LATEST ENGLISH NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 184, 4 August 1879, Page 2

LATEST ENGLISH NEWS.

[Riuter's Tblegraxs per Press Agency.] London, July 31. New Zealand Five per cents 104J. The English harvest prospects are improving. The weather has been showery for several days. Harvesting will, however, be a month later. The European harvest prosEscts are generally unfavorable except iu uasia. The prospectus of the Panama Canal Company is issued ; capital sixteen millions. An official statement by Admiral Ammon haa been published, in which he declares the proposed Panama Canal route to be impracticable. r The Goodwood Stokes were won by Isonomv Bear 2nd, Sparkle 3rd y ' A supplementary army estimate has been submitted to the House to defray the cost of the Zulu war. The amount asked for is three millions, which will convert the surplus shown in the budget into a deficit of £ 1,163,000, which it is understood that Cape Colony will have to reimburse. In the meantime the deficit will be met by Treasury bonds. „ . August 2. Capetown news to the Isth July states that Lord Chelmsford had resigned the Com-mander-in-Chiefship of the forces in Natal, and was returning to Durban. Three per Cent Consols are quoted at 98. The total reserve in notes and bullion in the Bank of England ia £21,375,000. The arrivals of wool up to date are 320,000 tales. The total probable quantity to be

offered, including that left over 'from th. last auctions, is 3. 0^000 b__es_ The Secretary of State for the colonies in the HquS6 of Commons last night declined to pVoduce the papers relatiog to Australian defence, and regretted their publication in the colonies. St. Petersburg!!, August 1. One hundred arrests of Nihilist have been made on the estate of the Grand Duke Constantine. Paris, August 1. The French Chambers have been prorogued. The Chamber of Deputies ha_ reduced the salaries of Bishops tad raised tbose of Priests. A Committee appointed by the Senate rejected the Education Bill. Constantinople, August 1. The evacuation of lioumelia ha_ b._n finished. _serlin, August 2. Germany and the Vatican have at length come to an itmcable agreement as to the status of the Priesthood and Catholic Subjects in the German Empire.