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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 58, 9 March 1881, Page 2

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London, March 7. Consols remain unchanged. New Zealand securities are unchanged. \ Adelaide wheat ear warehouse 50s ; Adelaide flour ex warehouse 345; New Zealand wheat tx ships 45s ; Australian beef tallow has advanced one shilling per cwt, and is now quoted at 35s 6'd;' best mutton tallow remains at 36s 6d. At tile woot sales to-day 8,000 bales were catalogued. There was a fair demand. The Board of Trade returns for the past month were published to-day. The imports amounted to £36;625,000, being an increase of £3,375,000 com fared with the corresponding month of last year. The exports reached a total of £1C,812,000, and show an increase of £312,500 under the same comparison. In the House of Commons to-day the Premier was questioned regarding the state ment in the' Daily News that a week's armistice bad been proclaimed in Transvaal. Mr Gladstone in reply confirmed the announcement and added that the arm is ice had been agreed to in order to enable Kruger, tbe Boer President, to reply to the conditions of peace which had been submitted to him by Sir Evelyn Wood. Mr Gladstone further stated that during the, time of the armistice Sir Evelyn Wood would, be allowed to revictual tbe British garrison in Trausvaal. ; Arrived— Chaudiere from Napier, sailed November 13. i -. March 8. • Very severe hurricanes accompanied by heavy falls of snow have been experienced over the greater part of Scotland during the past twenty-four ' hours, and great damage has been done to property. Terrific gales' have raged on the coast, and. numerous shipwrecks, resulting in great loss of life, have been caused. So far as can be ascertained fully one hundred persons are known to have been drowned in vessels which have foundered at ports and off the coast. The Irish Judges of Assize in their charges to Grand Juries at the; Courts, which opened' yesterday in the Irish Provinces, again tcok occasion to refer to the alarming state of the 1 country, and deplored in forcible terms the| continued occurrence of au enormous amount of undetected crime. . (Specials to « Sydney Herald.") , [Per Arawata at Russell.] London, Feb. 24. Mr Gladstone, the wife of the Premier, attended a reception, held by the Queen at Buckingham Palace to-day. j The American Banks strongly condemn the Funding Bill introduced by the Govern-' ment at Washington as calculated to derange tbe financial affairs of the country. In consequence of the important influence tbe measure would exercise upon tbe money market.: if passed a partial panic occurred on the New; Yotk Stock Exchange, and stock fell '17 per cent. Intense excitement prevailed ? but the . feeling has now quelled/and the share market; is beginning to recover. i The subject of the International Exhibition ' of 1883 was brought before Congress, and it ! was resolved that an official invitation on behalf ot the United States should be sent to! foreign countries desiring their co-operation. ; '■Some sensation was r created in London i especially in official circles, by the announce- 1 menfc that a Fenian named Devaney had sent a cablegram from America to Sir W Vernon Ilarcourt, tbe ; Home Secretary, threatening ; to take bis life in. consequence of tbe attitude : assumed by him towards Ireland, The matter has been, placed in the handß of the police. • !-,••! = •• • • •- :. r . - .;.' ',■ > \ .' \l. ■ ' .-February 20. The Dumfrieshire estate of the late Thomas "Cariyle ls shown to have been bequeathed to the, Edinburgh Faculty of Arts. A State banquet was. given at Windsor Castle on the occasion of the marriage of Prince William of Germany ,. to the Princess ! •Victoria. Both Mr '' Gladstone arid ' Earl Beaconsfieid were present. ' ' A grand celebration has been given at Paris to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Victor Hugo's birthday. The great writer's popularity amongst the Parisian© was shown by the fact that over 300,000 people i took part in the rejoicings, on the occasion, j The Imperial Government have given instructions for the evacuation of Candahar, and the garrison is now under orders to return to India, It ia expected that the evacuation will be completed 1 in a mouth's' time.' It is feared that a contest at .Candahar may .arise between theiadberetts of..A s youb Khan- and those of Abdul Rahman, the Ameer of Afghanistan. ? ■. Throughout' the Unite'd Sfo'tes and Canida the weather has been unusually severe, and

owing to the fierceness of the storms and floods there has been enprmou3 destruction of property. .Over 500,000 (battle perished. '■ *In order to express the , sense of the- un- ] fairnefcstwith which they! are • treated- b# the! PostalUuthoritieß, it is stat^djthat the JDjjrec- j tors of^ the Orient Company .intend todess 'patch .'their steamers Mmth.e same date as the outgoing P. arid 0 steamer, "as they receive no adequate subsidy for the Carriage of mails. Beilin is en fete ia honor of the marriage of Prince William and Princess Victoria. The bride wore a splendid white damask dress,, one of. the. ancient crowns of the Empire, and\Jie I'reasury, 'diamonds; it seriaß of banquets and ballß and other festivitieS w arranged in honor of the occasion. Paris, February ;26_... tvr Parriell had -an interview with the Arch--bishop of Paris on the subject of the.^dah.. Land agitation, but the result of the inter* view has^not transpired. „ ..„...,...,.