BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Otago Witness, Issue 1754, 4 July 1885, Page 9

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

I (JlfiUTicu's Trcr.EGiuiis.) London, June 25. I -U to-day's wool auction 7700 bales were catalogued. The market was rather weak. 1 1 in announced that the Very Ray. Dr Walsh, Bishop of Kildare, has been appointed Archbishop of Dublin, in succession to the late Cardinal M'Cabe. It is announced that the Queen has been pleased to confer the Order of the Garter on Earl Kimberley, and the Grand Cross of the Bath upon Viscounts Evcrsley and Sherbrooke, Sir x Nathaniel do Rothschild, Sir R. R. W. Lingon, X.C.8., Permanent Secretary to the Treasury. Mr Edward Baring and Mr Samuel Morley, M.P. for Bristol, have been raised to the peerage. The weekly returns of the Baiik of England show the proportion of the reserves to liabilities to be 52 per cent., or 1 per cent, below last week's ; while the total reserve of notes and bullion remains the same — viz., £19,000,000. Tho tone of the wool sales is dull. 9700 balo.-i were .submitted to auction, making a total to date of 200,400 bales, of which 29,000 hav t e boon withdrawn. June 26. Mr Rowland Whin, M.P. for North Lincolnshire, and the Right Hon. Sir Arthur Hobhouse have been raised to the peerage. Messrs J. E. Millais and G. F. Watts, eminent painters, have had baronetcies conferred upon them. It is rumoured that Sir Henry Drummond Wolf will not supersede Sir Evelyn Baring, I hut his mission to Egyi^t will be of a special character. Lord^Hnrris has been appointed Parliamentary Duder-secrotary for India in the new Ministry, Earl and Dunraven Under-secretary for the Colonies. 'Che total quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,400,000 quarters, a decrease of 260,000 quarters during the week. Now Zealand Frozen mutton is at sid to s,|d. Wool. — 10,000 bales were offered at to-day's auctions. The market is flat in tone. June 28. Mi- Samuel Morley has declined the peerage which was offered to him. Mr Errington, who has for some time acted as unofficial representative for Great Britain at tlu». Vatican, has had a baronetcy conferred upon him. Adelaide wheat (ex store) is at 35s 6d ; New Zealand wheat (ex store) is at 27s to 345; and Adelaide flour (ex store) nominally. 255. ' June 29. The detachment of the Guards which has been detained some time at Alexandria on their way Home, have been ordered to Cyprus. The Standard this morning, in an article on the Egyptian question, hints that the reoccupation of Dongola by British troops is possible. It is announced that the Government intend to proceed with the Federation Enabling Bill this session. Wool. — At to-day's auctions 11,000 bales were catalogued. The market was flat. The present series of auctions will close on July 11. June 30. Mr Gladstone has issued a written address to the electors of Midlothian, in which he explains that his duty to the Liberal party obliges him to seek re-election at the hands of his constituents. Mr Watts, A.R.A., has declined the baronetcy offered to him. It is definitely announced that Mr Gorst, Q.C., M.P. for Chatham, has been appointed Solicitor-general in the new Administration. Madrid, June 27. Reports from various parts of the country show that the cholera epidemic is increasing in violence, no less than 1100 cases, of which '500 ended fatally, having been reported to the authorities yesterday.

(Special to Press Association.) London, June 24. Germany annexes all the islands oft" the coast of New Guinea between the Equator and the eighth degree south latitude, and between the one hundred and forty-first and one hundred and fifty-fourth degree of longitude. The Germany-New Guinea Company has been given until next May to constitute itself. General Gordon's diaries have been published, and have caused an immense sensation. In them he compares himself to Uriah the Hittite, whom King David ordered to be plaoed in the foremost position hi battle, subsequently causing the army to desert him, and thus causing his death. Her Highness the Crown Princess of Germany having disapproved of the marriage of her sister, Princess Beatrice, with Prince Henry of Battenburg, will not attend her wedding. June 25. It. is understood that Lord Baring, son of the Earl of Northbrook, has been appointed aide-do-camp to Lord Carhigton, the new Governor of New South Wales. The New Zoaland Agricultural Company are asking for an extension of tho time for paying off their debentures. The annual meeting of the company will take place on the 30fch. The Agent-gonoral will ask the Hon. J. Stanley to endorse Lord Derby's approval of the prohibitive laws proposed to be taken should the French Government insist on their Rocidiviste scheme. The London Chamber of Commerce is arranging for a great Congress of the chambers of the Empire. If the negotiations are suecesful the Congress will meet in 1886. June 27. The wheat market shows a slight improvement on last quotations. Two off-coast cargoes have been sold at 355 ; one off-coast cargo and also one on passage have realised 31s 6d. For J uly shipments 37s has been obtained. It is estimated that the yield of the American whoat crop will be largely below the average At the wool sales the bidding was llat and irregular. For the series 228,000 bales have been catalogued, of which 32,000 were withdrawn. The circular despatches relating to the ► fortification of Albany suggest the co-operatio;n of England and the Colonies with regard to naval defence. The draft regulation concerning recidivistes is now being drawn up, Tho Gorman expedition to Now Guinea departs on Monday. June 28. Germany and Austria live encouraging England to adopt a firmer policy in the administration of Egytian affairs. ' Earl Spencer has left for Ireland. j Juno 29. I The re-election of Lord Randolph Churchill as Secretary of State for India is being opposed by the Conservatives.

(Special to thk Melbourne Age.) The Pall Mall Gazette states ihat tlit>. selection of the Marquis of Salisbury as Secretary for Foreign Affairs and of Lord Randolph

Churchill as Secretary for India is a direct menace to Russia. The German Lloyd's Company of Bremen have accepted the contract from the German Government to run a line of their steamers to Sydney ; the voyage to be made in 36 days. The, troops of the Ameer are menacing the Russian outposts. The Russians at Askabad, on the Persian frontier, have imprisoned a British messenger. Tho. Australian shippers of soft goods, with the exception of those shipping carpets and floorcloths, have agreed not to deal with British or European firms; they are also sending travellers to the Colonies. The Standard commenting on this decision refers to it as a system of boycotting.