London.

Manawatu Herald, 29 October 1895, Page 2

London.

New Z ;aland long-b^rri^d wheat, ex warehouse, n uniuiiily, 27 < ; Si>u.h Australian and Victorian do, both firm, 28<.

New Zealand frozen mutton — First quality, 4fd ; second do, 4JI. New Zealand hemp— The market, is firm, and 145 bales from New Ze>land have been di->pos<-d uf at sib >nt £15 per ton.

The death is announced uf Sir Charles Halle.

The trial of Jab z Bifmr H pro c ed tig in 'lie Hitfb Court <»t J is'io , Quetn'a Beuoli Division. The prisoner uppeats in excellent health and spirits. The County Council, by the casting vote of the chairman, re impisf-d the restrio.iom on the Paiao^ Thtativ, bu ivm >ved restrictions on in- Empiiv Mu^ie Hal. by a msijori y of 17.

The overdue ship Tiintru, from Melbourne, bas ben spoken in the Atlantic, and is expected to arrive in the Channel diily.

Sir John Thurston, Governor of

Fij : , has postponed his departure for a month;

The revolt in Formosa has been subdued by the Japanese troops. ,

The Financial fieics considers that the report on the working results of the New South Wale 3 railways reflects great credit od Mr Eddy's management.

At a meeting of beef importers, at which five firms were repre-ented, it was decided by a majority oi one to f I'm a frozen meat importers' association. Oiher importers will be invited to \ ml. Tue Tiries has a furious leader on the duplicity of Russia in secretly arranging the treaty with China. The Pall Mall Gazette declares hut the B isso-Chinese Treaty mpana ruin to British trade and loss of a 1 monoy invested in China, also an alifQ domination in the Pacific. It adds that the Russian warships ire off Vancouver and Sydney, and urges Great Britain to immediately reoccupy Port Hamilton, about 88 miles sou i h from Corea*

The St. James Gazette advocateß <tn Ang'o Japanese alliance .to pre vent China from becoming tributary o Russia.