SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6763, 21 July 1883, Page 5

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

(BY BLEOTHIO TELKGBAPH. OOPrKIGHT.J [retjter.] MEETING OF EMPERORS. Berlin, July 19. A MEETING has been, arranged 'between the German Emperor William and the Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria, to take place at Gastein, Upper Austria, on the 4th prox. ARRIVAL 6FTHE FRENCH AMBASSADOR AT PEKIN. Paris, July 19. Jl. Tricon, who was recently appointed to succeed M. Bouree as French Ambassador to China, is announced as having arrived at Pekin. UNION. BANK OF AUSTRALIA. London, July 19. The Union Bank of Australia has declared a dividend of 9 per cent, for the past half-year, and carried £30,000 to the reserve. NANIONAL BANK OF NEW ZEALAND. London, July 19. j The National Bank of New Zealand I has declared a dividend o£ 4 per cent, for the past half-year. FROZEN MEAT" FROM NEW ZEALAND. London, July 19. The carco of frozen mutton, consistin"- of 5769 carcases, in the steamship British Queen, from Lyttelton, on the 31st May, has arrived in excellent condition. A portion was placed on the market to-day, and realised an average of 7d per lb. [Received Jnlr[2o, 2.15 p.m.] THE DUPLICATION OF THE SUEZ CANAL. London, July 19. Mr. Gladstone has announced his intention of making on Monday next, in the House of Commons, a statement as to the course Government would pursue re»ardm" the agreement concluded -with Count de Lesseps for a second Suez canal. BRITAIN HELPING EGYPT. Alexandria, July 19. The Khedive has accepted the proffered aid of England for the suppression of the cholera epidemic, and Sir E. B. Malet has telegraphed requesting that twelve doctors should forthwith be despatched to Egypt. THE GOVERNMENT AND ANNEXATION. London, July 19. The Hon. Evelyn Ashley, the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, stated in the House of Commons to-day, in reply to a question, that Sir Thomas Mcllwraith, the ; Premier of Queensland, had tele- • graphed to the Colonial Office that strong discontent prevails in the colony at the decision arrived at by the Imperial Government on the question of the proposed annexation of New Guinea. Sir Evelyn Ashley added that the Government still consider the proposal premature. LONDON MARKETS. London, July 19. The total reserve in the Bank of England in notes and bullion is £11,800,000, an increase of £200,000 as compared with the reserve last ■week. The proportion of reserve to liability remains at 41 per cent. The bank rate of discount is unchanged at 4 per cent., and the market ' rate at 3-|d. Consols have recovered the last fall, and are again quoted at 99J. New Zealand securities remain as follow:—5 per cent. 10-40 loan, 106; 5 per cent. 1889 loan, 105J-; ih per cent.'lß79-1904 loan, 102; 4 percent, inscribed stock, 101. I There are :no changes to report in the market for colonial breadstuff's and tallow. SHIPPING London, July 19. The Orient steamship Lusitania, from Melbourne, May 30th, arrived at Plymouth yesterday with a cargo of frozen meat on board. [special to press association.] London, July 19. FRANCE AND MADAGASCAR. The French Consul at Zanzibar has proceeded to Madagascar. AUSTRALIAN FROZEN MEAT. The shipment of frozen meat by the Lusitania has arrived in good condition. A QUEENSLAND LOAN. Tenders for the Goldsborough (Queensland) loan of £200,000 wera . opened yesterday. The amount was ■uncovered, and the time has been extended. THE PORTE AND M. DE LESSEPS. The Porte disputes the existence of the alleged de Lesseps' monopoly, arguing that it is limited to the. present canal. [Received July 20, 10.30 p.m.] London, July 20. THE CHOLERA EPIDEMIC. Two hundred deaths have occurred at Cairo from cholera. A cordon has been placed round Alexandria, with a view to excluding refugees from infected places. STRIKE OF TELEGRAPHISTS. The telegraph operators of America are out on strike, and serious inconvenience is being felt. THE NEXT REFORM BILL. Mr. Leonard H. Courtney, M.P., one o£ the Assistant Secretarys to the Treasury, has stated in the House of Commons, that the next Reform Bill will extend the franchise to women* SIR ARTHUR GORDON AS AN - AUTHOR. Sir Arthur Gordon is writing a book on the habits of the Fijians. THE SECOND SUEZ CANAL. French bankers are offering _ Baron de Lesseps the necessary capital to construct the second canal across the isthmus of Suez. [Received July 21,12.50 a.m.l London, July 20. THE SECOND SUEZ CANAL. It has transpired that Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, one of the representatives of Great Britain in council of the Suez Canal Company, has been despatched by the Cabinet to Paris to confer with Count de Lesseps with a view to carrying into effect the agreement which was come to on the 12th : inst. for the construction of the second .Suez Canal. • • i