SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5758, 1 May 1880, Page 5

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

[BY. CABLE.] , THE NEW PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. London, April 29. ! Parliament has re-assembled after the Ministerial crisis, and the members have been sworn in. THE SPEAKER ELECTED. London, April 29. The Right Hon. H. B. Brand ha 3 been elected Speaker. AMBASSADOR AT CONSTANTINOPLE. London-, April 30. Lord Carlingford has declined the Ambassadorship at Constantinople. London", April 29. Lord Carlingford (formerly Mr. Chichester Fortescue) haa been appointed British Ambassador at Constantinople. SOLICITOR-GENERAL RESIGNED. London, April 30. Mr. Farrer Herschel, the SolicitorGeneral, has resigned.. THE MONEY MARKET. London, April 29. The total reserve in notes and bullion in the Bank of England is £16,000,000. THE WOOL SALES. London, April 29. j At the wool sales to-day 11,700 bales ' were offered, making a total of 93,200 bales catalogued since the opening. The tone of the market is quieter, but steady. THE M AILS. London, April 29. The homeward English mails, via Brindisi, were delivered" in London today. NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY COMPANY (LIMITED).—MARKET REPORT. London, April 27. Wool.—The sales progress firmly. For medium and inferior greasy and inferior combing washed the market is firmer. Scoured has 'advanced 2d per lb. since the close of last sales. For clothing washed market unchanged. Crossbred market easier.' Up to date 61,000 bales have been sold. Tallow.—Stocks heavy. Mutton is worth 33s 6d, and beef 32s per cwt. Wheat.—Foreign arrivals heavy. The market is quiet. Adelaide is worth 535, and New Zealand 51s per 49Glbs. Leather.—96oo sides Australasian have been sold since last report. Best sides fetched £d per lb. advance on previous rates ; others in proportion.