GENERAL SUMMARY.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 13, Issue 1074, 13 August 1869, Page 3

GENERAL SUMMARY.

London, J une _o. Discount is four per cent. Consols, 92^ to93f. : '■.!."- . The wool sales closed on . the 19th inst. 218.406 bales were catalogued. ThY sales were dull at first, but afterwards recovered. The Queen returned to Windsor on . the 16th June. The Irish Bill passed its third reading in the House of Commons by a majority of , 1 14, but its second reading : is still being debated, in tfye Lords. • '&%i^ftipkvL by Mr. Bright to the Birmingham Liberal Association, in which he alleged that the House of Lords was ; threatened,, has- caused great sensation throughout the country. A despatch of Lord Granville has been published, announcing the refusal of the Government to recommend Parliament to guarantee a further New Zealand loan. An explosion took place -at Ferndale Colliery on the .IQth June, by which 60 persons were killed. The Ascot Cup was won by Brigantine. The shore end of the French Atlantic cable has been laid. The Great Eastern leaves for Brest to-morrow to take up the remainder of the line., • The Viceroy of Egypt is expected to arrive in England on Thursday next, June 18. The wool sales closed on the 19tb. 9000 bales were .withdrawn. • Australian copper is quoted at £78. The Australian May mails via Marseilles arrived in London On the 14th. The Crown Princess of Denmark arrived at Marlborough House on the 24th May. The Prince and Princess of .Wales were present at Epsom and Ascott races. A committee of the House of Commons, has been appointed ; to enquire into the causes of the. excess of cost over estimate, ot the Abyssinian war. The Irish Church Bill was debated in the " House Of Lords on the 14th June, on the motion for its second reading. Lord Har"row'by proposed an amendment, that the Bill b,e read three months, hence. , The ! Archbishop of Canterbury supported, and Lord Derby opposed, the second reading. The French general elections resulted in the return of 213 Imperialist and 77 opposition members. The latter were chiefly elected by the large cities. Riots have taken place in Paris during the whole week. ■''A'' riot occurred among the colliers at Mold, in Flintshire, on the 2nd June. Four persons were shot. The grand Prix de Paris race was won by Flaneur. *. : The Spanish Constitution passed the Cortes by a majority of 214 to 53. It is reported that the Cuban rebellion has failed. D.ulce has resigned, . and been succeeded by De Rodas. _.- 'With respect to Lord Granville's despatch refusing to recommend a guarantee to the New Zealand loan, it is stated that, so far , from the colonists having any claims ori the Mother Country, the reverse is the case., The Times says — " We sympathise with our countrymen in their difficulties, but are bound to reject unreasonable and unjust f,ftlaiai.si.Y/;The'/S , /«?' believes that the despatch will have a good effect; in the colony. The Daily Neios suggests that the colonists will have to learn to rely upon themselves. Herr Baudtnann, a German tragedian, with his wife, better known as Miss Milly Palmer, leave for Australia in the Somersetshire. Major. Beswick, late chief constable ofthe | Birkenhead police, has been sentenced to five years for forgery. ~ '*' Mr." Motley, the American minister; arrived at Liverpool on the 29th of May. lie. r refused to adjust certain disputes between.: 'the' Liverpool and American Chambers of Commerce. .- j -. Mr. Powell Welsh, coal proprietor; with his wife and servants,, were murdered l-in- : .:, Aby_3sini% whither they had gpne.qn a ajiort- . ing tour. A conference in vindication off German protestantism, has been held in Worn?s v i The Metropolitan horse show was opened on the 29th May.. ' '-■ * ; .;..■■ .; J The Italian,. Parliament has been.' prorogued, sine die in consequence of the'rejection of the financial convention"'propo'sedty the Ministry. : '