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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1025, 23 April 1883, Page 3

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f R CUTER —COPYRIGHT. J (Received April 20. 9.50 p.m.) - ; ' ’LOM)ON, April 2flr ' A pension of £2OOO a year was voted by the House of Commons last night to Sir Garnet Wolseley. A box containing gunpowder has been discovered at the back of the Times office. It is believed; that it was intended to blow up the building, but no clue to the projected outrage has yet been discovered. (Received April 21, 0.50 a.m.) April 19. The total reserve in the Bank of England in notes and bullion,, is £11,300,000, being a decrease' of £200,000 during the week. The proportion of reserve to liabilities remains at 37 per cent. Bank rate of discount, is unchanged at 3 per cent.; market rate of discount Consols, New Zealand securities remain at yesterday’s quotations. Markets for colonial - breadstuff's and tallow are without quotable For Aus- ; tralian hides prices are firmly maintained. (Received April 22, 1.10 p.m.) April 20, (evening). . In the House of Cdmmons to-day, Mr Gladstone made a statement regarding New Guinea. He expressed the opinion that any steps in connection with the annexation of that Island would be premature, pending the receipt of despatches from Sir Arthur Kennedy giving reasons for the Queensland Crovernment for the action which had been taken. The Premier added that the annexation of New Guinea would be invalid unless it received the Imperial sanction. ST, PETERSBURG, April 19. The trial of the Nihilists who were recently arrested was concluded to-day, and resulted in the conviction of eigh teen prisoners. Sentence of death|was passed upon six, and penal servitude for life upon the remaining twelve. , (Received April 21, 12.20 p.m.) QUEBEC, April 20. A fire broke out to-day in the Provincial Parliament House in this city, and spread with such rapidity that the whole building was gutted before the flames could be got under. The origin of the fire is so far unknown. Later. It has been proved that (he fire which led to the destruction of the Legislative Buildings was caused by a Fenian, but the perpetrator of the outrage has not yet been arrested. BOMBAY, April 20. A most destructive fire has occurred at Delhi. The conflagration extended most rapidly, and . covered an immense area. Fully two thousand houses have been totally destroyed. (srECI*AL TO PRESS ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, April 18. A clerk employed in the Central Telegraph Office alleges that he was kidnapped by Fenians, and questioned as to facilities for destroying the building. The Comte de Chambord is recovering from his serious illness. The Italians assert that the researches made in New Guinea by Signor D’Albertis, the explorer, have hastened the annexation of that country by the Queensland Government. The unsettled condition of affairs in Africa is likely to delay the departure of Sir Hercules Robinson from Cape Colony. The Right Rev. C. W. Sandford, Bishop of Tasmania, has been presented by hie, late congregation at Gibraltar with a silver vase and a cheque for £I2OO. ; : ; : . The cargo of frozen meat by the ship Dunedin is selling at 6d per lb. The shipment by’ the Cuzco is inferior to previous cargoes, and has realised 3d per lb. The market is glutted. The City and Suburban Stakes was run at the Epsom Spring Meeting yesterday, and was won by Roysterer, Lowland Chief second, and Sweetbread third.