CABLE NEWS.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2489, 29 March 1882, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

■ ENGLISH & FOREIGN. r r , , , LEETJTBE B TELEGRAMS.] r The French Tariff ; LONDON, March 27. 1 A deputation of members of the British ' an d Colonial Union waited upon the - Secretary of State for the Colonies to-day, , in reference to the Anglo-French com- [ mercial relations. In reply to various speakers Earl Kimberley stated that the ■ French Government declined to accord | to British colonies the “ most favored nation treatment,” on account of the diversity of the various colonial tariffs and high duties levied by the colonies upon French goods. England, Earl Kimberley added, was unable to control the decision of the French Govern-

ment. Two Despots. Rumours are current in Europe thai a meeting will shortly take place between the Czar of Russia and Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria. Wool Sales. At the wool sales 11,000 bales were catalogued. Prices were firmly maintained. Inferior and faulty wools of all I kinds were in favor by buyers. Wreck in Port Australian liner Fammoth, 983 tons, has become a total wreck at Gravesend. Five of the crew are missing, and believed to have been drowned. 2he Markets. Consols have further advanced to 101£. New Zealand securities are unchanged. Adelaide wheat (ex warehouse) has advanced 6d, and is now quoted at 54s 6d; New Zealand wheat remains at 51s; Adelaide flour (ex store) has advanced to 38s 6d. Australian tallow—best beef is quoted at 39s 6d; best mutton, 44s 6d. Scotch pig iron has fallen Is per ton; No. 2 f.o.b. in Clyde, 50s; galvanised iron, 26 guage, has declined 5s per ton, to £lB. Serious Fall in CopraBest Sydney copra has fallento £ls 12s 6d. Shipping. Arrived Ships Norman McLeod, from Lyttelton (December 15th); Otaki, from Port Chalmers (December 24th); and Zealandia, from Port Chalmers (January Ist). BERLIN, March 27. The Lord's Anointed. Emperor William sent a most cordial reply to the Czar's congratulations on the occasion of his Majesty's birthday. NEW YORK March 27. Shipping. Arrived—Ship Virginia from Auckland December 12 th.