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Otago Witness, Issue 1342, 18 August 1877, Page 19

■ This has-been a 7 disastrous month for the gamblers onthe StocloExchange. Anattempfe to ."bear!" Russian. stocks .failed, and in tba three .days of the settlement last week no fewer than 14 speculators failed In the stock markets generally there has recently been a marked increase of firmness, partly arising from extensive re-purchases to cover speculative sales, and partly because Solitioal eventualities have been rather fully iscounted. Consols are at 94i ex div M and nearly all descriptions of Colonial Government stocks are buoyant again. A 'Liverpool merchant ia about introducing Canadian beer into Englsnd upon a large scale. A numbor of casks from a noted brewer in Toronto rhave been already received, and the contents were highly spoken of. Cardinal Ledochowski, the Archbishcro of Posen; who was deposed by the Prussian authorities, and took refuge in the Vatican, has been condemned by default to 12 months' imprisonment for libelling Prince Bismarck, and to 3000 marks fine, or seven months'imprisonment. for continued use of the title and functions. A Chinese mission, consisting of two mandarins, their secretaries, and 28 workmen, lias arrived itf JBVaaoe.' The.objeot of its members is tha study of sMp-btuldtag ia that country. - -