HOME AND FOREIGN.

Evening Star, Issue 9831, 21 October 1895, Page 2

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[By , %^GikjßH. i^YYKiGai4 »•:*' (Smijk. to Press AteoofATiijSN.] '■' • BERLIN, October 19. Emperor Wiiliain IL, in unveiling at Berlin the statue of thq late Emperor Frederick 111 (on the aUniversary of his birthday), said': “Younger Romans, let us sWdar to keep the Keichsland against all dangers, $6 help, us God .and our German swords.’' • LONDON, October 20. Sixty casks of Adelaide wine, bearing the Government certificate, have been rejected by Mr Young, the expert, as interior. .They were put up to auction, and a few We sold, Burgundy bringing Is to 11s per galloh and sound Muscat 2s 3d. The VVaihiGitod Junction GoldM in ihg CoUipany, with a capital of £45,000, is being floated. The prospectus includes 27,500 preference shares. PARIS, October 20. The French Government have consented to a reduction of 7^ooo,OOOfr in the naval estimates. . Senator Magnier has been found guilty of accepting a bribe in connection with the South of Franco Railway scandal, and sentenced to one year’s imprisonment.

WASHINGTON, October 20. Brasil, the Argentine Republic, and Chili are ready to join the United States in recognising the Cuban insurgents. [Per Press Associate) October 19. Silver is 'quoted at At 6|d. The English wheat market haS an upward tendency, the Continental i& firm, and the American shows a general advance.

No. 2 American risd winter wheat is quoted at cents. At the tallow , sales V,XO6 casks were offered, of Which 500 were sold. The market shows a fall of 3d. In rabbitskins there is a moderate supply. The market is active, and shows an advance of Id, except for Tasmanian skins, which have advanced^. Great Britain has delivered an ultimatum to Venezuela respecting the arrest of police on the disputed boundary. Mr Chamberlain said it was expected that the colony would endorse the Imperial action in ordering guns .for the defence of the frontier.