BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6492, 17 December 1881, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

(EBoTl®*® TfeSM*K».jBKLISF Of IRISH WOMEN. LONDON, Dae. A fund boa Im«» for tho relief of distreMed Irkh «one», Tho Quo®® hM »üb»ribed EffOO, and oilier krg® contTibutiont have elroady Lena r®. rested. TUB BU'FIDA ESTATE, - lotclligcoooie tohaad from Tacit that certain Tuoiaka GovamaMt -officimlo harcfiirtiblyttiwlled Ihovrotkaoa of-Mr ! rf Ty. a BriUth nLJnel, from tho Mint® at Kuidm, tho owambip of which hat f'r « time put bwstt in dispute. After the removal ot Mr Levy’s «». pl.T®** iaiiailed o n® m . b.-T of French tsorlnHtt la tIK-lr p|«o«i, #sd the Inilci* am now In jpoaseaatoa ot the swtato. POSITION Of THE POPS. PARIS,-Daw. 14. The F«»eh OUnunoßtiwi Promt have lately pabUahcd articles la refemm (o the sitnattoa of the Papal Sen. The papers ccacur la alating that tho Pope’s Petition hu become unbearable, and that the qoettion of Hm Holloeos’ departure from Bom® is now serioiisly mooted. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. LONDON, Dm 14. Omuls have d®elt&®il | to 89|. New Lcoksd seenritiei are inn at last qno* tetim*. OolonUi hreadstnlfs and tallow are unchanged. Die. IS. Oaasola, 99|. Th® total rescrv® In Botes and bcllloa in tho Bank of Eng* land Is £11,750,000. The Bank rate of discount remains at 5 per cent, and the market tat® at 4|. Now Zealand securities are unchanged at th® follow* i&g quotations:—s per cent 10*40 loan, 105; 5 per ©oat 1889 loon, 104 j 4| par cent, 1879-1904 loan, lOlf . Adelaide wheat eat warehouse, 58a; Adelaide four. 41a 6d; New Zealand wheat, «x warehouse, 52*. Australian tallow Beni heel, .39* 6d; -heat Button 43a.