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New Zealand Mail, Issue 914, 6 September 1889, Page 25

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By Electric Telegraph.—Copvright. (per press association.) }JJom)6s } August 29. Parliament prorogues on Saturday. The Government;will propose next session to grant a special charter with a separate endowment for the Catholic "University, Dublin. The Parnellites are prepared to accept the risk of the alienation of the liberals. . v . . Admiral Tracey has captured the Collingwood and Inflexible. It is supposed the Anson escaped to Woolwich, and will raid the north-eastern ports. Searle and O'Connor are training hard for their 'race next month, and both men are; in excellent condition. The betting is 5 to 4 on Searle; Mr T. Sutherland, Chairman of the P. and O. Company, states that the principal shipping companies are dis cussing a proposal to construct a cooperative, dockLondon, August 29. 1 he bank rale oil discount h;:B bean raised to 4 per cent. .Xonijon, August 30. The Galatea captured the Arethusa, one of Admiral Baird's squadron, in the Mersey, where it had been preying on the Atlantic steamers. It is expected that Boulanger will return to Paris before the general elec-ion next monthThe Czar and his family and the Princess of Wales and her family are at Copenhagen. Parliament has been prorogued until the 16th November. In the Speech fromthe Throne it is stated that the relations with; the Great Powers are most cordial, and every confidence is expressed that they will remain unbroken ; also that the peace of Europe will be maintained. It mentions that, on the suggestion of England and Belgium, a conference of the Great Powers has been convened to meet in the autumn to take into.consideration the necessity of arresting slavery both on land and by sea. Ilefereneo is made to the satisfactory adjustment of the boundaries of English and Prenoh

I colonies oh tfie West Codst 6f Africa. Much regret is expressed t-Hat pressure of lime prevented Parliament passing the Western Australia Enabling Bill, but it is hoped that this very desirable object will be effected at an early period. The Speech concludes with the assertion that signs of growing prosperity and trade are everywhere discernible. Arrived—Victoria Say;t>ar£jue*from Lyttelton (1 Stb May). The barque Blanda has arrived at Glasgow from Kaipara (9t'i May). The weekly returns of the Bank of England published to-day show the total reserve in notes and bullion to be L 12,300,000, being a decrease of LSd,ood as compared with the previous Week,. The proportion of reserve to liabilities is 40|- per cent. Consols, 98 ; New Zealand 4 per cent inscribed stock, 108 ; market active. Australian wheat, ex Warehouse, 40s, quiet; New Zealand long-berried, ex store, 38s 6d, business very restricted. Bugar—German beet, 14s 9d ; Java, 18s. Best Scotch nig iron, in Clyde, 43s 9d. Tallow—Best mutton, 28a to 28a Gd ; best beef, 27s to 27s 6d. London, August 31. Owing to forced sales throgh the failure of the Magdeburg sugar ring, prices are depressed. A man named Stewart, who confessed to committing a murder in Otepopo Bush, Otago, is reported to be unreliable. Obituary—George Fawcett Howe, actor. The Orange papers are furious at the proposal to endow a Catholic University at Dublin, and oppose it bitterly. The Coromandel Gold Company has been registered with a capital of L 32.500. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company’s sharos aro quoted at L 3 10s. Tallow—-Medium mutton, 26s ; beef, 245. The English wheat market has declined a little, Continental is unchanged, and American steady September 1. Slarin bas challenged Peter Jackson to fight him with gloves for LIOOO a-side. ; The Cork Council has warned Mr Balfour that it will hold him answerable for any injury to Mr O’Brien in consequence of bis imprisonment. London, September 2. The New South Wales Government have invested L 1.000,000 worth of Treasury bills. Mr Gladstone will shortly pay a visit to the Continent. The Emperor of Germany has conferred the Order of the Blex-lc Eagle upon Prince George.of Wales. The friends of the father of Wills, the explorer, prefer that ho should receive a grant of LSOO instead of the annuity, as proposed. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) have received the following telegram from their London office, dated August 30th:Wool.—The Antwerp sales are higher. Australian has advanced Id per pound. Frozen Meat.—There is little demaud. Supplies are fuller. Mutton market has a downward tendency. Canterbury mutton is worth sfd per pound; Wellington do is worth do. Beef market is depressed. SPECIAL, London. August 29. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s clerks are loading the Hurunui. The naval manoeuvres are finished. London, Augußt 31. Benzon, the “Jubilee Plunger,” in bis book narrating how he lost a quarter of a million of money, says a well - known Melbourne sportsman advaneed him LISOO, and demanded LIO,OOO in repayment. He accepted LSOOO. Another demauded L 30,000 and accepted LSOO. Benzon considers the Flemington racecourse superior to Epsom. Kaiser William, the first steamer of the German Lloj'd’s Company, which starts in October, will deliver the mails between London and Adelaide in. 26 days. Peter Jackson, who is now in London, challenges the world, but expresses a preference to meet Slavin. London, September 2. It is rumoured that Boulanger intends __ to surrender himself to the French Government.

[ A match ia being arranged between j Slavin and Goode, pugilists. , ' V/oleeley, the inventor of the sheirj ing machine, is arranging to float his patent into a company, with a capital of L 350,006.