CABLEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 6736, 17 September 1883, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

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(UiJUTEB'a Teleobams.) London, September 14. (Received f eptetu^r 16, r.t 10 E0 a.m.) Consols have advanced to 101. New Zealaud securities:—s per cent. 10-40 loan, 103; 5 per cent. 1889 loan, 10GJ; 4_ por cent. 1879. 1804 loan, 101J; 4 per cont. inscribed Btook, 101.

Colonial breadatults—Adelaide wheat (ex Btore), 42s 6d to 48s. The total quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,700,000 quarters. Australian tallow—best beef, 40s; best mutton, 41s. Kauri gum, best selected transparent, £13.

Wool sales.—At to-day's auction 9200 bales wero offered. Thero was a firm and active demand, September 15. (Ilccelved^Sepleinber 17, M 0.6S a.m.) The Marquis Tseng aad M. Waddington, who have been deputed by tho French Cabinet to conduct the negotiations with reference to the Franco-China difficulty in Tonquin, have arrived in England, and gone to Walmer Castle, the seat of Karl Granville, to confer with tho British Foreign Minister with the ' view of arriving at a settlement of the difficulty. At to-day's wool sale the catalogue comprised 11,400 bales. The market was firm. Paris, Septembor lii. (Received Septcuiber 17, at 0.53 am) Latest reports from Tonquin claim tbat the French troops have carried tbe principal positions occupied by tho Anamesc at the point of the bayonet. General Bouet has retired upon Hanoi, leaving garrisons in" possession of the various forts recently captured. Hongkong, September 14. (Received September 15, at 0 30 p m.l . News has bssn received that hostilities have been renewed botwoon the French troops and the Anamese force known as the " Black Flags." The accounts to hand state that fighting lasting for fully eight hours recently took place at Phoukai. The engagement was a severe one, aud resulted in a loss of 52 to the French. " The Black Flags" are reported to have lost fully 500 men. The latest intelligence from Canton states that the Europeans in that city aro very uneasy in consequence of the violent antiforeign placards which have been extensively posted there. , September 15. (Becolved September 16, at 10.30 a m.) Sir George Bowen, Governor of Ibis Colony, has gone to Pekin, but nothing has yet transpired as to the nature of his mission. (Special to Puess Association.) London, September 14. (Recolved September 15, at 3 p.m.) The Loch Dee, from Lyttelton, is overdue. Lord Dufferin has been recalled to Stam'ooul by the Bulgarian difficulty. All tha mortgages ou Mr Parnell's LMi estates have been paid off by public subscription. The report that Lord Lyons was recalled proves incorrect. The French army has only met with a doubtful success at Anam, aud now awaits reinforcements. Disturbances have occurred at Woo-chiug. Prince Bismarck is recovering. September 15. (Received September 17, et 0.45 a m.) At the wool sales 256,000 bales have now been catalogued, of which 28,000 have been withdrawn. There was a better attendance at tho last sales, and values have slightly improved.' An International exhibition at the Crystal Palace next April is projected, under the auspices of Mr Levey;, but a larger scheme for an exhibition at Kensington is also on foot. The Agent-general has convened a meeting of tho samo committee which acted in regard to the Melbourne Harbour Trust Loan to consider the data collected as to the best type of dredge. The Standard considers the danger of a foreign convict establishment in tha Pacific as sufficient to justify the attitude of the Colonies in regard to annexation, aud condemns Lord Derby's dispatch as cold, curt, and unsympathetic. The Colonies are only asking what is vitally essential to their welfare, and this the Government, with gratuitous unkindness, refuses to give them, on account of political pedantry. After the recent fighting in Anam, the French authorities beheaded 30 " Black Flag " prisoners. The" Times says if France prosecutes the Tonquin campaign she will probably embroil herself with Europe., Cortachay Castle, near iVfar, has been burnt.

INTERCOLONIAL.

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Sidney, September 15. (Received September 16, at 10.30 a.m.) ,

Laycock has met with an accident, by which his leg has been broken,.and he has consequently found it necessary to terminate the negotiations which were proceeding for the match with Hahlan.