BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6504, 31 December 1881, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

fEtmrnft’u Tslmeamii.3 THE MAILS. LONDON, Dsc. S 7. Tlo h&ffioward mails ' ptr Orient steamship John Eider, which left Mel* bourne on Now. 16, were delivered vi& Brindisi fostorday. SHIPPING. , LONDON, Dec. 28. Amved>~Soltm, ship, from Lyttelton; iaiM August 81. THE AMBER OF AFGHANISTAN. LONDON, Die. 29. The 80%.. Jfeme to*day publishes a telegram from A%hasußton to the eteot that the Ameer' has espieeaed hit in* tenUon oi visiting India during the ensuing spring. THE FRENCH IN TUNIS. PARIS. Dsc. 29. Telegrams to hand from Tunis report that' dosuitoiy Sghting continue be* tween the insurgent Arab tribee and the French force® in the principality. The rebels have suffered severe, losses, and a large body him crossed the western border isle Morocco, whither the French ere pursuing then. BOMBAY, Dec. 29. At Beredo, the capital of Gujemt, a seml'independent Native Slate in Bombay Presidency, the installation of the Goioowar (Native ruler) took place to*day in the presence of the British Resident COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. LONDON, Die. 27. Console, 99|. Bank rate of discount, 5 per cent; market rate, If. New Zeeland cecuritke. five per cent 10*40 lean, 104; S per cent 1889 loan, 104; 4| per centlß79*l9o4loan, lOlf Adelaide wheat es warehouse, 56»; New Zealand, ditto, 52e ; Adelaide flour, ce warehouse, 510 6d; Australian tallow —best beef 39s 6d; beet mutton, 44a. LONDON. Dec. 28. Tires per cent Consols have declined I, and are quoted to-day at 995. New Zealand securities remain unchanged at yesterday’s quotations. Adelaide and New Zealand wheat and Australian tallow are without quotable change. Best Scottish pig* Iron, No. 1, f.o.b. in Clyde, ban fallen to 52s per ton. Best selected tram* parent Ham gum, £lO.