BRITISH AND FOREIGN. (Reutee's Telegrams.)

Otago Witness, Issue 1704, 19 July 1884, Page 18

BRITISH AND FOREIGN. (Reutee's Telegrams.)

London, July 15. Tenders for the Melbourne Harbour Trust loan of £250,000, bearing interest at 5 per cent., were opened to-day. The total amount offered was £670,000. Tenders at £106 163 receive 3 per cent, and tenders above that amount will be allotted in full.

The cargo of frozen meat ex steamship Iberia, comprising 8000 carcasses, has been Rold at an average of 5d per pound. The meat is in good condition.

July 16. Telegrams from Aden state that the British Political Resident has proceeded to Berber, a maritime station in the Soumalia country, on the African coast of the Gulf of Aden, in order to annex it to the British Crown.

Paris, July 14. The excitement arising out of the anniversary of the French Republic to-day culminated in an outburst of popular feeling against Germany on the part of a large Body of Parisian youths, who proceeded to a hotel which was flying the German national flag and forcibly removed the banner and tore it into pieces. The disturbance was speedily quelled by the police.

Berlin, July 15,gi It has transpired that a meeting has been arranged between the German Emperor Wil liam and the Emperor Francis Joseph oAustria. Their Maj esties will meet at Gastein, Upper Austria, on the sth prox. M. de Oourcel, French Ambassador to the Imperial German Court, has been instructed to express regret on beh»lf of the French Government for the inßult offered to the German flag in Paris yesterday.

(Special to Pbess Association.)

London, July 15.

Lord Rosebery, in withdrawing his motion before the House of Lords regarding the reoidiviste scheme, explained that the position has greatly changed since M. Courbet has reported unfavourably on the main objects of the bill, and that M. Favre'a last demand in the Senate Committee for restraint and compulsory

labour has quite reversed the policy of the bill.

The frozen mutton ex the steamer Iberia, from Australia, is realising 5d per lb, and that by the Aorangi, from New Zealand, s^d per'lb. The Pall Mnll Gazette has expressed the opinion that Earl Granviile has failed to convince either Franco or Australia that he is iv earnest in hi.s action on the recidivisfce question, and further states that he should have welcomed the action taken in the matter by Earls Rosqbery and Carnarvon, The Globe urge.s that tho pressure of, public opinion is required to prevent the conclusion of a makeshift arrangement with France. The Daily News' correspondent wires that 40,000 Abyssinian troops are marching to Kassala.

At a, meeting of Conservatives at the Carlton Club it was decided to refuse the offers of a compromise on the Franchise Bill. The Marquis of Salisbury considered that the offers made would not suffice to secure the redistribution of seats before the Franchise Bill came into operation.

July 16. A Turkish battalion proceeding to Assouan mutinied and deserted. Obituary : Earl Cowley, aged 80.