LATEST ENGLISH NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 132, 3 June 1880, Page 2

LATEST ENGLISH NEWS.

London, June 1

Consols 98£ ex dividend. New Zealand securities, Australian and New Zealand beadstuffs, and Australian tallow remain unchanged. ...

At the wool sales to-day 11,800 hales were offered, making a total of 336,200 bales catalogued since the opening. . The tone of the sale was steadier. June 2. . During last night's sitting of the House of Commons, a question was put to the Premier with the object of ascertaining what steps the Government had decided to take in regard to the Anglo-Turkish Convention of 1878, by which the Island of Cyprus was assigned to Great Britain, and Asia Minor ■was placed under British protection. Mr ■ Gladstone, in reply, said that his Government intended to entrust the Colonial office with the administration of Cyprus, and the same Department would see that the necessary reforms in Asiatic-Turkey were vigorously prosecuted in accordance with the terms of the Convention. Consols 98£ ex dividend. The mails via Brindisi per Orient Company's steamer Chimborazo were delivered in London to-day.

The match between the Australian cricketera and eighteen of Keighley in Yorkshire ■was commenced to-day. The weather was showery during the play. The eighteen ■went in first and were disposed of for 102 runs. The Australians then went in, and when the stumps were drawn for the day had scored 56 runs with the loss of five wickets.

In view of the rebellion which has broken out in Burmah, four companies of the British regiment stationed at Rangoon have been ordered to the frontier of the English territory to protect the lives and property of the residents should they be in danger.