BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Otago Witness, Issue 1652, 21 July 1883, Page 18

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright.]

(Redteb's Telegrams.) London, July 17. eceived July 18, at 1 p.m ) Earl Granville, in replying to a question, stated that the Government had found it impossible to make better conditions in the agreement for the construction of a second Suez Canal, owing to the position of Count De Leßseps and the rights of the shareholders of the existing Company. His Lordship added that the Government were not prepared to admit that Count De Lesseps possessed a monopoly in connection with the construction of canals through the Isthmus of Suez. Tenders for the New South Wales 4 per cent, three-million loan, with a minimum of par, were opened to-day. The total amount offered was found to be £3,140,000. Tenders at par will receive 93 per cent, ef the allotment, and tenders above par will receive in full. Tenders for the Hobson Bay Harbour Trust loan of £250,000 at 5 per cent., which were opened to-day, amounted to £334,000. Tenders at par will receive 45 per cent, of the all®tment, and those above par in full. London, July 18. (Received July 19, at 1.26 a.m.) The ship Ballingroye [? Collingwood], outward bound for Adelaide, was found to be on fire while in the Thames," and has been compelled to return to dock. Mr G. F. N. B. Annesley, British Consul at Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana, has been ap- ' pointed Consul-general to Madagascar. s The election of a member fer Wexford took place yesterday, and resulted in the return of Mr William Kedmond by a large majority over The O'Connor Don. The election was keenly contested. (Per Merchant Shipping and Underwriters' Association.) Arrived : Johann Adolph, Bhip, from Napier (April 7) ; British Queen, from Lyttelton (May 31). Paris, July 17. j (Received July 19, at 1.25 a m.) It is announced that M. Waddiugton has been appointed to succeed the present French Minister to the English Court. (Speoial to Press Association.) London, July 17. (Received July 18, at 0 15 p.m.) Tenders for the Melbourne Harbour Trust loan of £250,000 have been, opened. One hundred and titty-one tenders were received, the total amount covered being £334,200. Those who tendered at £101 0s 6d will receive in full, and tenderers at par will receive 45 per cent. A later and official report says that the applications cover £355,000, the average being £101 6s 6d. Tenders have also been opened for the New South Wales three-million loan, which was over-subscribed by £181,600, at an average of about Is above par. ' (Received July 18, at 2.15 p.m.) The official statement in connection with the New South Wales loan is that there were 180 tenderers, 16 of whom covered £2,750,000. The total amount subscribed was £3,140,200, the average being £100 2s lid. Tenders at par will receive 93 per cent. ; those above that will receive in full. At the Wimbledon meeting Sergeant M'Kay, of the Ist Battalion of the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders, was the winner of the Queen's Prize, with a score of 79 points. London, July 18. (Received July 19, at 1.13 a.m.) At the Wexford election many of The O'Connor Don's_ supporters were assaulted by supporters of his opponent, and consequently abstained from voting. Stone throwing was general, several of the police being wounded thereby, and The O'Connor Don himself being struck. The police dispersed the throwers with fixed bayonets, and a desperate riot ensued, the mob being resolute. Thirty of the rioters were bayoneted, the onlookers meanwhile pouring showers of stones on the constables, wounding many. Messrs Healey and Sexton having promised to protect the town and O'Connor Don, the police withdrew to their barracks. Mr William Redmond, who was the opponent of O'Connor Don for the seat of Wexford, was returned by a majority of 181. It is expected that on Mr Redmond's return to Ireland from Australia the warrant which was issued against him before he left, for using seditious language, will be enforced. The Porte refuses to admit Baron De Lesseps' pretensions concerning the construction of a second canal. A death from cholera has occurred at Alexandria. The evidence given at the trial of the murders of Mrs Smythe, at Westmeath, discloses that an attempt was made to murder five landlords. Fifteen of the prisoners have been remanded. Mr Murray Smith, agent-general for Victoria, in a letter to The Times, states that the Colonies have expressed a deliberate united opinion regarding New Guinea, and they are willing to bear the cost of the annexation.