HOME AND FOREIGN.

Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1036, 18 May 1883, Page 2

HOME AND FOREIGN.

fREUTER—COPYRIGHT.] PARIS, May 15. The Chamber of Deputies has passed a vote of 5,000,000 francs to defray the expenses of the Tonquin exhibition. (Received May 17, 2.15 p.m.) LONDON, May 16. The Colonial wool sales opened today with a catalogue comprising 6600 bales. A fair demand was experienced. There was a good attendance of Home and Foreign buyers. The present series of auctions will close on June 29th. Consols have.advanced to New Zealand securities are unchanged. The market for Colonial breadstuffs is quiet, but firm, at last quotations. Australian tallow dull. (SPECIAL TO PRESS ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, May 13. _ Parliament has been adjourned until the 21st inst. The Times complains strongly of the Gladstone Ministry pandering to the crotchets of various sections of their supporters instead of boldly pursuing a national policy. The Tories are jubilant. Mr William Chambers, the wellknown publisher, of Edinburgh, has been cr.eated a baronet. The brother of Joseph Brady has been committed for trial. Counsel consulted by the Khedive, in view of the agitation for the duplication of the Suez Canal, report that the concession granted to Baron De Lesseps confers upon him an exclusive right. ' '. . El Mahcli has been badly defeated at . Gabaline. A Hygienic Exhibition has been opened at Berlin. The opening of the Fisheries Exhibition in London was a brilliant although it rained steadily throughoOT. The decorations were profuse and effective. The whole of the Royal Family, except the Queen, were present, as well as the members of llie Cabinet, Foreign Embassies, and Colonial Commissioners. There were numbers of foreign fishing girls present, dressed in their national costumes ; arid hundreds of British fishermen, were admitted after the grand procession through the courts. The Duke of Richmond delivered an address. His Royal Highness; the Prince of Wales formally opened the Exhibition, promising to read a'paper by His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh ebfore the Fisheries Congress. The collection in the Exhibition is very complete in all, respects, and there is an unequalled supply of lifesaving apparatus. The Canadian is the best colonial court. The British, Dutch, and Swedish courts are also excellent. May 14. The Pope condemns the collection of money to further the ends of rebellion in Ireland. Germany has concluded a commercial treaty with Madagascar. Hercules Robinson has arrived in England from the Cape. Mr Bradlaugh denounces the House of Commons as guilty of treason to the Constitution.