LATE TELEGRAMS.

Southland Times, Issue 1565, 19 April 1872, Page 3

LATE TELEGRAMS.

London, Feb. 23 to March 10. The New Torh Herald says the American members of the Joint Commission are placed in an awkward position by the indirect claims, which cannot be well withdrawn. Vice-President Colfax says that neither America nor England dare destroy the Treaty of Washington. Earl Granville's ■ despatch reached Washington on the 23rd. The American reply was despatched on the Ist March. The reply is firm and courteous, but declines to change the case. The London Observer states that should England repudiate the Treaty, America will contend for her rights to fish inCanadian waters, as they are valid, and act accordingly. Mrs Radcliffe (Miss Doughty) was examined in the Tichborne case on the 23rd. Mr Monckton (Conservative) is elected for North-Notts, and Mr Pender (Liberal) for the Northern Boroughs (Shetland, &c.) The Navy Estimates amount to £9,508,000, being a decrease of £281,807. j The city of London presented an address to the Queen at Windsor on the 24th February. The Prince of Wales is going to the ! Italian Lakes. Further rioting has occurred in Killarney. j The yacht Enchantress leaves for Suez on the 29th to meet the Glasgow. Her state cabin is fitted up as a mortuary chamber for the reception of the body of Earl Mayo. The Queen, Prince of Wales, and two children, the Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Beatrice, Princes Arthur and Leopold, were present at the national thanksgiving. The Peers and Commons were separately seated. Under the Dome were the army and navy. The Mayors were seated in the nave. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed. The streets and houses were profusely decorated. Triumphal arches were erected on the line of procession along Pall Mall and Fleet-street. It returned by Holborn and Hyde Park.

I The Manchester Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution to present an address of condolence and sympathy to Lady Mayo. A youthful Irishman, named O'Connor, apparently deranged, claiming relationship with Fergus O'Connor, climbed the rails outside Buckingham P.ilace, passed the and presented a pistol, unloaded, with a broken lock, in one hand, and a petition for the release of the Fenians in the other, as the Queen w.*s preparing to alitrht from her carriage. The equerries instantly peized and gave Idm into custody. The Queen showed no fear, and merely leant b.ick in her carriage. O'Connor was examined at Bow-street on the 2nd March. Prince Leopold and John Brown were witnesses. He was committed for trial. Great indignation was felt at the act, and official bulletins and telegrams were issued to prevent exaggerated reports. Prussia accepted payment of the balance of the fourth halt' milliard of the indemnity still due, at 5 per cent, discount in advance. L'Etoile, a Bonapartist journal, is suppressed. Obituary — General Lane. Mr Eussell Gurney is expected in England on the 20th, and returns to America in order to complete the labors of the Commission. The Queen returned to Windsor on the 2nd. M. Touriener is appointed a French ambassador to Italy. The appointment is disapproved of by the Catholic party. The Queen has written a letter to Mr Gladstone, expressing Her Majesty's deep appreciation of the reception accorded to herself and her dear children by millions of her loyal subjects. She says words are'too weak to express how touched and gratified Her Majesty and family were. All the Washington correspondence and the American Press concur in the opinion that the tone of the American reply ia eminently pacific. \ The New York World says the American interpretation of the Treaty has completely broken down. « Hokitika, April 17. The Alhambra, from Melbourne, arrived here to-day. The following is the latest English commercial information brought , by the Suez mail : — The London Wool Sales opened on the Bth February. An advance on quota- i tions of last series of from 2Jd to 3|d was established on prices of all descriptions, and in some special instances^ even that rise was exceeded. 80,000 bales passed the hammer. Manufacturers' stocks are light. Latterly the competition was less spirited. Tallow is in limited demand in consequence of large home meltings. Mutton lower by 3s ; beef by 2s 6d. Sales, 3,600 casks. Stocks on hand, 9,300 casks. Oils. — Sydney, £33 to £37 ; sperm, £SG. Hides are in good demand, with a slight advance. Leather is firm. Horns and bones are in good request at extreme rates. JN'ew Zealand hemp is eagerly bought, supplies being inadequate. The panic on the Stock Exchange, caused by the Alabama complications, has passed away, but the market is still very sensitive. Little business is doing in Consols, which are steady at 92f\ The bank rate is 3 per cent. Discount is easier. Dividends. — English and Scottish Chartered Bank, and New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency, 12^ per cent. • There is a large increase in the imports of Australian wool. Two new Atlantic cables are projected. Australian securities are firm. New Zealand Consolidated, fives, 102; do, sixes, 113. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency, fto li premium. New Zealand" Trust and Loan, 1^ to If- premium. Otago and Southland Investment Com pany, par to £ premium. The total exports to the Australasian Colonies for the month show a decrease of £372,500. To New Zealaud, the decrease amounts to £89,600. Stables's supplement reports two clearances for Otago. Arrived. — Coronella, from Canterbury. bailed.— Sir W. Wallace and Wild Deer, tor Otago; Thames, for Wellington; leaving ten vessels loading for New Zealand. Freights to New Zealand, 35s to 40s (general):