ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXV, Issue 126, 29 May 1891, Page 2

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

London, May 27. The Ooptio'a apples arrived in good condition, and realised from 6s 6d to 10a 6d per oase, but oargoea are too small, The Derby was run in a pouring rain. After going a mile Gouverneur was in command, and kept the lead till a quarter of a mile from home, when Common went up and won in aoanter by two lengths, Marfcenhurat being a bad third. Time 2mina 56 4 -sth Beos, The underwriters are insuring the assets in the Barings estate at 15 per cent. The present depression in New South Wales Btooks causes oity men to regard the proapeots of conversion as gloomy. The Amerioan visible supply of wheat is estimated at twenty-nine and a half million bushels. rru v , u VALPARAISO, May 27. The rebels have reoaptured Tultal. L „ ■ Mexico, May 27. The Government of Mexico has allowed the Esmeralda to coal at Aoapulco. . . L ST ' Johns, May 28. After passing the Bill agreeing' to the modus Vivendi until the end of the year, the Newfoundland Parliament, at the request of the English Liberal leaders, passed another measure extending its operation till 1893 The Frenoh Admiral has prohibited British residents in at George's Bay selling bait to Amerioan vessels. m, „. " Pabis, May 28. The Chamber of Deputies has agreed to a Bill empowering the Minister. of War to secure two months' stock of wheat and flour' for oivilians within fortifled towns. Washington, May 27. The President denies refusing Lord Salisbury's proposal to close the Behrings Sea for a season, '< Two Amerioan outters have been des« patohed thither with orders similar to thoße issued last year.