BRITISH AND FOREIGN

South Canterbury Times, Issue 3303, 2 November 1883, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

[ByElectrio Telegraph—Copyright.] [Reuter’s Agency.] (Received Nov. 1,1883, 10.10 p.m.) Commercial. London, Oct, 19. Consols have advanced to 102£. New Zealand securities remain at the following quotations : —5 per cent 10 40 loan loan, 108 ; 4£ per cent 1879-1904 loan 100|; 4 per cent inscribed stock, 102. Adelaide wheat, ex store, is worth 455, and New Zealand do 38s 6d to 43s 6d ; Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, 325. Australian tallow—Best beef, S9s ; best mutton, 40s 6d. f Received Nov. 2,1883,0.45 a.m.] The Catastrophe in St* George's Channel* Nov. 1. Further intelligence is to hand regarding the disaster in St, George’s Channel, stating that the report that 60 persons had been drowned has proved incorrect. It has now been ascertained that the calamity was occasioned by a collision between the mail packet Holybead, running between Holyhead and Dublin, and the steamer Alhambra Both vessels were severely injured, and sank shoitly after the collision. The majority of the passengers and crew were saved by the vessels’ boats. Fifteen persons were drowned. The Explosions-

The explosion which occurred on the underground railway is believed to have been caused by dynamite, and to have been the work of Fenian emissaries. The metropolitan stations are now guarded by strong bodies of police, and the approaches to the tunnels are watched. The affair has caused con siderable alarm in the metropolis. ShippingThe Merchant Shipping and Underwriters’ Association report under date London, Oct. 31st, the arrival of the ship Bakaia from Lyttelton (left Aug. 6tb). France and ChinaPaeis, Oct. 31. The debate on the Eastern policy of Government was resumed in the Chamber of Deputies to-day. In the course of a speech on the position of affairs in Tonquin, M. Ferry averred that there was no expectation of war with China, neither France nor that country being desirous of an appeal to arms. A vote of confidence in the Government was, at the close of the debate, carried by a substantial majority.