The extra P, & 0. steamer China, Captain Stewart, which arrived at Hongkong on the Ist inst., brings the following telegrams, later than those brought by the ast ma Loxnox, August Sth:—The Bank of England Returns for the week ending yestentay show the folly ing results:—Reserve of Notes £10,500,009; Bill Discounted £14,375,000; Bullion £20,500,000. ' The sunt of £204,000 was paid into the Bank to-day; and 3,000 was paid in yesterday. August 6th:
el Cotton market is fens Weekly Cotton port:—Total Sales $7,000 bales; Total Sales Surats 29,000 bales; Total Imports 30,000 Lales; Total ports Surats 12,000 bales; Total Stock 275,000 bales Total 2 i¢ Dholtera, 104. August ith. k Shares:—Oriontal Bank £43, Chartered Mercantile Bank £30, Chartered Bank £18 10s. Exchange on India, 1s, 11} to is. 11d, Total Bullion in the Banks of England and France, £68,625,000, Total Notes in Ci ion of both banks £79, 125,000.
August Sth:—Mr. Graves will be proposed as the new Commercial Member of the Council of India.
August lWth:—Mr, Moberly has been appointed Bishop of Salisbury. Tu the House of Commons last night, Mr, Grant Duff, replying to a suggestion from Mr. Crawf ord, said that the Government had no intention of changing the destination of the new Persian Gulf Cable.
August 11th. Parliament was prorogued yesterday. The Royal Message states:—"* have continued ty receive from all foreign powers the strongest assurances of their friendly disposition and confidence that the preservation of peace may be continued and confirmed. the negotiations with the Government of the United States have been suspended by mutual consent; and hope that the delay may tend to maintain our relations on durable basis of friendship. The trish Church Gill, Lhope, will be remembered as a conclusive proof of my anxiety to legislate according to special circumstances, on principles of impartial justice, and 1 trust it will promote the work of peace in Ireland, and unite all classes in fraternal concord." The Royal Message, in conclusion, enumerates the principal measures passed during the session.
By the steamer China papers are brought from London to the 23rd July. The following items of interest are taken from the Overland Mail of that date:—
The Moscom Gazette says that the Russian and Chinese Commissioners appointed to trace the frontier between the two empires, have met at the military station of Oakek, in Eastern Siberia. The Russian Government purposes to open a trade with the western Rtouiljs to deaw up a report on the industrial and com provinces of China, and has instructed its consul at
mercial resources of the district.
A crowded meeting of the members of the Reform Club was held on the 2ud July, to take into consideration the circumstances under which Mr. B and Mr. W. E. Foster had resigned their memborsh Two or three resolutions were submitted, Lut in the end all were withdrawn in favour of one, to the effect that the meeting having heard with great regret of the resignations of Mr. Bright and Mr. Foster of their membership of the Club, in conseqttence of the nonelection by the Committee of a foreign gentleman, whom they had nominated, rejoiced to learn that those resignations had since been withdrawn; and referred
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