ENGLISH NEWS TO OCTOBER 23.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 258, 30 October 1872, Page 5

ENGLISH NEWS TO OCTOBER 23.

,-. .«— — Q .< t '- ■ : The Albion, from Melbourne, arrived at the 'Bluff last night, bringing the Suez -mail, and telegraphic news from London .. ONLY SIX DAYS OLD, , the cable having been placed in working • order on the 21 Bt instant. [PEB.GRBVILLE'S TELEGBAM COMPANY.] * . SPECIAL ENGLISH SUMMARY. Melbourne, October 24. The Baroda arrived at the Heads on the 18th proximo, with London dates to i September 26, Galle, the 28th. Wool* 2d. to 3d. higher. The Geneva Arbitrators condemn England to |«y three and a quarter millions sterling. Y'Y,? ''""''■ The steamer Afcrato, for Melboorne, narrowly escaped shipwreck in the Channel, and put back to Plymouth. Eight, detachments of railway laborers have been despatched to New Zealand per Chili, for Brogden's railways. 1 Tenders are invited for a Californian mail service. < England agrees to maintain the mail service from London to Galle; aod to contribute? £40,000 to the service from Galle to Australia. Bishop Selwyn's son succeeds Bishop Patteson as Bishop of Polynesia. The wheat harvest in England is defi- .. cient. both in quantity and quality. . Iron is lower. The decrease in New Zealand shipments this months amounts to £11*6.000. , . ';...■:■' Ships clearedr— three. 7 Hemp £1 to £2 lower; market steady, supply brisk. Preserved meats brisk. New Zealand flax, £36 to £40; tow scarce, at from £18 to £18 ss. Tallow, flat and lower. Adelaide wheat 65s* to 683. All the shares in thc National Bank of New Zealand are allotted. Consols 92|. •. ■• Arrived; Harvest Home, Caduceus, Celceno, Margaret Galbraitb, Zealandia, » Charlotte Gladstone, and Crusader. Sailed : For Otago, Helen Burns and Christian McAueland. For Auckland, Northern Castle and Agnes Muir. Spoken — Thames, for New Zealand, forty^two days out, March 19; J.L.D. K. from Otago, August 22; Hording, July 8; Electra, July 6; Peter Denny, August 3rd. \ •The Anglo- Australian Press Telegraph Agency has dates (by -cable) from Lpndon to October 23. : ' Denman is elected to the Puisine Judgeship of Common Pleas, vacant through the suicide of Judge Willis. The British National debt is reduced by four millions. Z '. Exports to the colonies eight millions for the quarter. Coal is lower at Glasgow. The quarter's revenue of Great Britain, ending Sept. 10, was. sixteen millions. ; Sir Roundell Palmer, as Lord Sherbourne, becomes Lord High Chancellor. The vacant seat at Bichmond will be -contested,, by Lord Mayor Sir Sydney Waterlow*. •;■ "Obituary : Sir Charles Mill, Seward ..(late "it American Secretary), Admiral Cochrane. .: Mr. G rahami a director of the National Ba-o;k : of New Zealand, has sailed. Mr Waterfcon Jakes charge of the Australasian Branch. Mr Burns is preparing to leave. France abolishes the differential duties on British vessels, and England makeß consessions on French, wiues.* Letters have been received direct from •Dr Livingstone, and the Government will send a special commission to the African coast to open up direct communication with him. ;.•;• .. . -y ' '„'. The fault in the Java cable was in 1000 yY'iath6mA,6( water. r ■■. , A new Atlantic cable is being laid. Y Money -inactive j meat brisk, Woolt :; ;a shade ?l6wer. New Zealand fives 102 ; :s; : sixes. : -112;7Y'Y. A ' ,;';,. ?•,?■ Y\:. .;? ". '$&EW^ 27. . rv-L',^bJßKan^^i.-Sjaß*?^^? J" ; W* s 7T,o?i? 1, .^ - Scla-; ' *readi- the^?ve*t^ic^ sentencinerEbgland dojlar^vp;rY^obo,ooo "fie&ftu'ah; '/the;f %^sgl^^^ i|^fe|ia|depreda^ J^--; . ?j7^i|g^ : T;Ypursuiiig and capturing, the cruisers was ;Y:?to^

Grand military manoeuvres have been i held on Salisbury plain. The troops were divided into the ■ Northern- and, Southern Armies. There was, a sham battle, and the Southern was defeated. A large number of foreign officers were present. I The threatened strike of bakers was I averted. ~>' ■ ■„ The English Eleven were Generally successful in their Canadian cricket, cam* paign. . „ - There have been large importations of coal from the Continent. The rinderpest is prevalent. Tne Princess of Wales has returned from Denmark. The Queen is visiting the Duke of Sutherland. Tbere has been a discussion between the officers of the 1 late Livingstone search expedition. A rupture of the London branch of the International is threatened. An extensive strike of the cotton operatives at Aehton has occurred. , Colonel Cappage has committed suicide at Ulster. — There is a reduction at the Sheffield collerieft of three shillings per ton. The three northern Emperors met at Berlin on the 9ih September, but it is said to be without political significance save that. Russia and Austria accept the new condition of affairs. The German Anglo-French commercial treaty negotiations are progressing favorably. Ganvatch visits Paris in October. The arrest of Communists in France is discontinued. Several arrests have been made in Spain for a fresh dynastic conspiracy. The Republicans in America have carried the Maine elections. Grant's prospects are improving. The International Congress at Hague has removed to New York. The German infantry, line, and jagar battalions are reduced to a peace footing.' The Prince Regent of Sweden is proclaimed Oscar the Second. The Congress of the old Catholic party has assembled at Cologne. . On the 12th September, 96,000 bales of wool were offered for sale, realising a half-penny to a penny higher. The America cotton crop is ten per cent, below the average. New coalfields have been discovered at Waterford. The Japanese ambassadors are entertained at Mansion Houße. Eight hundred and eighty Communists left Brest for New Caledonia. The steamship Atrato lost her propeller in the Channel, and returned to be docked. She has repaired, and leaves on the Ist October. ; John Fox and Co., in the AustralianAmerican trade, have failed. Lord Kimberley has published a report of Queensland tin discoveries in tbe Times, Outward freight is considerably advanced. The Arbitrators condemned England for allowing the Shenandoah to be refitted at Melbourne. % New York exchange on London is low. The competition in wool is vigorous;, merino and second clothing iu moderate request; combing sorts are competed for at twopence to threepence advance. Sales of greasy are less favorable. Copper neglected ; Wallaroo £94 and fluctuating. At tbe last Indian wool Bales, the price was ten per cent, lower. The British Government is prepared to entertain the question of a fortnightly communication between England and the colonies via ladia. If the Eastern colonies insist npon the Torres Straits service they must defray the cost from Singapore. Large markets are developing in the north for the sale of Australian meats. The Emigration Commissioners report fewer emigrants for Australia and New Zealand last year than any year since 1847. ; -.'.•'■'•• Twelve hundred agriculturists go to the Pacific slopes to found a colony. A large body of railway labourers have left for Atnericai; A monument to Bishop Patteson is to be erected in the Tower '(Jhorcb, Ipswich. A martyr pulpit is. proposed in Exeter : Cathedra). __>.-■ „ / '' ' .•;'' ..'•' ....', ."' .- .FathVtHylaclnthe^jjßStifieshifapproac'hing marriage!; /.'-It- ' : -i»^liioured that he is going with /Abbe Siacband to found I churches in New Caledonia.; } V; Thei 'Geographical' Society has treated Stanley .with/giea'tTn'deness^.'VTheriQueen, 'pVesented\-M^;'with.va'- snuff' box set with an<i!|n l autograph letter. * A splendid entertainment has been given £io''ibe'- : Gen^ :'■: -;■'''■ t- ■ ;■> The buiide^ xc<o)njproraiß^ j>; "^"v ..; ,!; *<!|^3Sd&6^i<e^si^vne w^'" .^.' p^i i j^c«d^^ . party;<> has .^ g ; ; : '0^$$&0&;j« «\ |dj4ive|edj|^^

Chaffers is renewing his persecution of Lady Twiss. - He applied for a warrant against her for pet jury, which was refused. The Channel fleet has made a successful cruise round the Islands. An American squadron, is onUhe English coast. Consols, 92 J. - Foo Chow.-— Up to%ngust 261h, tbe exports of tea to the colonies was six. million pounds, having decreased a million and a quarter pounds. Tbe ballot election of Childers at Pontefract was successful. The Victorian Emigration officer has joined the New Zealand agency. Wenlock won the St Leger. New Zealand Consolidated Fives 103£ ; Sixes 112. The foot and mouth disease is spreading alarmingly. ■ Order has been restored at Belfast. The grave troubles anticipated in the English agricultural districts after harvest, are confirmed. The three northern Emperors are regarded as being favorably disposed for peace. A great fire has occurred at Canterbury Cathedral ; damages £5000. The Italian Government offer a residence to the Pope. The Jesuits advise his acceptance. Greeley's prospects for the Presidency are declining. , ' A new French line of steamers is proposed from Marseilles via the Suez Canal to Galle and Batavia, thence to New Caledonia, Parliament is in recess. Continental affairs are quiet. Sales for the month of New Zealand hemp: 1800 bales.- Whale oil, depressed. Tallow : mutton, 41s to 42s 91 ; beef, 40s to 418. Heavy and light hides in request at sevenpence. Gum, kauri, dull at 35s to 50a. ' Latest Shipping. — The Cbatanooga arrived on the 20th from Queensland. Loading : Chili, for Napier; Oleades, for Canterbury ; Chandiere, for Nelson ; City of Dunedin, Ferndale, Helen Burns, and Warrior Queen, for Otago; Jessie Readmau, for Wellington. The Glenlora, for Wellington, passed Deal on the 9th of August. The Lady Jocelyn, for Canterbury was off Swanage on August 8. The Palmerston. from Hamburg to New Zealand, was off Dover on August 8. Nothing has been heard of the Glenmark. Tbe Agamennon, from London to New Zealand, sailed from Rio on August 8. Australian meats have improved fully a half -penny per pound on most items. The New Zealand hemp trade is healthy and prices firm. Complaints are made about cleaning and want of uniformity in packing. Dr. Featherston has returned from France, where he arranged to send out to Wanganui a number of Rhine vignerons. The Queen Bee takes ten brace of live grouse. Dr. Featherston arranged for .the passage of 1300 emigrants within ten days, mostly navvies and agricultural laborers. Sir Thomas Tancred has sent spine fine Leicester rams to Lyttelton. Charles Roy, a passenger per Christian McAusland, from -Now Zealand to London, died on the passage. *