ENGLAND.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9158, 19 December 1891, Page 2

ENGLAND.

"(Reoeivod December 18, lO.tf a.in^ London, Dewnber 17. Daring some riots at Bfr. Jinoent, in the West Indies, matters became iso/sertona that the sailoia of the raan-o^War'Btuzard had to land, DurlDg the fracas which <; followed Captain ' Brown „was ,neajly kiUed. ' < „- •■-«• At the first series of wool aales to be held daring January the quantity will be unlimited, The visible supply of wheat is eatimated at 63,300,000 bnshels,,«,,, , <Beooivbd Dooember 18, 7,10p.m.^..,,^ jji City financiers deprecate ao largo and Bimultaneooß ah issue of Treasury bills : by the colonies. Stockholders;.^ too, '. complain, that it,is or'nijllyynwdjt ;to --'; them, and destroys any chance of^tWx ' ; reolising without loss,, and als<|fa#»t ], ' Victoria -applying to borrtw un^p * altered sitnaHon makes ;ma^eiß/;iKen . »,- worse. The bankers c«nsjdeif.;ft|t?jpig ..' '. imperative tuat puretiasewJolJfiß^iy "".[ bills should be eeoured.li p« cent on ; ■ their investments,' 'and that the bills :"/ should be issued throngh a bank |>rlyfl|6ly :,- and Rr^dnaliy, qsffiffi%?'#jftsi :.,[. 'i sufficient, for immediate 'wantSi'' VaWle - ..; ';,. annoancebenfthey'oonaidertt^if^Mi. ,|| It is belieTßd?ijere that %c Talfflp^n: J| Government desires a" fnrth'e'n ttiwSpf '"! f-$ Treasury,bills tojthe exttat of £70D^wtt^':-. H'M . ASWppiDg Exchange' has been formed %?\i in London, -and the leading companies ;%i|l trading with Australia, bar* joined. =

The i*ndon~ Corporation has voted the «urn of £2600 for the purchase of a present for the Dnke of Clarence and Avondale on the occasion of bis marriage. Mr Barton, Conservative, has been elected for the seat for the mid-Armagh division in the House ot Commons, rendered vacant by the death of Sir J, Porter Cotry. Lord Kosteven has purchased the Australian-bred thoroughbreds Wentworth, by Chester— Trafalgar, for 140 guineas, and Nepean, by Chester— lolanttta, for 110 guineas. iflteoelved December 19, 13.60 a.m.) December IS, "Baron de Worms, Political Secretary to the Colonial Office, addressing a meeting at Eastbourne, condemned Lord Carring* lon's striotnres on the Colonial Office as most inacenrate and misleading, and showing nstounding ignorance.

The Times asserts that the accounts of the Salvation Army will not satisfy business men, and that the shelter homes, workshops, and farms all show deficits. Prince George is in a fair way of recovery and la rapidly gaining strength.