BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Otago Witness, Issue 2055, 13 July 1893, Page 36

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

(Peb Pbess association.) London, July 5. The Chinese hare murdered two Swedish missionaries, 60 mileß from Hankow. Anthony Wrexel, millionaire, of New York, is dead. He leaves 10 millions sterling. The obarge of fraud against Peter Maclaggan, ex-M P. for Linlitbgowshire, has been dismissed. Silver is quoted at 2a 10£ d. There are a few speculative buyers of American silver. The negotiations of a syndicate for the purchase of New South Wales Treasury bills have collapsed. Mr Carlisle, Secretary of the United States Treasury, has ceased the purchase of silver for the present. - It is reported that the Khedive has asked the Sultan to send troops to replace the British forces in Egypt. The 1 silver parkin the United States are organising a campaign of obstruction, and a protracted session is expected. Senator Saercc&'n is in favour of the repeal of his law. The German Eeiohstag has been opened by Emperor William, who in his speech said that iortign relations were friendly and untroubled? although Germany's military strength-compares still more unfavourably than last year with her neighbours'. He announced that a new Army Bill would be introduced. Earl Spencer, First Lord of the Admiralty, haa informed the Agent-general of New South Wales that he is unable to grant a subvention to Messrs Huddart, Parker, and Oo.'s Vancouver line of steamers. There is much irritation in financial circles consequent on the deduction from the Manawatu- Company's debentures, and It Is having a prejudicial effect on the Napier Harbour Board loan. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 3,600,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,692,000 quarters. A cargo of Australian wheat has been sold at 29d 3d. New South Wale?, Queensland, and Victorian stocks have fallen 1 per cent. Debentures 'are quoted as follows :— Australian and New Zealand Mortgage Company, L 95;9 5; New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, LBS; New Zealand Trust and Loan Company, L 25;2 5; National Bank of New Zealand shares, LI ss. Lord Onslow's committee are expected to report in favour of marking meat. Mr E. Nelson testified before the committee that the marking of New Zealand meat was neither necessary, expedient, nor feasible. The process would certainly be costly and increase its price to the consumer. There was, he declared, little desire in New Zealand for markiDg. The Danish Government propose a conference with the English' authorities with the view of forming an international convention dealing with the adulteration of butter, but owing to the doubts expressed by tbe British officials as 7 to the efficacy of such a convention Lord Eosebery declined the proposal. Bradford debenture-holdera, who represent a quarter of a million in Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co.'s estate, held a meeting to demand better terms under the reconstruction scheme, and a committee was appointed to watch the progress of events. Lord Rosebery has announced that several of the Armenians arrested by Turks at Angora on charges of conspiracy have been released. Sir W.'M'Kinnon, whose death was recently announced, left a quarter of a million sterling. July 6. Four more banks in Colorado have suspended payment. The Fiench Senate have refused to accept the resignation of the Paris Prefect of Police. Sir G. Portal has restored a great part of tbe country, in Uganda taken from the Catholics. Au" attempt to assassinate M. Pobiedonostzeff, the Procurator-general of the Greek Church in Russia, failed. Mr Justice Gibson complains that the acquittals of prisoners charged with outrages in County Clare were travesties of justice. The whalers of Dundee are forming a company, with ri capital of LGO.OOO, to conduct operations in the Antarctic Ocean from the Falkland Islands. Bishop Tucker insisted on sending missionaries to tonr Uganda, although Sir Gerald Portal warned him that they went there at their own risk, and could not look to the military tp protect them. News from Honolulu states that a dynamite conspiracy was discovered there. Walker, Sinclair, and Crick, the promoters, were arrested, and 20 prominent men, including nine ex-Ministers, are said to be implicated. The four-masted barque Gowanburn, Captain Gebhardt, 1999 tons, which left Newcastle with a cargo of coal for San Francisco on February 15 last, is reported at Lloyd's as missing. A large quantity of wreckage ' bearing ths came of this-vessel has been found between Waitara and Manukau, leaving but litlla doubt she was lost in the vicinity of the New Zealand coast. ■ Frozen Mutton: First quality, 3|d per lb; second quality,' 3£d. Lamb: First quality, sd. There is still an absence of frozen beef in the market. New Zealand hemp is still in poor demand. South-Australian and Victorian wheat, ex warehouse, is weaker at 32$ and 31s 6d respectively. New Zealand long-berried wheat, ex warehouse, is also weaker at 29a 6d. An Australian cargo of wheat has been sold at 28s 9d Sugar: German beet, 183 l£d; Java (flit), 19: 6d. No. 1 best Scotch pig iron (f.o.b. in the Clyde), 41s 7£d. July 8. M. Guy de Maupassant, the novelist, who ■ recently went mad, is dead. A further outbreak of cholera is reported from Toulon, France. It U feared that a civil war will break out Boon between the two factions in Samoa.

A cyolone destroyed half the town of Pomeroy, in lowa, U.S. Ons hundred persons were killed. Owing to the effects of the drought, the colonies are advised to send supplies of butter early and in large quantities. There is a steady demand from Holland.' The Leander craw beat London for the Henley Challenge Oup by three-quarters of a length. Time, 7min. The Thames Cap was won by the Thames crew, who beat Eton by two lengths. With a view to securing the effective control of the Hill tribes in the Cbitral and Indus Valleys, a British force will permanently occupy Chidas, on the.lndus, and the garrison at Gilgat will be increased. Information has been received from the Congo that Captains Chilton and Jacques, in the Belgian service, have defeated the Arab slavers with great slaughter, and driven them back from' Stanley Falls to Lake Tanganyika. The New York Chamber of Commerce have passed a resolution that the speedy repeal of the Sherman Act is essential, and urges the appointment of a commission to report to Congress upon a plan to establish a safe and elastic currency. Mr Wilson, the Victorian butter expert, states that it is absolutely essential to engage an expert to protect producers' interests in London. Mr Valentine, of 'New South Wales; concurs in this opioion. Mr Wilson is stroDgly opposing the bill providing for marking colonial cheese, believing tbat such a course is not required, nor would it be eff-.ctive. The Statist declares that the price of lead is rising, and that it will be quite 50 per cent, above the quotations last year. Sir Thomas M'llwraitb, Premier of Queensland, is communicating with the Agents-general waiting on Lord Kosebery, Foreign Secretary, with respect to the claims of the owners and crew of the barque Costa Rica, seized by the Dutch authorities in Java waters. Lord Rosebery recommends that L 2500 compensation be paid, but it is not known whether the Dutch Government agree to this. Justice Sir Vaughan Williams has adjourned giving sanction to the reconstruction scheme of the London Chartered Bank of Australia, and ordered the voluntary winding up of Goldsbrough, Morfc, and Co. and the Queensland National Bank. It was agreed to dismiss the petition to wind up the Royal Bank of Queensland. The imports have decreased by L 908.000, while the exports have increased by L 715.000. It is believed in the city that it will be impossible to float co'oni&l loans or treasury bills before September except at ruinous rates. The Lord Mayor's fund for the relief of the Victoria suffereis has reached L 40.000. Sir Bache Cunard has been seriously injured in a conflict with poachers. Mr Fulton, a farmer, of Napier, summoned Mr James Alexander to the Guildhall Court for the alleged miEappropriation of 62 bales of wool with intent to defraud. The case was adjourned, but the court expressed the opinion that the evidence so far adduced was weak. July 9. A yacht capsized in a violent storm off Skegness, a seaside resort ia Lincolnshire. Thirty excursionists were drowned. The creditors intend to appeal against Judge WilliamB's approval of the scheme of reconstruction of the English, Scjttish, and Australian Chartered Bank. James Tims, a member of the London County Council, and secretary of the Radical Federation League, has been sentenced to three months'- imprisonment for defrauding a railway company of the value of a ticket. Tee Corporation of London gave a banquet to the Czarewitch and Prince and Princess Christian. The former said he hoped that the great amity which existed between the Royal families of England and Russia would extend to the people of the two countries. The Czar and the Sultan of Turkey are debating a meeting between the two potentates at Livadia, in the Crimea, in October, for the purpose of coming to an understanding respecting Bulgaria. The Law Times publishes a rumour to the effect that Lord Herschell, at present Lord Ohancellor, will succeed Lord Lansdowne as Viceroy in India, that Chief Justice Lord Coleridge will take his place on the Woolsack, and that Sir 0. Russell will become Chief Justice. B'rkell, Sperling, and Co., flour manufacturers, Mark Lane, have gone into voluntary liquidation. Thirteen thousand Catholics in Montreal, Canada, attempted to demolish the rotunda of the Protestant missionaries, owing to the latter stigmatising them as idolators. Information, however, was sent beforehand to the authorities, and a body of polica and riflemen were on guard. Many of the rioters were injured and a number arrested. It is reported that the Emperor of Germany has promised to visit Chicago as soon as the Army Bill is passed. Foity thousand Socialists in Austria demand universal suffrage France and Germany have agreed to mark boundaries and fix a neutral zone. The roads in the province of Murcia, in Spain, are strewn with corpses, victims to cholera. The Moscow Gazette says England is loßing her influence with the Araoer of Afghanistan, and Russia will neglect no chance of assisting the inhabitants of India to overthrow British rule. Probate has been granted of the will of the late Sir James Anderson. The estate is valued at L 90.000. The English wheat market is weak and the Continental depressed, while the American is changing a little for the better. The American visible wheat supply is estimated at 72,066,000 bushels. For a cargo of Australian wheat 28s 6d has been offered, and another has been sold at29<. Silver, 2s 9^. Antimony, LIQ. Tallow : Medium mutton, 28s ; berf, 27s Gel. July 10. Scotton, formerly a well-known Notts professional, committed suicide by cutting his throat. The cause wag family troubles. The Servian Skuptschina is taking steps to impeach certain ex-Ministers for bringing the country to the verge of a civil war. The Premier has consented, to appoint a