London.

Manawatu Herald, 10 December 1895, Page 2

London.

The Royal Geographical Society and others intend to co operate in s-nding a private expedition to the Antarctic region. The estimated cost is £50,000. The balance of the horses by the Southern Cross, from Sydney, averaged £20. The hacks by the Gulf of Lyons averaged £25 10s, the top price being £27 14s. The Times thinks it will be to the mutual advantage of England and the colonies if the latter support Mr Chamberlain's efforts to further trade as between them and the Mother Country. The freedom of the city of Glasgow is to be offered to the Right Hon. A.. J. Balfour. Dr Lecky, the historian, has been elected for the Dublin University seafc in the House of Commons by a large majority. New Zealand long-berried wheat is quoted at a nominal figure only. The hemp market is depressed. New Zealand, ordinary, £12 10s. Frozen mutton — First quality, 4£d ; second, 3§d. Butter, qniet, 100s to 104s. There is keen competition at the wool sales, and prices remain firm, without change. Further gales have been experi« enced in England, with heavy rain and floods, causing considerable damage. News has been received that a strong filibustering expedition, which I evaded the British gunboats, has started from Jamaica for Cuba. It is understood that the British reply relative to the Venezuelan frontier difficulty, insists on the ( Bohomburgk line of delimitation,