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Colonist, Volume XXXI, Issue 5170, 24 March 1888, Page 3

THE LATEST.

Deceived March '24, at 2.30 a.m. LONDON, March 22. The s.'s. Orizaba's frozen meat is selling at 3fd. The Fifeshire's frozen mutton has arrived in splendid condition. The shipment of butter from

Port Chalmers, her last port of oall has arrived in a perfeotly sound con* . dition. Mr Charles Hern,, the landscape painter, of Sydney, has been appointed instructor in water color painting and sketching from Nature to the daughters of the Prince of Wales. Fifty thousand bales have been far* warded for the next wool sales. Antwerp stocks are ten thousand bales below last year's stocks. Business in London is extremely quiet. Wool ster.mers must arrive off the British coast not later than the first of September, to ensure the inclusion of their cargoes in the September series. Colonial stocks show a slight re* action, The American wheat supply'is estn mated at 36,250,000 bushels. Arrived, b.s Fifeshire, from Port Chalmers, sailed January 26. The weekly returns of the Bank of England, published to-day, show the reserve in notes and bullion to be £16,600,600, being an increase of £100,000 on last week. The proportion of reserve to liabilities is 45 per cent, Chilian cbp"per is quoted at £80 ss. • The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,930,000 quarters. » Her Majesty the Queen left London to-diy for Florence. The Hon Joseph Chamberlain has declined all offers of recognition in the shape of title for his services in connection with the settlement of the fisheries dispute between Canada and the United States. March 23. Lord On slow, late Political Secretary of the Colonial Office, haß introduced a Bill entitled "The Shipping Life-saving Bill." The measure is drafted on the line approved by the Colonial Conference, and has been read a second time. CALCUTTA, March 28. The rebel stockade on the road be* tween Lingin and Sikkim has been captured by the commander of the British expedition which was despatched to Sikkim for the purpose of dispersing the Thibetan raider 3. BUCHAREST. .March 28. King Charles, of [Eoumania, is negotiating with Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria, with a view to effeot an armed alliance between Austria and Eouinania against Russia. SIDNEY, March 23. Arrived, barque Brunette, from Mercury Bay. Holt, the bank manager who was committed for. embezzling the bank's moneys a couple of years ago, and who is now serving his punishment at Darlinghurst Gaol, is breaking down in health, and it is expected that he will be released this week. He' has only served half the sentence awarded him.. It is Btated that in consequence of the recent disorderly scenes in the House of Assembly, the Government intend to immediately propose procedure rules, one of which will provide that any member in the Chamber shall be expelled and rendered ineligible for re-election for three years.