AUSTRALIAN

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 6441, 5 December 1881, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN

THE WESTPORT COLLIERY CO. Melbourne, December 3. The shares in the Westport Coal Company have been fully subscribed here. The allotments will be made on Mondaynext.

LATEST.—I.4O a.m.

ENGLISH COMMERCIAL. THEFT OF AN EARL’S BODY. ENGLAND AND AFGHANISTAN. THE IRISH CONVENTION AT CHICAGO. AGITATION FOR THE SEFARATION OF IRELAND. THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS AT BaTHUE&T. London, December 3. Consols are quoted at 99| (sic). New Zealand securities are unchanged. Adelaide and New Zealand breadstuff's are without quotable change. The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is 2,500,000 quarters. Australian tallow remaius at yesterday’s quotations. At the wool sale to-day 8800 bales were offered. Prices were firmly maintained. The body of the late Earl of Crawford and Balcarres was stolon to-day from the mausoleum at Aberdeen. The object of the theft is believed to be to extori a ransom from the relatives of the deceased Earl.

A Bluebook has been issued containing papers and letters in reference to Afghan affairs. One of the documents is a communication by the Ameer, Abdur Rahman, to the Viceroy of India, in which he undertakes to do nothing without the consent of England, and expresses his intention of informing the Government of everything that may take place in Afghanistan, whether good or bad. Washington, December X. The Irish National Convention, sitting at Chicago, has passed a resolution m favor of a national Government for Ireland, based on the will of the people. Another resolution has been passed endoming the “no rent” agitation which is being carried on by tenants in Ireland. Sydney, December 3.

The cricket match between the English team and twenty-two of Bathurst was concluded to-day, and resulted in a victory for the visitors by 76 runs. The twenty-two, in their first innings, scored 44, and in their second 68. The Englishmen scored respectively 118 and 73.