COMMERCIAL TREATIES WITH FOREIGN POWERS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8936, 19 November 1890, Page 2

COMMERCIAL TREATIES WITH FOREIGN POWERS.

London, November 17. The Agents-General have agreed it is advisable the colonies should be allowed the option, of remaining out of all commercial treaties between Great Britain and other Powers. They advise the-abrogation of the clause precluding preferential fiscal treatment of British goods in the Colonies. They intend to ask their respective Premiers to make the wishes of the Colonies in the matter known. f O'SHKA DIVORCE CASE. Captain O'Shea was granted the custody of the children. Costs were awarded against Parnell. I IMPERIAL IN3TITUTIS. The Imperial Institute is in want of money, and expecting further contribu- ! tions from the Colonies. PvBNRLL'B POSITION AS LEADER The Irish party are opposed to Mr Parnell's retirement, and Mr Dillon considers it impossible. WRSCK OF THE SERPENT. Fifty bodies of those lost in the wreck of H.M.S Serpent have been recovered. The Dnko of Edinburgh is expected to preside at the court-martial to inquire into the loss of the ship. AFRICAN EXPEDITION SCANDAL. It is proposed to prosecute Messrs Troup, Ward, and Bonny, to elicit the truth about Barttlelot and Jarnieson. COLONIAL LOANS. It is regarded as certain that owing to the crash in. the market the syndicates financing colonial loans will refuse assistance to early issues. COMMBR TAU CRUIS IN LONDON. Business in the City is at a standstill, and it is doubted whether the bottom has been touched. N Z. SHIP ARRIVED HOME. Londos, November 18. Arrived : Star of Victoria from Wellington (September 28). FAILURE OF BARJXtt BROTHERS. The Pall Mall, f-azette says that it is intended to increase the amount of Baring Bros.' guarantee to £15,000,000. PAIiNEbL'3 DISGRACE. The Press and public opinion are strongly adverse to Parnell retaining the leadership of the Irish party. The Times (commenting on the result of the divorce case) remarks that no leading statesman could survive such a blow as Parnell has received. The Standard says that the leadership of the party will be untenable .if Parnell refuses to resign. BOOTR'd COLONISING SCHEME. The subscriptions received by Booth I in aid of his colonising scheme amount to £38,000. * ARGENTINE FIOA^CE*. A committee composed of members of several leading London financial house 3is engaged in investigating the state of the finances of the Argentine Eepnblic. BAD ACJUU^TB OF SEW ZEALAND BU. )ER The New Zealand butter by the s.s. Tongariro averaged 20s to 40s the cwt. Most of it was old, and was pronounced mere rubbish. A quantity melted on the voyage. [In connection with the above, the New Zealand Shipping Company state, that all the butter in the Tongariro was 136 kegs shipped at Christchurch as ordinary cargo, not being considered good enough to pay cool chamber freight on.] L033E8 BY THK VIOfORIAN LOA*?. A leading syndicate lost altogether £160,000 by the last Victorian loan. BAKINGS' FAILURE. The -tan-lard is the only paper which mentions Barings' firm by name. There was considerable commotion on American and Continental Exchanges upon receipt of the news of the Baring 3' difficulty, which was caused by Russian withdrawals. The Bank of England borrowed four or five millions in France, Kussia, and Brazil to enable it to meet the crisis. The British Government is prepared to advance two millions, and to permit the suspension of the Bank Act; but these precautions will probably be needless, and it is not thought likely there will be any further trouble. DISOHARGI iQ SHIPS. The Dock Committee have warned the shipowners they will have to discharge their own vessels from the beginning of the year. GKBMAN BANK* IN DITFIOOLTIE '. It is feared that the leading AngloGerman Bank 3 are in difficulties. LONSOMFriVE PATIENTS. Berlin, November 18. Hotels in this city are rapidly filling with consumptive patients, anxious to try Dr. Koch's specific. BAFISTY OV ARCHDUKE JOHN. Vienna, November 18. Ii is reported here that Archduke John, about who3e safety fears were entertained, has arriven safely at Valparaiso.

MAHDI ROUTED. Suakim, November 18. The Emir of Gallabad attacked and badly routed Mahdi at Omderman, a village a short distance south-west of Khartoum. coaauuciAL orhh in nkw y ;hk. New York, November 17. The bankers have decided to issue a loan of ten million dollars upon certificates for banks needing the aid of a clearing house. FOHGEKiBS IN NEW YOUK. The junior partner of a New York firm of brokers has been detected in forgeries amounting to 850,000 dob.