NEWS BY CABLE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 82, 14 June 1881, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

(EBUTKR'S TELBORAWSp '''■ : ' I ; " ■ The hoiuewavdr Australian m&Ua via^ .^uez and Brindisi, which' left Melbourne- oh the 25th of Apra,were ■>' delivered here today. The Otago HarbQr Works loan , of £100,000 was placed iv the market today. i ■ '* ; Consols remain at 100^. New Zealand 5 per cent. 10-40 loan, 105 New Zealand 5 per cent. 1689 loan;

105. New Zealand 4$ per cent 1879---1904 loan, 108. The Bank rate of discount is unchanged at 2£ per cent. and the market rate at If. The total reserve in notes and bullion in the Bank of England is £14,800,000. Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, 48s; New Zealand wheat, 455 ; Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, 88s 6d. Australian tallow, best beef, per cwt, 85s ; best mutton, 87s 6d. At the wool sales today, 11,400 bales were offered, and prices showed a hardening tendency. 9000 bales have been withdrawn from sale since the opening. In the House of Commons today- a resolution was agreed to, on a division, setting forth that any fresh coinmercialrtoeatywitli the French Government would be unsatisfactory nnlessrit provided for the reduction of the import duties levied by France. News has been received today from Ireland reporting that the disturbances in the neighborhood of Cork have been ' renewed. Further riots have occurred; between the police and the peasantry, 1 and general disorder prevails in $he district. '■' il ; Sydney, June 10. Hennessy> brandy, 86s 8d ; bulk, quarters, ,12s 3d. Maize, per 601 b 2s Bd. Tobacco, Raven's twist, per Ibls6d. A local mechanic has succeeded in fitting a sculling boat with a sliding seat which acts as a motor in a similar manner that the boat in which Hanlan rowed the race for the championship of ilie world was alleged to Lave been constructed. ■ Melboubne, June 10. The Royal Princes will leave the P. and O. Company's steamship Cathay at Adelaide, and make a short stay in that city before coming on to Melbourne. In the Legislative Council last night, after further debate, the various amendments to the Reform Bill, made by the Assembly, -were rejected without division j and the House then adjourned to Wednesday next. It is generally expected that in view of the action of the Council; the Government will abandon the Reform Bill. A caucus of Ministerialists will be held on Tuesday next to take the present position of affairs into consideration, and decide upon a course of action* .!•*'■..:•■■ ■ Paris, June 9. The JFrenoh Senate today, after a lengthy debate, threw out a Bill which passed the Chamber of Deputies last month, providing for the adoption of scrutinde fate in place of the system of settitin d'ammdisse* ment Adelaide, June 10. Wheat, 4s Bd. The market is very cfiiiet. Town flour, £11 ss; country brands, £10 5s to £10 10s. London, June 9. Telegrams have been received from Quebec, Canada, announcing that a most destructive fire has occurred in that city. It is estimated that fully one .thousand houses have been completely destroyed. June 10. News has been received from Liverpool of a. dastardly attempt to destroy the Town Hall in that city, but the evident attempt to blow up the halloas-unsuccessful. It is supposed that dynamite was the explosive material used, and it is believed that it Was laid by Fenians. The police have already arrested two armed American Irishmen on suspicion of being concerned in the outrage. - " ''■ ■ The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is 1,990,000 quarters. . , .'. Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, 48s, New Zealand wheat, 455. Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, 88s 6d. Australian tallow has declined 6d per ewfcafad is quoted today at 84s 6d for best beef, and 87s, for best mutton. : - At the wool sales today 8900 bales were offered. A firm demand was again experienced. Fifty rioters, arrested during the recent disturbances in Cork, have been sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. The police and military in Ireland are actively engaged in suppressing all meetings ofthe Land League. At five different places today meetings were prohibited and the people dispersed. v ' 4 • Owing to the increasing disorder in Ireland', laige reinforcements of troops are being sent there especially to augment the: forces in the southern districts. „ ; . News has been received from Chili that one (thousand Chinese have been massacreijl by the negro inhabitants of Santa Bosa. ; Telegrams are to hand from New York, reporting that at an interview held with O'Donovan Rossa, he denied that the Fenians were guilty of complicity in the recent attempt to blow up th*rX»iVerptaol Town Hall, but stated ithgt he was aware that in December last explosives were placed in the hoia of H.M.S. Doterel, which was destroyed by an explosion in the Scraits of j&ageflan on April 26. •' irlt 'Melboubne, June Hi ; Jamfe ; -Heiifiersbii, the repujed owner of the steamer Ferret, alias* India, m^^na^Bllas<L^VjHU»g to escapelrom Pentridge Gaol. He had fileff away, the bars of bis cell wmdo^aiacibajl succeeded in making his exit from the cell, when he was discovered by the warders wad again placed in custody.