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New Zealand Mail, Issue 752, 30 July 1886, Page 23

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London, July 22. Sir P. Cunliffe Owen has submitted to the Commissioners his proposals for the establishment of a Colonial Museum in London, but the nature of the scheme has not yet been divulged. London, July 22. Three per cent consols and New Zealand securities are unchanged. The market rate of discount is ii per cent and the Bank rate per cent. The weekly returns of the Bank of England, published to-day, show the total reserve in notes and bullion to be L 11,500,000, and the proportion of reserve to liabilities 40 per cent. The B.M.S. Orient, from Melbourne i (June 11), arrived to-day. * London* J uly 23. •* i It has transpired that the British r Government has definitely informed the French Government that France > cannot be permitted to have the New Hebrides.

Bio de Janieho, July 23. Sailed, yesterday evening The New Zealand Shipping Company’s B.M.S. Kaikoura, for Plymouth. Her cargo of meat was in good condition. London, July 23. Consols remain at 100-f-, and New Zealand securities at last quotations, namely, 5 per cent 10-40 loan, 103 £ ; ‘4| per cent 1879-1904 loan, 1011; 4t per cent inscribed stock, 98. There are no changes to report in colonial breadstuff* or tallow. The total quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,830,000 quarters; ( 15,000 less than last week. New Zealand mutton, prime quality, 4fd to 5d per lb. Australian leather, best quality, lOfd per lb. > * j The wool market continues firm.

The arrivals to date for next auctions amount to 240,000 bales. The Knight Commandership of the Order of St. Michael and St. George has been conferred upon Mr Samuel Walker Griffith, Premier of Queensland, and the Companionship of the same Order upon Mr B. Chaffey Baker, ot South Australia. London, July 24. His Boyal Highness the Prince of Wales has drawn up a memorandum, with a view of ascertaining what amount the various colonies would be prepared to vote for the maintenance of a permanent Colonial Museum in London.

Sir Charles Dilke has issued a farewell address to the electors of Chelsea, in which he protests his innocence of the alleged adultery with Mrs Crawford. j A sculling match took place to-day on the Thames between Bubear and Kemp, of Sydney, which was won easily by the former. London, July 25. A sculling match has been arranged to take place on the 18th September between Gaudaur, the American oarsman, and Beach, of Sydney.. London, July 27.

The Mayor and naval authorities at Plymouth are feting 100 colonists who aie on a visit to that town. The Australian cricketers were entertained at a banquet at Stoke last night. , The Australian mails ex P. and O. Company’s B.M.S. Valetta, which left Melbourne on the 15th June, were delivered here yesterday, via Brindisi. The P. and O. Company’s B.M.SMassilia arrived yesterday from Australian ports. (SPECIAL TO UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, July 22. Sir Samuel Devonport, of South Australia, has been enrolled as & .. member of the Ironmongers Society. - London, July 20. Mr Either will give a dinner to and admit to the Exhibition a thousand East End children. Bothchilds and Sons, bankers, invite tenders for eight millions for the construction of the Manchester ship canal. Baron Macleay is at present in St Petersburg, arranging for the despatch of Bussian emigrants to New Guinea. Private Allen, of Victoria, has won £5, and Color-Sergeant Barron, of Queensland, £3 in the Nursery Match, at Wimbledon. London, July 23. Mr Samuel Morley is in a very critical condition. Mr Vyner’s racehorse Minting has strained a tendon, and has been, scratched for the Eclipse Stakes. The Prince of Wales and Sir P. COwen propose that a permanent Colonial Exhibition be established at

South Kensington, and five colonists have guaranteed £SOOO apiece toward its maintenance. The London Cham- ... her of Commerce advocates the project, and proposes to have the building for it erected on the Thames Embank- ' ment, but admit that it will require a ! large colonial vote to carry it out. Mr Bosisto declines the investiture of C.M.G., which was to have been L conferred on him at Osborne on 2nd I August. j? London, July 23. Mr Anthony Hordern, who is negotiating for the construction of a railway from Albany to York, has sailed for Western Australia. Mr F. H. Hangar, one of the New South Wales Exhibition Commissioners, has invited the Australian 1 cricketers to a banquet in the Exhibition. / It is reported that Mr Malcolm Fraser, Executive Commissioner for Western Australia, will have conferred on him the honor of Knight I Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, in recognition of services rendered in connection with the Indian and Colonial Exhibition. The steamers Changsha, built for the China Navigation Company, and the Gwdir, for the Hunter River Company have been launched. The'Prince of Wales and Duke of Manchester are parleying as to the prospects of the Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition. ... Communications have been sent to all Chambers of Commerce in Great Britain, Mayors, Provosts, and all ex* i hibitors at the Sydney and Melbourne Exhibition, asking their co-operation in making the Exhibition a success. The Fisheries and Health Inventions Exhibition Reception Committee are arranging for a protracted visit to the north and northwestern portion of England, Ireland, and Scotland, and the presence of a large number of colonists has been invited. The timber sent Home by the Jarrahdale Timber Company of Western .Australia has been tested with excellent results, which are likely to lead to an important trade springing up. London, July 25. A proposal is on foot in America to present a testimonial to Mr Gladstone. A demonstration is being organised in honor of the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, on the occasion of his departure for Dublin. The English Government have long been aware of the Russian projects on Port Lazareff. China and Japan will also endeavor to thwart Russia’s designs. . Harris Goodwin and Company, merchants, Leadenhall-street, will vest their estate in the hands of a.trustee, with the ultimate view of realising on

it. It is proposed to erect a statue of Mr Gladstone in Dublin. Owing to to the opposition of railway interests on the Stock Exchange, the proposal to float a loan for the construction of the Manchester ship canal has been withdrawn. The American Government send Mr Bates, as their representative to Samoa, to meet with the representatives of the other Powers and consider the neutrality of the Islands. Her Majesty the Queen has sent a telegram of sympathy with the sufferers in the dockyard accident. Messrs O’Brien and Davitt will visit Chicago as delegates to the Irish League Convention, which is to be held in that city on 18th August. Creditors to the extent of a quarter of a million have moved for an order appointing Mr Whiffen as liquidator in the Commercial Bank. Argument has been suspended until 9th August, the Judge refusing to permit ex parte hearing to be renewed on Monday. Continued rains have imparted a firmer tone to the wheat market. Australian wheat, ex warehouse, is quoted at 355. IS o business has been done on passage cargoes. Flour arrivals are large. London, July 26. A meeting held in Barcelona have invited the Catalonian representatives in the Senate to resign their seats, as a protest against the adoption of the ADglo-Spanish treaty. London, July 26. Sir W. J. Clarke returns to Melbourne by the P. and O. steamer B< Mr"Whiffen has been appointed a liquidator in the Commercial Bank - Captain Blackshaw, of New South Wales, who was injured in the dockyard accident, is recovering. The projected company for the purpose of purchasing the Charters I

Towers Mining Company, Queensland, has not been floated. A Royal Commission will be granted for the Jubilee Exhibition, and a small subvention is expected. A thousand deaths have occurred in Labrador, British North America, from starvation. A stranger, supposed to be an Australian, has committed suicide at Hackney Downs. (AGE PPBCIALS. —TOUTED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) (Per s.s, Te Anau at the Bluff). London, July 13. The promoters of the Pacific cable project are willing to agree that Government messages shall be transmitted free of cost from each colony to the extent of. the subsidy granted by thß respective colonies. The prevailing opinion with reference to the proposal is that it would be preferable for the colonies to themselves undertake the task of laying the cable than to guarantee interest on outlay to a private company. Sir Charles Tupper was not prepared to lay before the meeting held on the 12th any details with regard to the scheme, and therefore, no definite action could be taken upon it. Mr Parnell has issued a manifesto, in which he denies an allegation which has been circulated to the effect that an understanding has been established between the Irish Home Rule party and the American Fenians ; he also insists that the members of the Land League are maintaining a peaceful attitude, ana that they give no excuse whatever for the imposition of a coercive policy against them. Mr Fleming, Agent for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, is now oa his way to England, his mission being to endeavor to iaduce Earl Granville and the AgentaGeneral for the Australian colonies to give their assent to the scheme for the laying.of a cable from Vancouver Island to Australia. The Paily News, in an article dealing with the (British and Colonial Temperance Congress, comments on some of the speeches, and specially refers to the valuable hints contained in the remarks made by the colonial temperance delegates. July 16. Cardinal Manning presided at. the sitting of the International Temperance Congress held yesterday. Messrs Hunt, Collins, and Windward read interesting papers on the drink traffic in the colonies. Mr Thurston will represent England on the Anglo-German Commission which is to be appointed to conduct the inquiry into Samoan affairs. July 18 The report that the Prince of Wales has replied to a joint memorial of the AgentsGeneral, declining to visit Australia next year, is premature. The Prince of Wales baa not yet given his answer. Messrs Burgoyne and Co., wine merchants, London, who are also interested in the winegrowing industry in South Australia, have offered a prize of 50 guineas to be awarded to the best exhibit of colonial wines shown at the Jubilee Exhibition, to be held in Adelaide next year.