CABLE MESSAGES.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 277, 14 March 1879, Page 2

CABLE MESSAGES.

(FROM THE LYTTELTON TIMES.)

LATEST EUROPEAN

London, March 7.

Mr Berry has written a letter to the Banks stating that the balance of the loan will not be offered for IB months. March 8. The money market is easier. The Bank minimum is unchanged. Discbunt rates in the open market are falling. Business on the Stock Exchange is dull, the market for Colonial Government debentures is steady. The tone of the wool market is relaxed, and prices have receded. The fall is most strongly marked in crossbreds. Inferior greasy, medmm to good, steady ; superior fleece in grease are 1# to 20 per cent, below last February rates. The corn market is steady, with an

upward tendency. New Zealand wheat is selling ex store, per 4961b5, according to quality, at 44s to 48s. The Spectator, in a. moderate article, condemns Mr BerryV. proposals,, and suggests the alternative of securing finality without abolishing the Legislative Council. March 10. The Board of Trade returns of exports for last month are again unfavorable. The Polytechnic has been ( totally burned. Wheat is higher, and tallow -|d lower. A treaty has been concluded between Germany and Samoa, the text of which has been kept secret. The land settlement has been postponed. The position is unchanged by the treaty. A \ civil war is imminent. The latest Cape news is to the effect that the general situation in Natal is unchanged. Colonel Pearson has repulsed an attack,made by a large number of Zulus on his position at Ekowe. The enemy was defeated with enormous loss. The hostile attitude of the native tribes in the Transvaal causes great anxiety. March 11. In the House of Commons, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, replying to a question, said that the Indian Government was on the eve of active communication with Yakoob Khan, even if they had not already commenced. The Polytechnic was only partially destroyed by fire. Numerous British manufacturers are applying for space in the Melbourne Exhibition. The Belgian, and French Governments are also proposing to be represented. The Turkish troops attacked the Greek band who recently destroyed a village in Thessaly. Only a few of the Greeks escaped. Ross has defeated Elliott in the Thames Sculling match. The British corvette Thetis has been destroyed by fire at Plymouth. March 12. The Brindisi mail was delivered on March 10. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council dismissed the appeal Bathurst v. Macpherson, with costs. Rome, March 8. Sentence of death has been passed on the perpetrator of the attempted assassination on the King of Italy on Nov. 17 last. Paris, March 7. The report of the Committee of the Chamber of Deputies demands the impeachment of the Broglie-Ducbesne Cabinet. Government refuse to accept the conclusions of the Chamber's Committee. March 10. The French Chamber of Deputies will probably reject the motion for the impeachment of the Broglie Ministry, because Marshal MacMahon demands to be included in the impeachment if the motion is carried. Berlin, March 8. The German Parliament rejected the Parliamentary Discipline Bill. Constantinople, March 11. The British ironclad squadron, returns to Besica Bay in a few days. The Turkish troops have re-occupied I Adrianople. ,* ;>' St, Petersburg. March 11.

A Russian official statement has been published stating that the plague has disappeared from Astrakhan.