NEWS BY CABLE.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 765, 29 October 1886, Page 25

NEWS BY CABLE.

By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.

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London., October -19. Consols bas advanced by £ and are now at 101. New Zealand, securities remain at last quotations, namely-.:— £ per cent. 10 -10 loan, per cent, loan, 99£; 1 per cent, inscribed stock, 97. Colonial breadstuffs and tallow are unchanged. Best" Seotch pig ron * f.o.b. in Clyde, has further advanced by sixpence, and is now quoted at 41s per ton. . , Per Merchant Shipping and Underwriters’ Association.: —London, 'October 19- Arrived—Ship Halcione, from Kaipara, July 12tb. London, October 21.

A banquet was given last evening at the St George’s Club to Sir Anthony Musgrave, Governor of Queensland, to Sir J. E. Garrick, Agent-General for that Colony. A large number of other guests were present, including Mr Stanhope, Secretary of State tor the Colonies. In the course of a speech on the occasion, Mr Stanhope expressed the opinion that the interests of England and the colonies were daily becoming more identical, and that the appointing of able colonial Governors like Sir Anthony Musgrave would contribute much toward the maintenance of the friendship which should exist between the various parts of the Empire. It is expeeted that General Sir Erederick Koberts, Commander - inChief in India, will succeed the late Sir Herbert Maepherson in the command of the British expedition in Burmah. . ..' Mr Hyndman, one of the Socialist leaders, has written a letter to the papers stating that great distress prevails among the working classes, and the oroposed procession of unemployed on the 9th proximo is the only means of compelling the attention of the authorities to the distress. The Bank of England has to-day raised the rate of discount to 4s per cent.

London, October 21. The weekly returns of the Bank of England, published to-day, show the proportion of reserve to liabilities to be 40 per cent., or 3 per cent, higher than last week. The total reserve in notes and bullion amounts to £10,800,000, or £200,000 in excess of last week. The Bank rate of discount was to-day raised to 4 per cent. Hew Zealand Government securities remain at yesterday’s quotations. Colonial breadstuffs are quoted as follows: —Adelaide wheat, ex store, 355; Adelaide flour, 245; New Zealand wheat, highest 335, lowest 28s ; best Australian beef tallow, 245; mutton tallow, 26s od. Kauri gum 1 has risen £l, and is now quotqfl at £ll 15s per cwt. London, October 21. Lord [Randolph Churchill arrived in London to-day, from Paris. '/ ■ London, October 22.

The total quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,620,000 quarters, being an increase for the week of 80,000 quarters. Adelaide wheat, ex store, is quoted at 355. Adelaide flour, 245. New Zealand wheat, highest, 33s ; lowest, 28s. New Zealand mutton is selling at from to 4Jd in the Smithfield Market. Beef tallow, 245; mutton tallow, 26s 6d. Colonial Government securities remain at last quotations. The mails per Messageries Maritimes s.s. CaJedonien, which left Melbourne September 11, were delivered in London to-day, via Marseilles. October 23.

It is expected that Sir George Des Yceux, late Governor of Fiji, will be appointed to succeed Sir George Straehan as Governor of Tasmania. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s R.M.S. Aorangi left jPlymouth this afternoon for Auckland and Lyttelton, calling at the Cape en route. London, October 23. Mr Edward Stanhope, Secretary of State for the Colonies, will entertain the Executive Commissioners i of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition at a banquet on the 10th of November. Sir J. E. Garrick, Agent-General for Queensland, had an interview today with Mr Stanhope with reference to the future Government of New Guinea. The Secretary of State for the Colonies said that Her Majesty’s Government were discussing a scheme for the administration of that colony, but that it was not sufficiently matured to permit of a statement

being made on the subject. Mr Stanhope expressed the hope that a satisfactory settlement of the question would shortly be arrived at. London, October 25.

The mails per Orient R.M.S. Iberia, which left Melbourne September 17, were delivered in London to-day, via Naples. _ , London, October 26,

M. Waddicgton, the French Ambassador, had a protracted interview yesterday with. Lord Iddesleigh, Secretary of State fob Foreign Affairs. Serious disturbances have taken place on the Island of Skye, where the crofters resisted the bailiffs, and stoned the police who came to their assistance. A body of marines were landed, and charged the mob with fixed bayonets. Six of the crofters were ultimately arrested.

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London, October 20,

It is probable that the decorative fixtures and the best of the trophies among the Government collection in the Yietorian Court at the IndianColonial Exhibition will be reserved for the Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition. The Australian Mutual Shipping Company has been registered with a capital of £IIOO,OOO, a third of which has been reserved for the colonies. It is intended to charge similar rates for freight, &c., as the shipping ring. Exhibition experts report that the New South Wales’ tobacco is strong and rank. The shares of the Day Dawn Goldmining Company, of Queensland, are at a premium of £1 ; Bonnie Dundee, 9s 6d; Etheridge’s, 30s ; Cumberland’s, 17s 6d. London, October 21.

The Duke of Manchester has complained that the Prince of Wales is ignoring the Colonial Institute in connection 0 with his Imperial Institute scheme. At the banquet given to Mr William Wilson, of Victoria, forty gentlemen were present, Mr Bosisto presiding. Sir Herbert Sandford and JYlessrs Jeffrays and Davis made speeches. It is estimated that half the Scottish wheat crop is hopelessly damaged. The Rev Mr Goodwyn, Vicar of Harrow, has accepted the bishopric of Bathurst. At the banquet to Sir Anthony Musgrave, Sir J. F* Garrick stated that Sir Anthony had been of the greatest service in promoting federation in Australia. The latter, in reply, considered that Australia was unable to resist foreign aggression without the assistance of England. As far as he could see, the difficulties in the way of Australian Federation were much 'overrated, and a common tariff was not essential to its attainment.

Lord Derby, speaking at Liverpool, predicted an early and rapid revival in trade.

London, October 21.

The Standard asserts that the Erench Government are considering military and naval plans to drive England out of Egypt, and that Russia and Turkey approve of the Erench aims to neutralise Egypt and the Canal.

London, October 22. The Exhibition, will close without ceremony. It is estimated that the cost of reopening the New South 'Wales Court as part of the Imperial Institute next year will be £SOOO. Mr George Collins Levey is visiting Berlin, Brussels, and Paris in the interests of the Jubilee Exhibition, jjnd is succeeding faiily. Mr J. Norton, delegate of the Trades and Labor Council, has, in the name of. the New South _ Wales artisans, written to the Emigration Bureau demanding the instant withdrawal of all documents regarding the labor market in that Colony. Messrs Gardiner, D. E. Ellis, and H. Chapman have been elected directors of the Mutual Shipping Company, which is formed on a similar basis to that of the Sydney Lloyds Insurance Company. Investments in the Queensland goldmines are causing some excitement. A Dumber of colonists have banquetted Mr Chas. N. Wharton, the new Attorney-General for Western Australia. Mr Malcolm Fraser, C.M.G., presided. It is proposed to form the firm of Arthur Guinness, Sons and Co., the well-known brewers, of Dublin, into a company with a capital of six millions. United Ireland publishes a plan for organising a general strike in the payments of rents.

Germany will probably be represented at the Jubilee Exhibition by the

Consul at Adelaide. Prince Bismarck has promised to aid the Exhibition as far as possible, but intimated that no funds would be available until March.

The Rev F. F. Goe has been entertained by the Merchant Taylors’ Company at a banquet. He remarked that the menacing aspect of the Powers may render England glad of the help of the Colonies. He also advocated Imperial Federation. The frozen meat by the Liguria is realising 3£d. London, October 23.

Mr E. Stanhope will entertain the Executive Commission of the Indian and Colonial Exhibition at a banquet on November 3 oth. The wheat market is hardening in London, and also on the Continent. Australian shipments are quoted at 355. There is better demand for flour at slight advance on last quotations. Eight hundred and fifty bags of Queensland sugar have been sold from 12s 6d to 14s. Mr John Buchanan, of New South Wales, writes to The Times complaining of the unfairness of charging an income tax on visitors who are remaining in London for a time. Dr Krauel is now in London delimiting the English and German interests in Zanzibar.

The English Government propose to grant temporary - assistance to the sugar industry in Java. London, October 24. Four hundred and twenty-six recidivistes will be sent to New Caledonia on the 31st. The Classification Committee recommended that Senegal, Diego, Suarez, and Tonquin, were more advantageous places for their deportation to. Lord Rosebery states that if the Government firmly maintains the neutrality of the New Hebrides, the Canadian fisheries will have a right to the country’s support. The Porte has demanded from the British Government the date of the evacuation of Egypt.- Russia and France are supporting Turkey in this step, whilst Germany and Italy decline to interfere. The promoters of the Pacific Cable Company include Sir Andrew Clarke, Sir Samuel Wilson, Sir Alf. Slade, Sir Charles Reid, Lords Milltown, Corry, Folkestone, Captain Palliser, and Mr Edmund Young. London, October 25.

The Bullionist cautions the public against the goldmining mania, to which there is a tendency in the city at present.

London, October 25. The proposal that the English creditors in the Commercial Bank of South Australia should be paid in full, will be argued in Court shortly. The Elektron Mount Company, another Queensland gold mining concern, is being floated. Mr Jameß Service will winter on the Continent. New South Wales stocks have fallen one per cent, owing to the projected loan. The Jubilee Exhibition London Commission have decided to wind up the South Australian Court at the Colinderies, but the question of the disposal of the exhibits has been postponed. London, October 26.

The Times, commenting on the cruise of H.M.S. Diamond amongst the islands of the Pacific, commends the discretion and humanity exercised with the natives. ,

The Mount Morgan West Gold Mining Company, with a capital of £200,000, is announced. Baron Macleay, in a lecture at St Petersburg on New Guinea, accused Germany of permitting slavery and cruelty in their portion of the island. He eulogised England’s humanity, and declared his readiness to unfurl the Russian flag over Macleay Coast, New Guinea.

The capital of the Company projected to take over the business of Arthur Guineas, Sons and Co., brewers, of Dublin, has been subscribed twentyone fold. The capital of the Company is £6,000,000.

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London, October 12.

Baron Macleay, notwithstanding the denials given to the statement, has decided to found a Russian colony in New Guinea, provided that the Government will authorise him to raise the Russian flag at the settlement, and place at his disposal a steamer to transport emigrants from Russia to the island. Baron Macleay intends prohibiting the importation of spirits to New Guinea. Renewed uneasiness is felt with regard to the relations between Germany and France. A strong anti German feeling exists in France, which is emphasised by

the hostile comments made by several of the leading Paris newspapers. A letter from Mr David Buchanan, of Sydney, who is at present visiting England, is published in The Times, in which the writer combats the statements that have been published relative to the alleged depression in New South Wales, and the inability of the Colony to provide employment for emigrants. Mr Buchanan declares that the Colony is in a healthy condition, and that none bui loafers, who do not want work, have occasion to complain of the scarcity of employment. It is rumored that the French and Russian Governments have persuaded the Sultan to send an ultimatum to the Government of Great Britain, demanding its evacuation of Egypt. It is reported that England is desirous of establishing a coal station on Gothland, an island in the Baltic Sea, occupying a commanding position in the approach to St Petersburg. October 14.

The meeting of the Mansion House Committee, which the Agents-General of the Australian colonies were invited to attend to express their views with regard to the celebration of the Queen’s jubilee, has been adjourned for a week. The Committee is opposed to the opening of the Institute before 1888. The Lord Mayor is to confer with the Prince of W&les on the subject. The Russian Press continues to discuss the Egyptian question, and in a number of articles which have recently appeared Prance is strongly advised to re-open that question with a view to compel England to terminate the occupation of that country. It is announced that Beach intends to finally retire into private life at the end of 1887. He is willing to row Hanlan in the meantime over the Parramatta •ourse.

October 18. ' Earl Dunraven, Under-Secretary for the Colonies, in the course of an address delivered at.a meeting of the Primrose League, held on Saturday, made reference to the question of the military occupation by France of the New Hebrides. He considered it impossible, under the circumstances, to distrust the repeated assurances given by France that she did not contemplate annexation or pepnanent occupation of the New Hebrides. He admitted at the same time that it would be infinitely more satisfactory if the French Government would name a date on wlxich they would evacuate the islands. A league has been formed in Newcastle with the object of securing the establishment of the eight hours’ labor system, and it is intended to carry on the agitation throughout the country.

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Pabis, October 21

JVT, Waddington, French Ambassador to the Court of St James’, has been instructed by his Q-overmnent to urge the withdrawal of British troops from Egypt.

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Calcutta, October 25. Sir West Ridgway, the commander of the British portion of the Afghan Boundary Commission, has arrived at Cabul, where he was most cordially received by the Ameer. Alexandbia, October 25. It is announced that the Caisse de la Dette Publique have sufficient funds in hand t© pay the November coupons, and at the same time to repay previous deductions on coupons. This repayment will deprive the French Government of their chief pretext for intervention in Egyptian affairs.

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/ Sydney, October 21. The Union Company’s s.s. Waihora departed this afternoon for Aucklandl. The same Company’s Wakatipu sailed this evening for Wellington. / Public meetings are': being held throughout the colony, opposing the present Government, and petitions are being signed in favor of a dissolution of Parliament. Melboubne, October 22.

The friends of Stodart Campbell, the defaulting teller of the Bank of Australia, have subscribed the amount of defalcations, and the bank has withdrawn the warrants issued for his arrest. Nothing further has transpired as to Campbell’s whereabouts. Sydney, October 22.

New Zealand wheat is selling at 4s 2d per bushel; oats, 23 6d ; maize, 3s Id per 56lbs. Sugar —Company’s No. 1 pieces, at .£25. The Appropriation Bill has been passed, and Parliament will be prorogued to-morrow or on Monday next. Melboubne, October 22. Arrived Manapouri, from the Bluff. , Hobabt, October 22. Arrived S.S. Doric, from Ply-

mouth (September 11th), eu route for Wellington. Melboubne, October 25.. Sir William Stawell, late Chief Justice, has been appointed permanent Deputy-Governor of Victoria. Sydney, October 25. The Union Company’s s.s. Tekapo arrived from Wellington on Saturday evening. The New South Wales Parliament will be prorogued at noon to-day, and will probably reasemble on the 15th January next. Public meetings are being held throughout the country condemnatory of the Government and of the present Parliament. Melboubne, October 25.

Professor McCoy, of Melbourne University, has been created a Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (C.M.G.) October 26.

The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company’s R.M.S. Tasmania, with outward English mails of 17th September, arrived here last night. . Mr Suitor, Postmaster-General for New South Wales, has proposed that a conference of delegates from the Governments of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia, be held in Melbourne, for the purpose of discussing the postal service between the three colonies and the. United Kingdom. '

Adelaide, October 26. Ia the Legislative Council this afternoon, the Bill for legalising the totalisator was thrown out.

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Melbourne, October 20. A. serious deficiency lias been discovered in the accounts of William Stoddard Campbell, for a long period the paying teller in the head office of the Bank of 1 Australasia here, and previously manager of the Beechworth branch. Owing to information from the manager of otie of the suburban branches Campbell’s books were examined in his absence, and a warrant was issued for his apprehension, on its being found that a considerable deficiency existed. The police proceeded to his residence, but were unable to find him. It is believed that the defalcations amount to fully L2OOO. The affair has occasioned general regret, as the father and relatives of the accused are much respected. There has been a slight attempt to renew the unemployed agitation. About a hundred men, headed by a man named Brown, whose sanity is more than doubtful, proceeded to Government House. They met Sir Henry Loch coming out of the gates, and asked him for work or bread. He answered them in a kindly manner, and promised to ask the Government what could be done. Sydney, October 20.

There is considerable agitation on foot in regard to the introduction of High Church Ritualistic practices in the Church of England, and an association of laymen has been formed to restrain it ; an address has also been prepared for presentation to the Bishop, asking him to take action in the same direction. Lieutenant-Colonel Raymond, a prominent Volunteer officer, who has been connected with the movement since its first inception, died on Tuesday.