in the minds of buyers as to ite sppU' cation for manila hemj) purposes. Kauri gum—About 3000 casee and iw> bage of late arrivals per Kate Wateii jg Mary Shepherd were offered to puwc sale on January 13, and met a good competition. About 2000 chesta and 560 bags sold at undermentioned rotM :-Tranm*jn« gum, clean .scraped aelected, 90s to IWJ» clean scraped, bold. 66e to Ble ; good ■«»? bold and medium, in sorts, 54e to wi. ecraped Borte, part rather coated, \ntuomp and email, 50e to 54e ; ecraped, in «>"* coated, with much soft and burnt gunv W ™ 61. ; rough, .maU and dirty, &*&*£ sifting*, 16s to 20a , 100 cases from Bab* damaged scraped bold brown gum. frtj coated, 535; 600 chests, in. second he* withdrawn. The better qualities 1 late price*, but the common slight reduction; eiftinge low^ at !f' e i Since then ealee have been made pnfafceiy full pricee. _ i_ t a t Diecount-Three per cent 0 money, 92i to 92} ; and for Accounts, 9H 92 £ > Commencement first eeriee t poned from the 10th to the 17tt» Arrivals to date amount to 43,05iP. bueineas is doing. , . „ nnfl pe& ■ The Liverpool East Indian wool on the 25th as high, and in some case* Wβ 0 * than during November. de li. The Australian December w flf vered in London «a Marf eilles on toe »• January, and via Southampton cnw %d The Queen is at Oebornej latterly jo been suffering from neuralgia. *» parture of the mail ehe was «'e WI /JJ B ' ,We The Princess Teck was delivered oi »F on the 9th of January. a*" B The Prince and Pneoew of vvai staying at Ounton Hall, NorfolkMr Gladstone returned to town on tW*» January.

<The Cabinet meeting! have been resumed. »£ Brieht addressed his conetituente at on the 11th. On the following T*Lml Association. Hβ eaid that working were not always desirable as representa--5 , limply because they were working men. S5. has given great- offence „«.«• tbe laboring classes. ■"ETdecided that Lord Napier will succeed „• mrilli&in Mansfield as Commander in--BJ. f o India. Captain Scott and Mr R. £" - er act as aides-de-camp and Colonel Dillon ?* P \filitary Secretary. t ?e earns of money are being subscribed .'J« various eraigralion funds. A National t? I.»;aii League has been formed, of which S Manchester is president. eedful accident happened in a Catholic n> lin Liverpool on Sunday last. A man .{fe of intoxication, who obtained admitaS during the service, raised an alarm of jf rce An immediate panic ensued, followed by hto the doors. After some difficulty order eraS ..tared Sixteen persons were found to was reewic"* , ,_ ,„.,

h*ve been crushed to death. Serious colliery riots hare taken place at Sbomcliffe colliery, near Sheffield. A. riot ; m menced last Friday, when the Unionists Sacked the works and also the dwellinghouses of the Non-Unioniets, dostroymg and decking them. The services of the police ud oiilitary were called in, and the riot Stately quelled. Several of the ringleaders have been arrested. A great farewell benefit has been given to Mr Charles Mathewa, the comedian, on the 4th of January, which wae a brilliant success. I erand banquet followed, at which Mr Mathews was both chairman and guest. The old Star and G-arter Hotel at Richmond was burnt on the 12th of January, resulting in the death of the manager. Another meeting of old coloniete was held on the sth of January, in Cannon street, Mr Youl in the chair. Resolutions were passed forming the meeting into a National Colonial League A committee was appointed, consisting of Sir George Grey the, Hon .Mr Tobin and Messri Youl, Sewell, Wilson, Weetgs?th, Buchanan, Hamilton, Paterson, Beaumont, Brigge, and Dr Eddie, with power to add The inaugural meeting of the Boyal Colonial Socioty was held on the 17th January, under the presidency of the Marquis of NorA private meeting of influential London merchants was held at the London Tavern to

diecuee the proposed steam communication to Australia, including New Zealand, via Milford Haven, Portland, and San Francisco, within forty days. Sir George Grey was in the cbair. The meeting was numerously attended, and paeeed resolutions in favour of forming a company. Mr Edward Newman is gazetted a member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia. Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe'e vindication of Lady Byron has been published. It has been reeeired unfavourably by most of the American andEDglieh newspapers. letters have been received from Dr. Livingstone, but their dates are anticipated. A telegram from Paris dated the 12 th January, states that Prince Pierre Bonaparte ihot a journalist named Victor Noir, who, with another journalist named de Fouvier, wanted to challenge the Prinoe to a duel. The Prince is now in gaol awaiting his trial. Victor Noir was buried on the 13th. Fears were entertained of a disturbance, but every-

thing passed quietly. After the homicide Bochefort wrote a very violent leader in hie paper, for which, on the 17th, the Corps Legielatif, by 226 to 34 votee, gave authority for hie prosecution. The trial came off on Monday last, Bochefort was condemned to cix months 7 imprisonment, and a fine of 2000 francs. Trauptnann, the Fantin murderer, was executed on the 16th. Hβ made no further confession, but lost all courage before hie death. The (Ecumenical Council at Rome continue sitting, discussing the infallibility dogma. Thy .Ministerial crisis in Spain is surmounted ; General Prim remains the Supreme Minister; Bivere, Minister of the Interior ; Sagasta, of Foreign Affairs; Topete, of Marine; Monies Bios, of Justice. Mr Peabody'e remains arrived at Portland on the 25th of January. Great preparations were made to receive them befittingly. Hβ « New York Times" states that at the instance of Mr Motley the British Government had consented to transfer the Alabama negotiations to Washington, and agreed that the question of the neutrality of the seas shall be included among the subjects for future arbitration. No period for the renewal of negotiations is fixed. The Porte has received a letter from the Viceroy of Egypt, intimating hie willingness to surrender the ironclads and breech-loaders ordered by him. He explains that the delay had merely arisen from the desire of the Egyptian Government to ascertain the cost of the breech-loaders and ironclads. The ex-

planation is said to be perfectly satisfactory to the Bultan. The Dalmatian revolt is entirely over. Latest cable dates from New York state4hat Prince Arthur visited the Treasury and the other departments at Washington on the 26th. Mr Belmont and General Dick have invited His Royal Highness to a ball to be given in hie honor. Gold closed on the 27th at 121*. Disturbances still continue in Ireland. At limerick, two policemen have been shot. One *a« mortally wounded. The revenue of the United Kingdom for the last year was £70,750,000. At the beginning of the month, considerable tmeasineea prevailed in Paris, but towards the «oee a better feeling prevailed. Sir William Mansfield remains another year

totamander-in-Chief in India. The Great Eastern is daily expected to lay toe cable in connection with'the Red Sea telegraph. The passage of vessels by the Bed Bea and Suez Canal increases daily. Freeh European "nee are proposed, and Mr Green, the wellknown shipowner, is now in India, making **a»gements to avail himself of thie route for o» line of vessels. Several steamers passed trough in safety. M Haussmann, prefect of the Seine, to whom «c vast improvements in the City of Paris is a «e, has been dismissed, and Ltone. Cyra appomted his successor. f Australian Telegraph Company *<» -aying the submarine cable from Singapore Z Darwin . «n Australia, through Bataria, J»? thence to Bourke Town, Queensland, has Unorganised. A memorial has been presented to the president of the United States from the 2? •te of BritUlh CohunbM, praying for tooeiafaon to the United States.

Ledra Eolin is permitted to return to U ranee.

The Duke of Marlborough has been appointed leader of the Conservative party in the Houee of Lords.

The Spanish difficulties still continue. Obituary—General Sir Dβ Lacy Erane, Major-General Sullivan, John T Pratr, B, W Rennard, Dr Young, Q E Forster, Dr Eowland William?, one of the authors of the Essays and Reviews; Major-General T 8 Hodgson, Henrietta Maria Colquhoun, Mary Francis Campbell, Mr Chambers, Sir S F Seymour. The Cuban difficulty is still vpry threatening. Wool—Sydney fleece and lamb, 10} dto 10$ d ; scoured, Iβ to 2e 3d ; unwashed, 5d to 9d ; Port Phillip fleece and lamb, Is to 2s Id; scoured, Iβ to 2s ; unwashed, 7d to Iβ. Tallow, quiet ; on the spot, 46e ; January to March, 45s 9d ; March, 46s ; October to December, 46* 6d to 47e. Australian beef, 33s 9d to 44s ; mutton,. 45s 6d to 49e 6d. Oils are neglected. Hides (Australian), 4d to s£d. The state of trade generally is dull, and prices are lower. The tenders for the balance of the Victorian Government Five Per Cent Railway Loan were opened on the 11th January in the presence of the Committee of the associated Australian Banks. The number of tenders was 277. The highest price offered was £100 15s 6d for £143,700.