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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1216, 4 December 1882, Page 2

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[reuter’s telegrams], I BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—(COPYRIGHT.) LONDON, Dec. 1. 1 Consols remain at 101 J, ex div.; New Zea- ' land Five per Cent. 10-40 Loan, 104^; Five • per Cent. 1889 Loan, 104; Four-and-a-Half ' per Cent. 1874-1994 Loan, 1021. The total i quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is j 2,150,000 quarters, being 20,000 less than ‘ last week. Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, ! remains at 49s fid ; New Zealand ditto deI dined to 43s fid (lowest) ; Adelaide flour, ex store, 345. The total stock of tallow in Lon- ; don to-day was 132,000 casks, being an in--1 crease of 200 casks compared with the stock of last month. Australian tallow is un- • changed at 425. for best beef, and 44s fid for ; best mutton. At to-day’s wool sale 5,700 • bales were offered, the prices being somei what firmer. ; The P. and O. Company’s steamship RoI hilla, which left Melbourne on Oct. 12, arI rived at Plymouth to-day. Dec. 2. Parliament was prorogued to-day by Royal i Commision. The Speech from the Throne ■ was read by the Lord Chancellor, and stated ! that England’s relations with foreign poweis arc of a cordial nature, and he referred to 1 the friendship existing between England and France. In his speech he added that Her > Majesty recognises the increased obligations j of England in Egypt, and the Government is determined to maintain the treaties in reference to that country, to uphold the firmans granted by Turkey, and promote a prudent development of the institutions of Kgypt. The Government would avoid disturbing the general quietude of Eastern Europe, and Her Majesty is confident that the approval of the Powers will result from j England’s counsels in Eastern questions. The i Speech went on to say that it is feared that 1 much distress will be felt in England during the present winter. Referring to the recent murders in Dublin, ; the Speech states that the exc.nitivc will firmly exercise its powers for the suppression of disorder. In conclusion it is stated that i the social condition of Ireland gt nernlly may now be said to be considerably improved. Michael Davitt, one of the leaders of the new Irish National League, who has for some , time past been delivering speeches of an incendiary character, has been summoned to ■ appear at the Police Court on Tuesday next, i and to find sureties for his good behaviour in j future. There are no changes to report in money f or produce markets. The catalogue at to- j day’s wool sale comprised 14,000 bales. The i firm prices of yesterday were maintained to- ' day. I The Right Hon. Henry Fawcett, Post- | master General, is seriously indisposed, and . his condition is now considered critical. Anthony Trollope has suffered a severe j 1 relapse, and is also in a dangerous state of | i health. . _ j , The current series of wool auctions will close on Thursday next, the 7th inst. BERLIN, Dec. 2. j The floods on the Rhine are gradually i | abating. The country has suffered severely | through the recent inundations. CAIRO, Dec. 2. | The trial of Arabi was commenced to-day. The business done was of purely a form il ' character, and the whole proceedings are not expected to occupy more than twenty-four hours. The trial of Arabi was concluded to-day. He was found guilty of the charges laid against him, and was condemned to death. The Khedive has, however, since commuted the sentence to exile. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 2. Giers, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, has returned to this city from his visit to Berlin, where he had a lengthy interview with Prince Bismarck and the Emperor AVilliani. Nothing has yet transpired as to the results of the meeting.