EXCITEMENT IN IRELAND.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 95, 26 November 1879, Page 3

EXCITEMENT IN IRELAND.

WOOL MARKET STILL ACTIVE.

„ „; :y , : ■ London, IToTember 20* The total reserve m notes an^l^buUion m the Bank of Erigland i» £16^925^)00. : • ". .At the wool sales to-day 8000- bales were 'catalogued, > ' - -.---• s .- The tone of, market v active, but all desorjptions of foreign purobasera continue; limited, wools halfpenny higher. ' Tije, brandy rintage ot France is only one^' ihiid as much as that of 1878. ; ,- The persons arrested m Ireland are a barrister, an e^Fenian: coTivict, and ; the pro..poefcor of the Nation newspaper. There is. 4 gj«fla<; excitement |;h|!ougho.ijt. v Ireland m consequence ; of ttie action of the authorities. j:F^^her,.w*»nte.HaveV^M'nYJflßijifd''.fQf.-tha ; 'aWesj; of prominent. ag%^?T9. ■ * - :-rri :~. •,;-; , ; pAiiotrTCpi, No^embaß 20r : v . ,Robe.rtß is taking precautionary measures to. prevent, pji outbreak 'of the Afghans. FiTe;regmientswmch arrived from ■ Turkait tan were disban^jed at Cahul. ; It ' ifl ; expected others will r fpllow. . : v ', ;i .v ■- VS^lbt PHiiNatsao, November 20. "'V- .". There waVa terlrible eip'losioh- of. petro--leum; m a'tunnel: m California*: Tvf eptty-five persons werji killed and inahy others .mr jured. ', : " ; ; --' ■■-'' .' ..' :.• '....,' i: - :-.: : '■■.... ■'-. , .'.. . STdnbt, Saturday. ..■ >i The; bushrangers have'bfen^fjirtber,- committed for trial on,a charge of robbery, under arms. Otheri charges are pending. \ .- ; . : TheHnter-colohiai picket , match was cofl-<. , fimied to-day with the following result :— Victoria srßtinningß,l6B; Newr South Wales second innings, 113 j; Ydetoria Becond innings ;t,hree,wicketß down for 63 suns. s ; Bowen has . diedv from vthflj woundfs he.received m the ancoiinter' with : thebushrangers. ... ,,. ... , v /*.- ■-■ • Londo^ November Is. ~ The Austrian sq\iadron m the Piraeus proprpceeds tojSalonica, and ultimately it is beliejred,feb,Besica Bay. .-. ' i'--;; .; •;. > •.; , ■ At Sergeant S.imon's me.etihg at Dews-, bury, this evening the gallery fell with 3.00 tjebple- Three wereTEilled' and :40:injurftdi> .» -The; total number of bales available.., at i thepreseht series of wopl.sale : 3 ? i^: 7—12^36.: 7900 bales have beeir despatched ".to Ybrjt-' shire and tbje Continent. Cape woo^ prepon^ ■ derates. -The attenrlance was |expeptionally lafgt, and the. opening competition eifcremely vigorous j * Ecices show an ayerage- adr Vauce of about 2d. a pound, chiefly m cross* breds.,,:.- = : ■■...^ :: ..\- : - ..]■ '■]■':■.'■■:- :v ;'_,;,': " SxJDßJßTfV N^bTemlber '2ol: . ' Moonlight avi^ceis the greatest compp•sure, : 'TSLe took copious notes of tha p^)» 'codings at .the. inqiiasit, and cross-examined the witnesses. . Wifchlthe apparent purpose. \of clearing his comrades j he declared that only the deceased Nisbitt "Jirgd. ;-at' the ipo-; lice. i . :<f ''-'.' i - '■■;': . " : :. . . .■•.-■• / -; ' ' Mblboxtebtb, Noyomber^Zir' - The Melbourne and; Adelaide, -markete have been cle^reid of- c.orn3aets.. / Specujaliaye bought hales" at ..8s o dujL^ paid, ami the, price Is now' Bs. 6d.' Jb is reported that the same piirchasars attempting 'similar operations m Sydney and New Zea■■Kifd^.'-: 1 "^;': •■. • : ; ' y : <->*r >*■:■' ,; ; Six hundred top.bf ■ wheat h^y.?i.b.een. sold fbi' shipment. to London. at 55. , -'■•V : TheinferTOlpnial--owcket ; matcH--''w^ ! '-fe-; ( is'hedjto:day.; New South; Wales iwoni by 3a runs.- irhe\i?ictorianfl made llt'in': their second. in.ningß. ... . ;7