ENGLAND.

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ENGLAND.

(Beoeived June 20, 3 p.m.) London, June 18. At to-day's wool sales 11,800 bales were catalogued, making a total offered \, dnrinetHepresentßeriea of 139,500 bales, n of£which 22,000 bales have been with- a drawn. The market remains fiat. t | The mails by the P. atid O. Thames, from Me 1 bourne May G, were delivered - to-day via Brindisi. j (RecoiTed Juuo 20, 11.30 a.m.) June 19. The Ascoh Gold Cup was run to-day, and resulted as follows : — Sc. Gatien, 1; Cole, 2 ; Dutchman, 3. The Earl of Carnarvon will be Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ; Mr Arthur Balfour, Chief Secretary; Mr Edward Clarke, Q. 0., Attorney-G-eneral ; Mr 1 Gorst, Solicitor-General ; and the Hon: < Edward Stanhope, President of the ■ Board of Trade. 3 (Received Jane 22, 1.15 a.m.) : Tenders for the Western Australian loan of £500,000 were opened to-day. ; The total amount applied for was £457,500, the average being £98 2s 6d. The unallotted balance will be placed at a minimum price of £97 10s. ( Recerred June 22, 1.50 a.m.) June 20. It is announced that Sir Stafford ETorthcote takes the position of First Lord of the Treasury, and not Lord Salisbury, as previously telegraphed. The Premiership, however, will not be oombined with this office as is usual, but will be assumed by the Marquis of Salisbury. Sir Stafford Northcote goe§ to the Upper House under the title of Iddeßlegh (?) A request made by Lord Salisbury, that the Liberal party should give him an assurance of support in carrying on the business of the country, has not been acceded to. Parliament re -assembled yesterday after the adjournment. The late Ministry have not as yet vacated the Treasury benches, and the position of the Liberal and Conservative members, respectively, in the House is unchanged at present. A disastrous explosion of fire damp took place yesterday in a colliery at Pendlebury, near Manchester. Twentytwo men were killed at once, and 140 more are now entombed without the slightest chance of rescue. News from Port Said states that a hitch has occurred in the works for the removal of the obstruction in the Suez Canal, which threatens to seriously delay the re-opening of the channel. Over a hundred steamers are already waiting to pass through, homewards or outwards.