LONDON.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3172, 29 August 1881, Page 3

LONDON.

August 26. At the wool sale to-day 8000 bales were catalogued, and a fair demand was again experienced. A further sum of £200,000 was to-day withdrawn from the Bank of England for North America. The homeward Australian and New i Zealand mails, via San Francisco, which left Auckland on July 19, were delivered in London to-day. August 27. It is annonnced that the Rev. G. G. Bradley, master of the University College, (Oxford, succeeds the late Dean Stanley as Dean of Westminister. Parliament was prorogued to-day. The speech from the throne commenced by stating that England's relations with all the foreign powers were of a cordial nature, and then went on to allude; to the settlement of the Greek frontier question, the assurances made by the French Government regarding its action towards Tunis and Tripali, the conclusion ot the Transvaal convention, the pacification of Basutoland, and to the withdrawal of the British forces from Candahar. In further allusion to the present state of affaire in Afghanistan, the speech said that Her Majesty did not fear that the contest now proceeding between Ayoub Khan and the Ameer would disturb the peace of England, and added that letters of friendly offices towards the conclusion of hostilities would be used when an opportune moment arrived. The speech then alluded to the fact that the negotiations between England and France for the conclusion of a fresh commercial treaty had been broken off, and stated that the Government was desirous of using its best efforts towards the satisfactory conclusion of the difficulty. Referring to the Irish Land Act the speech expressed a hope that it would prove a benefit equal with the care bestowed upon its consideration by the Government and Parliament. At the same time regret is expressed at the absence of various measures from the work of the session. In conclusion it is hoped that the condition of Ireland may improve, and enable the Government to dispense with or abate the special provisions which have been

made for the suppression of disorder in that country.