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Colonist, Volume XXX, Issue 5015, 26 September 1887, Page 3

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Received September 26, 3.0 a.in. LONDON, September 24. The Bank of.England yearly returns j show the total reserves iv notes and bullion to be £12,100,000, being an increase of £500,000. During the week the proportion of reserve to liabilities has. increased from 41 to 45 per cent. At the wsol auctions to-day, 10,700 bales were offered. The p^ees were steady, bat the deniaccf was not active. Since the opening of tbe series 19,000 bales have been withdrawn out of a total of 170,000 offered. The series will close ou 16th Ootober. Mr Stevenson A. Blackwood, Secretary to General Post Office, ha 3 returned from Montreal, alter completeing a toil" of the Canadian' Pacific JRailw-iy. He express the belief that there would be no saving of time if that route was adopted as the alternative to the Suez Canal for the conveyance of the mails to Chiaa and Australia, but is of opinion that it would be invaluable in the eveut of English complications or the closing of the Canal. Madame Goldschmidt (Jenny Lind) the celebrated vocalist is seriously ill, September 25, The trial of O Brieti took place at Mitchellstowii yesterday. In the course of the proceedings Mr Harrington, who defended O'Brien, accused the Government of purposely suppressing the true version of O'Brien's speech, and' Called upon the Crown counsel to substantiate his statement. The Crown counsel, however, denied the truth of tbe accusation against the Government. The Bar of Magistrates thereupon rebuked Mr Harrington, and threatened his ejectment from the Court if such an accusation wa3 repeated. Mr Harrington thereupon abandoned the case. O'Brien was found guilty, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment on two charges, the sentenced to be concurrent. He was admitted to bail pending an appeal upon the first sentence. Fifteen hundred' cases' of scarlet fever* are now being treated in the London hospitals, which are filled to their fullest'limits, ana the epidemic is increasing daily. The' Northampton has been ordered to relieve the Nelson as flagship on the Australian *Btatio*ri. ; BERLIN, September 24. It is officially announced that Dr. Mackenzie has again found that a gratifying improvement has taken place in Ihe condition of Priuce Frederick William, aud he has left for Italy, where he will remain for the winter. SAN FitANCrSCO, Septembei 24. The B.M S. Alanieda left here yesterday afternoon for Auckland. LA.UNCESTON, September 25. An outbreak of smallpox has occurred here. Nine cases have already been reported, and one death hatresulted. BRISBANE, September 25. The barque "Wisteria, with a valuable cargo, has stranded on the Queensland coast, and is expected to go to pieces. ADELAIDE, September 24. The demand for wheat is limited, quotations being 8s 7jd. Flour dull, at the foliowiag prioes :—Towa flour, £7 5s t <) £9 10s ; country brands, £S 5s to £8 10s. SYDNEY September 24. The following are the results of the fourth day's racing of the Australian Jockey Glub.'u SpnDg meeting : — . Hurdle Race, two miles—Speculation 1, Society 2, Ellerolie 8. Won easily by a length and a half. Time, 4min l^secs. Members' Handicap, one mile and a furlong—Enigma and The Charmer ran a dead heat, Bowman 3. Time, lmin 583ecs. Owners divided. ! Randwiok Plate, three miles—Australian Peer 1, Trident 2, Abeideen 3 Won easily by two lengths. . Time, smin l£sec. The betting on the course was 10 to 1 on Trident, and the greatest excitement prevailed over the result. . . ■ Waverley Handicap, 1$ milesDunbp 1, .Algeria 2, Wollarco 8. Time, Bmin ll'jaec. Steeplechase, about 3 miles—Ruby 1, Hatter 2, Moonlight. 8. Time, 7minl6&sec." „ Free Handicap, H miles— teddy

Ytf.iild.rll Pjvidbisd 2, Meldijk 3 ■: Time, amiu f2sec. '"** *i V Arrived—Botomahaaa, from Aack- . '-: land.New Zealand wheat nnobanged, 3i - 31 to 8s 6d; New Zealaud oata, 1§ iOi to 2^ 2d ; maize, 2s 9d to 8i lid. -