TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1052, 9 January 1883, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. London, Jan. \. The National Bank of New Zealand has declared a dividend of 3 per cent for the past half year. The total reserve in the Bank of England this day in notes and bullion is £9,7000,000, being a decrease of £700.000 since last Thursday. The Bank rate of discount remains at 5 per cent, and the market rate at Conbols have advanced to 99§. The wool market is quiet. The am vals to date for next sales amount to 72,000. Jan. 5. Mr John Givan, M.P. for Monagh.in, lias been appointed Under-Secretary for Ireland, vice Mr J. G. C. Hamilton, who w.is provisionally appointed to the position on the death of Mr Thomas Burke. Mr Hamilton resumes his former position as Permanent UnderSecretary for the Admiralty. The negotiations which have been proceeding between France and England for the settlement of the Egyptian question have been closed without any agreement having been anived at. The English Government, however, has issued a circular in which it explains its intention with regard to Egypt, and invites the Powers to recognise finally principle of free navigation through the Suez Canal.

Jan. 6. Sir F. D. Bell, the Agent-General

for New Zealand, invites tenders for a monthly steamship service between England and New Zealand, tlie out ward route to lw via the Cape of Gooc' Hope, and the homeward by the Straits ot Magellan. The statement that Mr Givan, M.P. for Monaglian, had been apnoiuted Under-Secretary for Ireland, is authoritatively denied.

Farm, Jan. 5.

The body of the late M. Gambetta is now lying in state at the Palais Bourboun, in Rue de Liinioersite. TLmusandß of persons havft visited the cham ber to pav respeot to the deceased states-

man. The death is announced to-«!ay of General Chagy, aged 60.

Jan. 6.

The funeral of M. Gambetta took plac3 to-day. The cortege was attended by the members of the Ministry, the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, and by deputations from all parts of the country. Business was entirely suspended, am 1 the street? through which the funeral procession passed was lined with masses of people. It is estimated that fully 25,000 persons were assembled along the route from the Palais Bourbon to Pere-la-Chaise. The spectacle had never been paralled since the funeral of the Great Napoleon. In the panegyrical orations which were delivered on the occasion special reference was made of the former French provinces of • Alsace and Lorraine, and to the affection and esteem in which the deceased statesman was held by tke inhabitants of those districts.

Capetown, Jan. 4.

It has been decided that a British force shall remain in Zululand for a period of six months for the protection of Cetewayo on his reinstatement as King. C-uno, Jan. •/.

The remainder of the prisoners who have been in custody since the termination of the rebellion have been amnestied by the Khedive.

AUSTRALIAN CABLE

Sydney, Jan. 5.

New Xealaud wheat has advanced to 4s 3d per bushel. New Zealand oats remain at 3s od. Maize has risen to ss. Sugar Company's No. 1 pieces pr ton, £1)0, Mr Alexander Stuart has succeeded in forming a Ministry, and it is announced that the various portfolios have been allotted as follows : Mr A, Stuart, Premier and Colonial Secretary ; Sir P. Jennings, Vice-President of the Executive Council (without portfolio) ; don W. 13. Dalley, Attorney-General ; Mr G. ii. Gibbs, Colonial Treasurer ; Mr J, S. Farnell, Secretary for Lands ; Mr &. Copeland, Secretary for Public Works ; Mr Abbott, Secretary for

Mines ; Mr H. E. Cohen, Minister of Justice ; Mr G. H. Re id, Minister of Public lust ruction ; Mr F, A. Wright, Postmaster-General. The majority of fc'ie re-elections of Ministers have been fixed for Tuesday next. The Ministry will not meet the House on the 6th. It is generally considered tlsat the new Ministry is weak, and unlikely to hold

office for any length of time.

Adelaide, Jan. 5.

The steamship 7ictoria, of 7J5 ions,. • wned by the Adelaide Steamship Company, came into collision to-day with the eliip Glensborongh, of 874 tons. The latter sustained severe damage. Jan. 6. At a public luncheon to Sir William Jervoisyesteiday over 180 persons were present, including Ministers and Judges and leading citizens, His Excellency in his speech u-ged caution in borrowing. He favored immigration, at d advocated federation of the Australian colonies.