London.

Manawatu Herald, 15 September 1896, Page 2

London.

New Zealand frozen mutton — First quality, 3}d ; second quality, 2|d ; lamb, 4d. The New Zealand hemp market is slow. At auction 200 bales were withdrawn. The English wheat market hag a strong tone, but prices are not changed. The Continental is firm, and tbe American unchanged. Tallow— Fine mutton. 20j 3d; medium, 19s. Fine beef, 183 6d; medium, 17s 6d. The Bradford wool market has as upward tendency. The Porte, in its reply to the Powers denies the ooular testimony of the various Embassies regarding the recent riots in Galata and Pera. Lord Bosebery oonsiders that the highest ambition of the Porte is to ' place Armenia under a new humiliation, and he expects that more will ensue from diplomacy than from public meetings ; but, he adds, it the latter are to succeed, their being of a national character is absolutely essentiol. Mr Asquith, who was Home Secretary in the Ro3ebery administraS tion, says that Britain should refuse further negotiations with the Porte, because the latter is a mure instruI ment in executing criminally insane ! purposes. He declares that the Powers cannot oondone the Sultan's past crimes, and ignore future dangers without sharing in the guilt. Mr Gladstone considers the letter of the Powers last year, protesting against outrages, was a great instrument of mischief, insuring impunity for wholesale murder, as the protests were valueless unless backed up by coercion. Mr Gladstone declines to head a crusade against " The Great Assassin."