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neuter's St. Petersbubg, August, 29. It is stated that resistence on the part of the lazis to the Russian occupation of Batoum has been abandoned bj them. Berlin, August 29. The German Federal Council has adopted the Bill repressing 1 Socialists. Vienna, August 30. The Austrian - Hungarian army in Bosnia and Herzegovina will be increased to 170,000. London, September 3. Elliott beat Higginsfor the Champion sculls. London, August 21. Consols 94f ; Bank rate of discount, 5 per cent. ; market rate, 4f ; wheat and flour unchanged j 5 per cent. New Zealand loan, 100£. The wool sales continue firm. Scoured and best Sydney and Victorian fleece and greasy have advanced from a halfpenny to one penny. (Special to the Melbourne Argus.) London, September 3. The Eurydice has been towed into Portsmouth. The result of the Courtmartial attributes no blame to anybody. By a railway collision at Sittingbourne eight persons were killed and 30 wounded; A violent storm destroyed the town of Miserletz, in Hungary. One hundred lives were lost. A double murder of a most atrocious kind has been perpetrated at Northampton, A sergeant of militia shot the quarter-master and a pay-sergeant. A large number of prizes have been awarded to Victoria by the Paris Exhibition jurors. They include gold, silver, and bronze medals. (Special to the Press Agency.) Paris, September 2. The Victorian exhibits at the Exposition obtained 10 g01d, '32 silver, and 41 bronze medals. The honourable mentions number 33, and several more are coming. London, undated. The Sultan has approved of the British proposals for reforms in Asia Minor, to include the appointment of a European i n Turkish pay at the head of each jjvillage, to supervise taxation and the administration of justice. The gendarmerie is to be mainly officered by Europeans increased powers are to be given to Consuls, and substantial pecuniary assistance to Turkey to prevent excusing pleas of poverty. Mr Gladstone in the Nineteenth Century strongly condemns protection policy towards the Colonies. The Bank of England. has a stronger reserve, reaching nearly ten millions. The settlements money has been ! easier, Market rate, 4^. The stock markets are dull. Consols, 94 §. The market for Colonial Government debentures is heavy and depressed. The tone of the wool market is firm and healthy, and sustained interest is shown by good musters of the trade. Prices compared with last series show a slight advance on scoured and good greasy of a half-penny to a penny ; cross-bred unchanged. The corn market is quiet. Foreign arrivals are very large. Heavy continuous rainshave damaged the crops in the north of England. The Continental wheat harvest ib generally good, France excepted. The full awards at Paris for Melbourne, Sydney, and Adelaide exhibits have been received. JReuter f 3. London, September 4. An excursion steamer running from Sheerness to London was run down, and 550 of her passengers are known to have perished. The British fleet will shortly be withdrawn from the Sea ot Marmora to the entry to the Dardanelles. September 4. The number drowned by the Jsinking of the excursion steame* off Woolwich

was 528. Only 4 per cent, of the passengers, but the whole of the crew, were saved. The Queen joins in the general sympathy. The Lord Mayor receives subscriptions for the widows and orphans. Constantinople, September 4. It is generally reported that Midhat Pasha has been recalled. Vienna, September 5. The 20th Division of the Austrian army attacked and defeated the Bosnians at Doboz. j Constantinople, September 4. ' j The Porte refuses to appoint a delegate for the rectification of the northern frontier of Greece. Lokbon, September 7. Mr Smith lias been appointed Colonial Secretary for the Straits Settlements. The Russian Minister at Teheran is promoting a railway between Tiflis and Teheran, with an extension to Herat in contemplation. (Special to the Press Agency. ) London, -undated. It is reported that Midhat Pasha has been appointed Governor -General of Asia Minor. The assassin of Entzou, late Inspec-tor-General of Police, St. Petersburg 1 , has been arrested Renter's London, September 7. The Bank minimum is unchanged. The market price for three months' bills is 4| per cent. Consols are extremely depressed, and have experienced a heavy fall of 1 per cent. The wool market betrays symptoms of weakness in medium and faulty parcels, which preponderate. Superior wool is firm. The weather is fine for the harvest. (Special to the Melbourne Argus. ) Paris, September 7. Mr Jt. B. Bosisto, of Melbourne, has received a medal for his pharmaceutical exhibits. The Exhibition will close on November 1 5 th. Further Colonial awards are expected. London, September 7. The Russians have entered and occupied Batoum without opposition. Mehemet Ali Pasha and twenty of his suite have been massacred. Captain J. C. Wilson, of the Thunderer, succeeds Commodore Hoskins on the Australian station. Consols, rates of discount, wheat and ftour unchanged. New Zealand five per cent, one hundred and a half. Australian securities declining. Renter's Telegrams Constantinople, Sept. 8. An insurrectionary movement has taken place amongst the Mahomraodans in Albania. The insurgents have massacred several Turkish officials. The Mahommedan population of Batoum emigrated to Trebizonde when the Russians took possession of their city. {Special to the Press Agency.) London, September 9. Five hundred and three bodies have been recovered since the Princess Alice disaster. A Calcutta telegram to The Times, dated September Bth, states that it is regarded as probable that the Duke of Buckingham has been appointed Governor of Victoria.