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[bbutsb’s telegeams.l LONDON, May 24. Consols are unchanged at 102-J-. New Zealand Five per Cent. 10.40 Loan has advanced to 106|, and Five per Cent. 1880 Loan to 105 ; Four-and-a-Half per Cent. 1879-1904 Loan has declined to 103 t. Adelaida wheat, ex warehouse, has fallen to 52a; Now Zealand ditto is unchanged at 51s. Adelaide flour, ex store, remains at 355. Australian tallow, best beef, 42s 6d; best mutton, 43s 6d. The “ Gazette ” to-day contains an announcement of the various promotions and appointments in the Order of St. Michael and St. George, including the following ; —To bo ordinary members of the second class or Knights Commanders of the said order, Mr John Hall, late Premier of New Zealand; Colonel Whitmore, C.M.G., formerly Colonial Secretary of New Zealand; and Mr Saul Samnel, C.M.G., Agent - General for N.S.W. in London. To be ordinary members of the third class or companions of the said order—Mr H. Hayter, Government Statist of Victoria ; Mr John Forrest, F R.G.S., Australian explorer; Mr Victor Williamson.
May 25. In the House of Commons last night tho Irish Repression Bill was again under consideration. In the course of the debate Mr Dillon made a speech, in which he stated that as the landlords were continuing to evict their tenants for nonpayment of rent, he must refuse to denounce the commission of outrages against landlords. Mr Gladstone replied in strong terms of reprobation of tho attitude assumed by Mr Dillon, and stated that the Government felt that it was imperative that tho Repression Bill should become law.
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 24, It has transpired that Lord Dofferin, British representative, and Marquis de Nolles, French Ambassador, in their replies to the demands of the Porte, have promised that the united squadron of French and English ironclads shall be withdrawn from Egyptian waters as soon as order has been restored in that country.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 24.
It is officially announced that the Czar has determined to put a stop to the violent attacks which for some time past have been made upon the Jews in Southern Russia, and that inexorable punishment will be inflicted upon perpetrators of such outrages.
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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2537, 26 May 1882, Page 3
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