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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 289, 5 December 1881, Page 2

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London, December 2. Consols aro quoted st 99;] (.i'c ) New Zealand securiries are unchanged. Ade'aide nnd New Zsaland breadstuff, are •Without quotable ch-.ugo. The tot.l qunnli y of wheat afloat for Gre^t Britain is 2.5Q-),or:0 .quarters. . Australian tallow remains at yesterday's quotations. At the wool sales to-day BSOO bales wer. oflvred, and priesc s wero lirinly maintained. The body of the iate Eu-i of Crawford tnd Balcarres -jvdb stolen to-day from the Mausoleum at Aberdeen. Tbe object of the theft is believed to be to extort a ransom from the relatives of the deceased Earl. A Blue Book has bean issued containing papers aod letters in reference to Afghan affairs. One of ihe documents is a communication by the Ameer Abdul Rahman'- to the Viceroy of India, in which he" undertake-, to do nothing without ihe consent of England, and expresses bis intention of informing the Government of everything thac may take place in Afghanistan, whether good or bad. December 3. There are no changes to report in Consols or New Zealand securities. Pabis, December M. Ronstan, the French Resident at Tunis, has arrived in this city, and it is currently believed that he has been superseded in his position, though nothing definite is yet known. Gambetta, President of the Council of Minister!*, made a speech to-day, in the course of which he stated that tbe Government would not object to European control of affairs in Tunis if such was desired by tbe Powers. Washington, B< c. 2 The Irish National Convention, at its sitting at Chicago, has passed a resoiu fion in favor of rational government fer Ireland based on tl.e will of the people. Another rrsolit'oa bag been passed endorsing the norent agitation which is being carried on by tbe tenants of Ire'and Vienna, December 3. Relations between the Austrian and Kouraanim Governments are at the present time much strained over the question of the navigation of the D.tnube. Austria has in the meantime suspended diplomatic communications with the Roumania Principality until Count Kalnoky, tbe new Austrian Premier, has examined into the points in dispute between the two countries. [" Argus " Specials.] London, Nov. 21. Howard Smith and Sons of Melbourne have entered into contracts for the immediate construction of two steamers, each of 3000 tons, to be employed in the intercolonial coasting trade of Australia. The colonists of Natal are very indignant at the appointment of Mr Sendall, one of tbe Assistant Secretaries to the Local Government Board as Governor of the colouy in succession to Sir Evelyn Wood. They object to an untried official boing sent out at the present, time and have offered to increase the salary to £2500 per annum on condition that an efficient and moro distinguished Governor is appointed. Hopes are entertained that ageneral rising of the Transvaal natives will be averted. Many Kaffir tribes which showed a disposal to attack the Boers are now becoming quiet. a iannei tbivugu thu Fyreuees l_ projected. An outbreak in Egypt is considered imminent. The Ulemas, who comprise the most intelligent and inflaential Egyptian?, are encouraging the revolu'ionary movement which is spreading ftom the adjoining Mahommedan Staffs. They are also causing much disquietude by their intrigues with tbe Egyptian army. Clement Scott, well known in London literaturo has obtained £1500 damages in a libel action which has arisen out of the will whicb Mips Adelaide Neiisen, the celebrated actress, who died suddenly in Paris, August 1880, made in favour of Rear-Admiral Glvn. Tbe General in corrrnard of the Chilian forces in Peru, hss arrested Gargia Calderod the Constitutional President of the Republic, and Galvez, Minister of Foreign Affairs as a protest against Mr Elaine's recent announcement that the U.S. Government prohibited Chili from taking advantage of tbe defenceleas position of Peru, to absorb that country. It. ia stated tbat the Fr.nch intend to exercise a protectorate over ths Austral Islands, dispersed ovf r the group south of the Society Islands and over Cook's Islands in the South Pacific. At a meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute held to-day, the Duke of Manchester, who. as Chairman of the Council, presided, remarked that his observations during his recent extended tour through Australia, bad caused him to doubt whether the export of wheat from the colonies would be a success for some years to come. He also questioned whether the policy of free selection, however well meant it migbt be, could be considered a success when judged by the existing results which were conitantly injurious to the tquatters. Atrocious outrages continue to ba frequently perpertrated in the disaffected districts in Ireland and a painful feeling of alarm prevails amongst the law-abiding portion of the inhabitants. The meetings in the Liberal interest whicb were to have been held in Newcastle and Marylebone, London, have had to be abandoned in consequence of the violence of the Irish residents who refused to allow them to take place. In consequence of the Irish juries persistently refusinc; to convict in well established cases of outrage, the British Government, it is expected will shortly suspend the operations of the jury law in Ireland. The pistol with which Lefroy murdered Mr Gould in a railway carriage has been found in Rradcombe Tunnel. The Cnlzean, 1G33 tons, belonging to Mr Kerr of Greenock lns been wrecked in Jura Sound amongst the Hebrides. Twenty lives were lost. An attempt has been made to murder the President of the Republic of Venezuela, but the assasfiu failed in his object. The coasting steamer C lumbia has been wrecked with a loss of 32 lives. A Nihilist plot to destroy the Emperor's Palace at Gatchina bas been discovered. The plan proposed was to load a balloon with dynamite and cause it to descend on the Palace. Several arrests have been made. Hanlon and Boyd have arranged a sculling match on the Thames, to take place in Anril next. y Russia demands the territory of Armenia and the right to collect the Armenian taxes in lieu of the indemnity payablo by Turkey If these conditions are agreed to it wili guarantee the remainder of tho Empire The limes, in commenting on a letter which it recently published apropos of the reported annexation of Haratonga by France maintains that the treaty between that country and Great Briiain interdicts the former Power from acquiring such possessions. Jhe limes further condemns the annexation hy European Powers ; n tt,e Paciflc, and censures English for ita jealousy of other European States. A great storm was raging over the greatest part of England throughout yesterday. Many hcuses were much damaged by the extrerre uo'-nce of the gale, and ali along the const sh'pping disasters were numerous/ November 29 It is p.nticipated that the Imperial Parliament will be summoned to meet for the despatch of business on the 19th January. O'Donnell, thr member for Dungarvan, fu d TY''[e President and Hon Seoretary of the Irish Home Unle Confederatioa in Groat

Br-r.in, ia at <i..ing Sir Spmuel Wilson in his ..in.:-. -.8 ior (;.o ;;_ai icr V. rriidordfirry County. Count T,r ._&itke. Chief Marshal ef the German Empire, has resigned the command of the German army.