BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1215, 20 January 1886, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

(Better's Special.) London, January 17th. The wheat market is still depressed, and the foreign markets are gloomy. No sales are reported of either coast cargoes or those of the new crop. The stagnation is ascribed to the excessive yield of the recent harvest, which is admittedly above tha average. The stocks of Colonial flour are light. Lord Caruarvon has explained that he resigned the Lord-Lieutenancy of Ireland in consequence of ill-health. The " Times " this morning, referring to the translation of Bishop Moorhouse to the f3ee of Manchester, praises his Colonial career, and says the appointment is the cause of much gratification in Manchester and Sheffield. Mr John Douglas has been gazetted High Commissioner of New Guinea. Commenting on the Samoan difficulty, the " Colonial Gazette " infers that England will not object to the German annexation of Samoa. The " North German Gazette " states that the German Government have ordered the German flag, which was hoisted at Samoa, to be lowered. An exhibition of painting by Australian and New Zealand artists has been opened in London. A gigantic Socialistic plot has been discovered in Chicago, having for its object the destruction of Washington. Nine thousand explosive bombs had been distributed amongst the conspirators for use in the city.