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(SEVIER'S SPECIAL TO PRESS AGENCY.)' Sydney, Monday. The San Francisco mail left Frisco on the sixteenth. A quantity of new and valuable jewellery has been found in possession of the men who were arrested on board the Somersetshire. London, August 18. To-day £25,000 worth of Napier Harbor Board bonds, seven per cent, debentures, were subscribed for at a £IOO to £lO3. . The Crown Law officers have given an opinion relative to the Fiji land disputes, insuring a speedy settlement of the question at issue. 180,000 bales of wool were bought for export. New Zealand wheat is at 41s. to 475. Arrived: Northumberland.
Singapore, Saturday. Mr. Disraeli has been created a peer under the title of Earl Beacousfield. In the House of Commons the Liberals censured Lord Eliot’s apathy concerning his despatch on the atrocities in Bulgaria. Bourke defended Eliot.
The Liberals of England have declared the Government responsible for the conduct of the Turks. Mr. Disraeli denied that England was specially engaged to protect the Sultan. The Sultan of Turkey is much better. Earl Beacousfield has been appointed Lord Privy Seal. The Foreign Office has issued a slave oircular ordering the reception of all fugitives, to be guided by the rules of common humanity, but avoiding breaches of international treaties.
The Government has offered £250 reward for the discovery of Bravo’s murderer, and a free pardon to any accomplice turning Queen’s evidence.
Lord Northbrooke, speaking of England’s policy towards the Porte, said that to suppose it would affect the policy of the East in India was purely imaginary. He approved of the decision of the Government not to attempt a remedy. On the 15th August Parliament was prorogued by commission. The Queen’s speech said that foreign relations were friendly, and the entente cordials continues. Should a favorable occasion offer, England will be ready to act in concert with her allies, and offer negotiation, and while respecting present treaties and interests, her policy will be one of humanity, and hopes for a speedy conclusion of the extradition treaty, and the difficulty with America.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4816, 29 August 1876, Page 2
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