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Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 114, 26 April 1888, Page 2

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By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright. LPSB UNITED PHKBB ASSOCIATION.] London. April 26. An Australian wheat, cargo />f 4000 quarters, April shipment, has been Bold at 33s 7£d; 9000 quarters of March shipment at 800 of v May hare been disposed at 33s 3d. In the House of Commons a motion censuring Irish Judges for increasing tte_ sentences on those sentenced for "inciting: resistance, was rejecting by a majority of 54. yh In the ojf^Cqmffioh»| th£ motion of Mr Alexander fflabarthur, that the Government be requested to support the efforts made by the Colo, nial Governments to suppress tfce sale, of alcoholic liquors to' tae^natives in the Pacific Islands,- was adopted. The appeal of Mr Jasper Pyne, M?.P. for Waterford West, who was sentenced to six weeks imprisonment for inciting resistance to the Sheriff, • was successf uJ, and the conviction has been quashed. Mr, Wilfred r Blunt; T who was defeated for the Deptford seat, will contest Dublin election. - ■" T Rome, April 24. His Holiness! the, Pope 'has instructed the bishops in Ireland to order the clergy to abstain f i ona taking part in any? illegal meeting in that country, and also to avoid connection with any secret or political societies. ■•'•? (j SyD^jKY, April 25. A large proportion of the ammunition imported from England for use in the heavy guns placed in the batteries at the Heads has been condemned by the 'Military Board. , y ± Brisbane, April 26, - The reports received from tne sugar districts show that the dropVare'iri a backward condition, and that the yield this year will be be|ow the average. Eeceived April 26, 12.45 p.m. ;.,.-■ . Lonion, April 25. -y Consols,, 105. Market rate. disCOUBt, If. ■■' ' ',/..'.,' !",;,',,.': '.'... "'....:''■: 1 Mr Gladstone has given notice of his intention to oppose the, extra duty on bottled wines when the proposal comes before the House in Committee. Sir John Pender was banquetted last night. Earl Derby presided. In proposing the toast of the evening/ he reviewed at length Sir John's services and sacrifices in the cause of telegraphy. Lord Wokeley, in replying to the toast of the Army and Navy, spoke in condemnation of Ministers being compelled for party purposes to" curtail imperative necessary expenditure for the maintenance of proper ; efficiency in the Army and Navy. In connection with the Eev. Charles Spurgeon's recent; charges of herero in the Baptist Church, a motion (liiasi been carried by the Baptist Union to the effect that it is inexpedient to provide further theological tests for membership, inasmuch aB the Union already possesses suffcient power, to, deal with evangelical sentiment. ' Tne motion was seconded by theßev. J. A. Spurgopn, brother of the. Rev. Charles Spurgeon, and was carried by a large majority.: It is thought the carrying of this resolution will have the effect of allaying ,%h# quarrel in ithe churches. s <l i