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Colonist, Volume XX, Issue 4736, 7 January 1887, Page 3

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(Btoeived January, 7, 3.30 ft.m. I , LONDON, , , c , ; January 5. j A meeting in connection with the l Imperial Institute will be held in St. J James 1 Palace on the 11th inst., under l the Presidency of the Prince of Wales. x Representatives of all the provincial 1 communities have benn invited to be ( present. A farther meeting will take J place in the afternoon of the same day i at the Mansion House. The Lard £ Mayor will entertain the provincial < delegates at Guildhall the day before ' the meetings. r t The reply of the Foreign Office to t the circular note issued by the Porte 1 last month, urging the Powers to J come to some understanding on the < Bulgarian question, and recommend- i ing the appointment of Prince Mm- < grela as the successor of Prince ' Alexander has been published. The ( Foreign Secretary, Earl Iddesleigh, i states that England is unable to ] recommend the candidacy of Prince ' •Kicljolas, but is prepared to negotiate \ with tnepbweft loathe settlement of < the Bulgarian difficulty tough the. medium of a General Conference or by an exchange of views. His Lordship urges that diplomatic negotiations between the Powers should precede the choice of a Prince for Bulgaria. Owing to the dissatisfaction with which the appointment of Lord Northbrook as Secretary for India has been received by the Conservative party, that nobleman has withdrawn from thei position. . / The Marquis of Lansdown, who was offered the portfolio of Secretary for War, 'has declined the appointment, he being unwilling to sever hie connection with Canada. ST. PETERSBURG, January 5. The statement that an alliance had been entered into by Russia and Germany, whereby the former engages not to intervene in the event of a. Franco-German war, and the latter engaging not to take part in an Austro-Russian conflict, is contra« dieted. ; ■• ''■■■- ' SYDNEY, '■■■■■ :-; --. January 6. Sailed this afternoon—Manapouri, for Auckland. i Newman, one ol the prisoners sentenced to death : for the Mount Rennie, outrage, has been reprieved in consequence of an exculpatory letter written by Buffy, who is among those sentenced to death. Hill has also been reprieved, Both he and Newman have been committed to imprisonment in irons for life. The other four— Duffy, Boyce, Martin, and Read—will be executed to-morrow morning.; Relations between Mr Dibbs and Sir Patrick Jennings are very much strained, in consequence the former's quarrel with the Chief Inspector, of Accounts, who, Mr Dibbs alleges, misled him with regard to the Budget deficit. MELBOURNE, ' Januarys. No fresh cases of smallpox are reported at the quarantine station, where the patients »re progressing satisfactorily. v ; The Cabinet is i considering the question of Victorian representation at the Imperial Conference, but are unable to nominate.; a representative until information has been received as to the date when the conference will beheld. ,•■■-•:•■•■•■: ;--^': Private advices from London itate that there is an increasing inquiry for wool, and the market is stronger, The New Zaland Loan Agency Co. held its usual weekly sale this afternoon to a full attendance. The buying and bidding was spirited throughout. 8330 bales were offered, of which 2735 bales were sold at satisfactory price 3. The prices generally are much, firmer than before the holidays, though without any established advance. Greasy wool is up to 10|d'; scoured, Is lid; washed fleece, Is Oid.

TKLKGIUMS. [Pkk Pbess Association.] AUCKLAND,

! ' January 6. At the first meeting of Harry Niil Smith's creditors, a bankrupt, who left Auckland, and is now supposed to be in Melbourne on bis way to a relation in China, and who, on the petition of the Kamo Coal* Company had been adjudicated a. bankrupt, statement! made by Charles Henderson, clerk to the bankrupt, and others, proved the bankrupt had been in bad circumstances for some time, but showing they were unaware of the extent of 3: is liabilities. The subject of the bankrupt 1 being brought bask, wag discussed, but no action was taken, the creditors finding the cost too much to punish him. It was supposed the bankrupt had left hones and pro. perty, and it was decided to make inquiries into the truth of this. It is said that some sharp correspondence has taken place between the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and the Minister for Mines in reference to claims of the Thames goldfield upon the Government. The volcanic mud deposit is proving Highly beneficial to the soil on the shores of Lake' Rotorna, and the potatoe crops this year: are expected to be the heaviest ever known there. • Notice of motion has been given in the Ciiy Council to the effect that the Council if of opinion that legalising the use of the totalisator is prejudicial to the best interests of the burgesses of Auckland, and a petition ia to be forwarded to the Government praying that that portion of the Lotteries Act authorising its use be repealed. DTjNEDIN, . ■ . * Januarys. j§k oaUegram Motived from London, states

tins the KiUi^Bink^iiiliriii^l'fifi--;-;';' dMd at the rate of » pw «bt f« «»«■ fct ■ ■ the half-year. • ti^'jt '■ *><'>' - a '•'*'- — At the inqueet oi Thoiw* MewUa, tbt evidence tended to show that the imam! dislocated hi. nook to diving intd shallow water at Ocean Beach, and the body wm carried out to aea. .Bit eompanwuj for mm/ time though! he wm hiding from Umbu A rwrdiot of »odcUnta. death «v returned. Vi s < Waters, the Wellington bankrupt, tv arrested lut night, and sent north by ttii exprees train thii moraing. , - - > ' ' . The ftnt block of land under thetoeaoetead system, containing about 8000 aeree, has) ■1I!----beea token rp, with the exception of 98 aotea •' ' on the top of » hill. Eight Meorad •eloctionf r . I anoppoted, "' and eight of the nnaaeeeaafal > - appuoanta took op other areaa. Tho decided not to receive applications. from {'^ women for self and,children when the, hiu f ~ band wai alive. * "; ' ' - t TIMARTJ, ' ' JannaryC. ;' , At a largely attended meeting of ibareholden in the Timaro Woollen Company tonight, it wm decided that the Directors be, ; requested to go into liquidation- at once, and reconstruct the Company. iThe .Company baa about £1000 worth of pressing creditors, and find it impossible to carry on under the present arrangements- - ■« WELLINGTON, Jj * ' • ;1 ' ' January^.l T A proclamation in the ' Gatette' declare! ' that the hulk Sarah and Esther on the Sand* , spit, Otago Heads, has oeased to be a prison. Gaols at Wanganui and Greymouth hate been proclaimed. Hawke's Bay has 'been constituted a rabbit district. Lieut, the HooV( John William Fortescue, of the Eoyal North - Devon Hussars, has been appointed, hie Excellency's Aide-de-Camp, vice Captain Midley resigned; the latter is appointed extra Aide de-Camp. Patriok Comiskey is reoognised as Consular Agent for Italy at Auckland. Major-General Whitmore has resigned Aha . 1 Commiesioneiship of Police, and' Major.Gudi (?eon has been appointed in bis stead. Third l Class Inspector Moore, of the New Zealand Police, has been appointed to the rank of Second Class. Major Burns has resigned his commission in the New Zealand Regiment of ~ Artillery. A letter from the Commander in Chief of the Australian Squadron is published, giving the cost of the Australian Squadron as follows :—lt is estimated that the first cost to the British taxpayer of the vessels composing the squadron, namely, Nelson, Diamond, Opal, Miranda, Raven, Swinger, Undine,' and Harrier, £840,124; - estimated annual cost of the abovenamed vessels, including the cost of relieving crews, £237,512. This ii exclusive of the cost of depot at Sydney and of administration charges. Six surveying vessels are, in addition to the above, em* ployed on the station. The entire charge! due to four of them are borne by the Admiralty, and in the case of the other two the cost is shared between the Admiralty and Queensland in one case, and between tuQ Admiralty and Western Australia in tlia btheF.-VfnoS^e-ISISJfn jaßTmada out HM.S. Miranda, Commahdei Booke, has been replaced by H.M.S. BapH, Captain Musgrave, a more oostly vessel with modern armament. Grown Solicitors and Prosecutors are to be allowed to frank letters and parcels on public, business. At the Supreme Court William Pilkington, arraigned for the manslaughter of Agnes Petersen on the 3rd November, by riding ovei her at Carterton, was convicted by the jury with a recommendation to meroy, The Judge sentenced the prisoner to three months without hard labor. Henry Offer, charged .with embezzlement,, was acquitted. The barque Marie, which was damaged on* the voyage from-New York to Wellington, , has been examined, and it is estimatsd that it will take £2000 to repair her. ■ , • Blue ribbon badges are to be distributed among the North Island Natives to whom Mr Matthew Burnett administered the pledge. The badge is of blue ribbon, bearing a gold shield, in the centre of which is a representation in silver of a dove bearing an olive branch. . It is understood that by reductions in the Civil Service the Government will save £30,000. GISBOBNE, V January 6. A local lawyer named Brassey has been oitcd to appeur before Iber: Supcemts Couri at Wellington, to answer a charge of: retaining £150 belonging to the. County Council, tiU criminal proceedings begin for its recovery.