CABLE MESSAGES. [By Electric Telegraph.]

Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1222, 29 April 1880, Page 3

CABLE MESSAGES. [By Electric Telegraph.]

London, Api*il 26. At the wool sales to-day 93,000 bales were catalogued, making a total of 510,000 bales catalogued since the .opening The prices are firmly mainj#in6<l. , * ' ■ .

Depression in the Iron Trade. London April 26. Pig iron is quoted at 64s,iir consequence of the depressed state of trade.

The Flour Market. Londox, April 26 Adelaide ftolu? ; pep i 2801b5. , ex f ware" , house, 38s.

The New Liberal Ministry. London, April 2s. i Mr. Gladstone is engaged itn the form*tion of a new Ministry, and lias already filled the following ofhees : — Secretary of State for Foi'eign Affairs, Earl "Gran ville; Secretary of State for India, Manjuis of Hartington ; First Lord of the Admiralty, Earl Northbrook ; Lord High Chancellor, Lord Selbourne ; Secretary of State for War, Mr. H. C. E. Childers ; Chief Secretary for Irelarid, Mr/ W! E. Fosfer. ' Mr. Gladstone, as previously telegraphed, will hold office as First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer. , i The remaining portfolios in the new Ministery have not yet been filled, but it is expected that Earl Kimberly will accept the Secretaryship of State for the Colonietf.' 1 ' 1 ■ "i •''. ~ i.'r h< K \\ ">*,/'.

Foreign Feeling ortHfce^Oiiatogef Of Ministry. A feeling of uneasiness prevails in Germany at the result of the English elections, it being feared that, with the apce^sion of the Liberals to power, a , radical change will take place in the'fcfreign policy of Great Britain, whereby complications may arise, especially in regard to the relations of the great powers of Turkey, Greece s andilussia. Herr Denburg(?) in consideration of the change that has taken place in the aspect of affairs, now gives his support to the changes proposed in the Army Bill submitted to the German Parliament. The Government of Germany, being' anxious to extend their influence in the ■South Seas, and to promote emigration thereto, has resolved to assist with grants of money the German settlers and .traders at Samoa. ' ' It is expected that His Grace the Duke of Manchester, K.P., will represent the British Imperial Commission at the opening of the Melbourne International Exhibition. It is stated that Mons. de Belleville will represent the French Eepublic at the Melbourne Exhibition.