ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2309, 29 August 1881, Page 3

ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

f BBDTEE’S TELEGEAMS.I LONDON, August 2G. The Markets Consols hnvo declined fto 99j. Now Zealand securities remain at last quotations, viz., Five per Cent. 10-40 Loan, 104; Five per Cent. 1889 Loan, 108 ; Four and a Half per Cent. 1879 to 1904 Loan, 101]-. A further advance of one shilling has taken place in Adelaide and New Zealand breadstuff's, and present quotations are as follows :—Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, 58s ; Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, 41s Gd; New Zealand wheat, ex ship, 57s Gd. The total quantity of wheat afloat for Groat Britain is 1.7000.000 quarters, or an increase of 170.000 quarters since last Friday. The market for Australian tallow shows an advance of sixpence per cwt., best beef being to-day quoted at 3Gs, and best mutton at 38s. Best Scotch pig iron. No. 1 f.0.b., in Clyde, has declined to 47s Gd; galvanised iron, 26 guago, has risen to £l7. At the wool sales to-day 8000 bales were catalogued, and a fair demand was again experienced. The MailsThe homeward Australian and Now Zealand mails via San Francisco, which left Auckland on July 19th, were delivered in London to-day. August 27. The New Dean. It is announced that the Rev. G. G. Brodley, Master of University College, Oxford, succeeds the late Dean Stanley as Dean of Westminster. Prorogation of Parliament. Parliament was prorogued to-day. The speech from the throne commenced by stating that England’s relations with all 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 Tripoli, the conclusion of 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 affairs 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 the latter’s friendly offices towards a conclusion of hostilities would be need when an opportune time arrived. The Speech then alluded to the fact that 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 a satisfactory conclusion of the difficulty. Referring to the Irish Land Act, the Speech expresses a hope that it would prove a benefit equal with the care bestowed upon its consideration by both 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 hopes that the condition of Ireland may improve, and enable the Government to dispense with, or abate, the special provisions which had been made for the suppression of disorder in that county. WASHINGTON, August 27, The President. The latest bulletin issued to-day reports that President Garfield’s condition is unchanged, but his case is considered by bis medical attendants to bo now almost hopeless.