BRITISH & FOREIGN

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4129, 16 October 1884, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN

[SI'KCIAL TO X'IUCSS ASSOCIATION.] LONDON. Odol.cr 1". The meat by the Tongariro if. now selling at find to 7d per lb, and the prospects of tho market appear capital for all arrivals before Christinas. The Melbourne Gas Company's loan of £107,000' at 5 per cent has been placed on i the market, the minimum being at par. The tenders will be opened on the 21st October. Tho share list of the new Oriental Bank contains no Australian subscribers. The new bank is offering deposit receipts in exchange for those belonging to the old bank on special terms. _ JMr. Komilly, Deputy High Commissioner

in the Western Pacific, will take temporary charge of New Guinea until the arrival of Maior-Gcneral Scratchlcy. With respect to New Guinea the British Government hope, with the Queen's prerogative and the Foreign Jiuisdiction Act, to be able to create a competent jurisdiction. They also desire to treat the colonies as a consultingcommittee on matters relating to that island. The new gunboats recently constructed for the Queensland Government will leave for their destination in November. The Palumah will bo under tho command of Lieut. Richards, and tho Gayunah will bo in charge of Commander Wright. Hersel Spindlcr and Co., merchants, ot London and Sydney, have been adjudicated bankrupts. . October 14. The Nord Deutsche Zeitung (North German Gazette) is of opinion that the limited protectorate established by England over New Guinea will result in an agreement with Germany, and it also expects that further agreements in regard to other portions of the Pacific where English and German interests clash will be made. Eight Nihilists, including Vera Fillpava, who were arrested for being concerned m various Nihilistic plots, have been sentenced to death. .. The committee appointed by tho Council of the University of Adelaide for tho purpose of selecting a Professor of Music have received six applications privately, lticluding one from Mr. J. Kendnck lyiie, organist of Manchester Cathedral. Ihe committee have decided to advertise tor a Professor before making any selection. News is to hand that GOO French troops at Tnmsui were led into an ambuscade, when twenty of their number were killed and beheaded. The remainder managed to return to their ships in safety. The French have promised not to molest Shanghai if their countrymen are not molested.