TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume IV, Issue 191, 24 November 1876, Page 9

TELEGRAMS.

(From our Daily Contemporaries.) „ „ , London, November 10th. At the banquet given by the Lord Mayor, last evening, Lord Beaconsfleld said that the Government policy aimed at the maintenance of peace, and at the same time at the amelioration of the condition of the Christians in Turkey and the Provinces, -while upholding the integrity and indebtedness of Turkey by the strict observance of the Treaty of Paris. The Government proposed to hold a Conference on the position of Eastern affairs, which would be accepted by the Great Powers interested. The Premier further declared that the policy of England was essentially one of peace, although no nation at the present time was better prepared for war if either the liberty or the existence of the Empire was menaced. ei ? y as f °^ warded a despatch to the British Ambassador at St. Petersburg, m which he reviews the action of the English Government, and confirms the previous despatch of the 2nd of October (the despatch in which he refuses to concur in the proposals of the Vienna Note.) He asserts that though the recent atrocities had caused a deep, agitation in England, public feelin°would at once change if it was believed that the integrity of Turnkey was menaced by Russia.

m , _, .. , November llth. lhe Emperor Alexander, m the course of a speech at Moscow said: "I wish to obtain a conference to agree upon a settlement of the Eastern question ; but if I cannot obtain rightful guarantees I am determined to act independently; and I am sure the whole of J&ussia will respond to my summons." There is intense excitement in the United States over the Presidential election. It now appears that the later returns render the election of Tilden doubtful.

The wool market is stronger. Prices are still advancing There has been a recovery of from 2d to 3d per lb., bringing the rates up to those of last February sales. Wheat is also dearer. New Zealand has sold at from 48s to 50s. November 14. Money firm, with Blight advance. Stocks are moving upwards. Consols, 96£ ; Austialian securities firm. New Zealand flax firm at an advance. '