SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6827, 4 October 1883, Page 5

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

|BT TELEGRAPH.—COPTBIOHT.f [RENTER.] [Received October i, 1.5 a.m.] MINISTERIAL CRISIS IN FRANCE. Paris, October 2. Latest authentic information fully confirms the reports that' have been current of a split in the Cabinet. There is now no doubt but that a rupture in the Ministry has occurredj and it is understood that the Ministry are only awaiting the meeting of the Chambers, which -takes place on the 23rd instant, to announce the fact. It is stated that the Ministers consider that they have been treated with discourtesy and indignity by M, Grevy, and complain of the President's interference with the official actions of his son-in-law, M. Wilson. RETURN OF KING ALFONSO. ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION. Madrid, October 2. King Alfonso returned to this city to-day, and was welcomed with great enthusiasm by the populace. His Majesty received an ovation of unequalled magnificence, and was warmly cheered along the route to the palace. An open reception was held by the King during the day at the palace, and it is estimated that fully thirty thousand persons took part in the proceedings on the occasion. CHARGE OF TREASON. Paris, October 2. M. Antoine, Deputy for the city of Metz, has been arrested at order of the Government on a charge of treason. SIR STAFFORD NORTHCOTE IN IRELAND. London, October 3. Sir Stafford Northcote, who is now visiting the North of Ireland, arrived yesterday in Belfast where a fete was organised in his honour. LOAN SUCCESSFULLY FLOATED. London, October 2. Tenders were opened to-day for the ' South Australian 4 per cent, million and a-half loan, at a minimum of £98 10s. The total amount ofisxed was found to be £3 ) 060 } QD©r"'ThetSßders at £98 per cent, of allotment. The above £98 16s will receive in full. quick"steaming. San Francisco, October 2. The steamship Zealandia, from Auckland (September 11th), with the homeward mails, arrived yesterday, four days before due date.

LONDON MARKETS. London, October 2. Consols have declined -J-, and are now , quoted at 101|-. New Zealand securities remain at the following quotations:—s per cent. 10-40 loan, 1031 ; 5 per cent. 1889 loan, 4£ per cent. 1879-1904 loan, 101 J; 4 per cent, inscribed stock, 1011 The market rate of discount has advanced to 3§, and the bank rate to 4 per cent. Adelaide wheat remains at 45s 6d ex store and New Zealand ditto at 40s to 445. Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, is 335. Australian tallow : Best beef, 40s ; best mutton, 41s. THE WOOL SALES. London, October 2. The catalogue at to-day's wool, sales comprised 8900 bales. The market continues firm. [special to pehss association.] London, October 2. THE VICTORIAN NAVAL DEFENCES. Major H. Courtley, of the • Royal' Engineers, sails via San Francisco on the 12th instant. The Admiralty have advised the Victorian Government to retain the Nelson as a training ship. The new Victorian gunboats— Childers, Victoria, and Albert—sail together for Melbourne, via Torres Straits, in January. , THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY'S STEAMERS. TheNewZealand Shipping Company's, second steamer, the Aorangi, has been' launched on the Clyde. THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS IN FRANCE. The members of the French Ministry are now squabbling amongst themselves as to who is to blame for the Alfonso fiasco. President Grevy threatens to resign. THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LOAN. The official report of the South Australian loan is, that £3,306,600. was tendered for. AH above £98 17s 6d secure full allotment, and £98 17s get about 82 per cent. The average price is £98 19s 9d.

London, October 3. CONSERVATIVE ACTIVITY IN ENGLAND. An active Tory electioneering campaign is proceeding. FRANCE AND CHINA. M. Challeniel - Lacour, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, has declined the latest proposals made on behalf of China. ♦ COLONIAL NEWS.

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN TAXATION SCHEME. Adelaide, October 3. In the House of Assembly, last night, the Colonial Treasurer introduced an amended scheme of taxation proposals as follows: —The imposition of a tax of £d in the £ on real property, a tax of Id in the pound on gains or profits arising from personal property, and an income tax of 3d in the pound, subject to certain exemptions. QUEENSLAND REVENUE. Brisbane, October 3. The revenue of Queensland for the September quarter amounted to £709,000, an increase of £59,750 as compared -with the corresponding quarter of last year. The receipts from the Customs increased by £10,000, and the railway revenue shows an increase of £30,000. ,