London.

Manawatu Herald, 5 October 1893, Page 2

London.

An extraordinary scene was witnessed in St. George's , Cathedral yesterday. A dynamite cartridge was thrown through the door and exploded. There was panic among the congregation, but most fortunately no one was hurtt Tallow— Medium mutton, 27s 6d j ditto beof, 275. , The total quantity of wool catalogued up to date is 128,000 bales, of ' which 120,000 bales have been sold. The English wheat market shows a weak tone., without change in , prices. The Continental market is 1 dull, and the American declining. There was a good attendance at the wool sales. The competition was keen and the prices were firm. , A. mass meeting ot miners passed a resolution that the nationisation of colliery was the only remedy for the dispute. Mr Ben Tillett said the owners had not succeeded in their attempt to starve the strikers. The Standard states that France has granted the Eussian fleet permanent shelter and facilities for coaling and carrying out repairs in the Mediterranean, thus setting aside the Treaty of Paris, but will nevertheless insist on the Dardanelles being closed against the Roumanian ironclads in course of construction at Hamburg. . Mr Dillon states that it would be equivalent to an outrage if the funds in the hands of Paris bankers were redistributed at the present moment, and no doubt it would please the enemies of Ireland to see them thus dealt with. The Admiralty consider the Bonaventure type of vessel superior in' guns, steam power and handiness to any of the ships now- on the Australian station ; but they are willing to recommission the Orlando, send a vessel of the same class, or commission the Astrrea. Independent opinion confirms the suitability of the last. Six thousand miners have resumed work at the smaller pits in England at the old wages, but the larger colleries still remain closed. , A hundred thousand Welsh miners have received an additional one and a quarter per cent advance.