BRITISH AND FOREIGN. LONDON, April 23.

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BRITISH AND FOREIGN. LONDON, April 23.

j The Kaiser, in a message to a new London newspaper, declares that his first hope will always be ifor • the preservation of peace, and his second for the consolidation and maintenance of good relations between Germany and England. April .24. The Pacific Cable Board's report is ready. ! Tenders will be privately mailed immediately. General Sir Neville Chamberlain, an old Indian officer, has been promoted to the rank of Field-marshal. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 3,575,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,735,000 quarters. Bank Shares: Australasia £67 ss. The others are unchanged. 'April 25. A Reuter message states that Walsh, Nolson, -and Dultman are Irishmen,The, American cpnsul at Niagara reports that the, Buffalo grain-handlers have been -exonerated from "complicity - in "the- out--rage, and that the evidence incriminates the Fenians. Silver, 2s 3 7-16 d. :~: ~ At the tallow sales 2000 2asks were offered and 1575 casks sold.- Mutton: Fine, 30s ; medium,- 28s.' Beef : Fine, 28s 6d ; medium, 27s 6d. ' Consols, £100 7s 6<5L - * April 26. The American visible wheat supply is . estimated at 74^172,000 bushels. - April 29. 'The Prince of Wales has thanked the many people who throughout the world.) sympathised with ■ him in his - recent escape. ?,.-'- •-. . '■ The North German Lloyd's steamers have ; been forbidden to bring freshly slaughtered meat and dairy products from Australian and China ports. BERLIN, April 23; At a single meeting held in Berlin on behalf of the sufferers by the Indian famine £20,000 (query, marks)^ was subscribed. -' .4pil 28/ \| The Kaiser has initiated an Indian famine relief fund -at Berlin. «' * CONSTANTINOPLE, April 24. An explosion occurred on board the Turkish torpedo boat Sctani, at Beyrout, while the crew were testing a searchlight. The vessel sank . almost immediately^ and 50 -of th? crew were drowned*

NEW YORK", April 24. Walsh and Nolson, arrested at Niagara Palls, were seen lighting fuses and lowering explosives. The gates of Thorold lock were,- badly- sprung, but resettled firmly, preventing a devastating escape of water. Some authorities bel+eve the Buffalo grain shovellers instigated the outrage in order to prevent - a diversion of trade through the canal. April 29. The services of the strikers at the Ooton" River waterworks, New ' York, Have been dispensed iwith.