BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXII, Issue 7414, 3 December 1884, Page 4

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

i nr siMcrsic tnuwkj m-cor r&iom.i [Reotkr’r Truqiums.] IBeeoairwl Owe. % at 2.30 pJtt.l LONDON. Dec. 1, In the House of Lords to-day Lord Derby announced that the amendincuts proposed by the Imperial Goremment. in the draft Bill to constitute a Feileral Council for Australasia, have been submitted to the Colonies, and an early reply is expected. PARIS. Dec. L M. Ferry has issutnl a circular announcing that cholera in France has now entirely ceased. Dw. 2. *i ate jk».i REDISTRIBUTION OF SEATS BILL, LONDON, Due. I. Mr Gladstone introduced the Redistribution of Seats Bill in the House of Commons to-day. The provisions of the measure are as follow i—Borough# with a population under 15,000 will be merged in the Counties. Those under 50,000 will return single members, while larger Boroughs will be divided into singlemember wardships. The numlssr of members for the metropolis will be increased by 87, for Liverpool by six, for Birmingham and Glasgow by four, and lor Manchester by throe, while the City of London will be reduced by two. On th© whole England gains six members and Scotland 12. Ireland and Wales are unchanged- The PwMiiw onnounoed that alter the Bui had been read a second time, Ibrlla*

nwnt wmU be adjourned*;, February next. Dteewtewl five, a, 111 I SMft, | LONIK3N, I >*rr 2 It is announced that the Kight u ftß Bir E. Thornton ha* l*ru appoint*] to succeed Lord jDuIT-rin British Minister at Btamboul. Sir H. |> pMorier will succeed Sir ¥AnJ.i Thornton aa Ambassador t, Russian Court. Mr Leonard Courtney, M.f*. f,, r Lisfe* arrl and Financial Secretary u the Treasury, baa resigned. «>wu, K the fact that the Government {',{} for redistribution of scat# do--* r; ,,. provide for the representation ~f minorities. WASHINGTON. j President Arthur # message u } Congress urge# the extension of tho neutrality law*, in order to prevent hostile act# being plotted on Amen can soil against friend ly Rations, [Smwial to Pees* Association (ttoarivwt bee. A •* * LONDON. I>rc 2 . In the House of Lords, Lord H - , T stated that the Government pledged to introduce the Federation Enabling Bill. Mr Fronde will sail for Australia on Saturday next. Mr Leonard H. Courtney, M F* Assistant-Secretary of the Treascrv. has resigned. COMMERCIAL INTELLIG ENCR

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Consols have advance*! to 10] ; New Zealand securities remain at lx< quotations. Adelaide wheat, ex store, unchanged, 35* 6d. and New Zealand ditto, 30* 6d to 335; Adelaide flour. -i warehouse. 23s 6d, Australian tallow, average quaiitT beef and mutton. 3ls. The stock of tallow in London to><L» * 20.700 casks. [Spicial to Pa ess Amocutios.' fJUeWnd Due. 2, at lIJSO ajot.l LONDON, Dec. 1. The South Australian Land Mongage and Agency Compter will, ir January next, return to the shareholders £o per share on the paid up capital. ORIENTAL BANK. A call of J£lo per share will U made in the Oriental Bank estate n: January, and another of -£ls during the year. The liquidator estimate* that the creditors will receive U . is the £. 1 The National Mortgage and Agen*-; Company of Now Zealand, Limit* L have received a telegram from Locdoti, stating that the second senes of wool sales will probably op?c there between March 10 and 17-