[SPECIAL TO PRESS AGENCY.] Rome, 17th March.

Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 371, 18 March 1879, Page 2

[SPECIAL TO PRESS AGENCY.] Rome, 17th March.

The Saturday Review, in referring to the Victorian Embassy, says that, fearing that the system ol tacking Bills on to Appropriation Acts may ba renewed, unless the Constitution be altered, it would approve of a nominee Council ; and that the Secretary of State: for the Colonies might usefully mediate in tbe present crisis. Mr. Berry met Lords Granville and Derby and Messrs. Gladstone and Lowe at a dinner" given by the Chairman of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company. Berry is anxious to be credited with moderation. He had a warm argument with Earl Granville on the subject of protected tariffs. The money market is easy; a large supply is available for commercial requirements, which are very moderate. Consols, 96k. Australian securities are remarkably firm ; New Zealand, 4^ per cent., February and August, arc now quoted at 97. The wool market develops weakness as the sales proceed. The present series closes on the 27th. The corn market is easier. Recent shipments of New Zealand wjfcfti have been of good quality, and realised 4oi;