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New Zealand Mail, Issue 772, 17 December 1886, Page 24

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London - , December 9.

Furious gales have been raging in England and Ireland during the last 24 hours. They have been especially violent in the south of England, where numerous wrecks have occurred, causing much loss of life. Much havoc has also been caused by the gales in the inland districts. London, December 9.

Three per cent Consols have fallen i, and are quoted at IOOf. The weekly returns of the Bank of England, published to-day, show the proportion of reserve to liabilities to be 46 per cent, or 2 per cent higher than last week. The total reserve in notes and bullion is £11,700,000, being an increase of £300,000 for the week. New Zealand Government securities remain unchanged at previous quotations. London; December 10.

It is announced that the British Government have agreed to cede Port Hamilton to China, on the Chinese Government engaging not to allow any other Power to annex that place. Rio Janeiro, December 10.

The New Zealand Shipping Company’s R.M.S. Kaikoura, which left Wellington on November 18fch, arrived here yesterday evening, her cargo of frozen mutton being in good condition

London, December 10.

An expedition to Equatorial Africa has been arranged under the guidance of Mr H. M. Stanley for the relief of Emir Bey. Consols remain at 100-f. New Zealand securities are at last quotations, namely—-5 per cent. 10-40 loan, 102 ; per cent, loan, 99^; 4 per cent, inscribed stock, 97. Colonial breadstuffs have advanced by 6d to Is, and to-day’s quotations, ex store, are as follows: —Adelaide wheat, 37s 6d ; New Zealand, 325. to 36s 6d, according to quality ; Adelaide flour, 265. The total quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,520,000 quarter, an increase of 20,000 during the week. Australian tallow is unchanged. New Zealand frozen mutton, prime quality, continues at 4d per lb. Arrived —Steamship Orient, from Melbourne (October 29). London, December 11. Sir Samuel Davenport, Commissioner for South Australia. to the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, sails for Adelaide, per R.M.S. Parramatta, on the 17th instant. A serious boating accident occurred at Southport, when a lifeboat capsized, and thirteen of its occupants were drowned. Mr W. McArthur, a supporter ot Mr Gladstone, has been unseated, on a scrutiny being taken, for the Buckrose division of the East Riding of Yorkshire. He has been succeeded by Mr Sykes, a Conservative. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales has written a letter to the lords-lieutenants of the different counties, asking their co-operation and assistance in informing the dwellers in the country concerning the objects of the Imperial. Institute. . . , Sir R. Hamilton,the newly-appointed Governor of Tasmania, will sail for Hobart in the s.s. Doric, which leaves London January 27. _ At Southport yesterday, after the first lifeboat had capsized, a second was despatched to the rescue of the same vessel for which the previous boat was bound. This met with the same fate as its predecessor. The boat capsized and fourteen persons were drowned. London, December 13. The Standard to-day states that.the British force now in occupation of Egypt will be greatly reduced in *The ship Mangalore, bound for Australia, has returned to London, having been severely damaged during a hurricane encountered shortly after leaving port. London, December Id.

Three per cent Consols remain unchanged at 100# ; New Zealand 4 per cent inscribed stock has ■ fallen ■§■ per cent, and is now quoted s at 96|; New Zealand 5 per cent 10 40 loan is unchanged at 102; and New Zealand 4|- per cent 5-30 loan at 99f-. Colonial breadstuff's are in better demand at advanced prices, Adelaide wheat being Is higher, 38s 6d ; Adelaide flour is quoted at 26s 6d ; New Zealand wheat, lowest quality is selling at 26s 6d, and highest quality at 325. Australian beef tallow, 25s 6d ; mutton tallow, 30s,

The homeward Australian mails, which left Melbourne on November4, were delivered in London to-day,., via Brindisi.

At the colonial wool auctions yesterday and to-day, 14,800 bales were offered; The market continues dull. London, December 13.

The ship Mangalore, which returned to London, having been severely damaged during a hurricane, was bound for Adelaide. London, December 14.

It has been officially notified to the Foreign Office that M. Flourins has been appointed Drench Minister for Foreign Affairs. The Agents General consider it improbable that the Prince and Princess of Wales will accept the invitation of the Victorian Government to visit Melbourne for the inaugural ceremony in connection with the Centennial Exhibition of 188 S.

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London, December 9.

The Conquering Hero Company, Coromandel, is projected with a capital of £75,000. The Fenian Brotherhood have expelled O’DonovanTtossa on the ground of treachery and fraud. The Perth Midland Railway Company, Western Australia, has announced a first issue of a quarter of a million.

Lord Salisbury stigmatises the policy of the Land League as nothing but an organised system of embezzlement.

The Rev Willoughby Flower has been appointed to St. Peter’s, Ballarat.

London, December 9.

The capital of the TJnion Mortgage and Agency Company has been subscribed twice over. Sir Louth Lindsay has withdrawn his offer to send the Grosvenor Gallery collection to the Adelaide Exhibition ; but notwithstanding it is expected that there will be an excellent collection of examples of British art. Four hundred and fifty exhibitors, chiefly English, have applied for 54,000’ feet of space. Applications will be received up to January next, and the first allotment will shortly be made. It is reported that the Prince of Wales is disinclined to attend the Centennial Exhibition at Melbourne, feeling that Sydney has a better claim upon him. Sir Allen Young is inclined to take the lead of a commercial expedition to the Antarctic. He has been guaranteed £BOOO, the amount to be reduced if the whaling, which it is proposed to undertake, prove successful. London, December 10.

The Rev F. F. Goe, the new Bishop of Melbourne, has booked by the Shannon, which sails on February 25. The Victorian loan is expected to* be placed on the market in January. It is considered to be certain of success.

The frozen mutton from Sydney by the Potosi, realised 3Jd per lb. Mr H. M. Stanley is about to lead a private expedition to the Soudan. General Boulanger has expressed his readiness to continue in office, provided a heavy vote for armaments is passed. Herr Brousart informed a secret committee that Russia and France are stronger than Germany and A ustria, and that the passage of the Bill for increasing the German Army is imperative. Arab slavers have been captured at Stanley Falls, on the Congo. London, December 11. The wheat market has recovered from Wednesday’s depression, and is now more active. Business in arrival cargoes shows a slight advance. Australian, ex warehouse, is quoted at 37s to 38s. There has been heavy speculative buying at New York. For the wool sales barely 100,000 bales were catalogued, of which 25,500 wer,e withdrawn. Frenchbuyers are competing with more animation, but without advance in prices. Members of the Stock Exchange expect that the Victorian loan will he placed at 3i. Tenders for a Hawaiian loan of £200,000 at sixes, with a minimum of 98, will be opened on the 13th inst. Five thousand Russian troops will winter at Odessa. The agreement between England and Germany greatly curtails Zanzibar territory in favor of Germany. London, December 12.

The Spectator, referring to the proposed conference on colonial defences, deprecates leading colonists being allowed to act as delegates, as tending to lessen the power of the AgentsGeneral.

Foreign exhibitors at the Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition are to be allowed till February to apply for space.

Shares in the Kedhill Mining Company, Nelson, have been allotted. The Caledonian Mining Company, Charters Towers, has been registered with a capital of £130,000. London - , December 13. The position accepted by M. Goblet in the French Ministry is regarded as ephemeral. The Mossman Mining Company at Charters Towers, with a capital of L 185,000, has been privately subscribed threefold. -

The Marquis of Salisbury’s proposal for a conference of the Powers at Stamboul to consider the Eastern Question has been abandoned. An attempt made to blow up the residence of the King of lioumania by means of dynamite was partially ’successful.

London, December 13. Mr Collins Levey has applied for the position of Secretary to the Mel--bourne Exhibition or to the Lonoon Commission. He also advises that space should be charged for at the rate of 2s per foot. It is believed -that the Prince of Wales is awaiting receipt of Sir H. 33. Loch’s letter of invitation to the Melbourne Exhibition before giving any idea as to his intentions. Sir Graham Berry advises that the Exhibition should be opened in September or October. Sir Arthur Blyth has. received inquiries regarding the mining regulations in force in the Northern. Territory of Australia. These inquiries are macle with the object of ascertaining whether they are favorable to the •establishment of mining companies. Two six-inch guns for the South Australian Government are on board the ship Mangalore, which has put back through damages sustained in a hurricane.

London, December 14. Germany, and France will not'be officially represented at the Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition, as they were aßked too late. , General Kaulbars, who arrived at St. Petersburg on December 1, has been promoted. General Brousart von Sehellendorff, Prussian Minister of War, has refused to explain the foreign policy of that country, as he thinks it would imperil general peace.