ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2320, 10 September 1881, Page 3

ENGLISH & FOREIGN.

[eeutee’s telegeams.] LONDON, September 8. Quotations. Consols remain at 99|. New Zealand securities are unchanged. The total reserve in notes and bullion in the Bank of England is £12,400,000. The Bank rate of discount remains at 4 per cent, and the market rate at 3 Adelaide wheat, ex store, remains at 565, and New Zealand, average quality, ex store, at 555. Adelaide flour, ex store, is unchanged at 41s. Australian tallow, best beef, 37s 6d ; host mutton, 395. Best Scotch pig iron. No. 1, free on board in Clyde, is quoted at 48s 6d, an advance of Is. Wool SalesAt the wool auction to-day 9500 bales were offered, making a total of 142,900 bales catalogued since the opening. A fair demand was shown for the various lots offered. The total number of bales withdrawn from sale since the commencement of the series is 11,000. The Free Trade QuestionThe Trades’ Union Conference, which has just concluded its sitting, has passed a resolution denouncing the restriction placed by some of the foreign countries upon the freedom of international trade. WASHINGTON, September 8. The Fever has Left HimThe latest news from Long Branch regarding tho President reports that the feverish symptoms which appeared shortly after his arrival have now been allayed, and his condition has improved. CONSTANTINOPLE, September 8. The Turkish BondholdersMeetings have recently been held in this city between tho Ambassadors of the Great Powers, at which some parleying has taken place on the subject of the financial affairs of the Porte. The conference has so far progressed satisfactorily, and has resulted in an agreement that a council, representing the foreign holders of Turkish bonds, should have complete supervision and control of the indirect taxes of the Ottoman Empire.