LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Kumara Times, Issue 2894, 6 February 1886, Page 2

LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

►♦* [REUTERS TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. >— —< ME, GLADSTONE TO HIS CONSTITUENTS. THE IRISH QUESTION. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. HONORARY DISTINCTIONS. THE CZAR AND THE BULGARIAN QUESTION. (Received February 6, 1.45a.m.) London, February 5. The Hon. Mr Gladstone has issued an address to the electors of Midlothian on the occasion of his coming before them in consequence of assuming office. In his address he states that it is the duty of the Government carefully to examine the social state of Ireland, more especially as regards the occurrence of agrarian crimes, the fulfilment of contracts, and the pressure of the present low prices upon the farming interest, Mr Gladstone states that the chief hope and purpose of his Government will be to examine whether or not it is feasible to try some method of dealing with the crisis by going nearer io the seat of mischief. Consols, at .£IOO 3s Sd. New Zealand securities areunchanged, as ace also breadstuffs and tallow. Wool. —At to-day's sales 11,700 bales were catalogued. The tone of the market is quiet and steady. 5000 bales were withdrawn since the commencement of the series. The total reserve of notes and bullion in the Bank of England is £13,400,000. The proportion of reserve to liabilities is 45 per cent. (Received February 6,2 p.m.) Latest. Referring to the Irish difficulty, Mr Gladstone, in his address to the electors of Midlothian, stated that her Majesty's Government hoped to introduce some scheme which shall promise more stability than is secured by the present law for the repression of crime. He adds that while deeply conscious of the responsibility resting upon them, they are comforted by the belief that they are engaged upon a work of peace. Her Majesty the Queen has been pleased to grant peeiages to Sir Charles S. Mills and Sir Henry Alsopp. (Received February G, 12.45 p.m.) St. Petersburg, February 5. His Imperial Majesty the Czar states that the sanction of the Sultan to the i agreement between Bulgaria and I Turkey is inadequate, and the consent of the European Powers is necessary to ensure the security of the settlement. The Czar declines to discuss the question of the second note promulgated by the Powers. ♦ [special to press association.] London, February 2. The Standard states that prodigious applications have been made for the Victorian loan, for which tenders close to-day, two brokers alone hariuf applied (nr the whole of it. February 2. The Victorian loan was covered largely at £IOG 10s. The official average is £IOG 9s.

A New Guinea syndicate have applied for an extensive tract of land from the Fly River to the western boundary. The Servian Government have at length decided to disband the reserves called out during the recent difficulty with Bulgaria. Mr J. F. Garrick, Aqent-General for Queensland, has answered the statements made by the Duke of Manchester regarding the labour traffic in that colony.

There has beeu a geueral advance in colonial securities. Mr Parnell insists that legislative measures for granting Home Rule, and for the settlement of the land question in Ireland shall be promoted together.