ENGLISH AND FOREIGN CABLE.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3679, 17 July 1886, Page 2

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN CABLE.

Pbr Elbotbio Telegraph— Copyright. (Reuteb's Agency.) (Reoeirad 7.45 p.m., July 16th.) : COMMERCIAL. Wool — The present aeries of wool auctions will terminate on the 7th mat. The total quantity to date is 350,000 bales. Only 5000 have been held over. The closing rates for various descriptions compared with closing rates of the previous sales are as follow : — Greasy wools generally l|d to 2d higher, Port Phillip and Sydney greasy 2d to 2id higher, fleece, medium quality 3d to 3§<J higher, scoured 4d to 5d higher, crossbredß, fine Id to ljd higher, ooaraa crosabreds £d to Id higher. (Special to the Pbess Association.) (Received 7.30 p.m., July 16th.) COLONIAL MUSEUM. London, July 15. A movement is on foot to establish, an Indian and Colonial Museum. 'The commissioners of the Jubilee Exhibition have offered to co-operate m the matter, and Her Majesty the Queen has expressed a hope that the Empire would subscribe half a million for ita maintenance, etc., and that the initial contributions to it might be obtained from the presentexhibition. WHAT IS WANTED. It is reported : that the English and American Governments are arranging to extradite dynamiters and socialists. THE NEW HEBRIDES. Sir Graham Berry iB pressing for the evacuation o£ the New Hebrides; by Prance. OUTRAGE. An outrage by moonlighters baa been perpetrated m Cardigan, A THREAT. Mr Gladstone, m closing an angry correspondence which has taken place between himself and tho Duke of Westminster, threatens the abolition of the aristocracy unless their acts are governed with more wisdom > than hitherto. POLITICAL. Lord Salisbury ia anxious that Lord Hartington should accept the office of Premier, he himself taking the portfolio of Foreign Affairs. Lord Randolph, Churchill suggests that Mr Chamberlain and himself should stand out, but even yet it is unlikely that such a coalition will be effected. It is expected that Mr Gladstone will tender his resignatioa shortly.