LATER ENGLISH NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1327, 30 October 1872, Page 2

LATER ENGLISH NEWS.

LONDON DATES TO 23rd OCTOBER. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. [NEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Biupf, Oct. 29, 6 p.m. The s.s. Albion has arrived. She left Melbourne on the 24th inst. She sails for Dunedin to-morrow night. The Alabama claims have been settled. England has been adjudged to pay fifteen and a half million dollars (L 3,150,000)., 150, 000). Bishop Selwyn's son succeeds Bishop Patteson as Bishop of Polynesia. Eight detachments of railway laborers have left for New Zealand, in the Chile, for Brogden's railways. Tenders are invited for a Californian mail service. . Several important trade strikes have occurred. x It is feared that the wheat hai ?est in England will prove deficient in quantity and inferior in quality. New Zealand consolidated fives, 103 ; s?\es ; 112. Adelaide wheat, 65s to 68s. Wool sales spirited. Advance of 2d to 3d on comb:ng sorts ; average advance of l£d. Consols, 92J. Exports to New Zealand have decreased in value by L 115,900. Three vessels are loading. Amved — Oelseno, from Wellington; Caduceus, from Auckland ; Charlotte Gladstone, Crusader, Zealandia, and Harvest Home, from Canterbury; Margaret Galbraith, from Dunedin. Sailed — Genlora, for Wellington ; Norham Castle, for Auckland ; Helen aud Palmerston, for Otago. The Glenmark, from Lj jtelton, which sailed in February, ha 3 not yet been heard of. Twelve hundred bales of New Zealand hemp sold at a decliue of twenty shillings per ton. The consumption is in excess of the supply. The flax is growing in favor with rope-makers. The Bteamer Atrato put back for repairs, having lost her propeller. The King of Sweden is dead. John Fox and Qo., in the Australian and American trade, have failed. The St. Leger was won by Wedlock ; Prince Charlie, 2 ; Vanderdecken, 3.