CABLE NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1007, 23 November 1883, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

1 . AThST FROM EUROPE.

[bEUTEH’s XKLBOBAMS —COPYRIGHT. ] Terrible Calamity at Sea. London, Nov. 2L A French brig named Rocaberg hgs been in.collision with another vessel in the Atlantic. The Rocaberg sank almost immediately, and 88 persons were drowned. The Duke of Connaught. Bombay, Nov. .2L . .His Royal Highness 1 the Pulfei oj Connaught arrived here to-day from London, en route for Meerut, to take up a military command. His .;Royal Highness landed in the presence of an immense concourse of people, by whom he was cordially received,' much enthusiasm being displayed. [Received Novi 21,'11.40 a.m.] Monetary and Commercial. London, Not. 21. Consols remain at 101 New Zealand securities are unchanged. The

rate of discount has fallen to 2 per cent, and is now i per cent below the Bank rate. The colonial breadstuff's continue steady at last quotations, viz: -Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, 46s 6d - New Zealand ditto, 38s 6d to 44s 6d ; Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, 325; Australian tallow remains dull j best beef, 38s 6d ; best mutton, 395. The London' Wool Sales. At the wool sale to-day, 10,00 a bales wpre catalogued. The tone of-the auction was firm and there was a good demand for Australian crossbreds. ■ r The Mail. The homeward mail via Brindisi, which left Melbourne on Oct 11, if as delivered in London to-day. ; ; : [Received Nov. 23,11.45 a in.} -• A Defaulter. ■ .’v LoNDON,Nov22. : fc.’tfJ The Secretary of the Londoa ao4i'l San Francisco Bank, Limited, fyas absconded. The defalcations are stated to amount to L 50 ,000. - . The Chinese Ultimatum. . ? . Pams, Not. 22. It has transpired that the Marquis Tseng, Ghinese Ambassador, has informed M. Ferry, the French Premier, that an attack by the French forces on Bacninh, in Tonquin, will be by the Chinese .Government as a,,easus belli. Tlie Marquis Tseng has also in- 1 formed M. Ferry that the report. hand two days ago—that the Chinese troops had evacuated Bacninh—is,- dCp, void of truth.

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; [RBUTBB r 8 TELEGRAMS—"O' YRTGHT.J V ■ >' The Wool Saled ; ’ Melbourne, Yesterday. , / At the wool: the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency bales, including 1,860 bales'of'scoured' wools. All 1 good wodls elicited h 1 brisk competition/ last • week’s pHces* bSlng i- j firmly maintained. ' Inferior and faulty hewever, ’ m . wihuf ii »q lower. 4,100 bales we re,,sold, greasy realising up to x il, and scoured to 22%d. There was a large attendance of buyers, and good' competition was experienced. ■ J Sydney:,; - «■ Arrived, yesterday morninf^’sh£v Union steamship Manapouri, from Auckland. - ' ; h u-;, Sailed;/ this’; afterndpn—-tlhe steatnship, Haurptci, for WellipgtonP ■ A Noble Visitor*: -3d; £fa».‘y}«a& Lord Rosebery, who is now a city, has visited most of the public in- “ stiiutioris and .other objects of interest in| the /neighborhood*., .'n&ars is