LONDON.

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 128, 26 March 1881, Page 3

LONDON.

- Monday. Consalß have declined £< and are now again quoted at par. New Zealand'securities remain at last quotations, vis, fi per cent. 10-40 Joan; 102J > 3'per cent. 1889 loan, HOJ ; 4J per cent. 1879.1904 loan, 97£. Adelaide wheat ex warehouse has advanced Is per quarter, and is now quoted at 51s. Adelaide flour remains at 34s ex Warehouse, and New Zealand wheat ex ship at 4j6k Australian tallowr— best beef, 335; best mutton, 36*. ' 1 TtJBSfcAT. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess r .gf Wales to-day on a visit to St. Petersburg. At' the jwobl sales' to-day 8700 bales were~offered. " TheTone~bfnbe~atrctionwas firm. The sales dose on Friday, the 25th instant. ;/.; ■ / . ... In the House of Commons to-day the 'Premier was questioned as to the state of the negotiations for peace, m the Transvaal. In reply, he announced that information had reached the Government that the Boers have accepted the conditions of peace which were submitted to them by Sir Evelyn Wood, Under the. same : the Boers will recognise the suzerainty or the Queen m the Transvaal, but will enjoy a complete autonomy, a : ,; British Resident being however located m the capital.- Mr. Gladstone further informed the House that the Royal Commission of Eftqtiiry would arrange the native froutier : question, and would also consider whether the Transvaal' "siiouTd lose territory to the eastward. He concluded by stating that the Boers would disperse their forces forthwith, bnt the British garrisons would remain m their present positions until a complete settlement had been effrct-'d, j and m the meantime the troops would be stationery.