LATEST ENGLISH NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 175, 25 July 1881, Page 2

LATEST ENGLISH NEWS.

London July 22. Consols have declined $ and are quoted to day at 101£. New Zealand 5 per cent 10-40 loan has { declined £, and ia quoted to day at 103 ; ! New Zealand 5 per cent 1889 loan is unchanged at 105, and New Zealand 4£ per j cent 1879-1904 loan at 103. Wheat has advanced 6d ; Adelaide ex warehouse 48s 6d; New Zealand 48a 6d. The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain at this date is 1,710,000 quarters. Adelaide flour ex warehouse 34s 6d. Australian tallow, best beef 34s 6d ; best mutton 365. Best Sydney copra per ton £14. It having definitely transpired that the report received on the Bth inst. that the sentence of death passed upon Midbat Pasha for complicity in the murder of the Sultan Abdul Aziz has been commuted to baniehment to Arabia is incorrect, and that the death sentence is to be carried out, the British Government has sent a communication to the Earl of Dufferin, the Ambassador at Constantinople, instructing him to inter cede with the Porte on behalf of Midhat, and to urge the commutation of the sentence of death. In the action Clarke versus Bradlaugh to recover penalties from the latter for sitting and voting in the HoGse of Commons without first taking the oath, a verdict hai now been finally returned for the plaintiff. July 23. Arrived — Elizabeth Graham from Lyttelton, sailed April 1 ; Cynosure from Lytteiton sailed April 1 3 ; Grecian from Lytteiton, sailed April 16; Coronmndel from Wellington, sailed April 16. May Queen from Bluff sailed April 10 . A very severe storm has passed over the Shetland Islands. Eleven fishing vessels have been totally wrecked, and seventy fishtrmen drowned. A telegram is to band from Cuba announcing that two employes of the Bank at Matar.z&s have embezzled 200,000 dollars, and have succeeded in effecting their escape with the money. Washington, July 23. President Garfleld has suffered a relapse, but one which proved only temporary, and he is now again making satisfactory progress towards recovery. ("Age" Specials.) (Per Kotorua at the Bluff.) London, July 11. A very excited feeling prevails through-, out Arabia, and the authority of the Porte is openly defied. At Mecca the insurgents are in possession and have defeated the troops sent against them. 250 Turkish soldiers were captured and massacred iv cold blood. Owing to the illtreatment to which the Jews in Southern Russia have been subjected at the hands of the populace, there is a wholesale exodus from the country. Thousands of Jews are realising their property as far as is practicable and emigrating to the United States. July 12. Kelations between France and Italy are very strained owing to the arbitrary course pursued by the French Government in regard to Tunis. Much excitement exists in Italy and ill feeling between the two countries is rapidly growing as It becomes apparent that France has assumed the virtual Protectorate of Tunis. The repressive measures directed againstthe Socialists in Germany are strictly carried out. At Leipsic a large number of persons suspected of complicity with the Socialists in Germany have been arrested and summarily expelled the country. Intelligence received from the West Coast of Africa states that bitter quarrels have arisen between the tribes and that fighting is imminent. The Governor of Gold Coast Colony has endeavored to pacify the disputes but without success. It is not thought that the British settlements wi". be threatened. The heat in the United States during the present summer has been excessive, and the number of deaths from sun-stroke has been beyond all precedent. In Cincinnati alone twenty seven deaths occurred in one day from this cause. Owing to the favorable weather experienced of late the prospects of the harvest in Europe are more satisfactory. In France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy the harvest is most plentiful. The Art collection of the late Earl Beaconsfield is now being offered by public auction by Messrs Christie ond Co. the well known auctioneers. The collection comprises many curious and valuable articles of vertu and the sale iB attracting much intereat. The special Commission appointed to inquire into the alleged extensive bribery at the Deal election have reported adversely. Mr Oldg, an agent of the Tory party, has been convicted of bribery and sentenced to a term of imprisonment. July 14. The anniversary of the establishment of the French Republic waß celebrated to-day throughout France with great rejoicings. In Paris a grand fete was held, atttended b? the President and other Jhigh official', ii honor of the event. The utmost enthusiasm prevailed. The Khedive of Egypt, Mohammed Tewfek Pasha, acting under the ad. vlca of European Minister! baa issued an. i rder that all slaves in Egypt shall be freed Strenuous ex«rtioHß will be also made to put down the slave trade in the interior. In the vacation cricket match at Cambridge, Rowe, one of the members of the University Eleven, made the brilliant ecore of 101, cirrying his bat out. The total score of his side b mounted to 414. July 17. Lord Mayor McArthur gave a grand baDquet in the Guildhall, at which the Prince of Wa'es, Kalararia (King of the Sandwich Islands who is now on a European tour,) and other distinguished personages, were preeent. In the speeches delivered, the high importance of the Colonies to the Empire was recogi iaed, and eulogies were passed on the energy, and progress displayed by the Canadian Dominion and Australia. Special reference was made to the successful result of the International Exhibitions held at Sydney and Melbourne. At the Ottawa regatt, at which over 12,000 _ persons were present, Hanlan, the champion, Mho acted as umpire, was accorded a tremendous ovation, and was pre»ented with a gold watch and chain in honor of his lecent victorioe. The military system in England has been the subject of discussion in the German press, which comments very favorably on the discipline, efficiency, and martial aptitude displayed by the Volunteers as exhibited by them at the recent review held at Brighton In addition to the grand review of Volunteers to be held nest month before the Queen at Windsor, arrangements are being made for holding a rev i feW of Scotch Regiments in Scotland. Intelligence has been received of a hor rible massacre perpetrated by the Kurds in Asia Minor A predatory tribe captured 120 women who on refusing to work were imprisoned in a bara and the building was then set on fire, and the inmates miserably perished. J