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New Zealand Mail, Issue 860, 24 August 1888, Page 25

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(per press association.) London, August 14. It is reported that Mr John Dillon (member 'for Mayo E.), Sir Thomas Esmonde (member for Dublin South), and Mr Timothy D. Sullivan (member for College GreeD, Dublin) will leave for Australia in November next to lecture on the Home Rule question. The report that Dr Barry, Bishop of Sydney, has been translated to. the see of Chester has not been officially denied, and it is believed that it will take place. Copper is quoted at LBl 15s. Tin has declined 15s per ton, and is now quoted at EB9 ss. Consols are quoted at 100£. New Zealand 5 per cent bonds, 104 J ; four per cent inscribed stock, 98f. . . „ The Bauk rate of discount is 3 per cent. Sir James Hannen, Sir John Charles Day, and Sir A. L. Smith, the judges appointed on the commission to inquire into the charges made by The Times against Parnell, have decided to commence their sittings on October 16tb. . London, August 15. Dr Bruudenall Carter, the eminent occulist, claims to have discovered a cure for blindness. Recent experiments conducted by Dr Carter on the nerve sheath of the eye have been marvellously successful. Simmonds, the aeronaut, accom panied by six experts, intends to travel in a balloon from Vienna to Margate. The journey will be undertaken for a scientific purpose.

The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,920,000 quartere, and for the Continent 364,000 quarters. The American visible supply of wheat is 25,250,000 bushels. The Times states that the recent naval manoeuvres have proved that vessels of the Archer class are a total failure as fast cruisers.

The Times, in referring to the libel actions brought against the paper by O’Connor and Redmond, expresses the opinion that they are intended simply to distract and divert attention from the larger ißsueß. It announces that the actions will be defended, but it is

intended to prove the charges before the Commission. London, August 16. Messrs Thomson and Co., of Clyde bank, have obtained the contract for building two cruisers for the Australian squadron. Messrs Owen Jones and Sandford Fleming, representing the Pacific Cable Company, have had a satisfactory interview with Sir J. Macdonald, Premier of Canada. Mr Tyser, of Tyser and Co., has joineef the Board of Directors of the Shipping Ring, and will undertake the management of the flew Zealand shipping. Shares are now beiqg allotted in the Champion Gold and Silvermining Company. The plenipotentiaries at the Sugar Bounties Conference, after a prolonged sitting, have adjourned until the 27th instant, and in the meantime the questions raised will be referred to the respective Governments. An Australian wheat cargo of August shipment has been sold at 37s 3d.

London, August 17. Arrived- —Ship Blengfell, from LytteltoD, April 30. A desperate resistance was offered to the evictions at New Ross, Wexford. The tenants erected earthworks and dug trenches round their houses, and offered every resistance to the authorities. The emergency men, who were assisted by the police with fixed baybnets, were repeatedly repulsed. Eventually the house took fire, and the defenders were compelled to emerge, when 12 arrests were made. The weekly returns of the Bank of England, published to-day, show the total reserve in notes and bullion to be L 11,011,000, and the proportion of reserve to liabilities 40 per cent. London, August 17. The Emperor William, in unveiling the statue of Frederick Charles of Germany (the Red Prince), said that 18 army corps and forty-two millions of people would prefer to die in battle rather*than surrender Alsace. Mr Gladstone has invited the leading members of the Irish party gto dinner. Arr i ve a—Woodlark, barque, from Lyttelton (May 14). Tallow —Mutton, 26s to 26s 6d ; beef, 233 to 245. Sugar, 14s 3d. Hides, 3£d to 3idKauri gum, quiet. An Australian wheat cargo has

been sold at 375. A cargo, ex warehouse, has realised from 37s to 37s 6d. An off-coast cargo has been sold at Gd less. New Zealand long-berried, 3Gs 6d to 375. , New Zealand hemp, L 26 15s to L 27.

Tin, L 94. London, August 19, Consols, 1001. New Zealand fives, LlO4 10s ; New Zealand 4 per cent, inscribed stock, L9S 10s. The English hop crop is unfavourable. London, August 20. Admiral Tryon has expressed himself favourable to a scheme for the expenditure of ten millions over a period of five years in the purchase of fifteen ironclads and thirteen torpedo boats. Mr W. L. Rees, who, with Wi Pere, is petitioning Parliament for assistance in carrying out his scheme for the colonisation of the East Coast district of NewZealand,has been recommended by the Marquis of Lothian to await the report of the Committee appointed by Government to inquire into the best means of promoting State colonisation, to whom the petition will probably be referred. It is expected that the Committee will not bring up their report until the autumn session, to be held in November. . ... The Imperial Institute is inviting the Chambers of Commerce and the trade societies to confer on matters relating to commercial intelligence. It is proposed to publish a month y magazine, with occasionally a Jspecial circular, giving tnail_ and telegrap reports on commercial matters from all parts of the Empire. The Admiralty have appointed Mr Apsey, the constructor at Chatham Dockyard, to supervise the building ol the colonial cruisers. New Zealand flour, 245. The hop crop is expected to be 40 per cent below that of last year, and it is feared also that the quality will be below the average. An Australian wheat cargo has been sold at 375. Anolher cargo realised 36s 3d.

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(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, Angutffc 14. All the Powers except Erance and Turkey have formally approved of Italy annexing Massowab. The Times, in reference to the action brought by Mr Parnell, states that it declines to assist him from evading the statutory inquiry, and that he only appealed to the courts when he found it was impossible to avoid going into the witness box. Sir William Armstrong has taken a contract for the construction of three Australian cruisers, and Messrs Hawthorne, Leslie and Co. will supply the machinery. London, August 15.

It is stated that the libel actioD brought by Mr Parnell against The Times cannot possibly be heard before January next. It is believed in some quarters that the action will collapse owing to the newsagent serving The Times having no copies of the paper in which the alleged libel appeared. The Committee appointed by the Metropolitan Board of Works to inquire into the alleged irregularities of officers has concluded its la sours. The Naval manoeuvres have virtually concluded, Admiral Tryon being victorious. Admiral Tryon will submit his proposals for a survey of the Pacific cable route to the Canadian Cabinet next month. _ Sir Morrell Mackenzie has published in the English papers a reply to the attacks made upon him by the German press in connection with his attendance on the late Emperor. It is announced that initial applications under the Commission Bill must be made before September 17. It is reported that Lord Carrington is anxious to retire from the Government of New South Wales, and that he will return to England early next year. The Committee of the Imperial Institute meet in October for the purpose of appointing colonial agents. The rumour that Parnell intended to retire from Parliament pending the inquiry by the Commissioners is without foundation. The wheat crop this year is the worst since 1879, and the quality is much inferior to that of previous years. The ceremony of receiving Princess Christian into the Roman Catholic Church will be conducted privately. The French press is jubilant at the retirement of Field-Marshal Count von Moltlce. The Austrian press expresses gratification at the appointment of Count Waldersee.

London, August 18. There is a growing belief that the white pasha, of whom accounts have come irom time to time by way cf Khartoum, is really Stanley. A Parnell defence fund has been started for the purpose of meeting the expenses, of the inquiry before the Commission. August 17. The press deny that there is the slightest foundation for the statement that Princess Christian has been converted to the Roman Catholic faith. The report is said to have been merely a rumour based upon the coming visit of Monsignor Persico, the Pope s delegate to London. . It is stated that Australian visitors in London lost L 20,000 plunging on the All England match. Sir John Gorsfc, in defending himself against the attacks recently made on him by the Indian press, has denied that he was a friend of Palmer, or that he had any connection with the Hyderabad scandals. London, August 19. At the inquest on the body of Dr Ridley, medical officer cf Tullamore Gaol, who committed suicide on the 20th July, the verdict returned was temporary insanity. The evidence went to show that deceased feared disclosures regarding his treatment of Mr Mandeville, as it was said that Dr Ridley acted as he did toward Mr Mandevillo from instructions given to him officially, and contrary to his own humane ideas. Sir John Gorst, Political Secretary for India, is mentioned as a probable successor to Lord Carrington as the Governor of New South Whies. The rumour that Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein had become a convert to tbe lioman Catholic Church originated through her conferring with Father Cyril Winter Forster, Vicar of St Peter’s and St Edward’s Church, close to Buckingham Palace. Father Forster has been interviewed, but he refuses to give any certain information, and states evasively that the Princess is not a Catholic.