London.

Manawatu Herald, 23 May 1893, Page 2

London.

Sir Charles Russell has forced the American counsel at the Behring Sea Commission to reluctantly produce a secret report showing that the diminution of the number of seals was owing to mismanagement of the • rookeries/ and not to the deep depredations of sealers. A meeting of Oamaru bondholders in London resolved to apply to a Court to appoint an official receiver. Mr A. J. Balfour's constituents have defrayed the expenses he was put to in opposing the petitions against his return for East Manchester. A Welsh deputation to protest against the Welsh Church Suspensory Bill presented the Duke of York with a handsome wedding ring, made of Welsh gold. The Financial News strongly reassures investors that the colonies are thoroughly sound, and fully able to meet any emergency. The barque Tempeton experienced frightful weather when crossing the Atlantic. During a fierce squall one of her yards, on which ten of her crew were engaged furling the canvas, was carried away, and all those on it were drowned. i-'rozen mutton, first quality, 4 1-iSfch pence ; lamb, •"» rt-fch pence. Hemp is dull. One hundred bales of New Zealand hemp were withdrawn from sale.